Why, why, WHY???
The Soloist, a movie starring Jamie Foxx and my boy Robert Downey Jr., has been pushed back from its original release date. The movie is now going to be released sometime in 2009. I kind of understand why studios are doing this (my own Warner Bros. moved the 6th Harry Potter installment to summer of 2009), but still!
Now I have to wait for another movie from RDJ. Luckily, Chaplin was just re-released on DVD for its 15th anniversary (and also to cash in on the RDJ hype?) and if you haven’t seen it yet, watching Chaplin is your homework for this weekend. (If you don’t know who Chaplin is, watch City Lights as your starter course).
My favorite source for entertainment news, spot-on reviews, and witty recaps is Entertainment Weekly and they had this to say about Paramount’s decision to move The Soloist:
And another one bites the dust? Now I’m hearing that Nikki Finke’s report at Deadline Hollywood Daily is indeed true, that Paramount/DreamWorks’ true-life drama The Soloist, starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jamie Foxx, is being pushed to 2009 as part of Paramount’s overall decision to cut back on the number of films it releases each year. This is all happening after Soloist director Joe Wright (Atonement) was flown in from London to New York a few weeks ago to host an early screening of the film for high-profile Manhattan media types to kick off its campaign. While the film probably wouldn’t have been a frontrunner for Best Picture, it would have had a shot at a Best Supporting Actor nod for Foxx, particularly because that category is shaping up to be one of the weakest this year. One guy who’ll now certainly get an even bigger supporting-actor push from Paramount? Downey Jr., for his riotous performance in Tropic Thunder.
Downey definitely deserves an Oscar nod, but why not for Best Actor for Iron Man? Nobody ever asks for my opion when it comes to the nominations…
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