Kathryn Morris UK

The Perfect Guy Previewed @ CinemaCon

Having just survived the annual influx of the broadcast industry for the NAB show, Las Vegas has now seen off the other end of the chain with the CinemaCon event ending yesterday (23rd April).

Now in its fifth year, CinemaCon is a convention for the National Association Of Theatre Owners, the companies that run the cinema chains we see in our towns. I always thought that NATO had more important issues to deal with

As part of the event the movie studios/distributors show previews of upcoming film releases, allowing the theatres to decide what they will purchase for putting on the big screen.

On Tuesday Sony Pictures gave a presentation covering some of their wares for 2015 and beyond. The new James Bond film Spectre was bound to steall the limelight, albeit with a non-action sequence preview clip. There were plenty of other movies mentioned too, such as Seth Rogen comedy Xmas; Jodie Foster-directed, George Clooney-staring thriller Money Monster; and Ricki And The Flash, which has Meryl Streep playing a reasonably successful rock star who gives up life on the road to be with her grown-up daughter. Sounds odd but it’s Meryl so you know she’ll be good regardless.

One of the smaller films previewed, and the reason for this post, was The Perfect Guy, which stars Sanaa Lathan (The Cleveland Show) and Michael Ealy (Almost Human). Kathryn has a small role in the film as a friend of Sanaa’s Leah character. Leah finds herself under attack from Ealy’s Carter after breaking off a brief relationship with him. Ex goes psycho, basically.

Anyway, here’s what HitFix’s Gregory Ellwood had to say about what he saw of The Perfect Guy:

If this movie was just about Sanaa Lathan’s character falling for Michael Early’s character that might make for an interesting dramatic romance. The fact Early’s character turns into a psychopath drew laughs from the audience.

Ooooookaaaay…. time to re-work it as a comedy?

You can read Gregory’s full run-down of the Sony previews on the HitFix website HERE.

The Perfect Guy is set for a world wide cinema release later this year with the US starting in September.

The Perfect Guy Allowed Out At Home

At some point in the past 24 hours the American release date for the movie The Perfect Guy has slipped out.

The US is set to see the film from 11th September 2015.

The global release schedule is now:

Singapore – 10 September 2015
USA – 11 September 2015
Russia – 15 October 2015
Portugal – 29 October 2015
Norway – 6 November 2015
Poland – 6 November 2015
Romania – 6 November 2015
Sweden – 6 November 2015
Belgium – 18 November 2015
France – 18 November 2015
Germany – 26 November 2015
UK – 27 November 2015

The new items are in bold. All are subject to change.

For more details about The Perfect Guy and Kathryn’s role in it see an earlier post here.

The Perfect Guy Rises Early In the East

Who says there aren’t (or won’t be) perfect guys all over the world?

Since I last reported on this there have been a couple more additions to the world-wide release schedule for the Sony/Screen Gems movie The Perfect Guy.

Russia looks to get its hands on the film a couple of weeks before Europe by bagging a mid-October 2015 launch.

Slightly less official sources suggest the even further east in Singapore they could top the lot more than a monthly earlier.

The combined release date list is currently:

Singapore – 10 September 2015
Russia – 15 October 2015
Portugal – 29 October 2015
Norway – 6 November 2015
Poland – 6 November 2015
Romania – 6 November 2015
Sweden – 6 November 2015
Belgium – 18 November 2015
France – 18 November 2015
Germany – 26 November 2015
UK – 27 November 2015

The new items are in bold. All are subject to change.

For more details about The Perfect Guy and Kathryn’s role in it see an earlier post here.

More Euro Dates For The Perfect Guy

A quick further update on the release dates for The Perfect Guy across Europe.

Two weeks ago, as reported here, the list expanded to include the likes of France and Germany. Over the following days extras were added. In the last couple of days additional entries have been appended.

Portugal gets in first with date in late October. It is followed a week later by Norway, Poland and Romania which have joined Sweden in early November.

The list as it stands now is as follows:

Portugal – 29 October 2015
Norway – 6 November 2015
Poland – 6 November 2015
Romania – 6 November 2015
Sweden – 6 November 2015
Belgium – 18 November 2015
France – 18 November 2015
Germany – 26 November 2015
UK – 27 November 2015

The new items are in bold.

For more details about The Perfect Guy see the initial post here on KM UK about Kathryn being cast in the film.

The Perfect Guy Euro Release Dates – Update x2

One date is never enough is it? How about three?

Back in late October I reported that the thriller The Perfect Guy could be seeing the light on day here in England in a year’s time. Of course at the end of November in England there’s not a lot of daylight to be seeing.

That 27th November 2015 release date for The Perfect Guy in the UK has now been more officially confirmed by its appearance on the film’s IMDb page. Score one for KM UK!

It has been joined by dates for Germany and Sweden. The Swedes are always ahead of the game so a 6th November release should come as no surprise. The Germans, however, only get a single day’s advantage over the UK. There is more to Europe than the United Kingdom, Germany and Sweden of course. For a start if certain people have their way the UK won’t be part of it any more. No news on ~~France~~, Spain, etc. etc.

Still no sign of a home country appearance. The 19th June 2015 made a brief appearance, as reported here in August, for a US showing but has yet to be seen again. It’s a little odd. You’d expect it to be the other way around with America info known first.

The Perfect Guy stars Sanaa Lathan (Boss), Michael Ealy (Almost Human), and Morris Chestnut (Legends). After leaving her longterm boyfriend (Morris), Leah (Sanaa) meets the titular perfect guy (Michael). Unfortunately in this case “perfect” is spelt “psycho” and “guy” is spelt “stalker”. Kathryn’s role is as a close friend of Leah.

More as and when we get it.

Update (6 Dec): Belgium has been added to the list with an 18th November 2015 release date.

Update (7 Dec): A now France has been included, sharing the 18th November with Belgium.