October
23
AFI Fest Fills Opening Night Hole: Slots Doubt
Needless to say, the AFI Film Fest freaked when Paramount pushed back The Soloist from 2008 release. They figured---rightly--that the movie would be pulled from their opening night. That's not what Paramount wanted, though. The studio thought they could still screen the movie, and hoped that CAA and the filmmakers would see it their way over last weekend. But finally, it's too great a risk to show a movie like The Soloist on October 30 when the movie won't open until March 13. What if, God forbid, it doesn't play? That would be tough to recover from.
So the AFI had a big gaping hole to fill: with celebrity guests. Would Paramount supply one of its movies, moving Defiance up from closing night (would Daniel Craig be here?) or putting up Revolutionary Road or The Curious Case of Benjamin Button? Would Scott Rudin supply Doubt in place of Revolutionary Road? Would the trades review the movie, whatever it was? AFI promised to alert the media Thursday.
UPDATE: Finally, at 6:30 PM, AFI artistic director Rose Kuo announced the replacement film: Rudin and Miramax came through, with Meryl Streep-starrer Doubt. Happy ending.



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