Today, both The Hollywood Reporter and Variety are reporting that Paramount’s latest comic book adaption, Thor, has been moved from May 20th to May 6th. This is an obvious attempt to place Thor as the “big opener” of Summer 2011. With nothing left to fill the May 20th slot, Disney has stepped up and made it the home for the release of Pirate of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
The question that some folks actually care about (myself NOT included) is where does Spider-Man 4 fall? You can bet your last dollar that Spider-Man 4 is looking to open the summer. Later in the summer we have to sit through yet another disgrace of a movie in Transformers 3 (let the flaming begin!).
So what does this mean for Spidey? Spider-Man 4 is still announced as having a May 6th release date and could lead to an all-out brawl for this date. In my opinion it’s great for the movies themselves to fight for a release date. Why not see who would do better. Would Marvel allow this to happen? Would Thor win out over our famous web-slinger?
What do you all think? Did Paramount screw up in moving Thor? Does anyone care this early in the game? I am sure you will be back here later this summer reading about how something has moved seven different times… Let us know your thoughts below in the comments.
