8/21/2009

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Just six weeks before its scheduled release, the Scorsese film's premiere has been postponed.

Casey Blackwell

Paramount Pictures has pushed the release of the highly-anticipated film "Shutter Island" to Feb. 19, just six weeks before the scheduled Oct. 2 release.  
  
According to [Thompson on Hollywood](http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/2009/08/21/paramount_pushes_shutter_island_to_february/), the move was made by Paramount in an attempt to cut down on costly advertising costs that come with the fall and holiday seasons.  
  
In the wake of the last-minute move, Fox Searchlight moved the release of "Whip It," a comedy starring Ellen Page of "Juno" fame and Drew Barrymore, up a week to fill the now-vacant slot, [Variety](http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118007586.html?categoryId=13&cs=1) reports. At the moment, the only other films set to debut that day are re-releases of Disney's "Toy Story" and "Toy Story 2" in 3-D.  
  
"Shutter Island" is based on a novel by "Mystic River" author Dennis Lehane and centers on a U.S. Marshal investigating the disappearance of a homicidal patient at an insane asylum on the titular island. The film is directed by renowned auteur Martin Scorsese and stars Leonardo DiCaprio.