I love the British. Their shows are brilliant, their actors are talented and attractive, and you just can’t go wrong with those accents. But I now have a reason to hate them, and not just because of that whole taxation without representation thing: Star Trek Into Darkness will be opening May 9 in the UK, a week before it opens in the US. Not only do they get to see it before we do, but if you don’t want to be spoiled then you’ll have to avoid all major social media sites until it comes out in the US. (If I find out before I see the movie that Benedict Cumberbatch is playing a time traveling Sherlock or something, I will go Khan on them. From hell’s heart I stab at thee!)
Star Trek Into Darkness opens May 17 in general theaters in the US, May 15 in IMAX, and, alas, May 9 in the UK. Are you one of the lucky people who’ll be seeing this before me? Or are you cursed to be a week behind in finding out who Cumberbatch really plays? Let us know in the comments below!
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This is really interesting, because they did the same thing with Avengers. And my blood, how it boiled. But maybe it’s good? Well, not in the having to wait, but it’s certainly interesting being on that other side of the wait. Like we assume we should get stuff first. If you’re anywhere other than the US, a lot of times you have to avoid the internet for a while (sometimes months, depending on where you live. Even Wreck-It Ralph and the recent Muppets movie came out months later in the UK, I think). And that kind of does make sense; we’d think that Americans would get American movies first, but the British get British movies first (I can’t remember how it worked with Harry Potter).
Personally, I’m all for following the recent Doctor Who model and giving everyone across the world the same release date. It seems the best solution hands-down. Even for studios, because it would really cut down piracy, I imagine.
I completely agree, both with how maybe it’s a good thing for us Americans to realize that we’re not entitled to getting all the cool stuff first and also how we should all have the same release date. It would cut down on piracy a lot if they did that with more things.
There’s really no monetary reason for them not to, as well. The whole distributing things later across the world is following a 70-year-old model, when it used to be a necessity because 1) international travel wasn’t as quick, and 2) they were using actual film, of which they likely had a limited supply. There’s absolutely no real reason not to do it now other than that “this is the way it’s always been done.”
I have to imagine that in some countries, pirated black market DVDs are the primary way people see new Hollywood movies, because they get those months before the movies actually make it to theaters. Blah, Hollywood, just get with the program already.