Movie News: Independence Day 2 & Fifty Shades of Grey Delayed

As studios try to claim the best date for their big releases, there seems to be a higher volume of delays and release date changes in recent memory. With Disney's two big tentpoles Star Wars Episode 7 and Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales being moved out of the summer running to allow for more breathing room. Yesterday we got some pretty big announcements, with the Release Date for Assassins Creed and Fantastic Four reboot both vying for the summer slot. Now two big movies are officially delayed a full year.

     Roland Emmerich has been open about how the Independence Day sequel needed more time then the July 3rd 2015 release date offered, now the big question comes into play here, there's been two versions of the script written, one with Will smith and one without Will Smith. The film is currently set for July 1st 2016 on the 20th Anniversary of the film. I think the delay is a smart move, any extra time to make the film good, is great in my opinion. When the film's champion tells you "it needs more time" then it's wise to listen to him. From a marketing stand point, capitalizing on that fact that it's 20 years after the first one would be enough to build up hype. Also, this may be ample time for 20th Century Fox to work out a deal to get Will Smith involved. You can't bring back Jeff Goldbulm and Bill Pullman and not Will Smith


    The Fifty Shades adaption has been delayed from it's original august 2014 release date till February 13th 2015. It was originally going to open against Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy but after it's male lead Charlie Hunnam dropped out and Fifty Shades went through extensive rewrites, it seems a delay is necessary as Universal is hoping for a huge hit with this film. Charlie Hunnam was replaced by Jamie Dornan(Once Upon A Time,Marie Antoinette) as Christian Grey, while Anastasia will be played by Dakota Johnson (21 Jump Street,The Five Year Engagement)

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