This is a bummer! I was really looking forward to seeing this on Thanksgiving weekend, alas the release has been pushed back to December 25. Well at least I don’t have to wait as long as four months, which is the case for Scorcese’s Shutter Island (delayed from October to February!).

According to aceshowbiz, the move was made by The Weinstein Company who’ll distribute the flick, because the studio’s other movie The Road, featuring Viggo Mortensen, Guy Pearce and Charlize Theron, finally settled on the November 25 date. So this has nothing to do with a rumored production delays. The Christmas release means it’s now competing with the highly anticipated Guy Ritchie flick Sherlock Holmes and the Meryl Streep rom-com It’s Complicated (also starring Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin).

To me, there’s no competition here, I’d definitely see NINE before the other two, just see the fabulous trailer and you’ll know what I mean. Even if you aren’t into musicals, the cast alone should at least piqued your interest.

Led by the dashing and brilliant Daniel Day-Lewis as world famous film director Guido Contini, it is supported by Marion Cotillard as Contini’s wife Luisa, Penelope Cruz as his sultry mistress Carla, Nicole Kidman as his film star muse Claudia Graham, Judi Dench as his confidant and costume designer Lily, Kate Hudson as young American fashion journalist Stephanie, Sophia Loren as his mother, and Stacy Ferguson aka Fergie as Saraghina.

Now that’s what I call a real star-studded cast!