20th Century Fox has recently swapped the release date of two of its fall movies. Ridley Scott's latest science fiction film "The Martian" which stars Matt Damon is moving out of its initial Thanksgiving release and up to October 2nd while the James McAvoy, Daniel Radcliffe-starring film is stepping into the Thanksgiving date.
The science fiction action adventure film which also features Jessica Chastain ("Interstellar", "Zero Dark Thirty"), Kristen Wiig ("Welcome to Me", "The Skeleton Twins"), Kate Mara ("House of Cards," "Fantastic Four"), Michael Pena ("Fury", "End of Watch"), Jeff Daniels ("The Newsroom," "Dumb and Dumber To"), Chiwetel Ejiofor ("12 Years a Slave", "Children of Men") and Donald Glover ("Community," "Mystery Team") is previously set to be released on November 25. According to Deadline, the move keeps the "The Martian", which has a potential success in the box office, away from Lionsgate highly anticipated "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2" and competes with Warner Bros. "Creed" and Disney/Pixar's "The Good Dinosaur" instead.
On the other hand, Paul McGuigan's ("Lucky Number Slevin") film adaptation of Mary Shelly's classic 19th century Novel which originally had the Thanksgiving premiere, is now moved to November 25th, according to Coming Soon. Aside from McAvoy ("X-Men: Days of Future Past", "Atonement") and Radcliffe ("Harry Potter", "Horns"), the film also stars Jessica Brown Findlay ("Winter's Tale", "The Riot Club"), Andrew Scott ("Spectre", "Sherlock"), Mark Gatiss ("Game of Thrones", "Wolf Hall") and Freddie Fox ("Pride", "The Riot Club"). As per Movie Insider's movie calendar, "Victor Frankenstein" will now compete with "Spectre", "The Peanuts Movie" and the fourth and final chapter of "Hunger Games".
McGuigan's version loosely focuses on the relationship between doctor Frankenstein and his assistant Igor with the monster not featured until the end of the film. Fox's rescheduling of the film is already the second time it has been pushed as it originally was set for a January premiere.
Meanwhile, the studio's rearrangement of "The Martian" and "Victor Frankenstein's" premiere dates might be sudden as both initial release schedules are already nearing; yet, it is believed to benefit both films.
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