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Topic: Disney to bump The Alamo to an April opening
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Darryl Spicer
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Posts: 3250
From: Lexington, KY, USA
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted 10-30-2003 03:10 PM
Here is the story.
Just eight weeks before it was to be released -- and with trailers already being shown in theaters -- the Walt Disney Co. on Tuesday postponed the opening of The Alamo to April. In an interview with today's (Wednesday) Los Angeles Times, co-producer Mark Johnson said, "It's proven to be more difficult than we thought." Separately, Disney Studios Chairman Dick Cook said in a statement, "Too often in Hollywood these days, release dates are set before a film has even completed shooting and it forces the director into a situation that compromises the work. ... Ultimately, the end product is more important than the need to meet arbitrary deadlines for awards, etc." The delay will undoubtedly boost the $80-million budget for the film. Ironically, it was Disney's decision to scale back the budget of the film (from a reported $125 million) that reportedly led to Ron Howard's decision to bow out of the project as director. Howard, who had originally championed the production, and partner Brian Grazer remain as producers.
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