towne32 said:
joefavs said:
it's been years since I actually needed to get tickets for an opening more than a few hours in advance (I think the last time was The Dark Knight back in '08), but I don't want to take any chances with this one.
Not a movie, but a couple years ago I pre-ordered tickets to the Doctor Who 50th which showed in a few theaters. Sold out in a couple of minutes. Other than that, not sure that I ever did.
I think I signed up for an alert from Fandango about TFA, but the site does nothing to confirm that the request was sent, so who knows. If I don't see it on opening night, but later that weekend, that's fine. I'll just live without internet for a couple days.
Well, that's the real trick isn't it?
The studios don't make it any easier, either. As far back as Return of the King in '03 I can remember spoiler-laden tv spots running pretty much the moment a movie had started playing in theaters. I remember that particular example because my roommate at the time went to go see RotK with his brother at the midnight premiere and I caught a commercial with Aragorn charging the orcs at the gates of Mordor and, IIRC, Frodo's "now at the end of all things" line to Sam.
It's been a noticeable trend with these big event movies ever since.
In response to the OP, a recent article at makingstarwars said that tickets will likely go on sale sometime between late September and mid October.
May I ask what the "special super-preview at select cities" in the thread title is referring to?