We’ve got two new dates for a pair of some of our most-anticipated films this fall. First up, Box Office Mojo lets know that Fox Searchlight has moved up Alexander Payne‘s The Descendants from December 16th, 2011 to a limited release on November November 23rd, 2011 after a likely fall festival run. This pits it against the limited release of The Weinstein Company’s big awards contender The Artist, as well as wide releases of Martin Scorsese‘s Hugo, The Muppets, Piranha 3DD, and Arthur Christmas.
One could expect they are having a slower roll-out as they amp up expansion plans for the George Clooney-starrer based on Kaui Hart Hemmings novel. Shailene Woodley, Beau Bridges, Robert Forster, Judy Greer, Matthew Lillard, Nick Krause, Amara Miller, Mary Birdsong, Rob Huebel, and Patricia Hastie all co-star and you can watch the trailer here.
The Playlist also lets us know we can experience Lars von Trier‘s psychological disaster film Melancholia on November 11th, 2011 next to the wide releases of Immortals and Jack and Jill. The Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlotte Rampling, John Hurt, Alexander Skarsgård, Stellan Skarsgård and Udo Kier. We adored the film at Cannes (read our full review here) and check out the trailer here.
