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G.I. Joe: Retaliation - What's the Real Reason Behind the 9 Month Delay?
24 May 2012 1:00 PM, PDT | GeekTyrant | See recent GeekTyrant news »
Yesterday news broke that G.I. Joe: Retaliation was going to get a very long nine month delay. It was supposed to be released next month on June 29th, but now we won't get to see it until March 29th, 2013. It was initially revealed that the reason behind this was so that they could convert the film for 3D. I think the whole 3D thing is just something to cover up a bigger issue. After all, Paramount Pictures could have and should have made this decision months ago, not at the last minute. Part of the reason is reshoots.
Today we've learned from Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson that they will be doing some more shooting. Here's what he had to say via his twitter...
It will be. Designing new scenes to enhance 3D. Rt: @JimmyinGA: Was looking forward to GI Joe next month. Hope the 3D is worth the wait.
So »
- Venkman
No Joe! G.I. Joe: Retaliation pushed back to March 2013
24 May 2012 12:56 PM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
Any G.I. Joe fans who were looking forward to the arrival of the Jon M. Chu-directed sequel G.I. Joe: Retaliation next month will be disappointed to learn that Paramount Pictures has made the rather belated decision to push the film's release date back a whole nine months to March 2013. The reason? Why, money of course!
According to a report over at Deadline, Paramount are delaying the movie in order to post-convert the sequel into 3D, no doubt due to the stellar box office performance of Marvel's The Avengers, with an unnamed source quoted as stating: "We’re going to do a conscientious 3D job because we’ve seen how it can better box office internationally... Jim Cameron did all of Titanic's 3D in post – and look how well that movie turned out."
I guess they've forgotten about the small fact that Titanic was already a billion dollar-grossing »
- flickeringmyth
Life Of Pi Movie Release Date
24 May 2012 11:37 AM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Ang Lee’s Life of Pi movie, with Suraj Sharma Ang Lee’s 3D movie Life of Pi has been moved from Dec. 21 to Nov. 21, 20th Century Fox has announced. Life of Pi, which generated enthusiastic buzz following its screening at ComicCon a few weeks ago, is already considered a top contender next awards season. (Note: Life of Pi was originally scheduled to open on Dec. 14.) By moving Life of Pi to the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, Fox is avoiding going neck and neck with the following Dec. 21 openings: Kathryn Bigelow’s Osama bin Laden thriller Zero Dark Thirty, with Chris Pratt, Jessica Chastain, and Joel Edgerton; Christopher McQuarrie’s crime drama One Shot, with Tom Cruise and Rosamund Pike; and another Judd Apatow comedy, This is 40, with Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, Jason Segel, Melissa McCarthy. In addition to the Dec. 14 debuts of Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, »
- Zac Gille
Paramount Delays Release of G.I. Joe: Retaliation to Add 3D
24 May 2012 6:00 AM, PDT | ScifiMafia | See recent ScifiMafia news »
One of the summer’s most anticipated blockbusters will not be released this year at all. Paramount Pictures’ G.I. Joe sequel, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, starring Channing Tatum, Dwayne Johnson, Bruce Willis and more, is being pushed back in order to make it into a 3D movie in post-production.
According to Deadline, Paramount is pushing the release date of G.I. Joe: Retaliation to March 29, 2013. What is the reason for the sudden push a month from the original release date? The studio hopes to rake in a bigger foreign box office by making this a 3D film. The studio had already begun kicking the promotion the film into high gear with the original June 29th release date closing in, including buying Super Bowl commercial time. Paramount will undoubtedly have to reassess its advertising strategy due to this move.
Synopsis:
A follow-up to the 2009 release of G.I. Joe: Rise Of The Cobra, »
- Lillian 'zenbitch' Standefer
Paramount Pushes G.I. Joe: Retaliation into 2013 for 3D Retrofitting
23 May 2012 8:33 PM, PDT | TheHDRoom | See recent TheHDRoom news »
Paramount Pictures has made a bold and late decision to push Jon M. Chu's G.I. Joe: Retaliation out of its June 29 release date all the way back to March 29, 2013, Hasbro toy plans and already executed marketing plans be damned. Chalk up a rare victory for diabolical Cobra Commander against those pesky Joes, their Super Bowl ad, and countless marketing dollars spent since.
The reason cited by Paramount for the drastic move is twofold. First, the studio claims that test audiences wondered why the film wasn't available in 3D like other big summer blockbusters are (note: Lionsgate's hugely successful The Hunger Games and The Dark Knight Rises are not available in 3D). Based on a positive experience retrofitting James Cameron's Titanic with 3D, Paramount is convinced the G.I. Joe: Retaliation experience will do nothing but benefit with the third dimension added.
