Bennett’s Miller FOXCATCHER Moves to Sony Picture Classics, Stakes Out Awards Season Release Date

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Director Bennett Miller’s latest film Foxcatcher starring Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo and Steve Carell will hit theaters on Dec. 20, just in time for awards season, with Oscar player Sony Picture Classics releasing the film.

Originally Miller’s film about Olympic wrestlers Mark Schultz (Tatum) and Dave Schultz (Ruffalo) and their relationship with Dave’s friend and murderer John duPont (Carell) was scheduled to be released by Sony’s Columbia Pictures. However, someone decided that Columbia wasn’t the place for a movie that is “unique and complex.” That’s what SPC does.

SPC, of course, released similarly-themed Miller’s Capote and got Philip Seymour Hoffman the Oscar for Best Actor, while the movie was also nominated for Picture, Director, Screenplay and Supporting Actress.

It doesn’t really matter who distributes Foxcatcher, in the end. I was planning to be there either way. Miller’s films aren’t movie that ever immediately win me over, but after day four or five I’m usually still thinking about them. That’s the sign of a master filmmaker. With SPC now releasing the film, we can hope that Foxcatcher will gain some traction in an already crowded awards season.

Source: The Wrap