I DONT BELIEVE IT!!!!! \/ \/ \/
CROSSING OVER BUMPED TO JANUARY 2009
Sad news: Crossing Over has been bumped to yet a new release date to one beyond the awards consideration window: The new date is January 2009.
Quote Harvey Weinstein at distributor Weinstein Co.: "We're moving it to January. The market is just too crowded. Every week there are five more movies coming out. It's too crazy. Spring is much better--there are a lot more wide-open dates. The most important thing is to do well by the movie. Having it out in January gives us the opportunity to play the film at the Sundance and Berlin film festivals, which will be a big help to the movie."
That's the official version. The unofficial reason is the present turbulence over at Weinstein Co: A number of company head executives have already left the company, more are heading out the door very shortly.
Crossing Over isn't the only bumped movie on the Weinstein releases list: The Road starring Viggo Mortensen and Killshot starring Mickey Rourke have also been rescheduled to next year, official reasons are along the lines of those for Crossing Over.
Preferring the festivals season over the awards season for reasons of increased visibility, prestige, PR and box office is probably the thinnest veiled white lie we've heard in a long time. That's the real reason for worry.
