HELLBOY shuffled to early April

Sony moves pic's release back six weeks

By Patrick Sauriol     August 06, 2003
Source: Variety

Sony Pictures has moved the release date of its upcoming adaptation of HELLBOY. Instead of bowing in cineplexes on Memorial Day 2004 the film now opens six weeks earlier, on April 2.

The move positions HELLBOY away from the thunder of other May genre releases such as VAN HELSING, TROY and THE WORLD OF TOMORROW. "When you look at what's coming out around Memorial Day, there are some very big pictures," said Tom Sherak, a Revolution Studios executive, to Variety. "We figured we'd be much better off coming out earlier with a movie that we think will be the next big comic book movie. Whenever you can be the first, be the first."


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