Shutter Island Pushed Back to 2010
Fri, August 21, 2009 
Talk about a surprise move that nobody saw coming! Paramount has decided to move Shutter Island (the fourth collaboration between Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio) away from its prime October 2009 release to February 19th of next year.
The exclusive news comes way of Nikki Finke's Deadline Hollywood Daily. So there's no two-ways around it. This is legit. Of course, the next logical question to ask is, "Does that mean the movie sucks?" Citing very high test scores and Scorsese's ability to get the film down to a more commerical-friendly two-hour running length, Finke's source(s) reveals that it's not an issue of the film's quality.
A combination of lack of an advertising budget to push Island for awards-considerations as well as DiCaprio being unavailable (currently filming Inception with Christopher Nolan) to promote the film are said to be the culprits.
Reader Comments (1)
Aw, I saw a trailer for it only two weeks ago. I saw looking forward to an 'Up/Shutter Island' double bill.