‘Detroit’ Re-Release Trailer Makes An Oscar Push
DetroitwasKathryn Bigelow’s first feature film since 2012’s acclaimedZero Dark Thirty, but the harrowing historical drama didn’t seem to have nearly as big an impact as Annapurna Pictures had hoped. The film garnered middling box office and mixed reviews and seemed to have faded from everyone’s memory after it left theaters. Now, sensing that this year’s Oscar race is slightly underwhelming, Annapurna is giving Bigelow’s film another chance with a re-release, and a newDetroittrailer has arrived to signal the new awards season push.
Made on a $34 million production budget,Detroitonly took in $16,790,139 domestically (perBox Office Mojo), and while most reviews of the film were mixed, it ended up with a 82% onRotten Tomatoes. It’s safe to say thatDetroitdidn’t have nearly as big an impact as the folks at Annapurna Pictures had hoped. Which is why they’re likely giving the film another chance. With awards season right around the corner, Annapurna has perhaps sensed that this year’s Oscar race has yet to produce a clear front-runner (Dunkirk, maybe?), and to take advantage of this, they’re going to re-releaseDetroitinto select theaters onDecember 1. They’ve even cut a new trailer, one that plays up the film’s powerful nature. Watch it below.
Detroit re-release trailer
This trailer is monumentally better than thetrailersthat advertises the film’s original theatrical run, and I can’t help but think that, had they started out with this approach to begin with, the film might’ve been a bit more successful.
Kathryn Bigelow is the only female director to win Best Director at the Academy Awards, which is an outrageous statistic on its own – how is it even possible that in the entire history of film, onlyonefemale filmmaker has won the Best Director Oscar? Yet it also confirms how incredibly talented Bigelow is; a fantastic filmmaker who is unfortunately sporadic in her projects. Bigelow returned to feature filmmaking after five years to helmDetroit, a drama set against the 1967 Detroit riots.
Featuring a cast that includesJohn Boyega,Will Poulter,Algee Smith,Jacob Latimore,Jason Mitchell,Hannah Murray,Kaitlyn Dever,Jack Reynor,John KrasinskiandAnthony Mackie,Detroitwill hit also digital HD onNovember 28and Blu-ray and DVD onDecember 12. Whether audiences will bother to go see the film in theaters on December 1 when they can just as easily stream the digital HD version or wait for the approaching Blu-ray remains to be seen.
