Re: "Star Trek" movie pushed back to May '09

"Anim8rFSK" <ANIM8Rfsk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Ken from Chicago" <kwicker1b_nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "David" <dimlan17@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> > from variety
>> >
>> > 'Star Trek' pushed back to 2009
>> > Paramount shuffles major releases
>> > By PAMELA MCCLINTOCK
>> >
>> > Paramount is pu****ng back the release of "Star Trek" from Dec. 15 to
>> > May 8, 2009.
>> >
>> > Move was part of a major reshuffling to the studio's release
calendar,
>> > as well as DreamWorks' release calendar.
>> >
>> > Studio insiders said "Star Trek" has the potential to gross more in
>> > May than in December.
>>
>> Then why did TPTB schedule it for December in the first place? Sorry
>> insiders, gotta do better than that.
>
> Because that's how Paramount does things.  They look at the schedule,
> say 'we need a movie there' and tell somebody that their movie is
> greenlit and that's their release date, not caring at all if the date is
> reasonable in any way.

Then why move it?

-- Ken from Chicago