You know it's fast approaching Oscar season when big-name movie titles begin to shuffle around their release date, and we received news of three changes this week alone. First, having nothing to do with the Oscar race and everything to do with the tragedy in Aurora, Colorado, Ruben Fleischer's Gangster Squad has officially pushed its release date back from September to January. The film included a wild scene where a bunch of goons were given the task of murdering someone at a movie theatre and, as shown in the newly pulled theatrical trailer, they wreak havoc shooting through the screen and into the entire crowd. By showing an overly large amount of sensitivity to the issue, Warner Bros. forced Fleischer to cut the scene out of the film and do some re-shooting. Perhaps I'm way off base, but I fear the consequences of allowing the actions of a crazed individual to effect our society's creative outlets. It's a slippery slope. Either way, we can all look forward to a Gangster Squad release come January 2013.
In other news, Harvey Weinstein and The Weinstein Company is at it again. The movie mogul is strategically re-organizing the release dates for some of his Oscar hopefuls. Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master had it's theatrical release moved up a month to September 14th. Expecting big things from his well known director, Harvey Weinstein hopes The Master will get an early lead in the Oscar race. Furthermore, The Weinstein Company also announced that Killing Them Softly starring Brad Pitt will have its opening delayed a few weeks as they move the film's release from September 21st to October 19th. I'm sure this isn't the last we'll hear about big-name titles shuffling around release dates as the Academy Awards slowly, but surely, approaches.
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