Lionsgate has moved up the release of Frank Miller’s The Spirit from January 16, 2009 to December 25, 2008.
Based on the Will Eisner’s comic, the action-adventure romance toplines Gabriel Macht, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson and Eva Mendes. Miller (Sin City) wrote the adapted script.
Lionsgate president of theatrical films Tom Ortenberg said the decision to shift the film to Christmas Day came after the project was presented to fans at New York Comic-Con.
Also scheduled for release on Christmas Day are Disney’s Adam Sandler starrer Bedtime Stories and 20th Century Fox’s Jennifer Aniston/Owen Wilson starrer Marley & Me.
