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By STV Soloist Silenced Even Longer: Paramount announced Tuesday that it's pushing back The Soloist yet again, this time to April 24. The studio surprised even its former DreamWorks partners last month by drop-kicking the Robert Downey Jr./Jamie Foxx drama into 2009, culminating in an uncere...

By Sean P. Means(noreply@blogger.com) A few movies that were early Oscar contenders may be dropping out of the race. Paramount Pictures, facing a crunch in its advertising budget, has decided to move "The Soloist" - a drama starring Jamie Foxx as a homeless musician and Robert Downey Jr. as the journalist who befriends him - to ne...

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By STV Doubt to Open AFI Fest: The Oscar-bait shuffle that is AFI Fest's opening night settled down late Thursday when organizers announced Doubt as its Oct. 30 replacement for The Soloist. It will be the Meryl Streep/Philip Seymour Hoffman drama's world premiere following a quiet test screeni...

Paramount's decision to move the release date of its Jamie Foxx film "The Soloist" from Nov. 21 to March 13 not only takes it out of Oscar contention, as previously reported, but has also led to its removal from the opening night slot at this year's AFI FEST.

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Film Festivals: Meryl Streep film replaces 'The Soloist' -- "Doubt" has been slotted as the new opener for AFI Fest. An unfinished version of helmer John Patrick Shanley's period drama starring Meryl Streep replaces "The Soloist," which Paramount pulled after moving the pic's release...

Film Festivals: Meryl Streep film replaces 'The Soloist' -- "Doubt" has been slotted as the new opener for AFI Fest. An unfinished version of helmer John Patrick Shanley's period drama starring Meryl Streep replaces "The Soloist," which Paramount pulled after moving the pic's release...

The Soloist" has been pulled as the opening-night film at AFI Fest in Los Angeles next week following ...... More

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Film Festivals: Film was scheduled to open, premiere at fest -- A week after Paramount pulled "The Soloist" out awards season, it’s yanked the drama out of the Oct. 30 AFI Fest opening night slot – which would have been the drama’s world premiere.

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Front Page: Film was scheduled to open, premiere at fest -- A week after Paramount pulled "The Soloist" out awards season, it’s yanked the drama out of the Oct. 30 AFI Fest opening night slot – which would have been the drama’s world premiere.

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Film News: Film was scheduled to open, premiere at fest -- A week after Paramount pulled "The Soloist" out awards season, it’s yanked the drama out of the Oct. 30 AFI Fest opening night slot – which would have been the drama’s world premiere.

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Web Exclusive: Film was scheduled to open, premiere at fest -- A week after Paramount pulled "The Soloist" out awards season, it’s yanked the drama out of the Oct. 30 AFI Fest opening night slot – which would have been the drama’s world premiere.

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AFI Fest 2008 will open Nov. 5 with Joe Wright's "The Soloist" to kick off a two-and-a-half-week run of major indie fare. This year's selection of international films shows a commitment to cinematic innovation and a renewal of a tradition of realism in cinema," artistic director Rose Kuo s...

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