It’s easy to make a big deal out of everyday events in the entertainment industry. Reshoots? Every movie gets them. Release date shuffle? Happens practically every week. Yawn. No news there.
But Amityville: The Awakening is a different story.
Amityville: The Awakening stars Bella Thorne (Boo! A Made Halloween), Cameron Monaghan (Gotham) and Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight). It was directed by Franck Khalfoun (Maniac), and it wrapped production a REALLY long time ago.
The latest entry in the cartoonishly long horror franchise released its first trailer way back in 2014 (below), with a scheduled release date of January 2, 2015. Since then the release date has been moved back to April 2016, to January 2017, and then to June 30, 2017. And now it’s getting pushed back AGAIN… to whenever Dimension Films gets around to it, apparently (via Deadline).
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Of course, this comes as absolutely no surprise, since June 30 is right around the corner and we haven’t seen any marketing materials whatsoever promoting the film. It seems as though this movie, which doesn’t seem to have a lot of support from its studio, is likely to be eclipsed by this narrative of constant delays, and although a shift in release schedule is common, a series of shifts over the course of multiple years does not inspire confidence.
For those who are still invested in the film, and who may be increasingly curious as a result of all this brouhaha, there may be hope. Bloody-Disgusting reports that the international release may come out on schedule after all.
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Top Photo: Dimension Films
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11 Exciting Movies You Didn't Know Were Coming Out in June 2017
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Band Aid (June 2)
Zoe Lister-Jones wrote, directed and stars in Band Aid, a comedy about an unhappily married couple who decide to turn their arguments into music.
Photo: IFC Films
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Dean (June 2)
Stand-up comedian Demetri Martin wrote, directed, stars in and provides the illustrations for a comedy about an artist coping with the death of his mother.
Photo: CBS Films
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My Cousin Rachel (June 9)
Enduring Love director Roger Michell adapts Daphne du Maurier's gothic novel, about a man who plots revenge against his cousin, played by Rachel Weisz.
Photo: Fox Searchlight
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The Book of Henry (June 16)
Colin Trevorrow took a break between filming Jurassic World and Star Wars: Episode IX to direct this coming of age drama, about a boy with a plan to rescue his neighbor from her abusive stepfather.
Photo: Focus Features
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I, Daniel Blake (June 16)
Ken Loach's latest film stars Dave Johns as a man who is denied financial support, even though he's unable to work. The acclaimed drama won the Palme d'Or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.
Photo: IFC Films
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The Bad Batch (June 23)
Ana Lily Amirpour's follow-up to the horror hit A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night is a dystopian nightmare about cannibalism, revenge and drug use.
Photo: Neon
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The Beguiled (June 23)
In the midst of the Civil War, an all-girls school takes in a wounded soldier, played by Colin Farrell, and fall prey to their fears and desires. Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst and Elle Fanning co-star, and filmmaker Sofia Coppola just won the Best Director award from Cannes, making her the second female recipient in history.
Photo: Focus Features
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The Big Sick (June 23)
A young couple is tested when, shortly after their break-up, she falls extremely ill. The acclaimed romantic comedy was co-written by Kumail Nanjiani (who also stars) and Emily V. Gordon, who based the screenplay the story of their own relationship.
Photo: Lionsgate
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The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography (June 30)
The latest documentary from celebrated filmmaker Errol Morris takes a look at Elsa Dorfman, a portrait photographer who uses a rare, gigantic Polaroid camera.
Photo: Neon
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The Little Hours (June 30)
A young, handsome man has to take refuge in a nunnery in the Middle Ages, but the nuns are not what he expected at all. Dave Franco, Alison Brie, Aubrey Plaza and John C. Reilly star.
Photo: Gunpowder & Sky
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13 Minutes (June 30)
In 1939, Johann Georg Else attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler, but the bomb went off 13 minutes too late, and killed civilians instead. His story is told by Oliver Hirschbiegel, who previously directed the acclaimed Adolf Hitler biopic Downfall.
Photo: Sony Pictures Classics
