MGM/ United Artists today announced that they are moving the Bryan Singer directed WWII epic VALKYRIE from a release date of later this year to 2009. The film, starring Tom Cruise, will now open on President's Day Weekend February 13, 2009, instead of October 3, 2008.
"MGM is proud and excited to be presenting Valkyrie,
and because of that we want to give it the best launch possible," said
Clark Woods, President of Domestic Distribution of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Studios, which is distributing the movie
domestically. "When an opening became available for President's Day
Weekend, we seized the opportunity. Having seen a lot of the film and
how great it is going to play once it's finished, moving into a big
holiday weekend is the right move."
"Valkyrie
is shaping up to be a phenomenal movie," said Dennis Rice, President of
Worldwide Marketing and Publicity for United Artists, which made the
movie. "We're delighted that MGM has agreed to hold the release until
the very strong holiday weekend."
Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, Eddie Izzard, Christian
Berkel, Thomas Kretschmann, Terrance Stamp and
Carice Van Houten also star in the movie that revolves around the story of the daring and ingenious plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
