Date: August 8, 2004
Source: IESB.NET
Author: Robert Sanchez
Video: Jason Ailes and David West
Lance Henriksen at the Premiere of YU-GI-OH! the Movie © IESB.NET 2004
Update...Update!! While at the YU-GI-OH! movie premiere at Graumans Chinese Theater the IESB was fortunate to speak to AVP's Lance Henriksen. We asked him about the recent news that we reported regarding the completion of AVP. He stated that the film will be done in time for its release date of August 13th but the director, Paul Anderson, is a perfectionist and he is still tweaking the final version of the film. When asked who wins in AVP and he replied, "we lose."
The world premiere scheduled for the 10th and junkets scheduled for the 11th have been cancelled due to last minute editing but 20th Century Fox is confident that the final film will be released on the 13th.
Click here to for the video interview of Lance Henriksen!!
Original Article 8/05/04
It's a common problem that feature films always have to battle. Will the film be ready for its release date? Sometimes you hear of editing being done a couple of weeks before the film is released but most of the times the movie is ready one week before it's target date.
That it is not the case with Alien vs. Predator. The studio is rushing the editors and the special effects houses to get this film ready by it's target release date of August 13th but they are not confident that it will be done by opening day. To make things worse 20th Century Fox has had to cancel the Junket for the film because they know that the print will not be ready in time. Junkets are normally held 1 to 2 weeks prior of the release date so the journalists can see the film and interview the talent involved and finally review the film. Even the films Red Carpet World Premiere that was going to be held at the Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood on August 10th has been cancelled due to the same problem.
So will we see AVP on the 13th? Maybe but it might not be the final version that the studio wanted the audience to see. Stay tuned to the IESB for more AVP news.
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