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Following last year’s Harvey Weinstein allegations, the Weinstein Company has been completely decimated, losing a CEO and forced to sell various movie rights — including Paddington 2.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, The company has since postponed a further three movie releases for an unknown period of time: The War with Grandpa, Mary Magdalene and The Upside.
Perhaps the most notable is The War With Grandpa, directed by Tim Hill and starring Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, and Uma Thurman.
Having originally been scheduled for release April 2017, the comedy was moved to October that year, eventually ending up with a 23 February 2018 date.
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Mary Magdalene — which has already received a trailer — features Rooney Mara, Joaquin Phoenix, and Chiwetel Ejiofor, with Lion director Garth Davis helming the picture. The movie was originally scheduled for 24 November 2017, before being pushed back to 30 March.
Finally, The Upside, an English-language remake of 2011 French hit comedy The Intouchables starring Nicole Kidman, Kevin Hart and Bryan Cranston, was due 9 March.
When exactly these movies will reach cinemas remains in question. Meanwhile, it recently emerged that Weinstein wanted a mysterious list of women’s names deleted before the initial exposé was published. Why these names were together — and why the disgraced producer wanted them deleted — has not been revealed.
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