Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. I saw this film, ALL THE BOYS LOVE MANDY LANE, at SXSW last March. It was a local production, super low budget and I had to give it a look. I'm a genre fan and it's a hometown film.

It's not a perfect film, but director Jonathan Levine did a remarkable job with the budget he had to tell this story. The general thrust is it's about a group of high school kids who invite Mandy Lane, a girl who became incredibly hot over the summer, to a party at a secluded ranch. She's shy and turns down the advances of all the boys... who, as the title suggests, really want to bone her. Of course, someone is picking these kids off during the night.

The Weinstein Co. picked the flick up originally, but the originally stated release date of July 20th was quickly approaching with no ads or trailers or anything. Something was obviously wrong and it seems that they did indeed end up dumping the movie, but Senator has come in to release it in the US. They're waiting until early 2008 to put it in theaters... I would guess that the crowded fall has a lot to do with that (HALLOWEEN, SAW, THE MIST, I AM LEGEND to list a few genre titles hitting from Sept-Dec), but Senator plans to give it a real release, on over 1000 screens.

I think dropping the movie early 2008 will give it a better chance than dumping it in the middle of the summer movie season anyway, so this move is probably a good one. Thoughts?