The Sony Pictures release of the romance drama A Big Bold Beautiful Journey is heading to Sept. 19 this year instead of May 9. Apparently, it’s better to be on a weekend up against the Universal horror movie Him and the James L. Brooks’ 20th Century Studios movie, Ella McCay instead of in the wake of Disney/Marvel Studios’ Thunderbolts*, which kicks off summer on May 2.
This leaves May 9 without a major studio wide entry; just IFC’s Clown in a Cornfield, which is world premiering tonight at SXSW, Vertical Entertainment’s Fight or Flight, and Briarcliff Entertainment’s Juliet and Romeo.
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey is directed by Kogonada and written by Seth Reiss. Logline is “An imaginative tale of two strangers and the unbelievable journey that connects them.” I suppose we’ll see a trailer of the movie at CinemaCon at the Sony presentation in two weeks.
Pic is produced by Bradley Thomas, Ryan Friedkin, Seth Reiss and Youree Henley. EPs are Kogonada, Ilene Feldman and Ori Eisen. The supporting cast includes Lily Rabe, Jodie Turner-Smith, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and Hamish Linklater.
Feature is produced by Imperative Entertainment and 30WEST. The latter is financing the film.