variety.com - 11/19/2008
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Date change for DreamWorks, Paramount film DreamWorks and Paramount have agreed to release fact-based Jamie Foxx-Robert Downey Jr. drama "The Soloist" on April 24 instead of March 13. DreamWorks was caught off guard last month when Par pushed back the release of "The Soloist" from this year to ...
hollywoodreporter.com - 11/19/2008
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hollywoodreporter.com —
Nothing brings people together like $584 million in
worldwide revenue. In a potential high-profile star-writer reunion, "I...
Am Legend" co-scribe Mark Protosevich is in early talks to pen the remake of "Old Boy" that boxoffice king and "Legend" star ...
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DreamWorks sets up 'Old Boy' club
hollywoodreporter.com - 11/19/2008
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hollywoodreporter.com —
Nothing brings people together like $584 million in
worldwide revenue. In a potential high-profile star-writer reunion, "I...
Am Legend" co-scribe Mark Protosevich is in early talks to pen the remake of "Old Boy" that boxoffice king and "Legend" star ...
(more)
DreamWorks sets up 'Old Boy' club
getthebigpicture.net - 11/24/2008
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getthebigpicture.net —
Robert Downey, Jr. and Jamie Foxx star in
the long-delayed 'The Soloist,' which will now be released...
in April after once being believed to vie for Oscar gold. Dreamworks has released two new production photos featuring the film's stars.
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New Production Photos for Delayed 'Soloist'
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The Soloist Shows Up Even Later
Cinema Blend News —
The Soloist Shows Up Even Later The release date of the Robert Downey Jr./Jamie Foxx weeper, The Soloist has been moved back
again. The film was originally intended for a November 08 release date and was pushed back to March 09 and will now be released on the first official summer box-office date, April 24, 2008. Variety reports that DreamWorks and Paramount are both responsible for the second move, while Paramount was responsible for the first. As is, the film will open at the beginning of Summer 09, a loaded box office date, but much higher profile. Here's a shocker, ...
'The Soloist' delayed yet again!
The Screening Log —
This is starting to piss me off. Sure, I can wait for a movie to hit theaters without going insane, but what I can't stand is the constant delay of release dates for reasons only studios think are important.
Variety today reported Paramount and DreamWorks have agreed to push back the release of Joe Wright's drama "The Soloist" yet again, this time to April 24, 2009.
The film was supposed to open this week, but last month, Paramount moved it to March 13. Back then, Paramount's Rob Moore said they would give the flick an aggressive release.
As the trade reports, the new April date is one week before ...
'The Soloist' Banished Yet Again
Get The Big Picture —
... But how would you explain the latest decision to move
The Soloist again, this time to the week before the official opening date
of summer? The obvious flashing red light you see is the impression that it's
just not as good as everyone hoped. The film will now open April 24th, according
to
Variety, a real dead zone where a good movie
can make some cash because there's nothing else before it that people want to
see and it's so early in the summer there are really only a couple solid
options. ...
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Paramount delays two wide rollouts
hollywoodreporter.com 10/17/2008 — ORLANDO -- Paramount is fiddling with its holiday release plans at the eleventh hour, delaying the wide release of true-life drama "The Soloist," starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jamie Foxx, and the Daniel Craig-toplined Nazi-escape film "Defiance" ...
New "The Soloist" Featurette
1movietrailers.net 4/3/2009 — Watch first look at a new featurette on The Soloist, the Joe Wright-directed drama starring Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr. Opening in theaters on April 24th, the DreamWorks release co-stars Catherine Keener, Tom Hollander and Lisa Gay Hamilton.
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