Paramount is locking in on the potential for huge overseas business, »
G.I Joe: Retaliation Postponed To 2013!
23 May 2012 3:24 PM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
In what can only be described as a bizarre marketing move, it seems that Paramount Pictures have decided to push back the release date of ‘G.I: Retaliation’, the sequel to 2009′s ‘G.I: The Rise of Cobra’ a full nine months to March 2013 to give the film, yes that’s right, a 3D post production upgrade.
The film was originally set for release on June 29th but it seems, what with all the superheroes flying around stealing all the cash, that paramount chiefs have decided that the film would benefit greatly from a slight delay along with a 3D conversion upgrade.
Brian Goldner, Hasbro’s President and CEO stated in an official statement:
“It is increasingly evident that 3D resonates with movie-goers globally and together with Paramount, we made the decision to bring fans an even more immersive entertainment experience,”
Another Paramount executive stated:
“We’re going to do »
- Nick Savvides
G.I. Joe: Retaliation Delayed Nine Months!
23 May 2012 3:10 PM, PDT | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »
Hasbro and Paramount studio make shocking announcement: G.I. Joe: Retaliation has been delayed until next March while the studio preps the film for post-conversion to 3D! I am absolutely speechless – the sequel will now release on March 29th, 2013, nine months after its originally scheduled release date. The Jon M. Chu‘s actioner starring Dwayne [...]
Continue reading G.I. Joe: Retaliation Delayed Nine Months! on FilmoFilia.
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- Nick Martin
G.I. Joe: Retaliation moved back to March 2013 to Convert to 3D
23 May 2012 2:42 PM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
If you were looking forward to the return of G.I. Joe on the big screen this summer, it looks like you’re going to have to wait a little while longer.
Paramount have decided that instead of opening next month in the Us on 29th June (it was to be 3rd August here in the UK), they’re going to push the project back until 29th March, 2013 in order to add in the third dimension in the hopes of getting a bigger foreign box office take, Deadline have just announced.
Jon M. Chu has directed the film, from a script co-written by Zombieland scribes Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, and their involvement alone penning the project is enough to make me want to see it.
Chu’s work in the past on dance films (Step Up 3D, Justin Bieber: Never Say Never) looks to have come in very handy, »
- Kenji Lloyd
'G.I. Joe: Retaliation' Release Moved Way Back
23 May 2012 2:39 PM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
Paramount has decided to scrap the previously planned June 29th release for "G.I. Joe: Retaliation" in favor of a March 29, 2013 date.
According to Deadline.com, the studio made the decision when it realized that spending more time on a "conscientious 3-D job" could dramatically up international box office returns. An unnamed executive cited James Cameron's 3-D work on "Titanic" as a rubric Paramount was following.
Another film the studio is supposedly learning from? "The Hunger Games." That film made a killing with its March 2012 release, and Paramount is hoping it can reap similar rewards.
"Shutter Island" was also moved close to its release date. The picture was bumped from October to February, where it opened to $41 million dollars.
Dywane "The Rock" Johnson, who is in "Retaliation," scored some big box office success of his own with "Journey 2: The Mysterious Island," which debuted in February and rang up $324 million overall. »
- The Huffington Post
G.I. Joe: Retaliation Moved To March 2013: Your Summer Just Got A Little Less Channing Tatum
23 May 2012 2:17 PM, PDT | TheFabLife - Movies | See recent TheFabLife - Movies news »
To quote my boss, “Nooooooo, Joe!” (Only with more Os.) This was a reaction to the news that Paramount has decided to move G.I. Joe: Retaliation from its scheduled June 29 release to March 29, 2013. According to Deadline, this is because the studio would like to convert the whole thing to 3D. Wait, so we will now get to see the bulging biceps of Channing Tatum, Dwayne Johnson, Adrianne Palicki, D.J. Cotrona and Bruce Willis in three dimensions?
The John Chu-directed flick has a better chance of making big bucks overseas with 3D effects added, not to mention Channing Tatum won’t be competing against his own abs, which will be so lovingly displayed in Magic Mike, which is still coming out on June 29.
Related: From The Huntsman To Agent J: Who Will Be The Hottest Hero Of This Summer?
Tgi … A Magic Mike Appreciation Gif Wall!
