Awesome update: SPLICE to hit theaters in June

I reported several weeks ago in my first (and so far, only) news article, that Warner Brothers had joined with mega-producer Joel Silver and his Dark Castle label to pick up a Sundace favorite, Vincenzo Nattali's Splice. The film starring Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley, and produced by the visionary Guillermo del Toro, was described by Steve "Frosty" Weintraub of Collider as "original, dark, and twisted, and it looks like a Hollywood-produced film."

Now, Collider is reporting via Box Office Mojo that Warner Brothers plans to make good on the conditions they agreed to when buying the film, namely giving it a wide summer release. Warner Bros has set the date for June 4. That will pit Splice against raunchy comedy Get Him to the Greek, action-comedy Killers, and kid's comedy Marmaduke, plus an obscure Colin Farrell movie about a mermaid (Ondine). Now that's what I call well-executed counter-programming. Can't wait for June.


Note: I have not posted anything recently cause I'm currently out with bronchitis. It'll be a few days til I'm over it, but I'm still going to see Alice in Wonderland tonight, after which I will post a new What I've Watched Recently. Plus, I fully intend to have my very belated Top Films of 2009 list done by the Oscars on Sunday. Also, I will try to get out my first "what I'm looking forward to" article about the movies I'm anticipating in the month of March.