Serenity...
Nov. 23rd, 2004 01:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
litheraSERENITY writer/director Joss Whedon logged on the WHEDONesque message forum
and delivered the bad news yesterday to his fans: Universal has decided to
shift back the release of his film from April 22, 2005 to September 30 of the
same year.
"So what happened?" posed Whedon in his original message on the forum. "Well,
nothing terribly original. April got crowded with a lot of titles aimed at a
similar demographic, and the studio decided September was a clearer corridor
for the film to make the kind of impact it should. This isn't about a lack of
confidence in the film -- in fact, they told me this before they even saw it.
And now they have seen it, and unless they're way better liars than I'm used
to, they dug it. Actually, they dug it pretty large, which is a good sign since
there's not a single finished effect in the film. There's no reworking the end,
no reshoots, no 'does it have to be in space?'. It's just a marketing issue.
Now you'll get to watch lots of trailers in the summer. And hopefully, by the
time it comes out, other people, people who ain't us, will get a whiff of what
we're up to, and come along too.
"I love this movie. I HATE waiting to show it too you. I felt pretty much the
way I imagine you're feeling right now when they told me. But these guys know
what they're doing, and they're trying to protect their investment, not bury
it. So I gotta be a grown-up. The release date is September 30th. Hopefully it
won't change again."
April /is/ full next year. And this puts Serenity up against... ummmmm.... nothing so far, which would be a good thing. (And makes it so it misses Batman and FF and Episode III.....)
Also, for you Justice League Fans... Beware spoilers!
And a review of Alexander.
and delivered the bad news yesterday to his fans: Universal has decided to
shift back the release of his film from April 22, 2005 to September 30 of the
same year.
"So what happened?" posed Whedon in his original message on the forum. "Well,
nothing terribly original. April got crowded with a lot of titles aimed at a
similar demographic, and the studio decided September was a clearer corridor
for the film to make the kind of impact it should. This isn't about a lack of
confidence in the film -- in fact, they told me this before they even saw it.
And now they have seen it, and unless they're way better liars than I'm used
to, they dug it. Actually, they dug it pretty large, which is a good sign since
there's not a single finished effect in the film. There's no reworking the end,
no reshoots, no 'does it have to be in space?'. It's just a marketing issue.
Now you'll get to watch lots of trailers in the summer. And hopefully, by the
time it comes out, other people, people who ain't us, will get a whiff of what
we're up to, and come along too.
"I love this movie. I HATE waiting to show it too you. I felt pretty much the
way I imagine you're feeling right now when they told me. But these guys know
what they're doing, and they're trying to protect their investment, not bury
it. So I gotta be a grown-up. The release date is September 30th. Hopefully it
won't change again."
April /is/ full next year. And this puts Serenity up against... ummmmm.... nothing so far, which would be a good thing. (And makes it so it misses Batman and FF and Episode III.....)
Also, for you Justice League Fans... Beware spoilers!
And a review of Alexander.
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Date: 2004-11-23 10:37 pm (UTC)I watched A Knight's Tale again the other night. I'd forgotten the actor who plays Wash was in that. He's a hoot.