The Latest Date Changes 2: The New Batch

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Danny Boyle has pulled out of the new James Bond, apparently due to script troubles (though I also imagine conflicts with his Beatles movie). I'm not sure if MGM will keep the date.

I wonder if Aronofsky might reconsider (he was apparently close to signing on at one point).
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Aronofsky doing Bond would be the wrongest thing I could imagine. May as well get Gaspar Noe.

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Aronofsky needs a hit though. A for-hire project might do him good.

Besides, it's probably not any worse than Denis Villeneuve doing Dune.

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Another Weinstein title has been rescued. Bleecker Street will release Hotel Mumbai in a joint deal with frequent collaborator ShivHans.
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Amazon noticed the lack of horror films at October 26th. Suspiria has moved up from 11/2/2018.

Between this and Halloween, is it the 70's again?
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Opening limited is a smart move for an artsy project like this, although I'm kind of confused why it's going wide after a week. A slower rollout seems like it would be beneficial to give the hype train around its reported abundance of graphic, disturbing content time to gain steam.
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I think it would make far more sense to open wide right away. The original is a cult classic, Call Me by Your Name was a success ($18 million and an Oscar win for that type of film is like $100 million for a mainstream studio film), and the entire October 26th weekend is dump titles. Get those interested in on opening weekend before word of mouth sets in.
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New dates:

Stuck TBA 2018 (from 10/26/2018)
Rocketman 5/31/2019 (from 5/17/2019)
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Schindler's List will return to theatres for one week on December 7th. So far, it looks like the run will be exclusive to AMC theatres with Dolby Cinema houses but I could see it being wide if there are enough open screens.
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Buscemi2 wrote:Schindler's List will return to theatres for one week on December 7th. So far, it looks like the run will be exclusive to AMC theatres with Dolby Cinema houses but I could see it being wide if there are enough open screens.
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New Paramount dates:

Sonic the Hedgehog 11/8/2019 (from 11/15/2019)
Untitled Terminator Project 11/15/2019 (from 11/22/2019)
A Quiet Place 2 5/15/2020
Top Gun: Maverick 6/26/2020 (from 7/12/2019)
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The first film in the Russo Brothers/Hu Brothers arrangement, the Chadwick Boseman crime drama 17 Bridges, will open on 7/12/2019. STX will release the film after plans with Fox to have an output deal fell apart.
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New release dates:

Cats 12/20/2019
Wicked TBA 2020 (from 12/20/2019)
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Lionsgate has scheduled At Eternity's Gate for an 11/16/2018 date. Interesting that this one's gotten a date but nothing about Stan and Ollie or Judy, the two Lionsgate Oscar bait titles that you'd think would have been scheduled by now.
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New dates:

London Fields (long-delayed Johnny Depp film that bombed at Toronto a few years back) 10/26/2018
The Front Runner 11/6/2018 (from 11/7/2018)
Midway (Roland Emmerich's interpretation of the Battle of Midway) 11/8/2019

Meanwhile, the long-on-the-shelf He's Out There is now at Vertical and will open next Friday.
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