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'2012' release date pushed back


January 20, 2009 In a move designed to maximize playability, Sony is delaying the release of Roland Emmerich's sci-fi action pic "2012" from July 10 to Nov. 13, two weekends before the lucrative Thanksgiving session. "We've had such success with the James Bond films in November that we wanted a big tentpole film in that slot this year," Sony distribution president Rory Bruer said Tuesday. Warner Bros.' caper pic "Sherlock Holmes," starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law, and Fox's Dwayne Johnson comedy "The Tooth Fairy."

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