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Apocalypto Now Delayed
Perhaps looking to capitalize on next year's awards season, Disney decides
to push Mel Gibson's Apocalypto back until Dec. 8.
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
By Mark Umbach
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Gibson's Apocalypto will be rolling out on Dec. 8
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Trailers have already hit theatres across the country, but now The Walt Disney
Co. has announced that it's pushing back the release date for Mel Gibson's next
directing effort, Apocalypto. The film was originally slated to bow in
late summer, but it will now be positioned during the holiday season and, maybe
unintentionally, right in the heart of awards season.
Had it rolled out on August 4 as planned, the Mayan-language drama faced competition
from the Will Ferrell comedy Talladega Nights as well as the animated
comedy Ant Bully. With the move to December 8, however, it will go up
against the latest Nancy Meyers comedy, The Holiday, and the McG football
drama We Are Marshall, from Warner Bros.
While Apocalypto was facing some production delays, Disney is more than
likely betting that the epic drama will fare better against the December competition.
The Mouse House hasn't totally given up on August, however. It will now be dropping
the dance romancer Step Up on August 11 and will be moving the Mark Wahlberg-starring
football drama Invincible from January up to August 25.
Gibson's Apocalypto centers on the fall of the once great Mayan Empire.
Gibson wrote the script with Farhad Safinia and also produced under his Icon
Productions banner.
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