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With a barrage of movies coming up this year and the following year, Screen Gems has changed the release dates of 5 of it’s movies and Universal has shifted the release date of it’s much expected Repo Men.

Repo Men

Director: Miguel Sapochnik

Cast: Jude Law, Forest Whitaker

Previous Release date: April 2nd 2010

New Release date: March 19th 2010

Reason cited: To avoid competition with Clash of the Titans.

The Kids Are All Right

Director: Lisa Cholodenko

Cast: Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Mia Wasikowska, Josh Hutcherson, Mark Ruffalo

Previous Release date: January 25th 2010

New Release date: July 7th 2010

Priest

Director: Scott Stewart

Cast: Paul Bettany, Cam Gigandet, Maggie Q, Karl Urban, Christopher Plummer

Previous Release date: August 20th 2010

New Release date: January 14th 2011

Reason cited: The film will now be a Digital 3D release.

Takers

Director: John Luessenhop

Cast: Zoe Saldana, Hayden Christensen, Chris Brown, Paul Walker, Matt Dillon, Jay Hernandez, Michael Ealy

Previous Release date: May 14th 2010

New Release date: August 20th 2010

Reason cited: Priest’s move to 2011 spurred this change.

The Roommate

Director: Christian E. Christiansen

Cast: Cam Gigandet, Minka Kelly, Billy Zane, Denneel Harris

Previous Release date: September 17th 2010

New Release date: February 4th 2011

Easy A

Director: Will Gluck

Cast: Emma Stone, Amanda Bynes, Cam Gigandet, Lisa Kudrow, Stanley Tucci, Thomas Haden Church, Malcolm McDowell

Previous Release date: Was not announced.

New Release date: September 17th 2010

Reason cited: Release in place of The Roommate.

Cowboys & Aliens

Director: Jon Favreau

Cast: Olivia Wilde, Daniel Craig, Jon Favreau (Voice rendering)

Official Release date: July 29th 2011

Underworld IV

Director: Unconfirmed

Cast: Len Wiseman, Kate Beckinsale

Previous Release date: January 14th 2011

New Release date: September 23rd 2010

Reason cited: It will not be in Digital 3D as it was previously slated to be.

Battleship

Director: Peter Berg

Cast: Taylor Lautner (confirmed to star as Stretch Armstrong)

Previous Release date: July 2011

New Release date: May 25th 2012

Reason cited: According to a press release, the reason behind the delay is to “give it the time and resources to thoroughly realize its huge-scale ambitions.”