“St. Vincent,” the comedy starring Bill Murray, Melissa McCarthy and Naomi Watts, was given an Oct. 24 release date by the Weinstein Co. on Thursday.
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That puts the film, written and directed by Theodore Melfi, up against Universal’s horror thriller “Ouija,” Paramount’s “Paranormal Activity 5” and the Fox action adventure “The Secret Service.”
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Chris O’Dowd, Kimberly Quinn and Scott Adsit co-star in the film, which is about a young boy who finds an unlikely friend and mentor in Murray’s character, a bawdy and hedonistic war veteran who lives next door.
The Chernin Entertainment-Crescendo Productions project was at one point in its development known as “St. Vincent de Van Nuys.”
Correction: The director’s name was incorrect in an earlier version of this story. TheWrap regrets the error.