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‘Hangover Part III’ Moves Up To May 23rd

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Wednesday May 8, 2013 @ 11:22am PDTTags: Epic, Fast And Furious 6, Hangover Part III

UPDATE: I’ve been predicting for a while now that Thursday is the new Friday — and soon Wednesday will be the new Thursday — when it comes to movie release dates. Now Warner Bros announced this morning that it is moving up The Hangover Part III to Thursday May 23 “with traditional late shows” that Wednesday. (Toldja!) “Early exhibitor screening reactions have been sensational,” distribution czar Dan Fellman tells me after Part II was considered only mediocre at best. This is the time of year when the major studios start jockeying for position in the theaters to obtain even the slightest advantage. Not to mention to pad first-day Friday grosses. Warner Bros looks to beat the Memorial Day heat, slotting its comedy threequel a day ahead of Universal’s Fast & Furious 6. ”Sounds strange that they would want to diminish the weekend gross they will be reporting by opening one day earlier,” one Uni exec noted to me. “Perhaps they heard that Fast 6, which trade screened yesterday, was fantastic?” Warner Bros was hugely successful releasing The Hangover Part II over Memorial Day weekend 2011. Meanwhile 20th Century Fox’s CGI toon from Blue Sky Studios, Epic, also opens Memorial Day weekend, relieving  a long drought of family-friendly fare.

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Hot Trailer: ‘Epic’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday November 20, 2012 @ 1:52pm PSTTags: 20th Century Fox, Blue Sky Studios, Epic

Here’s a second trailer for Blue Sky Studios‘ Epic, the animated 3D film 20th Century Fox will release May 24, 2013. Ice Age‘s Chris Wedge directed the Tom J. Astle & Matt Ember script about a girl who finds herself magically transported into a secret universe deep … Read More »

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Hot Trailer: ‘Epic’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday June 26, 2012 @ 1:03pm PDTTags: 20th Century Fox, Blue Sky Studios, Epic

The 3D animated film from 20th Century Fox and Ice Age producer Blue Sky Studios is slated to open May 24, 2013. Epic is described as a battle deep in the forest between the forces of good and evil. When a teenage girl finds herself magically transported into … Read More »

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Beyonce, Colin Farrell, Josh Hutcherson, Amanda Seyfried, Steven Tyler Lead Voice Cast For Fox Animated Film ‘Epic’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday May 31, 2012 @ 10:32am PDTTags: Beyonce, Big Deals Film, Blue Sky Studios, Colin Farrell, Epic
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EXCLUSIVE: 20th Century Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios have set its voice cast for Epic, the new 3D CG-animated film by the makers of Ice Age and Rio. The Dan Shere-scripted film, which had been developed under the title … Read More »

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