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Put a fork in ‘The Road’

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‘The Road,’ which has been the subject of incredible fascination in the blogosphere in recent weeks, is finally, officially, absolutely, definitely moving its release to 2009. The feature adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s Pulitzer Prize- winning novel, which stars Viggo Mortensen, will have to wait another year for any possible Oscar plaudits. Dimension Films, which is releasing the picture, originally had the film scheduled for this November, but its filmmaking team has made it clear that the movie just isn’t ready for release.

Its producers, 2929 Productions chief Marc Butan and producer Nick Wechsler, said today that ‘we know the release of ‘The Road’ is eagerly anticipated by millions of fans who love the book as well as many others. The film simply won’t be ready in time to release in 2008. Depicting McCarthy’s post-apocalyptic tale involves an incredible amount of visual effects and we want to make sure to give this beautiful movie the time it needs to be perfected.’

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Apparently the producers have more clout with the Weinstein brothers than the filmmakers behind ‘The Reader,’ who also said their film wasn’t ready for release but were bulldozed into agreeing to a late 2008 release date, prompting producer Scott Rudin to quit the film in protest. The departure of ‘The Road’ from 2008 further thins out the field of potential Oscar contenders, leaving ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ as the reigning early favorite for best picture glory.

Photo’ Kodi Smit McPhee (left) and Viggo Mortensen in ‘The Road.’ Credit: Macall Polay / Dimension Films.

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