It’s been a busy week for Hollywood studios settling on release dates. Here’s what’s happened:
Unauthorized, Sundance Now, Oct. 7**
Puss In Boots, DreamWorks Animation, Oct. 28 (Nov. 4)
Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol, Paramount, Dec. 16 sneak previews (Dec. 21*)
The Adventures of Tintin, Paramount, Dec. 21 (Dec. 23)
War Horse, DreamWorks/Touchstone/Disney, Dec. 25 (Dec. 28)
The Lucky One, Warner Bros, April 20, 2012 (Aug. 12, 2012)
Argo, Warner Bros, Sept. 14, 2012 (–)
Gangster Squad, Warner Bros, Oct. 19, 2012 (–)
*wide-release date
**Internet-only


Wow, it’s been so long since I remember seeing movie premieres moving UP, usually it seems to have been everything pushing back, as of late. I hope this bodes well for Hollywood.
So, DreamWorks Animation is moving off of its typical date of the first weekend in November for “Puss”? Interesting attempt to try to collect as much as possible as quickly as possible before it burns out — fast.
I think they also got scared at how big Tower Heist is looking with their massive Eddie Murphy comeback. That adult audience would want to go to that rather than taking kids to yet another Shrek