‘Gangster Squad’ Update: Film Will be Pushed to January to Accommodate Reshoots

Well that didn’t take long.

After announcing two days ago that Gangster Squad, the Warner Bros. crime film that features a shooting in a movie theater, would have that now-troubling scene re-shot in the wake of the Colorado theater shooting, Warner Bros. is pushing the film back from its September 7 release date to January 11 in order to give more time to shoot and edit the new scene.

Warners originally moved the film up for possible awards consideration for both the cast (Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Giovanni Rbisi, Ryan Gosling, Anthony Mackie, Emma Stone, and other big names) and crew (including director Ruben Fleischer).  With the film being released after the new year it won’t be eligible for the 2013 Oscars and most other awards unless it screens for a public (i.e. paying) audience in Los Angeles for at least a week before the end of the year.  Warners has an already-packed December (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and The Great Gatsby), so a December 2012 release wasn’t an option — and the fact that Warners has no films scheduled for release in January 2013 certainly helps.