Horror thriller’s original release date was Oct. 14. The new date pits the film against a raft of summer blockbusters
STX Entertainment’s “Bye Bye Man” has been moved from Oct. 14 to June 3, TheWrap has learned.
Starring Carrie-Anne Moss, Faye Dunaway, Douglas Smith and Cressida Bonas, the film will now be released in the height of the summer season, offering fans a horror alternative to the summer’s other blockbusters.
The horror-thriller is directed by Stacy Title and follows three college students who move into a house of campus only to discover a supernatural entity called the Bye Bye Man. They must save each other while keeping the entity’s existence a secret from others.
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June 3 is already a pretty full date, marking the release for “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2,” “Me Before You” and Lonely Island’s “Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping.”
The move cleared the Oct. 14 date for Ben Affleck‘s “The Accountant.”
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Jonathan Penner adapted the script from the short story “The Bridge to Body Island” by Robert Damon Schneck. Trevor Macy, Jeffrey Soros and Simon Horsman are producing.