Snow White To Black »
- Sabrina Rojas Weiss
Paramount Pushes G.I. Joe: Retaliation Back to March 29, 2013 for 3D Conversion
23 May 2012 2:03 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Well this is rather shocking. Director Jon M. Chu's G.I. Joe: Retaliation was slated to open on June 29th, a little over a month away, but now Paramount has made a last-minute decision to push the film back all the way to March 29th of 2013. Deadline reports that the move was made in order to do a “conscientious 3D” post-conversion. This is a bit nuts, as we’ve already seen a ton of promotional material including trailers, TV spots, character posters, and even a fair share of interviews. Hit the jump for much more. Per Deadline, a Paramount studio exec notes that 3D betters the international box office of a film greatly and cites the massive success of The Hunger Games as a reason to move to March. Currently the only other two films slated for release on March 29th are the sci-fi adaptation of Twilight author Stephenie Meyer »
- Adam Chitwood
G.I. Joe Retaliation Pushed to March 2013 for 3D Conversion
23 May 2012 1:49 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Paramount has made the surprising move to push G.I. Joe Retaliation, one of its upcoming summer tentpole movies, from June 29 to March 29, 2013 to allow time for a 3D post-production conversion.
The action sequel is now going up against Summit's Stephenie Meyer adaptation The Host, and Tyler Perry's The Marriage Counselor. Here's what an unnamed Paramount executive had to say about the release date shift.
"We're going to do a conscientious 3D job because we've seen how it can better box office internationally. Jim Cameron did all of Titanic's 3D in post - and look how well that movie turned out."
The month of March is now being considered as a viable option to release big-budget fare, after the box office success of The Hunger Games, which has taken in $636 million worldwide to date. If the sequel would have stayed in its June 29, 2012 release slot, it would have »
- MovieWeb
Sorry "G.I. Joe: Retaliation" Fans -- You Have to Wait 9 More Months! Why Did Paramount Change Release Date?
23 May 2012 1:34 PM, PDT | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »
We were all getting ready to watch "G.I. Joe: Retaliation" on June 29th, but then, Paramount decided the last-minute to change the sequel's release date exactly 9 more months (like birthing a baby) to March 29, 2013.
Why? Deadline tells us that it's because of that really irritating reason -- to add 3D!
One of the studio execs told Deadline, .We.re going to do a conscientious 3D job because we.ve seen how it can better box office internationally...Jim Cameron did all of Titanic.s 3D in post . and look how well that movie turned out.. Um, but that was "Titanic!"
In recent memory, Paramount had done this date-change-thingie before and it worked to the studio's advantage! Martin Scorsese's "Shutter Island" was delayed. The result? The director's biggest hit ever! And supposedly, March is a perfect month to release a movie according to the studio. Remember "The Hunger Games?" Yes, »
- Manny
‘G.I. Joe: Retaliation’ Moving To March 2013 To Add 3D For Bigger Foreign Box Office
23 May 2012 1:25 PM, PDT | Deadline Hollywood | See recent Deadline Hollywood news »
Exclusive: The sequel G.I. Joe: Retaliation was supposed to come out this summer on June 29th. But I’ve learned that Paramount is moving the movie nine months to March 29, 2013, to add 3D. “We’re going to do a conscientious 3D job because we’ve seen how it can better box office internationally,” one of the studio execs just told me. “Jim Cameron did all of Titanic‘s 3D in post – and look how well that movie turned out.” Paramount has had luck delaying films before: its decision to move Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island gave the director his biggest box office hit ever. And right now, 3D is huge internationally, with Russia and China building new 3D theaters by the week. Also the execs say that the blockbuster performance of The Hunger Games shows that March can be a prime time of the year to release movies. Of course, »
- NIKKI FINKE
New G.I. Joe: Retaliation Image Featuring A Cobra Troop
23 May 2012 9:44 AM, PDT | ComicBookMovie.com | See recent ComicBookMovie news »
A follow-up to the 2009 release of G.I. Joe: Rise Of The Cobra, which grossed over $300M worldwide, Paramount Pictures, MGM and Skydance Productions, in association with Hasbro and di Bonaventura Pictures, commences production on G.I. Joe: Retaliation. In this sequel, the G.I. Joes are not only fighting their mortal enemy Cobra; they are forced to contend with threats from within the government that jeopardize their very existence. The film stars D.J. Cotrona, Byung-hun Lee, Ray Park, Adrianne Palicki, Jonathan Pryce, RZA, Ray Stevenson, Channing Tatum with Bruce Willis and Dwayne Johnson. Directed by Jon M. Chu, and produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Brian Goldner, from a screenplay by Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick based on Hasbro’s G.I. Joe(R) characters, the film is scheduled to be released on June 29,2012. G.I. Joe: Retaliation is set to hit theaters June 29th. »
Poster Round-Up: Stitches, Ted, Prometheus, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Excision, Crawl, Anchorman 2 and many more!
