A MONSTER CALLS Delayed Until Winter, Presumably To Improve Its Awards Chances

J.A. Bayona's upcoming film A Monster Calls was all set to open on October 21, but Focus Features has delayed the film until this winter, in what may be an attempt to secure more awards for it. The movie will now get a limited release on December 23 before opening wide on January 6, 2017.

Moving it out of a busy fall season is good news for the film's financial prospects, but more importantly for those who were looking forward to seeing it and hoping it would be a good movie, it also shows that the studio is confident they have something they believe in. Awards voters have extremely short memories, so positioning the film as close to the end of the year (and as close to the voting periods for all sorts of awards, not just the Oscars) will do nothing but improve its chances at bringing home some hardware (and subsequently boosting its profile and theoretically gaining a larger audience).

Focus has done very well producing the film's trailers so far, with the most recent one being the most impressive yet. The delay sucks for those who were hoping to see this as soon as possible, but it looks like it'll be worth an extra few weeks.

Via: /Film

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