September 16 2010
MGM delays 'The Cabin in the Woods'.
ComingSoon.Net reports that MGM has pushed back "Cabin in the Woods" (as well as "Red Dawn") to an undetermined date, despite the Spyglass Entertainment acquisition.
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narky | September 16, 07:33 CET
aus-mitch | September 16, 07:34 CET
embers | September 16, 07:37 CET
Invisible Green | September 16, 07:41 CET
Maybe?
JMaloney | September 16, 07:49 CET
Not the the most insightful of posts, I know, but ...
strangeaction | September 16, 07:54 CET
No, it was actually February 12, 2010 before MGM pushed it back a year (January 14, 2011) for the 3D conversion.
Since Spyglass Entertainment will force MGM into a prepackaged bankruptcy and turn it into a production company, I'm surprised they haven't shopped the remaining MGM films ("Cabin" and "Red Dawn") to other distributors. I'm sure Sony, Fox or Universal would like to get their hands on those two.
Mcjw_serenity | September 16, 07:55 CET
I hate you.
Sincerely,
Matt7325 | September 16, 08:00 CET
Well, that sucks.
filops | September 16, 08:05 CET
janef | September 16, 08:07 CET
I'm most concerned over this because of The Hobbit, of course. Soon there won't be a Gandalf because Ian will get sick of waiting.
VeryVeryCrowded | September 16, 08:33 CET
...And I'm totally not surprised and I can't really call on what they (other companies) may or may not do, especially considering 2012 is a long way off for a film that's been in the can for so long already. I hope there's no year/references that lock it down.
Jaymii | September 16, 08:34 CET
I guarantee after a successful Avengers release, we'll get the release date.
azzers | September 16, 08:35 CET
@theonetruebix | September 16, 08:51 CET
Tonya J | September 16, 08:57 CET
tharpdevenport | September 16, 09:00 CET
janef | September 16, 09:02 CET
we continue to wait,and wait,and then more waiting.
I hope Avengers buys joss some breathing room to work on his movies,you know?
okelay | September 16, 09:17 CET
MGM Resorts that owns the casino broke off from MGM Studio years ago.
It's not like many of the general public know about this movie. As long as nothing in the movie really dates it, I don't see why it couldn't be successful say even 5 years from now. (Not that I hope it to happen, I was just making an extreme case to make a point).
Hopefully, it's just a matter of time before Red Dawn and Cabin in the Woods are sold to another studio and released.
Matt_Fabb | September 16, 09:32 CET
As much as I was interested in 'Cabin in the Woods', I'm scared way more for the future of the Hobbit films.
*mutters under breath and kicks some rocks around*
Ceribri | September 16, 09:42 CET
I hate you.
They did make the movie, before they imploded. Studios don't exactly seem to be lining up to bankroll this kind of thing.
Sunfire | September 16, 09:43 CET
gossi | September 16, 09:50 CET
LeafOnTheWind | September 16, 10:36 CET
With Spyglass acquiring MGM, the most profitable projects are going forward and the others like Cabin in the Woods and the Red Dawn remake, well, are not. They call it show business for a reason. Also, Mary Parent would likely be shown the door.
tinktanker | September 16, 10:47 CET
Nicole | September 16, 10:56 CET
tinktanker | September 16, 11:02 CET
Prior to this, MGM's The Cabin in the Woods site said only "Coming in 2011" about its release date, but the film's entry on the more general MGM site noted it very specifically as "January 14, 2011". If that was based on anything more than wishful thinking, I sure wouldn't know.
No huge surprise, this delay, considering all the tsouris about MGM, but HUGELY frustrating for all concerned, including we of the patient fanbase. *sigh* Major suckage all around.
QuoterGal | September 16, 11:22 CET
@theonetruebix | September 16, 11:34 CET
barboo | September 16, 11:40 CET
Re: release dates, pretty sure Cabin was originally mooted for Halloween '09 but then one of the 'Saw' movies was scheduled at the same time and it got pushed back to February 2010. And the rest, as they say, is really quite frustrating (and if it's like this for us it must be quite frustrating^2 for Joss and Drew).
(and I really hope the logo and lion survive, they're a big part of film history)
Saje | September 16, 12:12 CET
@theonetruebix | September 16, 12:18 CET
There is so much wrong with this next idea - rights, logistics, quality control, you-name-it - but pushing off from b!X's One Man Living Room Theatre idea, we should all get together and put it on in our barn. ; >
Or, more specifically, re-write it as a radio play, cast it, and perform it at ComicCon 2011. Somehow.
Failing that, and pushing off from Saje's shadow puppet notion, I vote for sock puppets as being an easier-to-handle medium. Sock puppets on youtube.
(Again, I reiterate, with no rights to the material whatsoever.)
QuoterGal | September 16, 12:28 CET
@theonetruebix | September 16, 13:07 CET
And sock-puppets are certainly easier to wrangle and cheaper too (aside from the laundry overheads) but are socks as inherently scary as shadows ? Just think we might be making a rod for our own backs. That said, there's an opportunity there to subvert how socks have traditionally been treated in horror movies so i'll bow to the consensus.
Saje | September 16, 13:40 CET
Tonya J | September 16, 14:03 CET
(This is Steve Hadley.)
QuoterGal | September 16, 14:16 CET
And OK, you've convinced me QG. Sock puppets are of the devil.
