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The Dark Knight won’t rise in the Middle East

The brand-new Batman movie “The Dark Knight Rises” releasing around the world on July 20th, 2012 will not be released in time. According to @WBLebanon and imdb, the Lebanese release date is August 16th, 2012 almost a month behind the international release because of Ramadan.

Apparently Ramadan’s month sales affects cinema viewership/sales in the region while technically speaking I don’t think the Lebanese, Jordanian or Iraqi market is going to any influenced by this (like the GCC would), but it is really disappointing.

Warner Bros. Pictures’ in Lebanon, Syria and Jordan is operated by the company Joseph Chacra & Sons, the WB licensee for Lebanon & SHOOTING STARS, the Licensee for Syria, Jordan, Iraq.

Till now, I’m still wondering why Warner Bros. Lebanon & Shooting Stars LLC are insisting to release major WB releases months after, take Harold & Kumar CHRISTMAS movie getting released NOW (3 months later?) and The Dark Knight Rises being delayed a month after its official worldwide release. This is unaccepted and demeaning to all fans in the region! THIS IS PURE NONSENSE, J. Edgar was out on Blu-Ray worldwide while it played here last week, now this and they late release of Batman’s new title. check imdb link attached. You guys have been warned, don’t underestimate the power of social media and piracy, by the time you play Batman… it’ll be out to download in a watchable quality, lose money and close if you don’t explain or follow international dates.

We need this to be fixed and we demand answers NOW!