Welcome to Yesterday not welcome, delayed indefinitely
No matter how enticing a film's trailer may be, how amazing a film's director is, how talented the actors are, without the proper advertising/marketing, it'll fall to the wayside to the many other films getting a proper push. When the trailer for Welcome to Yesterday was released in December, I was sold on it. After all, I'm a sucker for time travel films, and the film carried a similar tone to Chronicle, one of my best sleeper hits of recent memory. However, after that initial trailer release, there was nothing. Much more news came out of producer Michael Bay's camp in regards to Transformers: Age of Extinction, but come on... that's Transformers.
Rather than rushing the film to release (its theatrical release was originally set for February 28th), Bay has decided to delay the film, wanting to give it a personal look-over. Also abetting the release is the aforementioned lack of advertising, which will be handled by MTV Films going forward. The film is assumedly complete, but will still be delayed to either summer or fall to ensure audiences are even aware of it. While any film delay is a tough pill to swallow, especially for a film you're anticipating, this is the right move to make by Bay and the studio. Welcome to Yesterday shows some promise, and that potential is thankfully being noticed by the important higher-ups.
[via /Film]
[Trailer] Welcome to Yesterday
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It's getting to the point where found-footage films are running long in the tooth. What was once exciting and new is now played out and exploited. Welcome to Yesterday is yet another found-footage film, but with the added sci-fi element of time travel. Time travel films are my weakness, and I'd be lying if I said Welcome to Yesterday looks to at least chip the mold that has encumbered many other found-footage films.
Directed by Dean Israelite, Welcome to Yesterday centers on a group of high school friends that stumble upon the schematics for a time travel machine left behind by one of their fathers. Naturally, they use it for selfish means, like winning the lottery, passing a class, etc. However, their acts cause a ripple effect that leads to disastrous ramifications. The only solution? Going even further back in time to prevent the discovery.
/Film likens Welcome to Yesterday to Chronicle and Primer. I'm partially in agreement with them, except I don't think it'll go as deep, technically or ethically, as that film did. With Michael Bay set as the film's producer, expect at least a few explosions mixed in. I'm sold on the film... hopefully they re-think the name before everything is finalized. We'll all be welcomed to screen Welcome to Yesterday on February 28th.