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Harry Potter 6 Moved to 2009!

JonathonWally said:
V said:
  • October 10 - City of Ember
  • October 24 - Saw V
  • October 31 - Zack and Miri Make a Porno (Directed by Kevin Smith and starring Seth Rogen)
  • November 7 - Quantum of Solace - (James Bond #22), Repo!: The Genetic Opera
  • November 11 - The Road (post-apocalyptic film starring Viggo Mortensen)
  • November 30 - Game (starring Gerard Butler, as "an unwilling participant in an online game in which participants can control human beings as players")
  • November 5 - Punisher: War Zone
  • December 12 - The Day the Earth Stood Still (remake), Defiance (Daniel Craig stars as a leader of Jewish partisan fighters during World War II), Twilight (adapted from a Vampire-starscroosed-lovers 2005-novel between a vampire boy and human girl, targeted at the teen fangirl audience: apparently the book series has taken the nation by storm....I myself had never heard of it, until ***It completely overran Comic-Con, with hysterical Twilight-fangirls completely swarming their live-action movie panel. Will probably hook the Titanic-crowd.
  • December 19 - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • December 25 - The Spirit (film noir old-old-school crimefighter tale written AND directed by Frank Miller, and starring Samuel L. Jackson), and "9" a scifi stop-motion thing starring Elijah Wood
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I could have sworn there was another big release in there somewhere that I'm forgetting at the moment. I was also hoping for Marky Mark's Max Paine for this winter.
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There's also Australia with Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman. It's being released November 14th.
 
V said:
well, lets see what this means for us: what else is in the "competitive landscape" for winter 2008? Oh, I really do think it was simply due to the Writers' Strike leaving some rough edges (that's why Trek got pushed back), and further, the studio might have wanted to stay competitive with Star Trek and had nothing else to run against it, so rather than let it go unchallenged, decided to move to summer to make sure they stay in a head to head competition:

but what is out now in the "winter 2008" season? :

Well Harry Potter 6 was slated for November, but here's what we have that looks big:


  • October 10 - City of Ember
  • October 24 - Saw V
  • October 31 - Zack and Miri Make a Porno (Directed by Kevin Smith and starring Seth Rogen)
  • November 7 - Quantum of Solace - (James Bond #22), Repo!: The Genetic Opera
  • November 11 - The Road (post-apocalyptic film starring Viggo Mortensen)
  • November 30 - Game (starring Gerard Butler, as "an unwilling participant in an online game in which participants can control human beings as players")
  • November 5 - Punisher: War Zone
  • December 12 - The Day the Earth Stood Still (remake), Defiance (Daniel Craig stars as a leader of Jewish partisan fighters during World War II), Twilight (adapted from a Vampire-starscroosed-lovers 2005-novel between a vampire boy and human girl, targeted at the teen fangirl audience: apparently the book series has taken the nation by storm....I myself had never heard of it, until ***It completely overran Comic-Con, with hysterical Twilight-fangirls completely swarming their live-action movie panel. Will probably hook the Titanic-crowd.
  • December 19 - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • December 25 - The Spirit (film noir old-old-school crimefighter tale written AND directed by Frank Miller, and starring Samuel L. Jackson), and "9" a scifi stop-motion thing starring Elijah Wood
Well of these.......Twilight will make a lot of money but I have no desire to see it myself. I liked Saw I but haven't been following the series since,

"City of Ember" looks nice but I doubt I'll see it in theaters what with prices being what they are, though I'll probably watch it at home

I have yet to see a trailer of any kind for "Game" so I don't know if I'd watch it, beyond the "The Game"-esque desription. Also, won't see in theaters.

As for Punisher: War Zone.....they changed actors so I don't know if I'd see it now.

As for the Day the Earth Stood Still remake.......again, remakes of the caliber of "War of the Worlds" from Senor Spielbergo really left a bad taste in my mouth....I like Keanu Reaves and Jennifer Connelly, but frankly, even if the reviews are good (which I doubt) I don't think I'll be seeing this one.....

also Brad Pitt's Benjamin Button looked kind of interesting actually, but I don't think I'd watch it in theaters.

So THROUGH December 1, the only thing I actually want to see in theaters is "Quantum of Solace" on November 7

and as for December through the Christmas season, the only things I'd really watch are The Spirit or "9", and I actually might watch them, but to be honest, I'll only go if they get rave reviews (which they might)


Thus, the true horror of the Writer's Guild of America Strike of '07-'08, has finally caught up with Films, due to the time-delay between writing a film and making it (which is more noticeable on TV because they're filmed much closer to writing)

(sigh) well, more time to sit around getting ready for "Wachmen" in March


QUIS CUSTODIET IPSOS CUSTODES?!

Edit: I'd see "Zack and Miri" if friends are going to see it, actually, but I myself do not plan to alone, but more importantly....the younger crowd that would go to Harry Potter certainly wouldn't go to see a borderline NC-17 sex comedy, even a very witty and mature one

And I actually might see The Road. Aragorn deserves his Oscar; "the crownless again shall be king"
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I have no idea why studios are running away from the Christmas movie season, especially this year when there's very little competition. They could make more money for their films by releasing them during this time. The Christmas season was red-hot for a number of years with LOTR's and HP.

