'Green Lantern', 'Sherlock', 'Potter Finale' Nab Release Dates
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Warner Brothers has made an interesting move with regards to The Green Lantern (which Casino Royale's Martin Campbell is rumored to be directing) as they've announced a December 17, 2010 release date for the superhero flick. No, this isn't the Green Hornet (which we wrote about earlier telling you of Michel Gondry's involvement) -- this is the other green hero, Green Lantern. It'll be interesting to see how well a superhero movie does during the winter months [cough] Spirit [cough], and while this one is kinda flying under the radar, I'm a fan of Green Lantern and I'm real curious to see what they do with it.In other Warner Bros. release date news, they seem to have pushed Sherlock Holmes (starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law) to a December 25, 2009 release -- making this the studio's big Christmas Day movie. The film was previously supposed to open on November 13. Additionally, the final Harry Potter film (part 2 of the Deathly Hallows)has scheduled a release date of July 15, 2011. And guess what else is opening that weekend -- um, just a little flick called The Avengers. Could you imagine Potter squaring off against Marvel's Avengers? How cool would that box office battle be?
Other release dates announced by Warners:
Jonah Hex - August 6, 2010
Christopher Nolan's Inception - July 16, 2010
Zack Snyder's Sucker Punch- October 8, 2010
Clash of the Titans - March 26th, 2010
Which of these projects brings you the most excitement?
[via ERC]
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2-24-2009 @ 6:23PM
Drew said...
I just thought I should clarify something about the Harry Potter release date. You didn't get anything wrong, but you didn't mention that the final film is actually being split in two parts. July 15, 2011 is the date when Part Two of the final film is coming out. Part One is coming out on November 19, 2010.
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2-24-2009 @ 6:28PM
Erik Davis said...
Yeah, I went back and forth on whether I should be clearer there and I guess I was just too darn lazy. I've updated to clarify -- thanks.
2-24-2009 @ 6:39PM
drewdesmond9 said...
yeah, it's not really that big of a deal. I think it depends on your opinion of the adaptation...
Is it still one complete movie that just happens to be split into two parts?
Or is it two separate movies, where the second one is a continuation of the first?
I personally see it is ONE movie, but other people may see it a different way.
2-24-2009 @ 6:39PM
MCW said...
"Additionally, the final Harry Potter film (part 2 of the Deathly Hallows)has scheduled a release date of July 15, 2011"
Because WB sticks to release dates...
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2-24-2009 @ 7:07PM
Greg said...
I'll be surprised if either Potter or Avengers will be released the same weekend.
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2-24-2009 @ 8:06PM
Batzarro said...
Green Lantern...definitively. The release date scares me. What, not Summer potential?
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2-24-2009 @ 9:02PM
Matt C said...
... because summer 2010 is already packed as it is? Besides, Richard Donner's "Superman" was released in December and that made a ton of money. (And it was DC too.)
Besides, it provides endless opportunities for WB to engage in some Christmas cross-promotion too with toys and such.
2-25-2009 @ 10:48AM
Henry said...
Inception, without a doubt. Anything by Nolan should be worthy of Christmas morning levels of gleeful anticipation.
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2-25-2009 @ 11:50AM
Discoshrew said...
Does anyone else feel like the mid-July date for the Nolan movie seems to suggest its a batman codename? I would think they'd give a smaller Nolan art-ish film a Fall release, like Prestige in October...
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