The Zach Braff-helmed Going in Style remake has been delayed nearly a full year. Set to star the Academy Award-winning trio of Alan Arkin, Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman, the comedy caper was originally going to arrive in theaters on May 6. Of course, that would have the film going head to head with Marvel Studios‘ Captain America: Civil War, a film pretty much guaranteed to rule that box office weekend. A new schedule released today by Warner Bros. shifts the Going in Style remake into next year. The film will now hit the big screen April 7, 2017, a date completely devoid of competition.
Released in 1979, the original Going in Style was directed by Martin Brest and stars George Burns, Art Carney and Lee Strasberg as a trio of senior citizens who decide to rob a bank and take their winnings to Las Vegas. The remake was announced in early 2013 and will feature a screenplay by St. Vincent‘s Ted Melfi.
Arkin won an Academy Award for his supporting performance in Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris’ Little Miss Sunshine in 2007. Freeman took home his two years earlier for his own supporting role in Clint Eastwood’s Million Dollar Baby. Caine, meanwhile, has received two Oscars. His first was for his supporting performance in Woody Allen’s 1986 comedy drama Hannah and Her Sisters, while his second came in 2000 for his supporting role in Lasse Hallström’s The Cider House Rules.
Donald De Line is set to produce the Going in Style remake with Tony Bill (who produced the 1979 original) set to executive produce.
Warner Bros. also issued slight delays for both Ben Affleck’s The Accountant and the Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler comedy The House. The former moves just a week, from this October 7 to October 14 while the latter moves from June 2, 2017 to June 30, 2017.
