Grindhouse Re-Release In UK - Stopped!
From filmstalker.com
Once a double-feature film connected by fuax trailers, Grindhouse just had its UK theatrical release officially placed on hold. Fearing another bomb at the box office the previously discussed ?split? release of each film overseas is now uncertain.
Filmstalker continues, according to the report Momentum Pictures, the UK distributor of the film, has announced the release is on hold:
"We are reviewing the release date and the release plans in the UK. It will definitely be released here but we don?t know in what form."
For some time now the release date has been the 1st of June in the UK, but not any more. It seems to be quite a depressing picture for Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, and the backers of the film. With the incredibly poor US box office takings and now this news, it could well be possible that we are looking at that previously touted split in the films.
The article in the Times also backs up this previous rumour:
It has taken only $23 million in three weeks in American cinemas, with half of that over the Easter weekend, and the Weinstein brothers are considering whether to slice it into two separate films.
I'm positive we'll still see a release, it would be crazy not to at least try and recoup the money, but it might be a smaller release than expected and I could definitely see the film split in two, especially now the UK distributor is confirming the previous rumors.
