Studios Stake Out Choice Release Dates For Movies That Haven’t Even Shot Yet

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• Cart, meet horse.

  Comment by writestuffla — Monday August 8, 2011 @ 10:44am PDT  Reply to this post

• I wonder if this is the same unspecified Pixar film that was slated for November 2013 (indicating a delay) or if it’s now a second unspecified Pixar film…

  (After what happened with “newt” and “Rio”, I really can’t blame them for not wanting to announce what their films are going to be about.)

  Comment by The Late GS — Monday August 8, 2011 @ 10:51am PDT  Reply to this post

  • What happened with “Newt” and “Rio”?

    Comment by Question Mark — Monday August 8, 2011 @ 11:05am PDT  Reply to this post

    • Pixar’s “newt”, which was announced in 2008, was to have been a romantic comedy about the last two blue-footed newts having to repopulate to save the species, but who can’t stand each other. The male, Newt, was to have been a sheltered pet while the female, Brooke, was to have come from the wild.

      Fox and Blue Sky’s “Rio”, which was announced in 2009, is a romantic comedy about the last two blue mackaws having to repopulate the species, but who can’t stand each other. The male, Blue, is a sheltered pet, while the female, Jewel, is from the wild.

      While Rio definitely took some turns that newt probably wouldn’t have (being a musical, for one), the similarity of the projects and Rio taking the earlier release date, is part of why Pixar have cancelled/indefinitely delayed newt.

      Comment by The Late GS — Monday August 8, 2011 @ 11:54am PDT  Reply to this post

• Gotta move product.

  Comment by Here In Flyover — Monday August 8, 2011 @ 10:54am PDT  Reply to this post

• I tried TRIED to read the books to see what the hubbub was all about. I couldn’t get past page 10. It’s so horribly written with grating descriptions and dialogue. I’m going to try it again, but I won’t hold my breath. I’ll be interested to see how this does in the box office.

  Comment by Zach — Monday August 8, 2011 @ 11:09am PDT  Reply to this post

• It won’t take too long to know what these projects are.

  Disney was always set to announce some far out stuff at their upcoming convention, but they probably decided to stake the dates now since there’s been an influx of date-snatching lately.

  Comment by Ok, so... — Monday August 8, 2011 @ 11:31am PDT  Reply to this post

• I’m calling November 25th, 2020.

  Comment by CAS — Monday August 8, 2011 @ 12:34pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Don’t date the poster!!!!

  Comment by Anon — Monday August 8, 2011 @ 2:19pm PDT  Reply to this post

• That date for Hunger Games 2 seems a bit presumptive…

  Comment by Agent of Chaos — Monday August 8, 2011 @ 3:56pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • Also, very surprising that Jennifer Lawrence’s team would agree to that timing; a lame Hunger Games sequel is hardly the project you want her to be doing then, since it would prevent her from participating in a film that’s actually worthwhile creatively and artistically, not to mention at the box office.

    I bet it’s just Lionsgate trying to great momentum for the franchise, which is actually a bad sign at this point since it would mean the first film is going poorly.

    Comment by Not Impressed — Monday August 8, 2011 @ 4:13pm PDT  Reply to this post

• It is going poorly. The majority of readers abhor the choices Gary Ross made for Peeta and Gale. 2 very unappealing guys. That’s what they get for hiring Gary Ross.

  Comment by Janey — Monday August 8, 2011 @ 8:08pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • Yes, very unappealing. You probably don’t have eyes.

    Comment by JM — Monday August 8, 2011 @ 11:28pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Can we stop with movies made for super hero nerds and book nerds? Do I have to stick with television to find a scintilla of original script writing?

  Comment by Aeiouy — Tuesday August 9, 2011 @ 2:27am PDT  Reply to this post