While all of the hubbub has been focused on which of the fall and winter’s feature films could make a run at Best Picture, one high-profile flick may find itself pushed out of the race.
Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street is currently slated for a November 15th release, but speculation from awards sites is that the Leonardo DiCaprio vehicle could end up being released in 2014.
Paramount executives got a first look at the movie this weekend, but almost no Scorsese is currently in the editing room “whittling down a typically massive first cut.” The last Scorsese/DiCaprio pair-up, Shutter Island, was moved from October 2009 to February 2010 a few years ago, and that decision ultimately worked out with a very profitable box-office return for the psychological thriller.
With a currently unfinished film, a bump is the most likely option at the moment, but the question is will it be to December or further down the road?
(Source: The New York Post)
3 thoughts on “‘Wolf of Wall Street’ Could Move to 2014”
I’ll be a bit upset if it gets pushed to 2014 though I can see why if Scorsese just wants the film to be awesome. I’m confident that he’s going to deliver.
It would suck if such a promising movie got pushed back, but Scorsese and Schoonmaker have never steered me wrong. I only wonder if Paramount is pushing it out of “the race” or if the film needs trimming.
If I was a studio executive dealing with Martin Scorsese. I’d just ask him if the film will be ready regardless of the running time because he’s a filmmaker I can count on knows that he’s going to do something great. Plus, I think Marty is one of those guys who knows how to spend money on the films he makes and what he doesn’t need.