I'm hoping Star Trek is a big success. I just don't see it happening. Maybe this relaunch will do it but if it follows past Trek patterns, it will make most of its money during a big first week. I really think Star Trek would be better served with a Christmas release. HP will make money no matter where you stick it though I would have kept HBP during the holiday season. They were always good films for that time. The Deathly Hallows is definitely a summer movie and the second half will be.
 
V said:
that means that in July 2009, Radcliffe will be 20 years old but movie-Harry will be 16....of course, most of his scenes will already have been shot.

But there's already a 4 year lag time and they haven't started #7 yet.
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No offense meant to you personally but SERIOUSLY - I wish people would GET THE FUCK over this!!!!!

Funny, isn't it, how nobody cares when twenty eight year olds are playing high school students in "Smallville". What would you have them do? Recast Harry and his friends for the final film?

I would MUCH RATHER suspend my disbelief a fraction than have to endure changing out actors every three films.


Seriously - I look forward to this series ending, IF ONLY that I will not have to listen to this BEYOND TIRED argument one more damned time!!!!
 
The Borgified Corpse said:
I'm bummed that they're pushing it back to summer since I think that Harry Potter has always felt more like a winter franchise. (And, IIRC, the most successful Harry Potter movies were all winter releases.)
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I agree. The trailer for Half-Blood Prince also felt wintry for some reason.

CaptainCanada said:
Rats; now the only film I'm really looking forward to in the winter will be the new Bond film.
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That's exactly what I thought too when I first heard the news.
 
Major suckage. :(

With "Star Trek" already moved, the kids and I were really looking forward to this movie in November. (None of us really like winter...)

Well, it least it gives me more time to FINALLY catch up on the last 2 books, but major suckage still.

Well, "Ember" is still due in like October, not as BIG a film as
Potter, but my kids and all their friends, AND cousins, And ex-wife, have read "City of Ember/People of Sparks/Prophet of Yonwood", and are REALLY hyped for the movie, so I will really enjoy taking a busload of kiddies to that, at least...

Nothing else on the horizon I'm REALLY looking forward too...not too familiar with "The Watchmen" yet, since I a huge comic geek (more a sci-fi/science geek)...it looks & sounds interesting though...

- bryce
 
I've been a big HP fan since the beginning, and I've enjoyed the movies, too...for whatever reason, I agree that the Potter movie franchise works better as an autumn or winter franchise. No idea why, but in my head the HP movies just fit the season.
 
Well, since July is winter here in Australia, that works out GREAT!!!!

Looking forward to actually going to see a HP movie when it's 19C and nice and cool.
 
RoJoHen said:
CaptainCanada said:
Yes, but Jigsaw isn't supernatural.
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Exactly. He was just fucked up in the head.
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But 4 was set during 3 and gave more backstory on Jigsaw, it also introduced and explained the presence of someone else as Jigsaws apprentice.
OK so they're not fantastically believable stories, but I like how they always tie them together at the end.

As for Harry Potter, this won't be the first time it's a summer movie, will it? I thought OotP was release in June or July?
 
Bob The Skutter said:
RoJoHen said:
CaptainCanada said:
Yes, but Jigsaw isn't supernatural.
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Exactly. He was just fucked up in the head.
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But 4 was set during 3 and gave more backstory on Jigsaw, it also introduced and explained the presence of someone else as Jigsaws apprentice.
OK so they're not fantastically believable stories, but I like how they always tie them together at the end.
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As I said before, I have not seen 4, but I agree that they do a very good job of connecting the dots between movies. They're actually very unique stories and more intelligent than you'd think.

I also didn't realize 3 and 4 took place at the same time. I should rent it this week.
 
D Man said:
I've been a big HP fan since the beginning, and I've enjoyed the movies, too...for whatever reason, I agree that the Potter movie franchise works better as an autumn or winter franchise. No idea why, but in my head the HP movies just fit the season.
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In my opinion? Since the Potter films cover a typical school year, which is to say autumn-winter-spring, a release during that period just feels more topical than a summer release. 'Wintry' summer releases (like the recent X-Files film) often feel out-of-season.

Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman
 
DarthPipes said:
I have no idea why studios are running away from the Christmas movie season, especially this year when there's very little competition.
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They're not. They're running toward the Summer '09 season. As big as the winter holiday season is for studios, the summer is bigger, with more at stake.

Also, it's simply a matter of spreading the wealth. Thanks to the strike, they simply don't have as many movies to fill both the winter and summer seasons with, so they have to take what they do have and split it between the two seasons.
 
well, that sucks. I dont go the theaters much(I prefer Netflixing,) I was gonna use the remaining 10 bucks in my AMC gift card for HP6. I think the card might expire after 2008(Im not sure but I dont want to risk it). Im not really interested in any of the other 2008 films from V's list. Maybe Twilight(love vampires) if it wasnt wall to wall teen angst. What the hell am I gonna watch?
 
One film left off the list: Bolt

It looks pretty amusing and cute, and it will be another 3-D movie experience.
 
oh yeah I forgot....Get ready for pain....Max Payne!


  • October 17 - Max Payne (video game adaptation)
To be followed by an adaptation of the aptly named, "Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne"?
 
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