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New release date for 'Gatsby'
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LOS ANGELES _ Long buzzed about as an Academy Award contender, Baz Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby" won't be competing for any Oscars this season, as Warner Bros. is moving the F. Scott Fitzgerald adaptation's release date from Christmas 2012 to summer 2013.
It's the second high-profile film whose release the studio has
changed in recent weeks. In wake of the movie-theater shooting in Aurora, Colo., Warner Bros. moved its crime drama "Gangster Squad" from Sept. 7 to next January in order to reshoot a scene involving a gunfight inside a cinema.
Warner Bros. said it was moving "Gatsby" from Christmas Day to an unspecified date next summer in order to maximize the film's commercial prospects. The 3-D live action movie stars Tobey
Maguire, Leonardo DiCaprio and Carey Mulligan.
"We think moviegoers of all ages are going to embrace it, and it makes sense to ensure this unique film reaches the largest audience possible," Dan Fellman, the studio's president of domestic distribution, said in a statement.
But Luhrmann is a perfectionist filmmaker who often pushes his deadlines to the last possible moment.
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Robert Downey Jr., from left, Joss Whedon, Chris Hemsworth and Chris Evans are shown on the set of "The Avengers."
Whedon will write, direct 'Avengers 2'
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LOS ANGELES- loss Whedon doesn't have to worry about finding work for the next three years. Marvel Studios has locked up the "Avengers" writer-director through the summer of 2015.
On the heels of the news that Whedon will make the sequel to Disney and Marvel's "The Avengers" and develop a Marvel-based television series for Disney's ABC network, Marvel said it has made a long-term pact with the 48-year-old "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" creator.
"Joss Whedon has signed an exclusive deal with Marvel Studios for film and television through the end of June 2015." Marvel said in a statement Tuesday.
"As part of that deal, Whedon will write and direct Marvel's 'Avengers 2' as well as help develop a new live action series for Marvel Television at ABC. He will also contribute creatively to the next phase of Marvel's cinematic universe."
The first "Avengers" movie,
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Joss Whedon recently signed a contract to write and direct Marvel's "Avengers 2" and oversee future Marvel projects.
released by Marvel owner Disney earlier this year, is the biggest hit in modern Hollywood history, with global ticket sales in excess of $1.46 billion.
Whedon's adaptation of Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing" starring Nathan
Fillion and Amy Acker, will premiere at next month's Toronto International Film Festival.
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