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Thursday, September 5th, 2024 3:49 AM

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Production Status Incorrect

My film ‘The Premiere’ has this major issue on its IMDB page. Although we had 1 screening, the film is NOT released. We had a sneak preview and now we are back in Post Production.

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt30310485/

I have tried numerous times to get this status changed so it is NOT released, the Release date is inaccurate. The date it mentions is the date of a screening, but the film is not available anywhere, and hence it is not ‘released’. How can I get it to not say released’ ?

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13 days ago

Hi @jdwsilver -

Your changes were approved.

Cheers!

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@Bethanny​ Ok great - do you know how to make that change to IMDB Pro too?

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Hello jdwsilver,

The changes must be live and the same for both sites. Let us know if anything else, we are glad to help!

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12 days ago

Hi @jdwsilver -

I can confirm that the "Released" status is automatically displayed based on the August 27, 2024 'limited' Release date listed on the title page

If the title was publicly screened (even if just once), this is considered to be a valid release of the film, even if it is not currently available for viewing.

I hope this helps!

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@Michelle​ the status of 'Released' is simply not accurate. Films have sneak previews all the time and they are not automatically 'Released' IMDb has hundreds of titles that have been publicly screened, but are not categorized as 'Released'. The Sneak preview on Aug 27 is not the finished film, so saying it is released, even though the production is still working on it, is misleading and false. Publishing false information about other company's work has serious consequences, and you should have flexibility on this issue.

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