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'Valkyrie' Delays Spur Rumor Mill
April 23, 2008 – “When United Artists said this month that it would again delay the release of Valkyrie in which Tom Cruise plays a German officer who tries to kill Hitler, the Web went into obituary mode,” says a New York Times article. The film’s new release date is Feb. 13, 2009, notes the article by Michael Cieply. The period drama film – whose budget is rumored at $100 million -- is from the United Artists, which is the MGM subsidiary run by Cruise and longtime producing partner Paula Wagner. The first release from UA’s current management, Middle East war drama Lions for Lambs, was a box office failure in the U.S.
The article notes, “According to company executives, the latest date change was intended to move Valkyrie from an early fall schedule that has become increasingly crowded with Academy Award prospects — last year In the Valley of Elah and Eastern Promises were among the well-reviewed films that did poorly in the period — to a more audience-friendly date on the long Presidents’ Day weekend."
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