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Weinstein Co. To Re-Release ‘Sarah’s Key’ In Awards Push

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday November 2, 2011 @ 4:03pm PDTTags: Film Release Dates, Kristin Scott Thomas, The Weinstein Co

The Weinstein Co said today it is rereleasing its war drama Sarah’s Key on 300 screens on Friday, giving the summer title a push into awards season. The film stars Kristin Scott Thomas as an American journalist living in modern-day Paris whose research for an article about the imprisonment of Jews during France’s notorious Vel’ d’Hiv Roundup in 1942 ends up turning her own world inside out. Gilles Paquet-Brenner directed the film and co-wrote the script with Serge Joncour based on the novel by Tatiana de Rosnay. Sarah’s Key made $7 million at the domestic box office after its July 22 release; worldwide, it’s made $20.5 million to date. “We know there’s an even bigger audience for the movie, and that’s why we’re re-releasing it now, in a wider pattern, and just in time for awards consideration,” Weinstein Co distribution boss Erik Loomis said. The company already has its hands full during awards season, with at least its My Week With Marilyn (release date: November 23), The Artist (November 25) and Meryl Streep-starrer The Iron Lady (December 16) angling for attention.

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Summit Sets Dates For Six In 2012-13

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday October 25, 2011 @ 5:43pm PDTTags: Ender's Game, Film Release Dates, Now You See Me, Sinister, Summit Entertainment, Warm Bodies

Summit Entertainment has set or adjusted release dates for a handful of movies due next year and in 2013. Step Up 4, the next installment of the successful dance franchise, is now positioned on July 27, 2012. Set … Read More »

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Warner Bros Shifts ‘Pacific Rim’ Release

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday October 13, 2011 @ 3:24pm PDTTags: Film Release Dates, Guillermo Del Toro, Legendary Pictures, Pacific Rim, Warner Bros

Warner Bros announced today that it is moving the release date of Legendary Pictures’ big-budget 3D action tent pole Pacific Rim, which Guillermo del Toro is directing. The studio has set its bow for May 10, 2013, staking it at … Read More »

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Disney Shuffles Calendar To Fit ‘The Lone Ranger’ Into May 31, 2013 Release Slot

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday October 13, 2011 @ 8:10am PDTTags: Disney, Film Release Dates, Gore Verbinski, Jerry Bruckheimer, Johnny Depp, Phineas and Ferb, The Lone Ranger, Thor 2
Mike Fleming

BREAKING: Disney has confirmed that the Gore Verbinski-directed Johnny Depp-starrer The Lone Ranger has come back on track, with the studio setting the film for a May 31, 2013 release. As Deadline revealed yesterday, the film will begin production February 6. The film was originally supposed to get underway this fall for a December 21, 2012 release, but all that changed when Disney shocked Hollywood by unplugging the film over fears that its budget could reach $275 million. Deadline revealed that news exclusively on August 12. It was a surprising move, considering that Bruckheimer is a cornerstone producer and Depp has starred in the studio’s highest-grossing films, with both of them teaming with Verbinski on the first three installments of The Pirates Of The Caribbean.

Verbinski, producer Jerry Bruckheimer and Depp rose to the challenge, though, even though it was a painful one. They reworked their compensation deals and figured out ways to save money in the production budget. They brought the budget down to a figure that is around $215 million, I’m told. Taking responsibility to bring the film in for that price was the only way that the studio was going to make the film. Considering that most Westerns don’t travel overseas as well as some other genres (Cowboys & Aliens has proven to be an offshore disappointment), The Lone Ranger is still a big bet by a studio that is backing John Carter, a film that costs more than $250 million, and Oz The Great And Powerful, which hovers at around $200 million. At least now, Disney’s risk on The Lone Ranger has been contained. Read More »

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Holiday Movie Release Date Moves: A Recap

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday September 30, 2011 @ 4:17pm PDTTags: Argo, Film Release Dates, Footloose, Gangster Squad, Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol, Puss In Boots, The Adventures of Tintin, The Lucky One, War Horse

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 … Read More »

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‘MI4′ & ‘Tintin’ Tweak Xmas Week Dates

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday September 28, 2011 @ 3:29pm PDTTags: Domestic Box Office, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Film Release Dates, In The Land Of Blood And Honey, Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol, Paramount Pictures, Steven Spielberg, The Adventures of Tintin, The Darkest Hour, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Tom Cruise, War Horse, We Bought a Zoo

Spielberg Moves ‘War Horse’ Release Amid DreamWorks Money Woes

Paramount said today that it is shifting the release dates for two of its prime holiday movies. Now, the Steven Spielberg-directed The Adventures of Tintin and the Tom Cruise-starrer Mission: Impossible – … Read More »

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Paramount Counting On Oscar Host Gig To Make Eddie Murphy’s Career Hot Again

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Friday September 16, 2011 @ 1:13pm PDTTags: DreamWorks, Eddie Murphy, Film Release Dates, Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures has just moved the DreamWorks comedy starring Eddie Murphy off Martin Luther King weekend to a new date after the Academy Awards. Now A Thousand Words will open on March 23rd. A studio exec told me it’s to take advantage of the … Read More »

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Warner Bros ‘Project X’ To Open March; Stallone’s ‘Bullet To The Head’ In April

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday August 23, 2011 @ 3:48pm PDTTags: Film Release Dates, Joel Silver, Project X, Sylvester Stallone, Todd Phillips, Walter Hill, Warner Bros
Mike Fleming

What to do with Project X, the $12 million raunchy R-rated Warner Bros comedy that was constructed secretly and produced by Todd Phillips and executive produced by Joel Silver, and populated with a cast that was chosen on the … Read More »

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Release Date Moves: Searchlight’s ‘The Descendants’, CBS Films’ ‘The Woman In Black’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday July 28, 2011 @ 3:44pm PDTTags: CBS Films, Film Release Dates, Fox Searchlight, The Descendants, The Woman in Black

Fox Searchlight has changed the release date of its Alexander Payne-directed The Descendants. The comedic drama starring George Clooney and Judy Greer was slated for limited release Dec. 16, 2011 but has been moved up to Nov. 23. That gets … Read More »

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