by Buscemi2 » January 12th, 2018, 6:31 pm
I'm convinced Paramount's going to push A Quiet Place back a week and one of the limited titles goes wide (most likely A Prayer Before Dawn though Beirut is possible and I'm sure Sony will try to sell The Rider as something it's not just because rodeos feature in the plot). That Sgt. Stubby movie would seem like a fringe wide title (think The Oogieloves or a religious film from a fly-by-night label but with a better cast) but I'm convinced that will get sold off like Animal Crackers was and move to June or July (a possible place for it is Entertainment Studios as they plan to release 18 films this year, so far they've got three on the schedule plus a placeholder in June).
In other news, Shazam! is back on and will open on 4/5/2019. At least it's more likely to happen at this point than Gambit.
Also, Mary and the Witch's Flower will now be a Fathom Events screening instead of a traditional wide release. Seems like this one was picked up more for a home video deal rather than GKIDS actually expecting to make money with a theatrical run.
Edit: the supposed reason for the New Mutants delay has been revealed. Apparently, it's not as bad it seems. The issue Fox had was that it wasn't scary enough. Which gives me two questions. First, why does X-Men need to be scary? And second, why a ten-month delay? If Fox wants to sell it as horror, open it on October 26th to take advantage of Venom and Halloween drops and push Dark Phoenix to next summer.
It's like what Lenin said...I am the walrus.