On Tuesday, the Oscar nominee’s were released and “The Kings Speech” lead the way with 10 nominations.
Today, we found out that this was a cash cow for the film, as the internet ticket distributor Fandago.com stated that there has been a major boom for the film.
Since the announcements, there has been a 76% increase in customers buying tickets to see Colin Firth as King George VI. As I stated in my predictions post, this is the film I feel should win Best Picture and Firth should easily take down Best Actor.
Now the other interesting news surrounding the film is the major editing job Harvey Weinstein is set to make.
Weinstein has said that he is looking to edit the film to make it more family friendly and have it appeal to a wider audience. Weinstein is currently talking with Director Tom Hooper to take out a majority of the profanity and reduce the MPAA rating from “R” to “PG-13.”
This is a rather risky idea as the cursing by King George VI was rather hilarious and made the movie lighter during tense moments. Regardless, I’ve seen the original version and it was a masterpiece, therefore we should have confidence in Hooper to deliver.
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