Ghost Rider gets pushed back to 2007
Filed under: Sony, Distribution, DIY/Filmmaking, Newsstand, Movie Marketing, Comic/Superhero/Geek
Sony has announced that it will push back the release date for Ghost Rider from July 14th, 2006 to Presidents Day weekend 2007. Based on the popular Marvel comic, the film stars Nicolas Cage as a a stunt driver who gives up his soul to become a vigilante and battle demons; most importantly, Blackheart, son of the devil. The move comes after Sony realized their summer was already packed with high-profile films like The Da Vinci Code, Click, Monster House, Zoom and the Untitled "will someone just give this film a freaking name already" Will Ferrell Nascar comedy.
By kicking off the new year with an expesnsive ($120 million) action film, Sony hopes some of that big box office Daredevil luck will rub off on Ghost Rider. However, the date change has the folks over at Marvel Studios scrambling to alter their marketing campaign, and I can't help but not really care all that much. Sorry kids, but you'll just have to wait a few more months for this one.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
12-15-2005 @ 5:15PM
The Jeremy said...
Bad idea, Sony. The longer you sit on the movie, the greater the chance it will get leaked onto the Torrents long before it opens...and thereby hurting its box office revenue, if you believe what the MPAA has to say about the subject...
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12-15-2005 @ 5:45PM
Finished.Law.School said...
This movie is not going to do well. That furry thing that died on Cage's head is not doing well either.
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12-16-2005 @ 5:18AM
starlen said...
maybe this will give them time to shoot nicolas cage out of the film? and maybe mark steven johnson, too?
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12-16-2005 @ 12:16PM
nilblogette said...
I'm sure their decision to hold this one instead of one of those others also has something to do with LORD OF WAR and THE WEATHER MAN not doing so well. You can't bank on Fonda, Bentley, and Mendez opening a movie all by themselves, but you can't count on Cage at the moment either.
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12-16-2005 @ 12:44PM
The Jeremy said...
It isn't Cage's fault that those movies did not do well. It was the subject material...the flicks failed to attract an audience. Compare that with the success of Cage's *National Treasure* which is getting a sequel...
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