Pandorum Gets Bumped
Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
If you were waiting to see Pandorum–the Event Horizon-esque sci-fi horror flick starring Dennis Quaid and Ben Foster, prepare to wait longer.
Overture Films has bumped the release date by a week, moving the film’s theatrical debut to September 25th instead of the previously announced 18th. This is actually good news though.
When the film was slated to release on the 18th, it was going in direct competition with the much hyped Megan Fox flick, Jennifer’s Body. And while Pandorum certainly is different enough to garner its own audience, there’s little doubt in my mind that a movie where Megan Fox plays a high school girl devouring young men would have crushed a dark and creepy outer space horror flick. So, kudos to Overture for not dooming their film and not forcing horror fans to have to choose which movie to see that weekend.
That’s quite the three week span for horror fans too–we get the Sorority Row remake on the 11th, Jennifer’s Body on the 18th, and Pandorum on the 25th. All that on the heels of Halloween II and The Final Destination at the tail end of August. Start saving your popcorn money, kids.
