Release Dates Rejiggered: ‘Religulous’ And ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ Shift Dates

A few tweaks have been made on the fall release schedule. Bill Maher and Larry Charle’s “Religulous,” has been bumped up two days from an October 3rd release to a October 1 date only for New Yorkers only, and Danny Boyle’s TIFF-winning, “Slumdog Millionaire,” has moved from November 28 to November 19, possibly to counteract against being released to what would have been a few days after, Gus Van Sant’s “Milk” and “The Road” – two films that would have obviously attracted similar audiences (i.e. not the ham and eggers). It also gives Fox Searchlight (who’s releasing Boyle’s film) a bit more breathing room to promote another specialty indie of theirs, Darren Aronofsky’s “The Wrestler,” which bows out December 19.
We’ve seen both films in question above. “Slumdog Millionaire,” was pretty much our favorite film at TIFF; a crowd-pleasing effort, yet never one that stooped to pander, but we found “Religulous,” to be mostly slight cheap-laughs and a traveling, on-the-road, version of Maher’s TV show. A full review soon.