Saje | September 16, 14:38 CET
Jaymii | September 16, 15:14 CET
PaperSpock | September 16, 15:29 CET
@theonetruebix | September 16, 15:43 CET
cabri | September 16, 16:31 CET
Lioness | September 16, 17:42 CET
And that, my friends, would be show business indeed.
QuoterGal | September 16, 19:00 CET
...But did they already finish all the 3D conversion stuff yet or were they just hoping to do so once the funds made their way? Like did they even managed to start/finish before the money troubles really made them go belly up?
And aside from how it's taking forever to come out, I guess on the upside this maybe means that if it fails in the mainstream we have a great scapegoat incident to blame it on? (Like how Universal willing to take a chance on Serenity at all but failed to advertise it, or when they went ahead and did Scott Pilgrim which was also great and they went hogwild with that advertising and it still didn't turn that into a smash hit.) I sort of wonder what fate lies for Cabin.
orangewaxlion | September 16, 20:51 CET
Mayhaps we could get Alan Tudyk to do the shadow puppets. And he could have a mustache.
Giles_314 | September 16, 21:28 CET
I don't care if The Cabin In The Woods only comes out on DVD, as long as I can see it.
Effulgent | September 16, 23:39 CET
Seems unlikely that they would've sprung even the several millions? it would take to do the conversion since we last heard... given everything we know about MGM's financial health.
I am now reminded of one special TCITW teaser poster that b!X, um, found.
QuoterGal | September 17, 01:21 CET
Dana5140 | September 17, 01:27 CET
Yet more light shines upon the gaping crevasse of my ignorance. Ta B!x.
We could even use Barbies and Kens in a Malibu Beach Cabin and no one would ever know.
That's the magic of the not-movies !
Saje | September 17, 02:34 CET
QuoterGal | September 16, 21:28 CET
We have a barn?? I really haven't been paying attention. ;)
Shey | September 17, 03:58 CET
Sock puppets are way scary, see.
Aviva | September 17, 04:32 CET
And for the ultimate in horror - Barbie and Ken shadows!
barboo | September 17, 06:51 CET
@theonetruebix | September 17, 07:27 CET
The problem I see with the Ken and Barbie shadows is that they've had so much plastic work done, that their silhouettes would all look really similar. Maybe something could be done with hats? But I see two problems with this. Firstly, depending on how gentlemanly the characters are, when the guys enter the cabin, they could take off their hats and then it's back to cookie cutter shadow land. And secondly, when you are possibly running for your life in the woods the hats are the first to go due to all those grabby branches.
I vote for socks. I hear there's a lot of out of work socks these days hanging out at the laundromat. I bet it could be cast really cheaply.
BreathesStory | September 17, 07:40 CET
samatwitch | September 17, 10:36 CET
I wish I had enough Barbies and Kens to do this, barboo, as they are two of the most terrifying things in all the land. Happily, samatwitch's socks also sound very scary.
But of course no sock-based monster is more horrifying than that soul-sucking ELE wanna-be Sockubus. She's really pushing me hard to get cast in this.
The Lady From Sockholm looks hilarious, BreathesStory - have you seen it? One review says, "Shadowy mood lighting and shallow focus help re-create the film noir look and feeling of 1940's detective films." I think we could use that dark shadowy mood lighting idea - and no one is more capable than I of shallow focus. (Aviva, that drawing is wonderful... is it by you or someone you know?)
theonetruebix: The other poster on that site is sort of more relevant, QG.
Much as I like that other one, b!X, and though it applies to this delay overall, I was referring in my comment specifically to the 3D-conversion.
But clearly, much sex should be had by all at this point, anyway...
QuoterGal | September 17, 11:26 CET
Wait a minute, I thought that was the barn ? This could explain the low audience turnout for my soap carvings based production of 'Henry V'.
I have several socks - and even some pairs of socks - that would be pleased to volunteer - or audition?
I even have socks that come pre-wounded with horrific gashes in the toe area (in case we need to save on the special effects budget).
I hear there's a lot of out of work socks these days hanging out at the laundromat. I bet it could be cast really cheaply.
Yeah but we still have to be careful to pay a fair rate - we don't want this to turn into a socksploitation movie.
Saje | September 17, 23:29 CET
Yep I did indeed see it and I had a great time. It was a couple of years ago and I only got to see it once, so my memory isn't all that clear, but I remember laughing a lot. I thought it was a great script. It was an actual "serious" mystery plot with every footwear/hosiery pun you can think of worked in one way or another. The characters and voices were really well done IIRC. As I said above, I thought the actual shooting of the film could have been better. I can't quite remember why though. I'm not sure if it was the framing or lighting or what. It's also possible that some of my visual problems with the film could have been because I saw it at this little art theater. It had great ambiance but... somewhat dated technology. Put it this way: I'd watch it again.
So we have a barn in the woods(?) and samatwitch has the main socks covered with saje providing the scary monster socks. All that is needed now is: wardrobe, a script, makeup, a script, a camera with film, a script, and oh yeah, someone to channel Drew and Joss...
Is it possible to channel still living people? Hmm. Maybe in this case because all we really require is a modern practicing socksualist who can connect with them via the universal connection that all sock wearers share. I think the two of them are practicing sock users. OMNG (non-god). Unless they have gone Hollywood and jettisoned their whole sock practice? That would not bode well for our socktors.
BreathesStory | September 18, 14:54 CET
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