The release dates, they are a-changing! Universal just moved the release of the action flick Wanted, which stars Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy, from March to June 27th, 2008. That June release date was also held by Pixar's new one, WALL-E, and the Tom Cruise "Hitler assassination plot" flick -- Valkyrie. According to Coming Soon, Valkyrie has officially budged (though I think it would have absolutely crushed Wanted and it's courting a different audience than Wall-E). United Artists will now release the film on October 3rd of 2008 -- a date also held by less intense competition -- Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist and Guy Ritchie's Gerald Butler drama RocknRolla. Valkyrie is directed by Bryan Singer and written by Christopher McQuarrie (The Usual Suspects) and Nathan Alexander. Tom Cruise has become everyone's favorite punching bag lately, and reaction to the trailer, particularly Cruise's lack of a German accent, was pretty hostile. (Although probably not as hostile as it would have been had he...attempted a German accent!) But the plot sounds awesome, Singer is a great director (Superman Returns aside), and it's got a hell of a cast -- including Bill Nighy, Kenneth Branagh, Stephen Fry, Eddie lzzard, Terence Stamp, Tom Wilkinson, and Black Book's stunning Carice Van Houton. How bad could it be? It's got to be better than Wanted -- have you seen the trailer for that thing? Haven't I seen that movie, oh, a thousand times already?
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12-15-2007 @ 7:21PM
Erin P. said...
Dammit! X___x I was actually thinking TODAY that I was excited about seeing this. Yargh. I hate waiting. =__=;;
For the record, while I cringed just like everyone else when he went kind of media-nutso... but I've got nothing against his movies. I tend to forget that I think he's a crackpot while watching them, and I'm usually entertained.
I WANT to cut him slack. And I want this to be the movie that erases alot of that old unease about him as an actor. Come on, Tom!
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12-16-2007 @ 8:38AM
liquidsoap said...
There is no way that Valkyrie would have crushed Wanted.Valkyrie is another World War 2 movie and people getting tired of war movies.Wanted is based off of a comic book and will feed off of the fanboys and people that just want to see a good action flick.Plus seeing a movie 1000 times already doesn't keep people from going back.Look at 90% of all romcoms.
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12-16-2007 @ 3:09PM
Tom said...
Another WWII movie about the botched Hitler assasination? BORING.....
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12-16-2007 @ 3:46PM
bella said...
i'm excited about this film
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12-22-2007 @ 3:38AM
Todd said...
according to Variety, Valkyrie is being pushed because there's still some late filming done by Singer (spoiler alert)
regarding a big battlescene when Stauffenberg loses his eye. Isnt the publicity guy hired by Cruise was once a Disney boy so maybe he advised Tom not to compete with Wall-E's Disney and Pixar?
But then again October is a German Holiday month and also their beer festival month perfect for Valkyrie.
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1-11-2008 @ 5:52PM
Joxe Arkaitz said...
Some people think Valkyrie is just another war movie. Well, it is not. It is a unique thrilling movie that I assure you I wont' miss. It is a good movie. A very good one indeed.
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