THOR gets ANOTHER new date: May 6, 2011

[Chewy]

Paramount and DreamWorks are forging ahead with "Transformers 3," dating the movie for release on July 1, 2011.It's the first official word of the three-quel. Paramount insiders have said that the dating of the pic isn't an official announcement that the project is going forward; rather that the studio wanted to plan a stake in the date.
DreamWorks and Par weren't immediately available to confirm whether Michael Bay and stars Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox are set to return for the third installment in the franchise, which has fast claimed the July 4th holiday as its own.
"Transformers" opened July 3, 2007; "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" bows on June 24, 2009.
So far, "Transformers 3" has no direct competition in its July 1, 2011 date.
Paramount also has moved up the release of Marvel Entertainment's "Thor" from June 16, 2011 to May 20, 2011.

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[FaT_tONle]

****ing bullL... I KNEW someone would take July 1st... hopefully TF2 underperforms and they delay TF3... I just want Cap there SOOOOO bad.

At least they positioned Thor correctly so that just in case... they can move Cap in there if the slot opens up. Plus it's a MUCH better release date than June.

 

[Chewy]

It seems pretty obvious that this is the exact reason Cap didn't take July 1st - Transformers/Cap are both distributed by Paramount, they get to pick the dates

 

[FaT_tONle]

Whatever... if Laebouf/Fox/Bay aren't game it won't happen that soon. Hopefully Will Smith won't get in the way either. At least Paramount has a backup that will slide nicely into July 1st.

 

[FaT_tONle]

And I just realized... what about the Terminator sequel?????? I mean if Salvation is a huge hit what then? Is Thor going to be delayed to 2012 if WB announces the same release date for that? Thor better hold that release that's all I can say.

 

[StarkTheProdigy]

i just hope they don't keep moving the date for it, thats not a good sign . i'm glad tho that they moved it up a year, i mean, they didn't even have an actor to play thor yet, not to mention any other of the cast, they would have had to rush it, imo it takes more time to make an origin movie than a sequel to something because you have to set the stage for the series, iron man started filming around march 2007, more than a year away it came out.

 

[Aztec]

Isn't that in conflict with Spiderman now though? Why would they risk going up against Spiderman 2 weeks in? It's so sad that so many people would want to see more of that Transformers garbage. That movie was a vile pile of *****

 

[Chewy]

I think SM4 will see a decent sized decrease from SM3, so I wouldn't worry about that

 

[MadVillainy]

Huge conflict with SP4....
One of them is gonna get under promoted and not live up to expectations
thats what happened with The Incredible Hulk..marvel didnt wait and cranked it out 1 month after Iron Man. Marvel needs to spread their movies out more or their gonna crash and burn

 

[Chewy]

Because Paramount and Sony each base the promotion of their movies on the other's

 

[FaT_tONle]

Thor is a different animal than Spidey/IM/Hulk so I don't think it will effect it too much one way or the other. They can build off each other if anything. And 3rd week of May has proven to be an exceptional release date. Shrek, Indy, now Terminator... all big franchises but nonetheless, all of them have or probably will do well in that slot. Unfortunatly like I stated before... I think Thor will be moving to June yet again once Terminator 5 announces the same release date.

 

[Canis Sapiens]

I'm kinda worried with the S-M4 competition. That said, June is usually the worst month in the summer for blockbusters, so... half full or half empty...

 

[zeptron]

Doesn't HP and the Deathly Hollows part 2 come out in May 2011 also?

 

[FlawlessVictory]

^No, that is set for a July release.

 

[FaT_tONle]

Well there are always usually three big films in May the 1st, 3rd, and 4th weeks... if people are worried about Spidey having great legs then I think we are fretting too much. That is not a "legs" type film. It's a sequel that will be banking on a large opening weekend.

 

[broblacksteel]

Thor needs to announce something soon, those possible candidates have me worried... btw spidey will only pull in $30-$50 mill by the 3rd weekend when THOR comes out...question is if spidey pulls $100 mill or more on opening weekend, what is a realistic opening weekend for thor that will be considered successful?

 

[Chris B]

I think this is better since Thor and Captain America will be more spaced out and you wont to worry as much about them cutting off each other's legs.

But I am surprised that TF3 is aiming for summer 2011 because Bay mentioned not too long ago about wanting to take a year off. Which led to the presumption that 2012 was TF3's year.

 

[Nirvana]

Eh, I guess this release date would be better for it. I'll see it whenever it comes out.

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

Hmmm, well, I guess we will just have to wait and see how this works.

 

[zeptron]

Possibly some good news. Michael Bay confirmed that Transformers 3 is coming out in 2012. So maybe they'll bump up Captain America to Fourth Of July weekend now.

 

[FaT_tONle]

Possibly some good news. Michael Bay confirmed that Transformers 3 is coming out in 2012. So maybe they'll bump up Captain America to Fourth Of July weekend now.

Just what I needed to hear... you got a link?

Edit: Checked the TF boards... no need for the link.

Now we just have to worry about the Terminator sequel since that is the only other big franchise next to Potter that is due for 2011.

 

[marcvader]

I feel better going up against the Terminator than a 3rd Tansformers.

 

[FaT_tONle]

Worst case scenario... Thor is bumped ahead one week if Terminator 5 goes to May 20th. I would HATE to see Thor pushed into June and in essence force CA to remain late July. May 27th would still be 5 weeks separation bewteen Cap on July 1st. Just PLEASE don't go to June Marvel/Paramount no matter what.

 

[Vartha]

Well at least they didn't move the movie BACK.

 

[Marz69]

Craziness with Spidey. I really want this movie to do well. But I'm starting to feel that Marvel doesn't know wtf they're doing. It's disheartening. But I have faith in KB and hope he can do the best with what Marvel gives him.