Director Jason Reitman and scribe Diablo Cody's dramedy Young Adult finally has a release date(s). Paramount has announced that it will open the film to limited theaters on December 9th, 2011, one week before rolling out the pic to a wide release on December 16th. For those unfamiliar with the project, Young Adult stars Charlize Theron, Patrick Wilson, J.K. Simmons, Patton Oswalt, and Elizabeth Reaser in the tale of a female fiction writer (Theron) who gets a divorce, moves back to her population-challenged Minnesota hometown, and pursues an ex-flame (Wilson) who is now married and a father.

Given the talent behind the project, and its end of the year release, I'm expecting the film to be an awards-season contender in some shape or form. As for its December 9th limited release, Young Adult will be going up against the ensemble rom-com New Year's Eve. On the 16th, the pic will face some stiff box office competition in the form of Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, Meryl Streep's The Iron Lady, and Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked.