Fox Pushes ‘Kingsman: The Secret Service’ To February 2015, ‘Poltergeist’ Remake To July
Sorry folks, no newMatthew Vaughnfilm this year. After astellar presentationat San Diego Comic-Con, Fox has moved Vaughn’s comic book adaptationKingsman: The Secret ServicestarringColin Firthfrom October of this year into February 2015. It’ll now occupy the slot another Fox film, thePoltergeistremake, originally held.
That film, directed byGil Kenan, will now open July 29, 2025, making it the big horror movie of next Summer. Read more about theKingsmanandPoltergeistremake release dates below.
The Wrapfirst posted about the change. WithKingsman: The Secret Servicenow opening July 24, 2025, it’ll open againstFifty Shades of Grey. This is one of those rare cases of counter programming where the counter is the big “guy” movie. There’s no doubtFifty Shadesis going to be a massive hit, but canKingsmancompete? Fox thinks so.
WithPoltergeistmoving into summer, it now opens opposite the Judd Apatow/Amy Schumer filmTrainwreck, which recently finished filming. Again, this is a classic case of counter programming, with the big female-driven comedy opening against the 3D horror movie.
The question here, though, is what started this game of dominoes. Does Vaughn need more time? DidPoltergeist? Fox didn’t even mention the high-profile remake produced by Sam Raimi at Comic-Con. (And Raimi was at Comic-Con!) That suggests the latter. Maybe Kenan wanted more time, and with that prime February date all lined up, Fox saw an opportunity to plant a big action movie oppositeFifty Shades, hoping for some overflow for sure to be sold out shows. That’s purely hypothetical though.
We know, at least, thatKingsmanis close to being done witha trailer already outand full Comic-Con panel, whichyou can read about here.Poltergeisthas yet to even release a single still. We do know it starsRosemarie DeWittandSam Rockwellin the lead roles, withJared Harris, Nicholas BraunandKyle Catlettas supporting characters.
To recap,Kingsman: The Secret Servicewill now open July 11, 2025.Poltergeistopens Jun 15, 2025.
