Rain meets the Watchmen

Kaiju Shakedown: Variety's Asian film blog

Sep 05 2008

It's a terrible, silly rumor, but I wouldn't be doing my job if I didn't spread it around. Warner Brothers recently changed the release date of the upcoming Wachowski Brothers/Rain movie, NINJA ASSASSIN, from January 16, 2009 to "First Quarter 2009." This could mean one of several things: Warner Brothers thinks the movie should be released in March rather than the traditional dumping grounds of January; they may just want to keep their options open; they're thinking of moving the date but they're not sure where it'll move to so they're loosening it up; or there's a disaster!!!!!!!

Rain will be a ninja!!!!

Well, over on the Hollywood Stock Exchange (a silly online game adults play that seems to get a lot of insider traffic) they're wondering if the shifting release date means that there're some problem with the film. A problem like the one Warners had with WATCHMEN, their big upcoming franchise that's hit a court-ordered snag over chain-of-title? Let the speculations and rumors begin!

(Thanks to the sharp-eyed reader who sent this in)

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Grady Hendrix: ...

Of course, the HSX chatter could also indicate that maybe Warners is putting NINJA ASSASSIN on "prowl" so that if WATCHMEN gets tied up in court it can become their big First Quarter release.

Sometimes it's hard to understand exactly what those HSX people are talking about.

September 05, 2008

Rhythm-X: Here's my dumb speculation

Perhaps they've lost confidence in the Wachowski brand post-SPEED RACER (damn shame how that was screwed by critics) and want out of that business altogether, and are high on dark comic book heroes post DARK KNIGHT, especially ones from the director of 300. Perhaps NINJA ASSASSIN is about to become a Fox film in exchange for Fox shutting up and going away on the whole WATCHMEN thing.

September 06, 2008

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