NINE Moves To December

The weekend of November 25th is already filled with A-movies: FANTASTIC Mr. FOX, OLD DOGS, NINJA ASSASSIN,THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG and it was initially the release date for the Rob Marshall musical movie NINE (check out the trailer) as well but TWC was thinking.. ‘how the hell are we going to get people to watch it there’s too many other damn options around?!’
So according to Variety, TWC has moved their Oscar hopeful movie to December 18th, 2009 (going up against James Cameron‘s AVATAR) and then NINE will expand nationwide on December 25th (going up against SHERLOCK HOLMES, ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS 2, THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS)
Frankly, I don’t see how this new date will do them any good, the competition is still rough.

NINE is a vibrant and provocative musical that follows the life of world famous film director Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis) as he reaches a creative and personal crisis of epic proportion, while balancing the numerous women in his life including his wife (Marion Cotillard), his mistress (Penelope Cruz), his film star muse (Nicole Kidman), his confidant and costume designer (Judi Dench), an American fashion journalist (Kate Hudson), the whore from his youth (Fergie) and his mother (Sophia Loren). The film is directed by Rob Marshall (CHICAGO). The original 1982 Broadway production of NINE, with music and lyrics by Maury Yeston, won five Tony Awards including Best Musical.

I guess we’ll have to wait a little longer to watch Penelope Cruz spread her legs like this