The biblical drama had an awards season appropriate release date of November 24, but word arrived today via Variety that The Weinstein Company has decided to push the film back to next year.
Garth Davis‘ Mary Magdalene, starring Phoenix as JC, Rooney Mara as the titular JC follower, and Chiwetel Ejiofor as Peter, was expected to debut this fall.
What’s more interesting though is how The Weinstein Company will have a less eventful Oscar season than usual.
Mary Magdalene will now hit theaters on March 30, 2018 on Easter weekend, opening opposite Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One and Tyler Perry’s She’s Living My Life.