Baz Luhrmann’s ‘Australia’ gets date change
Hollywood Newsroom is now Buzz Newsroom! Visit and bookmark our new site. Buzz is bigger and better, including sports, world news, gadgets and the entertainment news that you're used to. Same staff, just more stuff! Why Fark, Drudge and Huffington when you can Buzz!?Fox has bumped back the release of its adventure pic “Australia” in the U.S., Canada and Australia by 12 days to Nov. 26.
The move to the day before Thanksgiving is the latest in a series of distributor efforts to adjust to Warner Bros.’ decision to move “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” from its holiday slot to July 17.
“Recent shifts in the release dates of other pictures created an opportunity for us,” Fox domestic distribution president Bruce Snyder said.
- from THR