Release Dates: ‘The East’, ‘Spring Breakers’, ‘Vampire Academy’, ‘Untitled Illumination Entertainment 2015 Project’
Winter is slowly but surely inching to an end, so let’s look ahead to what the next season has in store for us. The next few months promise to be an interesting one for indie releases, as bothSpring BreakersandZal Batmanglij’sThe Eastare slated to open.
Further down the road, The Weinsteins are getting into the paranormal YA game next winter withVampire Academy, and Universal’sUntitled Illumination Entertainment Project(not the final title, obviously) has been slotted for summer 2015. Hit the jump for all the details, in chronological order.
Two and a half months later onMay 31, we’ll get the opening of Batmanglij’s Sundance thrillerThe East. The film reunites him with hisSound of My VoicestarBrit Marling, who plays a security agent trying to infiltrate an anarchist group. The only other picture currently scheduled for that date isThe Purge, a Jason Blum-produced horror starring Ethan Hawke and Lena Headey.
Pushing into next year, the Weinsteins have setVampire AcademyforValentine’s Day 2014, where it’ll compete with fellow YA propertyThe Maze Runner. Don’t let theTwilight-y title scare you –Vampire Academyis being directed byMean GirlshelmerMark Watersfrom a script byHeatherswriterDaniel Waters, so I’d wager it has quite a bit more edge and humor to it.
Finally, rounding out this string of updates is Universal’s mysteriousUntitled Illumination Entertainment Project, which will bowJuly 3, 2015. One possibility is that this will be therecently announceddo-over ofHow the Grinch Stole Christmas, which hasn’t locked a date just yet. But opening a Christmas movie in summer seems like an odd move, so there’s a strong possibility it’s something else.
