It seems crazy to me that studios "claim" release dates two and
three years before the movies come out. I understand that it
builds up anticipation, but hanging a release date over
filmmakers' heads can't help the end result. For example, I
attended a screening of the director's cut of Troy the other
night (very cool), with director Wolfgang Petersen introducing.
He discussed how at test screenings he realized the score of the
film wasn't working. He wound up replacing it in a huge rush to
make the release date, and it became one of many aspects of the
final film he was unhappy with. Why not just give directors time
to make the films they want instead of all the "starting without
a finished script" -type stuff that goes on? Well, two upcoming
movies -- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn
Treader (or as I call it, TCONTVOTDT -- it just flows better)
and The Wolf Man -- seem to be doing just that.  Prince Caspian,
the second Narnia adventure, is still set for release this May,
but TCONTVOTDT has be