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Paramount delays release of "Soloist," "Defiance"

Carl DiOrio
Thu Oct 16, 2008 11:59pm EDT
The water tower at Paramount Pictures Studios, a division of Viacom, Inc. is pictured in Los Angeles, California July 29, 2008. REUTERS/Fred Prouser

ORLANDO (Hollywood Reporter) - Paramount Pictures is fiddling with its holiday release plans at the eleventh hour, delaying the wide release of true-life drama "The Soloist," starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jamie Foxx, and the Daniel Craig-toplined Nazi escape film "Defiance" until the first quarter.

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Paramount is moving "Soloist," the story of Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez's relationship with a homeless musician, to a March 13 wide release date. The film, a DreamWorks/Universal production, had been considered a possible awards-season candidate and -- with its trailer already playing in theaters -- had been set to unspool November 21 over the prime pre-Thanksgiving frame.

It was not clear if "Soloist" might receive an Academy Award-qualifying run before December 31.

As for "Defiance," a production of specialty unit Paramount Vantage, the studio will postpone its December 12 limited bow to an Oscar-qualifying debut December 31, which will maintain its viability for Academy Award consideration. Paramount will delay an expansion into wider release until January 16.

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