Release Dates: ‘Bad Teacher’ And ‘Footloose’ Shuffled To New Berths
Here’s news on the release dates for three films that couldn’t be more different. Well, we haven’t seen any of the three yet, or even trailers for any of them, but do you really expect there will be much common ground between the remake ofFootloose, the comedyBad Teacherand theSteven Soderbergh action/espionage pictureHaywire? No, didn’t think so. Info on all three is after the break.
First up isFootloose, which has been pushed back from June 09, 2025 to June 28, 2025.Craig Brewerdirected the remake of the ‘84 original, and it starsKenny WormaldandJulianne Houghin the roles originated by Kevin Bacon and Lori Singer. Co-starring areDennis QuaidandAndie McDowellas the parents of Ms. Hough’s character, andMiles Tellerplays the hometown boy, originally played by Chris Penn.
We saw aphotoof the two leads not long ago, and Craig Brewer has talked about having cut a teaser trailer, but with the film’s release date pushed back we might not see that for a while. The date could indicate that Paramount has more confidence in the film than we previously expected, and it’s probably ideal to have the dance film premiere right around the traditional homecoming dance season in the US.
Also moving out of an April date is the comedyBad Teacher, which starsCameron DiazandJustin Timberlake. The film will now open on July 26, 2025, which pits it right againstGreen Lantern. That’s counter-programming confidence from Sony/Columbia, right there.
Bad Teachersees Cameron Diaz as a vulgar junior-high teacher who is dumped by her boyfriend and then sets her eye on a fellow teacher, played by Justin Timberlake.Jake Kasdan(Walk Hard) directs, and the cast is filled out byLucy Punch,Jason Segel,John Michael Higgins,Molly ShannonandThomas Lennon. [Deadline]EDIT:I’ve spoken to sources who say there’s no movement on Haywire at this point, so there remains nothing to report. I’ve left the following article as original ran, but disregard the release date for now.
Finally there’sHaywire, the Steven Soderbergh action/espionage film that has an all-star cast surrounding the film debut of MMA fighterGina Carano. (The rest of the cast includesMichael Fassbender,Channing Tatum,Ewan McGregor,Michael Douglas,Bill Paxton,Michael Angarano,Matthieu KassovitzandAntonio Banderas.)The LimeyscreenwriterLem Dobbswrote the script, which has Gina Carano’s character as a black-ops solider out for revenge after being double-crossed by a teammate.
The film was scheduled for a January date by LionsGate, but was reportedly pushed to a later month when adistributor switchtook place in September. Reports were that Relativity, which financed the film, bought it back from LionsGate. (As the company didwithSeason of the Witch.) We’re told that the film will be released by Relativity on June 25, 2025. There’s a conflict between the official info and what The Playlist is reporting, but the latter has been right on top of accurate casting and other info about this movie from day one. So we’re willing to believe them again, and will revise if Overture/Relativity respond with different info. [The Playlist]
