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[stakebait]

In case you missed it, Joss hath announced: There shall be no Serenity until September 30. Wherefore I am alone and palely wandering into a hedge, or something like that. Sulky knights get all the best scenery.

*pouts* Damned stupid marketing reasons. How many space westerns with quippy yet disillusioned anti-heroes could there possibly be coming out in late April?

Wait. I take that back, or there'll be six.

Anybody in the Greater NYC area want to make an opening night outing of it, when it finally does arrive?

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[kradical.livejournal.com]

I like the idea of a big-ass outing.

It's not just Sin City that Universal's concerned about -- it's the XXX sequel, it's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (another cult SF property, but one with a lot more name recognition), and there's the danger of being swallowed by the Revenge of the Sith hype machine (let's face it, the entire month of April is going to be ceded to 20th Century Fox's publicity department).

Sky Captain isn't a good comp, because delay was announced very close to the release date, after they'd already started showing trailers. Serenity's marketing campaign wasn't even originally going to start until Feburary (the trailer was going to debut in front of Elektra).

[stakebait.livejournal.com]

I like the idea of a big-ass outing.

Yay! With five extra months to plan, we should be able to get *lots* of people.

And when you put it like that, I can't say it doesn't make sense. Much as I'd like to.

I didn't know a Hitchhiker's movie was even happening, or if I did I'd forgotten. That does make some slight amends to me, since I practically know those books by heart (but will refrain from reciting them in the theater.)

Think they'll put the trailer in front of all those other films now? Showing the Serenity trailer with Episode III could really help turn out people who'd like it if they knew it existed.