On the heels of two Independent Spirit Awards nominations for actor Michael Pena (for Best Supporting Male) and cinematographer Roman Vasyanov (for Best Cinematography, naturally), Open Road Films has just announced that they will re-release End of Watch into theaters on December 7th. Yes, this is what a late-breaking awards season push looks like, and it’s a damn fine way for audiences to catch up one of the year’s best underseen gems.
But End of Watch might not be the only awards contender that Open Road has on their hands, nor the only one they might re-release for a late-year push. Earlier this week, The Grey director Joe Carnahan tweeted: “Not official yet but @OpenRoadFilms looks like its going to re-release @TheGreyMovie in December for an awards qualifying run. Stay tuned.” While we haven’t heard any other news since about this possibility since Carnahan’s tweet, with the official news that End of Watch is coming back to screens, it seems even more likely that Open Road would roll out a similar strategy for their other best film of the year.
