The Core Still Ready To Rumble
February 6, 2003
The Core's producer, David Foster, has stated that the sci-fi action flick
will stay on schedule for its March 28 release despite rumors of a possible delay
because of the tragedy of the Space Shuttle Columbia. Foster says that the scene
in question of an emergency landing of the shuttle in a city river basin is very heroic
and test-audiences have applauded the sequence numerous times.
Foster also claims that Paramount has pulled the movie's trailer in order to cut
out images of the space shuttle scene. The Core stars Hilary Swank and was intended
to come out last fall but had to be put on the side burner due to special effects
editing.
The question now is whether or not movie-goers are in the mood for a
disaster epic on the grand scale. Dante's Peak opened on this week in
1997 to $18.5 mil, whereas Volcano sputtered at $14.7 mil in April. Still,
those asteroid films raked in tons of cash in 1998, but between you
and me, the one starring Bruce Willis was about as much fun as a tooth extraction.
Matthew Dalton
Source: Dark Horizons
Filed under: The Core