$47 Million Outlander Sent To DVD-Ville By Weinstein Co?
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UPDATE 2: TWC is getting back to us. Now they say tomorrow.UPDATE: A reader fromOutlander.solsector.netsays, “There’s been no confirmation about the DVD date and nearest myself and one of the producers can tell there really isn’t a date set for the DVD much less a theatrical release. Plus,The Weinstein Companyis contractually obligated to give outlander at least a limited theatrical release.” We’ll be contacting TWC tomorrow.
Recipe: Go into the closet and dust off Castle Grayskull. Place anE.T.figurine with its arms raised on one of the turrets. Pour a goblet filled with red wine all over it. Now set it on fire. Pretend it’s worth $47 million. Send a recording of this toThe Weinstein Co.in New York and entitle it “AngryOutlanderFan.” Kill yourself.
It’s a sad day when a movie featuring Vikings battling a giant, monstrous alien with the help of a spaceman doesn’t see a theatrical release. Do you know what P.T. Barnum could have done with this premise? Slashfilm planned on seeingOutlanderon the big screen. Sober. Welikedthe trailers. We were stoked on what little buzz there was, including a super passionate plea to Ye Gods over at AICN. It wasn’t a friggin' remake or a Vin Diesel movie orAVP-R, just an ever-rare shot atoriginal genre fare. And based partially on their dedicated work, writer-directorHoward McCainand fellow screenwriterDirk Blackmanwere recently hired to rewrite Lionsgate’s $100 millConanreboot.
IfOutlandersucked, we were confident the post-screening laughs and riffage would have made it worthwhile, even more so thanDeath Race(pretty funny remake, that one). But the fact remains: we could say we were effingthere. It would have been a lifetime bond or a primo /Filmcast. Alas,Dread Centralhas discovered a DVD listing onAmazonviaMovies Unlimitedfor November 18th. Conclusion: it’s been dumped.
There’s no word from TWC on the matter, but the film’s been without a release date for eons. I really hope the studio’s justification isn’t, “Well, Viking movies don’t play” complete with a box office scientist pointing smugly toPathfinderandThe 13th Warrior. Is this the point we’ve reached for genre movies? “Pirates don’t play,” “Vikings don’t play,” cannibals and on down the line?" Knowing TWC, there won’t be any justification. If they treated kids like movies, their basement would have been on the nightly news some time ago.
viaDark Horizons
