The Latest Date Changes 2: The New Batch

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New Universal/Blumhouse dates:
Wolf Man 1/17/25 (from 10/25/24)
The Woman in the Yard TBD 2025 (from 1/10/25)

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As IMAX is desperate to fill their screens, Challengers will be getting a one-week run, most likely to very empty auditoriums as the target audience watches Euphoria reruns at home.

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Searchlight has dated A Real Pain for October 18th.

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The Ministry of...oh, what the hell, it's Guy Ritchie's latest will be getting sneak previews on April 13th.

Meanwhile, the long-delayed Flint Strong is now titled The Fire Inside.

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Paramount and Skydance are in talks to merge, which would effectively keep Paramount's standing as a major studio while increasing David Ellison's standing as a Hollywood player.

I knew it wasn't going to be Warner Bros. going after them (I actually got downvotes on Reddit for saying that merger wasn't going to happen).

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One of the three Max original films that was in release limbo, Turtles All the Way Down, has finally been scheduled for a May 2nd premiere.

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Greg Berlanti's Space Race Romcom with Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum has officially been titled Fly Me to the Moon. A theatrical release via Sony is still scheduled for July 12th.

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That sounds a lot like Astronaut Wives Club, that one season show that David O. Russell was going to produce before ghosting the project. And seeing how it's from Greg Berlanti, it's probably going to feel like a lame network TV show in film form.

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Nightbitch is making the jump to theatrical. Not only that, but Searchlight has also given it a prime awards-contending release date Of December 6th.

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Not sure how the awards shows are going to respond to a horror film that's not from Jordan Peele. It might just be a wide opening right away to fill auditoriums before Christmas titles show up.

In addition, that title has been getting a name change at some point. You can't really display "bitch" on a marquee. Amazon knew a lot of theatres weren't going to book a Channing Tatum movie with pussy in the title so I have to imagine Disney will do the same here.

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New Disney/20th Century Dates:
The Amatuer 4/11/25 (from 11/8/24)
Tron: Ares 10/10/25
The Mandolorian & Grogu 5/22/26
Toy Story 5 6/19/26
Moana (Live Action) 7/10/26 (from 6/27/25)

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I wonder if Toy Story 5 is to appease Tim Allen over not being cast in Lightyear.

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Universal reissuing the 1999 version of The Mummy for its 25th anniversary on April 26th.

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A24 has scheduled Janet Planet for June 21st.

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It looks like MaXXXine will be moved up to July 3rd. A24's newsletter announcement is now listing a debut on "July 4th weekend".