21 May 2012 6:01 AM, PDT | Blogomatic3000 | See recent Blogomatic3000 news »
It’s time for another entry in our regular feature, the poster round-up, and yet again it is another jam-packed update, with new posters for Stitches, Ted, Prometheus, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, The Babymakers, Excision, Crawl, Anchorman: The Legend Continues, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, Mission Blacklist, The Sweeney and The Secret Vilage.
Stitches concerns Richard ‘Stitches’ Grindle, a jaded workaday kids’ birthday clown, whose one-liners are witty in a way that’s just not for kids. Stitches falls victim to a fatal party mishap at the hands of a group of particularly nasty children. Years later, the group of now teenagers attend a party at which Stitches is the uninvited guest of honor. Naturally, things take a downward, bloody turn… And yes, the Ross Noble named on the poster Is the British comedian!
Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane brings his boundary-pushing brand of humor to »
- Phil
Cobra Vehicles Deploy in New G.I. Joe: Retaliation Images
17 May 2012 7:19 PM, PDT | TheHDRoom | See recent TheHDRoom news »
The G.I. Joe: Retaliation viral Cobra Special Forces Facebook page has coughed up a pair of sweet new images from the film, one that looks like a behind-the-scenes shot and the other a still.
Both images share more in common than depicting vehicles in the Cobra arsenal. The Cobra Hiss tank, though missing some deco and possibly the canopy that should appear on-screen in the finished film, is strikingly similar to the latest Hasbro Hiss tank design first introduced a couple years ago. The turret portion of the tank raises from the body to gain a high vantage point to take shots at the Joes.
Cobra deploys across the water in the second image, our first evidence that at least one scene from the film will take place in the swamp. We've always known that G.I. Joe: Retaliation was shot in and around New Orleans, Louisiana, but nothing in the »
G.I. Joe Retaliation Launches Viral Cobra Recruitment Site
16 May 2012 3:28 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
The Cobra Special Forces are seeking out members of the community for battle infantry and support. A new viral site for G.I. Joe Retaliation has been launched to see if you qualify for this vast army of evil doing men and women. To take the test and see if you make the cut: clickHere Then check out this new photo from the film.
G.I. Joe Retaliation comes to theaters June 29th, 2012 and stars Channing Tatum, Bruce Willis, Dwayne Johnson, Adrianne Palicki, Ray Stevenson, Joseph Mazzello, Ray Park, Walton Goggins. The film is directed by Jon M. Chu. »
- MovieWeb
G.I. Joe: Retaliation – Cobra Special Forces Test
16 May 2012 2:46 PM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
A new test has been added to see if you have what it takes to be a member of the Cobra Special Forces. Members of the team will receive Exclusive content and further Cobra Mission details as they are received from high command.
Do you have what it takes to be a part of the Cobra Special Forces? Head to http://www.CobraSpecialForces.com/ to find out.
A follow-up to the 2009 release of G.I. Joe: Rise Of The Cobra, which grossed over $300M worldwide, Paramount Pictures, MGM and Skydance Productions, in association with Hasbro, commenced the di Bonaventura production of G.I. Joe: Retaliation.
In this sequel, the G.I. Joes are not only fighting their mortal enemy Cobra; they are forced to contend with threats from within the government that jeopardize their very existence. The film stars D.J. Cotrona, Byung-hun Lee, Adrianne Palicki, Ray Park, Jonathan Pryce, Ray Stevenson, »
- Michelle McCue
New G.I. Joe: Retaliation International Poster
16 May 2012 8:14 AM, PDT | ComicBookMovie.com | See recent ComicBookMovie news »
A follow-up to the 2009 release of G.I. Joe: Rise Of The Cobra, which grossed over $300M worldwide, Paramount Pictures, MGM and Skydance Productions, in association with Hasbro and di Bonaventura Pictures, commences production on G.I. Joe: Retaliation. In this sequel, the G.I. Joes are not only fighting their mortal enemy Cobra; they are forced to contend with threats from within the government that jeopardize their very existence. The film stars D.J. Cotrona, Byung-hun Lee, Ray Park, Adrianne Palicki, Jonathan Pryce, RZA, Ray Stevenson, Channing Tatum with Bruce Willis and Dwayne Johnson. Directed by Jon M. Chu, and produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Brian Goldner, from a screenplay by Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick based on Hasbro’s G.I. Joe(R) characters, the film is scheduled to be released on June 29,2012. G.I. Joe: Retaliation is set for June 29 release. »
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