‘Green Hornet’ Release Pushed Back Two Weeks

Posted by Neil Miller (neil@filmschoolrejects.com) on July 1, 2009

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Columbia Pictures is doing a little release date shifting this week. According to ercBoxOffice, the studio has moved Michel Gondry’s action comedy The Green Hornet, which will star Seth Rogen and Stephen Chow, from June 25, 2010 to a July 9, 2010 release.

The move makes room for the all-star cast comedy Grown Ups — which will star the likes of Kevin James, Chris Rock, Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider, David Spade, Salma Hayek and Maya Rudolph — which has been moved from March 12 to June 25, 2010.

This move wedges Green Hornet between Toy Story 3, which drops a week before, and Twilight: New Moon, which hits theaters the following week. And if you ask me, that’s not a bad move, just not a great one. As we’ve seen this summer, getting caught in the clutter is possible — just ask some of those May releases. Even though The Green Hornet doesn’t share the same target demos as Toy Story 3 and New Moon, it will be in a position to have to work harder to attract any huge audience beyond its opening weekend.

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Davebaxter1989

I would not want to follow Toy Story 3 at all. I don't think Twilight will dent it though.

I think Angels and Demons was really lost in the shuffle this year.

BagelTM

I have a feeling this is Sony's response to opening Angels & Demons the week after Star Trek. This is definitely a better decision but outside Iron Man and Toy Story the whole summer just sounds really weak to me. Way too many wild-cards like Inception, A-Team, Prince of Persia or Sorcerer's Apprentice.

Charlie

dosn't new moon come out november 20th of 2009?
not 2010...

JDNobody

I agree with you (Davebaxter) Toy Story has a good chance of casting a huge shadow over an already "iffy" movie. Rogan is funny, but until I see a preview, this film is hard to digest. Rogan - pot-laced comedy and Gondry's surreal filmmaking...not sure if that equals "action film".

I hope it's cool, but it just seems like a hard sell.

‘Green Hornet’ Release Pushed Back Two Weeks

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