Fierce People will now be released on September 7th in NY & LA. On September 14th it will expand to the top 10 markets.
The film was shot in April 2004.
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FIERCE PEOPLE has been removed from LIONSGATE's publicity website and release list. When I asked them about it I was told that they had NO PLANS for a theatrical release and that the film had been "handed over" to the Home Entertainment department.
Oh, that's not good news at all. So I guess it goes straight to DVD. And the long saga to bring "Fierce People" to the screen (the big one, anyway) apparently comes to an end. :(
Now someone needs to tell Variety, Box Office Mojo, comingsoon.net et al.
Thanks for the info.
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McCormack7, if you don't mind me asking, how recently have you spoken to LionsGate about Fierce People?
This latest bit of "release news" was only announced this past Thursday, February 8th (two days before your post) by multiple sources. Are you telling me that Variety, et al. have all got it wrong?
UPDATE: Just got back from http://www.darkhorizons.com/news07/070211j.php February 11th '2007/2008 Release Date Change' article (scroll down 16 films) --
"Fierce People
The often delayed family drama with Diane Lane, Chris Evans and Donald Sutherland has finally set a July 20th, 2007 release."
I note with interest that that date is one month after the scheduled release of Chris Evans' Fantastic Four: The Rise of the Silver Surfer.
Maybe they've reconsidered then. I hope it does get released. It's FAR too good to go straight-to-video. Time will tell.
shareI don't care if this goes to theaters or straight-to-dvd just as long as I can FINALLY see it!
Flame On!
-Johnny Storm/Human Torch
Fantastic Four
Amen.
"I rule!" -Lester Burham
Yep, just please bring it out in some form other than a $40 Italian DVD! I really want to see this, but that's too expensive.
sharei found it on ebay for 8.09.. i think it is sent from malaysia soo i dont know how reliable that will be ...but here is the link...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=006&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=160091706992&rd=1&rd=1
also it says that it should play in every dvd player...
Oh oh. I can no longer find any websites that say that Fierce People will open this Friday, July 20th in N.Y. and L.A.
Has this film been pulled once again??? Please say it ain't so!
UPDATE: I have just read on comingsoon.net that Fierce People is now scheduled to open on September 7th in N.Y. and L.A. and expand to the top ten markets on September 14th. I feel better now.
Hmm...I could have sworn I posted an update somewhere. I must have put it on my blog and never made it over here. Sorry about that.
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No need to apologize to me larry-411. Your informative updates on this and other films (Into the Wild comes to mind) make an apology totally unnecessary.
I note with interest that After Dark Films is now listed as the distributor of Fierce People. Did they buy the rights from Lionsgate or are they just part of that company?
Also, would you know whether South Florida, where I live, is a top ten market? It would be nice not to have to travel to see this film, although I confess that the September release date does make me a little nervous cause that's right in the middle of hurricane season! Sigh -- even though it's been fifteen years, my memories of Hurricane Andrew are still fresh and clear.
Thanks so much for the kind words -- so many movies, so little time.
After Dark and Lionsgate signed a 3-year partnership recently which has them distributing a certain number of each others' pictures each year. So they are affiliated, yes.
South Florida is not a top 10 market, unfortunately, although films are often distributed more long the lines of which markets they think the film will do best in as opposed to a strict following of the top 10 in terms of population. So "top 10" doesn't necessarily mean that it won't play South Florida, although I tend to think it won't.
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If the film was deemed poor in quality they would have dumped it in the middle of the summer to be buried by all the blockbusters. The fact is, they did exactly the opposite. They took it OUT of the middle of summer so it WOULDN'T get buried because they DO believe in the film.
They moved it to a weekend where it has a chance.
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larry-411 sez "Hmm...I could have sworn I posted an update somewhere. I must have put it on my blog and never made it over here. Sorry about that. "
I think you posted it on the Diane Lane forum. And as kabat says, no need to apologize, you always post info that I can't get other places. Thanks.
Thanks so much tmjjbright. I truly appreciate it. These past few weeks have been chock full of release date changes for films I've been following -- my head is spinning!
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larry, do you think that fierce people will come out in theaters in sacramento, california?
shareI don't really know, RP. It opens in NY & LA at first, then it will expand a week later from what I understand. If it goes to just the top 10 markets, Sacramento would not be included. But it's far too early to tell.
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UPDATE:
Fierce People will open in the following cities on September 7:
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
Dallas
Houston
Los Angeles
New York City
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Washington DC
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