Release Date Changes
STAR TREK originally scheduled for release on 12/25/2008 will now be released on May 8, 2009. Because Paramount feels the new movie has the ability to stack up against the summer blockbusters.
As of right now there are no other major releases are as yet planned for the May 8th weekend, the announcement from Paramount makes May 2009 a mouthwatering prospect for movie fans, with 20 Century Fox’s X Men Origins: Wolverine set to open on May 1st, while Angels and Demons, Sony’s sequel to The Da Vinci Code, has a May 15th debut.
Dreamworks, a Paramount affiliate, has also announced a rescheduling of one its tentpole releases, with Ben Stiller comedy Tropic Thunder pushed back from July 11th to August 15th.
Other rescheduled movies include David Fincher’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (back to December 19th 2008), Renee Zellweger horror Case 39 (pushed from August 2008 to April 2009) and Eddie Murphy family film Nowhereland (September 2008 to June 2009).
With all this said I am excited to see a summer release of a Star Trek Movie.