Where’d You Go, Bernadette
‘Where’d You Go, Bernadette’ Release Date Pushed Back 5 Months
By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 18, 2019 10:30 am EST
The Wrap is reporting the Where’d You Go, Bernadette release date has been bumped from its original March 22 slot to August 9. Annapurna spokesperson Ashley Momtaheni said that the move can be credited to August being a great month to release female-skewing films, as Crazy Rich Asians and “Florence Foster Jenkins have shown. After a summer full of action films and sequels, opening this film in August will be a refreshing change.”
That makes a certain amount of sense. March is surprisingly packed this year. Captain Marvel, Dumbo and Us all open that month, along with Captive State. Bumping Bernedette to August, which is often a dead-zone for movies after the big summer season, might be beneficial. Then again, this August will see the release of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Hobbs and Shaw, Artemis Fowl, and maybe, just maybe, The New Mutants, if it doesn’t get bumped again. But none of those movies will be directly competing for the same type of audience that’s drawn to a Richard Linklater movie starring Cate Blanchett.
Linklater is usually hit or miss with me. I love the Before Trilogy, but Boyhood – a movie of his critics couldn’t stop praising – left me cold. And while I’m a big Cate Blanchett fan, I find the Bernadette trailer to be a little underwhelming. Perhaps this release date change can result in much better marketing
