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'G.I. JOE' YANKED OFF SUMMER 2012 MOVIE SCHEDULE, WILL BOW IN 2013
AP ^ | May 24, 2012 | Staff

Posted on 05/24/2012 9:25:56 AM PDT by C19fan

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I never heard of a Summer Blockbuster being moved like this. Wonder how much money Paramount blew already on marketing?
1 posted on 05/24/2012 9:26:06 AM PDT by C19fan
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It must really suck. What’s next? Release straight to DVD?


2 posted on 05/24/2012 9:28:46 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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This makes no sense, no-how.

The production money has been spent. The marketing dollars have been spent, the post-production, editing, special effects and soundtrack are all done. This is money that has already been spent.

The release date is just a month away, time to reap some cash from all that expense ... and they are pulling it for a year? What are they thinking?


3 posted on 05/24/2012 9:30:35 AM PDT by Hodar (Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.- A. Schopenhauer)
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Didn’t see the first one, but my cynical mind keeps hinting that a certain upcoming election might have something to do with this.


4 posted on 05/24/2012 9:31:15 AM PDT by Roccus
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Why is it that everytime I see a story about a GI Joe remake I think some producer is remaking the Robert Mitchum and Burgess Meredith classic. Just hoping I guess.


5 posted on 05/24/2012 9:31:15 AM PDT by xkaydet65
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GI Job might inflame those pro america types.

and/or

It may have a clearer field later.

and/or

it is good and they want to promote it more (and make toys for sale) OR it really stinks so they need less competition.

With battleship on screens it may be too much.


6 posted on 05/24/2012 9:32:47 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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Bingo! That’s EXACTLY what I was thinking.


7 posted on 05/24/2012 9:33:44 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (A MUST WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=KeOLurcQaqI)
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Didn’t see the first one, but my cynical mind keeps hinting that a certain upcoming election might have something to do with this.

Watch the latest trailer...look at the storyline. I think you are dead right. Otherwise; this makes NO sense.

8 posted on 05/24/2012 9:38:15 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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It’s a risky move, but they’re probably looking at the finite disposable incomes of the Summer action blockbuster having been significantly depleted with The Avengers and about to be totally depleted with Dark Knight Rises.

When I saw the release schedule for this Summer the first word that came to mind was “oversaturation”. There’s only so much entertainment revenue to go around, so a second/third tier, non-niche action flick like this doesn’t stand a chance. Better to delay to a safer release date next Spring.


9 posted on 05/24/2012 9:42:21 AM PDT by tanknetter
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Do you know what the plotline was? A man is in the Oval Office who is not an American citizen. He is a manchurian candidate who turns over the security of the USA to Cobra. GI Joe team is betrayed and many are killed. The survivors look to a legendary leader and the original joe Bruce Willis to lead them against this president and his Cobra goons.


comment at breitbart


10 posted on 05/24/2012 9:42:31 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple ( (Lord, save me from some conservatives, they don't understand history any better than liberals.))
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The ‘excuse’ they are using is that they need the ‘additional time’ for 3D enhancements. That’s bullsh*t, of course.


11 posted on 05/24/2012 9:44:11 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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[ Watch the latest trailer...look at the storyline. I think you are dead right. Otherwise; this makes NO sense. ]

I saw the trailer and it looked like someone had replaced the president with a Corba person and they were running the country like Obama....


12 posted on 05/24/2012 9:44:12 AM PDT by GraceG
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To: tanknetter

After reading #10, I think we have our reason.


13 posted on 05/24/2012 9:44:27 AM PDT by dfwgator
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They want to make way for Leni Reifenstahl’s (I mean Katherine Bigelow’s) movie portrayal of the Bin Laden killing.


14 posted on 05/24/2012 9:45:54 AM PDT by dfwgator
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Just read the comments at Breitbart. My cynicism seems to have been well founded.


15 posted on 05/24/2012 9:48:59 AM PDT by Roccus
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must be it provides an uncomfortable reminder of “cut and run” in Iraq and Afghanistan...


16 posted on 05/24/2012 9:49:21 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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Supposedly they’re going to go back and make it into a 3-D movie. It hasn’t been tracking well and they’re hoping that making it 3-D will help.


17 posted on 05/24/2012 9:53:08 AM PDT by Bubba Ho-Tep ("More weight!"--Giles Corey)
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After reading #10, I think we have our reason.

The scene with the COBRA banners unfurling in the front of the White House are pretty creepy.

18 posted on 05/24/2012 9:53:12 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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Prometheus was scheduled to come out two weeks before and Spiderman a week after. That would also leach a lot of money away.


19 posted on 05/24/2012 9:55:01 AM PDT by Mr. Blonde (You ever thought about being weird for a living?)
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What is COBRA in the movie?


20 posted on 05/24/2012 9:57:21 AM PDT by OB1kNOb (The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty. - Prov 22:3)
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