TERRIBLE NEWS! SERENITY DELAYED!
POSTED BY: gojiro
UPDATED: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 08:06
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Originally posted by RocketJock:
It's times like this that I really wish I knew how to curse in Chinese.
There are some choice selections here that seem to apply:
http://www.fireflyfans.net/reference.asp?r=831
"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."
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Did a little research. Here's what IMDB has listed as being released in April (removing Serenity):
April 1st:
Surfing the Wake
Sin City
Stomp! Shout! Scream!
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny
Weather Man, The
Big Ain't Bad (2002)
April 8th:
In Her Shoes
Unleashed
Dust to Glory
Man of the House
April 15th
Rumor Has It
Amityville Horror, The
April 17th:
Bright Leaves
April 22nd:
Walk the Line
April 29th:
Crash
House of Wax
Every Word Is True
XXX: State of the Union
April 30th:
Dead Man's Bluff
May 1st:
Disaster!
May 5th:
Miracle Mile
May 6th:
Kingdom of Heaven
Monster-in-Law
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The
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I only recognize a handful of titles. There's Sin City, but that's at the beginning of April and I'd consider it out of play by the 22nd. There's Amityville Horror (which I'm wondering why it is being released in April), but I don't see it as big competition for Serenity.
AFTER the 22nd, though, you have the sequal to XXX and the next week you have Hitchhiker's. Those are the two that Universal is afraid of. Demographics overlap, and both can be seen as having more recognition than Firefly. So Universal is afraid that Serenity won't have the staying power at the box office past the first week.
As much as I HATE to wait that much longer, I'm inclined to agree with the decision. I think it really needs at least one extra weekend without competition to get its foot in the door with word of mouth.
"FOX! Where the shit hits the fans." - Tim Minear
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
First I watch my Chiefs lose another heartbreaker tonight to the Patriots, and now I log on and see this horrible news! What a night this has been.
"How drunk was I last night?"
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AFTER the 22nd, though, you have the sequal to XXX and the next week you have Hitchhiker's. Those are the two that Universal is afraid of. Demographics overlap, and both can be seen as having more recognition than Firefly. So Universal is afraid that Serenity won't have the staying power at the box office past the first week.
As much as I HATE to wait that much longer, I'm inclined to agree with the decision. I think it really needs at least one extra weekend without competition to get its foot in the door with word of mouth.
"FOX! Where the shit hits the fans." - Tim Minear
Tomanta,
Thanks for the reassurance. It's not so good that release date was delayed, but it would be worse if it was due to Universal not believing in Serenity.
What I mean to say, if they delayed it because they wanna give it the best chance, then it's OK. If they delayed it because they can't be bothered, then "I'm confused, I'm angry, and I'm armed".
I really hope you're right. You ARE right, right?
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Anybody heard the release date for the screener? 
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Oh jeeeeeeez...
Now I gotta change practically every FRIKKEN one of my guerilla marketing posters.
Ya know, I always had a bit of an uneasy feeling about actually using the April 2005 release date. Something in the back of my mind said the odds are one in a very small number that this date will stick. It is HOLLYWOOD after all... changing deadlines is business as usual...
Sheesh, I hope it'll be safe to at least still use year 2005...
*grumble grumble*
11th Hour
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Anybody heard the release date for the screener?
I've heard nothin. Sorry.
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, that can't be true
Mal: "Everybody dies alone"
http://beam.to/firefly
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Wow
Oh well. We'll just have more time to promote the hell out of our BDM. Truth be told, I was worried that XXX: State Of The Union and the next Star Wars movie would come along and deposit our BDM underneath them both, and the media analysts would have a field day with the overbooked spring release schedule and take it out on Serenity (i.e. "Whedon's Firefly movie fails to soar"). So September 30th sounds good. According to Yahoo! Movies, it's a week after The Legend Of Zorro and Serenity will be opening up against Curious George. I'd rather there be no competition, but maybe Serenity can battle for a premium chunk of box-office gold. Onward, Browncoats!
"The first thing I do in the morning is brush
my teeth and sharpen my tongue." -- Dorothy Parker
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