By Ryan Parsons | Image property of Columbia Picture
All the King's Men
Though we had expected the upcoming film about
real-life "Boss" Willie Stark to be one of this year's Oscar contenders,
Columbia Pictures and the film's crew decided otherwise. Feeling that All
the King's Men would not be ready for its scheduled release
on December 16th, the film has been pushed back to an unspecified date deep
in 2006. Is Columbia Pictures setting King's Men up to run in the
Oscars the following year? You got it.
All the King's Men Release Changed
According to Variety,
Columbia Pictures' All the King's Men has been pushed from its
Dec. 16 release date to an unknown date deep in 2006. Though no specific
date has yet to be mentioned, Sony brass say the most likely scenario is
for King's Men to unspool a year from now, during next year's Oscar
season.
Absolute power corrupts absolutely in writer-director Steven Zaillian's
(Schindler's List) adaptation of Robert Penn Warren's classic novel
All the King's Men featuring an all-star cast led by Sean Penn,
Jude Law, Kate Winslet, Patricia Clarkson, James Gandolfini, Mark Ruffalo,
Anthony Hopkins. "All the King's Men" charts the spectacular rise
and fall of a charismatic Southern politician, "Boss" Willie Stark
(Penn). Law co-stars as Jack Burden, the once idealistic, now embittered
ex-reporter who unwittingly fuels Stark's corrupt political ambitions.
Sony vice chair Jeff Blake said the film, which
is in post-production, would have had to be rushed in order to meet the
Dec. 16 date and that the studio decided it was wiser to wait. This same
thing happened during post-production on Domino,
when New Line Cinema decided to push the film forward to a summer release.
Just like Steven Zaillian, Tony Scott balked at the change in the release
date and ensured they were pushed back again.
In a year where it felt that a majority of the big blockbusters were rushed
out of production, these release adjustments are a refreshing change.
Though Columbia Pictures is out one Oscar contender, it still has another
heavy-weight in Memoirs
of a Geisha.
All the King's Men
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