“Amityville: The Awakening” horror sequel release date movedMarch 9, 2016 - 14:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Weinstein Company and Dimension Films are moving their next release, “Amityville: The Awakening”, from April 1 to Jan. 6, 2017 — the horror sequel’s third move in the past two years, TheWrap reports. Franck Khalfoun (“Maniac”) directed the movie, which stars Bella Thorne, Cameron Monaghan and Jennifer Jason Leigh. “Amityville” was originally slated for release on Jan. 2, 2015 before TWC bumped it to April 15, 2016 and then moved up the release by two weeks. TWC is pointing to the success of past horror movies in early January to explain the move, though there are already three competing films in that genre due in January 2017 — “Friday the 13th,” M. Night Shyamalan‘s “Split” and “Resident Evil: The Final Chapter.” “Amityville” will hit theaters before the rest of those fright films, but it will still have to compete with Tom Cruise‘s “Mena” and Christmas holdovers such as “Assassin’s Creed” and “Passengers” starring Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence. Insiders said the company wanted to focus on the release of John Carney‘s indie musical “Sing Street,” which could prove to be a sleeper hit when it charms its way into theaters on April 15. The Weinstein Company has had a rough six months at the domestic box office, releasing “Shanghai” ($46,425), “Burnt” ($13.6 million), “Carol” ($12.6 million) “Macbeth” ($1.1 million) and “The Hateful Eight” ($54 million). Quentin Tarantino‘s Western did gross $98 million overseas but the reported production budget was $62 million, not taking into account the cost of outfitting theaters with 70mm projectors as well as an expensive roadshow and awards-season marketing campaign. This year, TWC has released the Ethan Hawke-Emma Watson thriller “Regression” on exactly 100 theaters to a domestic gross of just $55,000, while Natalie Portman‘s trouble-plagued “Jane Got a Gun” grossed $1.5 million despite opening on more than 1,000 screens. After “Sing Street,” TWC has a strong slate with Michael Keaton‘s McDonald’s movie “The Founder” (Aug. 5), the Edgar Ramirez-Robert De Niro boxing movie “Hands of Stone” (Aug. 26), the Dev Patel-Rooney Mara drama “Lion” and the upcoming Matthew McConaughey drama “Gold.” Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. Partner news | Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. |