Lionsgate Delays Limited Theatrical Release of Musical Drama LA LA LAND

According to Deadline, Lionsgate has announced that the limited theatrical release of LA LA LAND, starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling will now begin on December 9th, one week later than the original December 2nd release date. The DAMIEN Chazelle-directed musical drama will still hit theaters nationwide on December 16th as planned.

LA LA LAND was the recipient of the People's Choice Award at this year's Toronto International Film Festival. Drawing upon studio-era spectacle, the film ushers the musical into the 21st century in all its brightly coloured, anamorphic splendour, telling the story of two star-crossed young dreamers determined to make it big on the silver screen. It's either stardom or bust!

A devotee of the jazz legends Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk, Sebastian (Ryan Gosling) plays a mean piano himself and is determined to uphold the values of the old masters. His plans include opening his own club, but to make ends meet he's stuck playing tepid cocktail jazz in a humdrum Los Angeles restaurant. Mia (Emma Stone) is a movie buff with an eye for the classics who aspires to be a serious actress. For the moment, the closest she comes to seeing stars is serving lattes in the canteen on the Warner Bros. lot.

Sebastian and Mia meet cute no less than three times before diving headlong into a life-altering romance, but is their love strong enough to weather disappointment, compromise, and ever-burgeoning periods apart?

Including an opening sequence shot on the freeways of LA that will have you jitterbugging in the aisles, and another set in the Griffith Observatory IMMORTALIZED in Rebel Without a Cause, Chazelle tips his hat to some of the enduring classics of Hollywood whilst revelling in the sheer joy and pleasures of a genre that continues to put a smile on our faces. As Gosling and Stone seductively sing and dance their way through the tumult of life and love, they sprinkle stardust on a movie that will put a twinkle in every eye.