If you’re already excited to see what Spike Lee has done with his much-anticipated Oldboy adaptation, which stars Josh Brolin, along with Sharlto Copley, Elizabeth Olsen, Samuel L. Jackson, you’ll have to wait another month to see it, as FilmDistrict has pushed the film’s release date back a month, from the previously set October 25, to November 27.

That’s right – Thanksgiving weekend! Nothing says Thanksgiving family time, with turkey and pumpkin pie, like Oldboy!

No word on reasons for the move, but FilmDistrict obviously knows something we don’t because, as is often the case each year, Thanksgiving weekend is a loaded week for movies opening in wide release. 

And this year, Oldboy will be competing with 2 black films also set to open Thanksgiving weekend in Black Nativity and Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom – although the latter will open in limited release.

But also opening that holiday weekend are a Disney animated movie titled Frozen, a Jason Statham actioner, Homefront, co-starring James Franco, also Nicole Kidman’s Grace Of Monaco, and the thriller Out of the Furnace which stars Christian Bale, Casey Affleck and Zoe Saldana.

So, by all accounts, FilmDistrict might be on a suicide mission with this move of Oldboy’s release date to Thanksgiving weekend, given how crowded and competitive it’ll be, as you can see. And, unless the film’s has been gutted of its most vile content, this just isn’t a film that screams Thanksgiving weekend release!

It doesn’t make a lot of sense to me, on paper. But, like I said, certainly, they know more than I do. So we’ll just have to wait and see how this goes.

Its competition on its previously-set October 25 release date were a thriller called The Counselor, starring Michael Fassbender, Javier Bardem, and Brad Pitt, as well as Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa Comedy.

Which release weekend seems more sensible? You decide.