Comments on: WB Moves ‘Jack The Giant Killer’ To March 22, 2013; Takes ‘Arthur & Lancelot’ Off The Calendar Completely

By: StephenM

StephenM — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:08:44 +0000

Weird thing about Jack the Giant Killer–everyone in my theater laughed at the title when they saw the trailer. Apparently they all know "Jack and the Beanstalk" but they thought "Jack the Giant Killer" was some sort of mash-up title, like "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter," so they regarded the whole thing from an ironic remove. That's just ignorance–there really is a fairy tale called Jack the Giant Killer, (in fact there's already been a Ray Harryhausen movie based on the story in 60s) and I think even pre-dates Jack and the Beantalk–but I'm guessing it's pretty widespread and it's just going to hurt the film.

By: padre

padre — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:08:44 +0000

Why would the studio imagine Jack The Giant Killer is fanboy Comic-Con fare? That makes no sense. It's based on a fairy tale, not a comic book. Fairy tales are the province of cootie carrying females, not aging fanboys. And Hoult's head is shaped like a Grey Alien, so I'm not too sure the females will be failing all over him, but stranger things have happened.

By: Walt

Walt — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:08:44 +0000

Wrong. Rock of Ages was set for June 1st, now it's being pushed back to June 15th. You guys are so sloppy sometimes.