JACK RYAN Moved To January- WOLF OF WALL STREET Might Move To Christmas

 Bad or good news depending on who you are; but it appears Paramount has made it official that the upcoming Chris Pine-starring reboot of the Jack Ryan character, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, will be pushed from December 25 to January 17, Martin Luther King Weekend.

The news likely means, The Hollywood Reporter thinks, that Martin Scorcese's The Wolf of Wall Street, boasting an impressive cast, premise, and good buzz, might move up to Christmas Day, squeezing it right in at the tail-end of Oscar season. 

There's still no official word on whether Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street will instead open over the Christmas corridor, but the decision to officially move Jack Ryan indicates Scorsese may have found a way to finish the movie in time (Wolf was originally supposed to open Nov. 15).

MLK Weekend falls into the January/February "dumping ground"; but the weekend has been a sweet spot for some films, such as  January's highest grosser, the 2008 monster-film Cloverfield, which opened with $46 million that weekend, as well as films like The Green Hornet, and The Book of Eli.

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit , directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh (Thor, Wild Wild West), follows CIA Analyst Jack Ryan, played by Chris Pine (Star Trek, People Like Us) as he delves into a covert operation under the orders of his handler played by Kevin Costner (Man of Steel, The Guardian) that could put not only his life; but his beautiful wife's (Keira Knightley, A Dangerous Method, Pirates of the Caribbean) in danger. 

The film now opens on January 17, 2014. Which means I'll be 21, and share my first legal drink with Chris Pine's dreamy cold blue eyes.