‘Saltburn’s Ambitious Expansion, Bradley Cooper’s ‘Maestro’, Miyazaki’s ‘The Boy And The Heron’ & Apple’s ‘Spirited’ Re-Release – Specialty Preview
22.11.2023 - 19:45
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Emerald Fennell’s dark comedy Saltburn takes a massive jump from to over 1,500 screens today as Bradley Cooper’s Maestro, Hayao Miyazaki’s latest The Boy and the Heron, animated They Shot The Piano Player and other festival favorites launch awards season runs this Thanksgiving specialty weekend.
Apple, opening Napoleon wide with Sony, is also planting a flag for evergreen status for last year’s holiday romp Spirited, a musical retelling of A Christmas Carol with singing, dancing Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell.
Maestro, presented by Netflix, raises the baton in ten locations including New York and LA today and plans to add more theaters weekly. The anticipated Venice-premiering film – see Deadline review — was directed by and stars Bradley Cooper as the iconic conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein, with Carey Mulligan as his wife of 25 years, Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein. Cooper is also a co-writer and producer alongside Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Kristie Macosko Krieger, Fred Berner and Amy Durning. With Sarah Silverman Maya Hawke, Sam Nivola and Matt Bomer. Streaming Dec. 20.
Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron from GKIDS, the latest from Studio Ghibli, starts limited qualifying engagements in NY (Angelika and Lincoln Square) and LA (Burbank and Century City), playing both the subtitled and English-dubbed version that features Christian Bale, Dave Bautista, Gemma Chan, Willem Dafoe, Karen Fukuhara, Mark Hamill, Robert Pattinson and Florence Pugh.
GKIDS says presales are extremely strong and is hoping to build on good reviews and word of mouth that started at the TIFF premiere (see Deadline review). After the previews, Imax will debut the film nationwide on Monday, Dec. 4, with additional early access