06 August 2012

Warner Brothers has moved "The Great Gatsby" to summer 2013, for who cares what reason this is terrible.
Posted by Ellen at 1:40 PM
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2 comments:

Marjorie said...

The dissatisfaction is compounded by the last sentence of that post: "It used to be virtually taboo for a Hollywood studio to push back the release date of a high-profile title, but more and more, studios are doing just that for a variety of reasons." Thanks, friendly writer, for providing zero of those reasons. What a weird piece of news this is.

2:03 PM
Ellen said...

Yeah, it really fills you with confidence when the paper needs to be the first to report it more than they need to provide any information.

My guesses: Either the studio wasn't happy with where Luhrmann was at this point, or the director himself requested more time. Here are a few other potential reasons based on a Deadline.com search for "pushed back":

- Need to save money ("Ninja Turtles")
- Needed to write a dead character back in because the actor who played him has become extremely popular ("G.I. Joe 2")
- Director and star aren't talking ("World War Z")
- More like a summer movie anyway ("Superman")
- Adding 3-D (also "G.I. Joe 2")
- Proximity to holidays when Americans go to the movies ("Mission: Impossible 4")
- Bad weather wherever they were filming ("Wolverine II")

There's only one conclusion to be drawn from all this: Jay Gatsby is a superhero.

2:14 PM

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