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Paramount Delays Two Oscar Contenders
Latino Review —
... contention by moving it from a limited release on November 21st until March 13, 2009. Paramount also is delaying its Vantage pic Defiance , the Ed Zwick-directed Academy Award hopeful starring Daniel Craig in the true story of four Jewish brothers battling the Nazis. The movie was supposed to come out December 12th, but it will be pushed back to an Oscar-qualifying run on December 31st, and then go wide January 16th. So the delay won't interfere with its 2008 Oscar chances. Click HERE to read the rest. Remember, click the link to the left. Whatever you do, ...
Now 'Soloist' and 'Defiance' Get Bumped to 2009?
RopeofSilicon.com —
Today Tom O'Neil at the LA Times announced the New York Film Critics Circle will vote for their awards on Dec. 10 and the National Board of Review is planning on voting on December 2. How can this happen with so many films yet to screen? Well, with buzz spreading that the Weinstein Co. will delay The Road until 2009 and now Nikki Finke claiming big Paramount and little Paramount are delaying The Soloist and Defiance until 2009 perhaps there won't be too many Oscar style flicks left to screen. Finke reports the news today, but admits she ...
The Soloist Pushed to 2009?
Awards Daily —
... Nikki is reporting that The Soloist has been pushed back to March, 2009, making it a contender for next year’s Oscars. She is also reporting that Defiance will screen for Oscar consideration but will officially open in 2009: ...
Paramount Load Shedding, ‘The Soloist’ & ‘Defiance’ Pushed to ‘09
Fataculture —
[image] According to Nikki Finke ,“The Soloist” and “Defiance,” two films that are set to open and close this year’s AFI Film Festival respectively, are being pushed to 2009 on account of Paramount’s newly announced “ 20 Movies A Year ” plan. “The Soloist,” starring Robert Downey Jr. (currently filming “Sherlock Holmes,” making it hard for him to attend junkets and promotional gigs for his film) and Jamie Fox, was all set for a 21st November release date – but now it appears to be pushed to a limited run on the 13th of March ’09 without any evidence of Paramount ...
"The Soloist" Bumped to 2009?
From the Front Row —
... Nikki Fenke is reporting that Paramount has bumped Joe Wright's Oscar hopeful, The Soloist from a planned November 21 release date to March 13, 2009. Ed Zwick's Defiance is apparently also getting the bump from December 12 to an Oscar qualifying run on December 31 (is that even possible?), with a wide run beginning on January 16. First ...
Oscar-Season Madness: 'The Soloist' Pushed To March 2009
:: The Playlist :: —
... that was scheduled for a December 12th, and it now being pushed for a late-minute Oscar-qualifying run on December 31st according to DeadlineHollywood. ...
Paramount Delays The Soloist and Defiance Until 2009
FirstShowing.net —
... Nikki Finke at Deadline Hollywood tries to uncover reasons why Paramount made this decision to shift two major films. It seems that because Paramount recently lost DreamWorks and subsequently announced that they'll only release 20 major films every year, they've started shifting releases around so that they "don't have a giant hole next year." Other speculation is that Paramount wants to focus its Oscar efforts on The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Revolutionary Road instead, "but it has nothing to do with that. It has to do with the metrics of ...
Release Date Changes: The Road, The Soloist, Defiance, Sherlock Holmes and The Orphan
/Film —
... Paramount is also delaying the Paramount Vantage Edward Zwick-directed Daniel Craig-starrer WWII film Defiance until December 31st. The film was oriignally scheduled to hit theaters on December 12th. The new date will allow the film to qualify for award consideration. [deadline] ...
