UPDATE: We now have a trailer for this much-delayed movie, which you can see below. The release date has also been moved from April 10 to May 15.
EARLIER: Last we checked, Guy Ritchie’s much-delayed “In the Grey” had been quietly dropped by Lionsgate, leaving production company Black Bear to wonder if they should just self-distribute the damn thing themselves. The problem: the film still needed reshoots.
Turns out, those reshoots might not happen, and Black Bear will be rolling out the film via the distribution arm they launched last year. It’s now officially announced that “In the Grey” is hitting theaters on April 10.
“Now, for obvious reasons, Black Bear would never admit that the film was technically never finished, but what can you do in such a situation? It’s either you wait it out another year and hope the actors’ schedules align, or you just go ahead and release whatever finished product you have.”
“In the Grey,” starring Henry Cavill, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Eiza González, wrapped principal photography in summer 2023 after a two-month shoot under a SAG-AFTRA interim agreement. Lionsgate had even circled January 17, 2025, as its theatrical release date. Then, suddenly, in November 2024, the studio pulled the movie from its calendar.
The official word from Lionsgate was that “In the Grey” wasn’t finished, with reshoots delayed for months due to scheduling conflicts. Then everything went quiet. One source says the real issue was simply timing—everyone’s calendars were out of sync, delays piled up, and the whole thing became a mess.
“In the Grey” follows two extraction specialists tasked with devising a route of escape for a high-level female negotiator. The logline describes it as “a group who operates in the middle of criminality and the law.”
Meanwhile, Ritchie’s been busy. Last year, he released “Fountain of Youth” on Apple TV+, wrapped “Wife & Dog,” exited “Road House 2,” and jumped to a Layer Cake sequel with Jason Statham, which just started shooting. He’s given us four films and two TV shows in the last three years.
I’m seeing plenty of “worst of the year” mentions for “Ice Cream Man,” which doesn’t surprise me one bit. Roth has never been a critical darling and has only been more burdened by that with each passing film.