Sony Moving 'White House Down' to Heart of Summer 2013

Sony is giving White House Down the VIP treatment.

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The action tentpole has been moved up from Nov. 1, 2013, and now will hit theaters June 28. Directed by Roland Emmerich, the pic stars Channing Tatum as a Secret Service agent tasked with rescuing the president from a paramilitary group that has taken over the White House.

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The move means White House Down will play over the lucrative Fourth of July holiday frame, similar to Emmerich's Independence Day; in a twist of fate, Fox is re-releasing the 3D version of that 1996 alien-invasion hit on July 3.

By relocating, White House Down also gives itself more of a cushion against rival White House pic Olympus Has Fallen, starring Gerard Butler and produced by Millennium Films (that film hasn't yet been dated).

White House Down -- also starring Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, James Woods and Richard Jenkins -- now will open against Fox comedy The Internship and Universal's action-adventure R.I.P.D.