When Sony Pictures announced that The Hurt Locker director Kathryn Bigelow’s film about the killing of Osama Bin Laden for Oct. 12, 2012, the studio was accused of pushing a political agenda, highlighting one of President Obama’s successes just before the November election. However, that argument appears to be moot at this point. Reports reveal that Sony has plans to push the release date either to later in 2012 or even until 2013.
According to The New York Times, Sony has always claimed that they never planned the film as a “October surprise” that would give Obama a push in his reelection campaign. However, New York Rep. Peter King still called for an investigation to find any connections between the President’s staff and the studio.
Rep. King’s investigation was sparked by a claim by New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd that the White House was actually providing Bigelow and Mark Boal, her screenwriting partner, with questionable access to information. However, Boal and Bigelow issued a statement denying the report and saying that the film has been in the works for years and will highlight the job done by the Clinton, Bush and Obama administrations in relation to Bin Laden.
Indiewire reports that the film has yet to even be cast and production has not even started, so getting the film out in a year would be nearly impossible anyway. The site also notes that Sony will instead release another Kevin James comedy in its place, called Here Comes The Boom.