MUMBAI: Warner Bros. has announced the release dates of Clint Eastwood‘s J. Edgar and Stephen Daldry‘s Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close. While the former will release on 9 November, the latter will release on 25 December.

Starring Leonardo DiCaprio as legendary F.B.I. director J. Edgar Hoover, Eastwood‘s film will firstly open in select markets before releasing nationwide on 11 November. The film explores the public and private lives of the most powerful, controversial and enigmatic figures of the 20th century.
 
The Steohen Daldry film, that stars Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock, will release nationwide on 20 January. The film is about a boy who‘s convinced that his father, a victim of 9/11, left a final message for him somewhere in the city. Feeling disconnected from his mother , he begins his search.

The other film Sandra Bullock‘s Gravity 3D will release on 21 November next year. The film, directed by Alfonso Cuaron, also stars George Clooney.

The studio has also pushed back sequel Journey 2: The Mysterious Island by two weeks from 27 January to 10 February, 2012.