"Jaws" helped start it, "Star Wars" cemented it, i believe. it's still artificial to me.
-------------- Original message -------------- From: "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Summer used to be when they drumped the rejects, until the success of Star Wars, I think. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Mistake to my mind. I was looking forward to a winter release. They better > hope there's not even more competition during the summer blockbuster season, > or it'll tank. > Have I mentioned recently that i *hate* this artificial system of releasing > only certain movies at certain times? A great movie will bring in the > audiences at any time. Oscar hopefuls shouldn't have to only get released > during the fall and winter. Summer shouldn't be the domain of big-budget FX > heavy flicks. I can remember seeing some of my favorite movies of all time at > all kinds of odd times of the year. > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> Trek Moved To '09 >> >> Paramount on Feb. 13 pushed its highly anticipated Star Trek movie to >> May 8, 2009, from an original Christmas 2008 release, to take advantage >> of the summer box-office season, according to The Hollywood Reporter. >> >> "Star Trek is moving to summer because its has so much box-office >> potential," Paramount spokesman Michael Vollman told the trade paper. >> "It does not need any script tweaks. They're two-thirds of the way >> through shooting, and we would have delivered a great movie at Christmas." >> >> Trek is one of several films the studio has shuffled to new dates now >> that the writers' strike has ended. Trek's shift is reportedly unrelated >> to script or cast considerations. >> >> Replacing Trek on Paramount's holiday 2008 schedule is the Brad >> Pitt-Cate Blanchett fantasy film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, >> which moves to Dec. 19 from Nov. 26. >> >> Case 39, meanwhile, moves to April 10, 2009, from Aug. 22 of this year. >> And Nowhereland, an Eddie Murphy fantasy comedy previously set for Sept. >> 26, now will bow June 12, 2009. >> http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=48530 >> >> >> >> Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> >> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
