QUANTUM OF SOLACE affected by POTTER move
Bond's release date pushed back a week in North America to November 14th.
The decision from Warner Bros. to push back Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince to July of next year continues to have a knock on effect to the movie release schedule of 2008. We already know that the much anticipated Twilight has moved forward a few weeks to claim the tentpole once owned by the wizard and now comes word that Columbia Pictures have pushed back the next James Bond movie a full week as it now longer has to worry about opening close to Potter. Quantum of Solace will now open in North America on November 14th but it's believed the U.K. (and many parts of Europe) will still get the movie from October 31st.
Columbia says..."The strategic move places the highly-anticipated James Bond adventure one week closer to the prime movie-going holiday window and takes advantage of last week's decision to move the release date of 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince... ....Quantum of Solace' is a seamless continuation of the storyline that began with the last film. We believe November 14th is a great date that allows us to play straight through Thanksgiving and right into Christmas. The Bond films have a long history of entertaining audiences in this holiday corridor going back to Goldeneye in 1995. The studio enjoyed tremendous success opening 'Casino Royale' in North America on November 17, 2006, and we believe this decision will give the public a wider opportunity to see the film over the holiday."Daniel Craig returns for his second outing as 007 in the first official sequel in the franchise history. Mathieu Almaric is the new villian, Gemma Arteton and Olga Kurylenko are the new Bond girls. source - coming soon