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The UK release of J.J. Abrams‘ Star Trek Into Darkness has officially been moved up by a week to May 9 when it will go out in IMAX 3D, 3D and 2D cinemas. Paramount currently has the film set for a May 17 release in the States with IMAX 3D screenings on May 15. The shift has led some to wonder if the U.S. date may move to May 9 as well, but then what would happen to all those Super Bowl viewers who unlocked movie tickets for special early showings on the 15th? Simon Pegg, who plays Scotty in the film, just tweeted: “Looks like Star Trek Into Darkness will land in the UK first. Release date May 9th. That’s about 8 weeks away. Not long considering.” There have also been rumblings that the movie would get a special screening at the Cannes Film Festival which runs from May 15-26, but I’ve heard that is not the case. The new release date would seem to support that since movies are rarely screened in Cannes after they’ve premiered big elsewhere. Click over for the Star Trek Into Darkness motion poster narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch‘s villain, but beware the autoplay:
‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ Gets New UK Release Date One Week Ahead Of The U.S.
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The UK is not the only country to release the movie before it will be out in the US: the release in Austria, Germany and the German speaking part of Switzerland was already moved up to May 9 on 2/28 (which means that technically, it will be shown there first due to the time difference).
WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So… it’ll be available to pirate before it gets released in the US? Not that I’d advocate or recommend pirating the movie for both ethical and aesthetic reasons, but this will be the case.
Calm down, guys. America isn’t the hub of the universe…! And the movie obviously plays in London. So it’s only fair if an official premiere takes place there. And this pirating thing is simply stupid. There are black sheep everywhere!
Or…
They know they have a spiffy movie here and want the big press from UK reviews to drive US opening.
From what I saw (The Hobbit opening preview) they nailed this one and got a lot of stuff right (other than the Enterprise under water, but I’ll not nitpick).
Universal opened BATTLESHIP in the UK nearly a month before it opened in the US.
How ‘spiffy’ was that particular film?
See what I’m saying?
What you’re saying is one of these 2 things:
A> The time and place of a film debut directly impacts or is an indicator of quality of said film, or
B> Showing a BAD movie early in another country means consumers everywhere else will know its a piece of garbage by the time it gets to their region
For A, non-sense.
For B… wow. Is that how that works? You don’t say!? Well s**t on me man, can you imagine what might have happened if Battleship was actually a watchable, even half-decent film and not a total and utter mindless 2 hours of nothing? Can you imagine, just for a slight moment, if Battleship was the greatest movie ever made and everyone in the UK that saw it first said so? Hmmmm….
Gene Roddenberry will be spinning. Why is the US market getting short shrift? The Star Trek franchise started in the US on a US television network and launched the film versions from a US studio. Thanks for the loyalty, distributor and studio. Not.
Nothing against Englishman Benedict Cumberbatch. He’s fab and then some. But we (the US) got short shrift from HBO’s “Parade’s End” production as well. The US saw it months after it aired in the UK, with plot, story, photos and interviews ruining it for the US viewing audience.
Might as well send everything after it premieres (regardless of country) straight to DVD.
I agree with you Wynne.
I am a fan of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Homes, and now a fan of BC since I saw the first Sherlock. Though, I am more of a fan of his audio works. His audio works I think surpass anything he’s been in on screen. I am content with having to wait for any Cumberbatch installment to finally reach the US. His work is worth the wait!
I also,am a Star Trek fan.
It is a shame that the original main fan base is being very much slighted with this premiere. It sure does feel like a kick in the gut to my Trekkie fan side…As for me, the last movie I saw in IMAX – or at the cinema for that matter was The Dark Knight Rises…I am hoping the plot/story for STID will be good enough for me to want to go to the theater and not decide to wait until DVD…the slighting of this premiere is not sitting well with me…YES YES YES I am a spoiled Trekkie fan…
There is a constant stream of British Invasion going on in Hollywood – and my guess is Hollywood caters and on jumps on the bus when there is a hot one going on? Hey, the truth is – they are their own little world that caters to where the $$$ is like any other industry..
They know that most Trekkie fans in the US will still show up at the box office regardless – BUT in GB, the BC is HOT HOT HOT HOT right now, and they are going to $$$ in on that baby! Gotta cash in with the Cumberb******, Cumberbatched, Cumberbabes…which is not a bash against the Cumberb******, Cumberbatched (which I’ve been told I am because I like his work an his looks….), or the Cumberbabes…just saying that it is marketing moving forward and cashing in with the current ‘in’ crowd…which in this case Cumberbabes 1, Trekkies 0.
You people are an embarrassment to Trek fans. WTF. Upset because it debuts somewhere else… oh the horror! What privileged childish lives you all have to be pissy over such a non-issue. Gene Roddenberry trying to get people to be accepting of everyone and everything, and some of you got sand in your vaginas because a Trek movie comes out a week prior somewhere else. Apparently any commentary or lesson about equality and morality are entirely lost on some of you. Roddenberry, who created a show in the 60s with a SCOTTISH character and a RUSSIAN character and an ASIAN character and a black female with a predominant role on the show… and you think he’s spinning in his grave because Trek debuts in the UK? I don’t know what kind of brain damage you’ve suffered, but maybe you should preempt all your comments explaining your condition so we can give you a pass.
As a Trek fan, on a personal level, I don’t give a flying rats ass where it debuts, as long I eventually get to see it. On another level, I find it encouraging because — hold on, since such a concept is obviously beyond some of your grasps– its encouraging because Trek is a GLOBAL franchise and phenomena and debuting in another country reinforces that. Yeah, I know the REAL reasons for the premiere to be early and elsewhere isn’t for such noble reasons, but it isn’t exactly a slap in the face or a detrimental move or something to start making up s*****y meaningless and borderline insane rants about.
None of you are spoiled, you’re just plain outright stupid. God I wish I didn’t stumble across this site today. A piece of my faith in humanity just died a violent death reading some of these comments.
Continue living your lives based on some insecure notions of rank and hierarchy.
It has nothing to do with rank and hierarchy, Grossman. That’s a British flaw and not one of ours. No, this has everything to do with the original series beginning before you were even born; possibly before you were a mere thought in your mother’s mind.
May I remind you, it is your country steeped in tradition so take your lack of faith in humanity and stick it up your snobby arse, or is that too much of an American polite, but direct attitude for you.
I am in agreement also about the UK and German early release. I get that they want some focus group info beforehand but come on. Be loyal to the people you are making the movie for. You don’t make an American movie only for everyone else. I’m not saying they shouldn’t see it, but they shouldn’t see it before us. I agree with the idea that Rodenberry wouldn’t have wanted it this way. He was all about the American dream and the Melting Pot we call America. Hence his casting and writing style. I am deeply disappointed that an American born idea is once again being given overseas priority due to PC pressure. If I didn’t love Star Trek so much I would boycot the film and ask as many others as I know to do the same. But I’m just a small voice in a much larger crowd.