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Few_Needleworker_801 t1_j155o0y wrote

The majority of this movie was shot in 2019!

Does anyone have any other examples of movies shot long before release?

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SanderSo47 OP t1_j156fyf wrote

The Cabin in the Woods wrapped filming in May 2009. It didn't release in theaters until April 2012. It was held back as MGM was the distributor but it was going through financial problems. It was later sold to Lionsgate.

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jak_d_ripr t1_j15fm8u wrote

I was so confused for so long by that movie because I read that Hemsworths performance in it was the reason he got cast as Thor, but the movie came out a year after Thor. It wasn't until I did more digging that I understood where the confusion was coming from.

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poland626 t1_j15w4eu wrote

Everyone forgets Red Dawn! Filmed right BETWEEN Cabin and Thor. I only remember it for this one scene where Josh Peck shoots a window out and jumps a whole story landing on the ground like nothing and keeps running but the rest was meh.

Still, Red Dawn was filmed also before Thor but came out AFTER Cabin in the Woods and Thor. Weird releases at the time

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jtmarshiii t1_j164j5q wrote

>49 comments

To be clear the shitty 'modern' Red Dawn and not the 80's classic Red Dawn!

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SteveAllure t1_j17s5r6 wrote

I always had this feeling that Chris Hemsworth didn't feel quite Chris Hemsworthy in that movie despite already having all these major movies under his belt. Now I know why.

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brandonsamd6 t1_j157afd wrote

yeah but neither of those films had a cannibal problem

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ryanclicks2 t1_j15q2cl wrote

Wrong actor. Armie Hammer is a cannibal.

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gideon513 t1_j16rk2w wrote

One of my favorite movies. Such a fun theater experience going in blind.

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pauloh1998 t1_j15rcha wrote

The worst case I've ever seen:

The King's Daughter, with Pierce Brosnan, Benjamin Walker and Kaya Scodelario, shot in 2014 and was only released in January 2022.

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hatramroany t1_j159w0q wrote

Avatar 2 & 3 started filming in 2017 with release dates in 2022 and (planned) 2024. Avatar 4 was also partially filmed in 2017/2018 with a planned release date in 2026.

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garrisontweed t1_j15qvyt wrote

I just read a interview with James Cameron and he said he "Didn`t want The Stranger Things effect,"of the kids getting older.So he filmed everything with them at once.

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Also read that Eddie Falco thought the Movie had came out already.Since she filmed everything back in 2017.

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phatboy5289 t1_j15xjyt wrote

It’s pretty funny to me that they wanted to avoid having the kids age too much… but Kiri is played by Sigourney Weaver in her 70s. Though I suppose Jack Champion being live action makes it tricky, as does their voices going through puberty.

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Britneyfan123 t1_j15uyi3 wrote

> Also read that Eddie Falco thought the Movie had came out already

That’s odd that’s she’s so unaware of her own movie

Also it’s Edie

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ManOnNoMission t1_j159vjf wrote

Chaos Walking was originally filmed in 2017 and released in 2021.

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lizzpop2003 t1_j156zvc wrote

A Thousand Words with Eddie Murphy was shot in 2008 and shelved until 2012. It was also terrible on many levels, which was why it was shelved, but still..

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[deleted] t1_j188tr2 wrote

Oh god A Thousand Words. I remember renting that on Redbox a decade ago. Total piece of shit. Unfunny and overly preachy and uninspired. Talk about forgettable I literally forgot this film existed. Total garbitch.

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arcenceil89 t1_j15epz8 wrote

Wasn't Top Gun Maverick filmed mostly in 2018?

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patrickwithtraffic t1_j16z1hl wrote

Pretty sure it bounced through like 7 dates until it finally came out. And to be fair to Tom Cruise and Co., it was absolutely the smart move.

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mikeweasy t1_j17n5dq wrote

I think they started some jet sequences in 2018 but most of it was filmed in 2019.

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tetoffens t1_j15opjh wrote

It's a different kind of example but The Other Side of the Wind by Orson Welles began filming in 1970. It only released in 2018, so 48 years. Welles never made a complete cut but he did edit quite a bit of it together and the rest was compiled together from the 96 total hours of footage Welles left behind, with his notes and some creativity. A few simple things were added but it's still 99% footage Welles shot in the 70s.

It's a very weird and experimental film, really cool cast, and I'm not sure if it is good or bad but the history of it made it worth watching. There's also a good documentary about the production, They'll Love Me When I'm Dead.

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Lucky_Locks t1_j159yly wrote

This loosely fits that category. Boyhood was shot over a period of ten+ years. They wanted the kid that played the main role to age throughout the film instead of just using an older actor.

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WeDriftEternal t1_j15a5mb wrote

The Red Dawn remake I believe sat around for a few years. It was supposed to be a quick turnaround but didn't get release for like 3ish years

I know Fanboys was delayed as well, but I don't think it was delayed that long, it did however basically get =recut into a fairly different movie

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CRSRep t1_j15c0b1 wrote

Trick 'r Treat was supposed to hit theaters in 2007 but ended up going straight to video in 2009.

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usethe4th t1_j17bp6r wrote

The most egregious example I know of where there was active development the entire time was Kenneth Lonergan’s Margaret. It began shooting in 2005 and was finally released in 2011. It was originally supposed to release in 2007. There are four separate edits, one of which was overseen by Martin Scorsese. I remember critics remarking over just how much younger some of the cast members looked, Matt Damon specifically.

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ZLBuddha t1_j166puw wrote

Apparently some woman filmed her part in Avatar 2 so many years ago that she thought the new release was a completely different project

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DevilsOfLoudun t1_j1671rn wrote

it's also starring Armie Hammer, probably why it's been delayed for so long.

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deckard1980 t1_j16eely wrote

Think about all those unknown actors waiting for their big screen break to come out. As an actor that would drive me crazy

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Mudders_Milk_Man t1_j16uxyz wrote

The New Mutants. It was filmed in 2017, to be released in 2018. It was delayed multiple times and was finally dumped out in 2020 to die (and it did indeed bomb).

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Came4gooStayd4Ahnuce t1_j18qmvn wrote

James Cameron has already shot parts of Avatar 4 (mainly with the kids from Avatar 2 cuz they’re gonna grow and he probably has some flashbacks planned).

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AndrewTheGoat22 t1_j194i30 wrote

What about that weird horror x men movie called young mutants lol

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Confident_Can_3297 t1_j1ak53a wrote

I don't remember the name of the movie, but Olivia Coleman made an appearance on Graham Norton awhile back and (hilariously) Graham gave her shit because she couldn't remember the name of her own character from the movie she was promoting and she said it was because she filmed it so long ago.

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Revolutionary_Box569 t1_j15bk8e wrote

Yeah it doesn’t tend to be a good sign, other than Top Gun which was largely due to covid anyway it’s hard to think of examples of movies that have had that and not been clusterfucks (I think Terence Malick takes a long time editing his movies and most of them are good)

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