New Release Dates for THE THING and MONEYBALL
by Matt Goldberg Posted:November 23rd, 2010 at 1:11 pm
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The upcoming films The Thing and Moneyball have landed new release dates. The Thing, which is a prequel to the 1982 John Carpenter horror film of the same name, was originally set for April 29, 2011, but then Universal decided to give that date to the new Fast and Furious film, Fast Five. Now Universal is tweeting that The Thing will open on October 14, 2011. The film, which stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Joel Edgerton, will now square off at the box office against the remake of Footloose and Paul W.S. Anderson’s 3D adaptation of The Three Musketeers.
Also getting a release date is Bennett Miller’s Moneyball starring Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill. The film, which centers on how the Oakland Athletics became a competitive ballclub through utilizing statistics, will open on September 23, 2011 according to Box Office Mojo. The only other film currently set for that date is the action flick Abduction starring Taylor Lautner and Alfred Molina.
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Crap, I don’t wanna wait a whole effing year to see the thing… should this be concerning? I’m trying to think of how octobers were in years past and I can’t really determine if it’s a month for crap movies or not.
No they moved it to October because it is a horror film. This doesn’t mean it is good or bad, it just means that they had the sensibilities to realize it had a better chance performing whether it is a good film or a bad one in a month devoted to everything ghoulish.
Also January is the month for bad movies.
Oh God, they remade The Thing!? Why would I rather see the remake of Footloose?