Iron Sky producers slam their distributor

The producers of the Nazis-on the-moon movie Iron Sky have attacked its UK distributor Revolver for "stabbing them in the back" by releasing the film for showing in cinemas for just one day, next Wednesday May 23, before rushing it out on DVD.

In a strongly-worded statement on their website, www.ironsky.net, producer Tero Kaukomaa, director Timo Vuorensola and VFX producer Samuli Torssonen, say: "The film has been opening all across Europe during the last six weeks, with excellent results (nearly 850 000 cinema admissions so far!), but Revolver refuses to give it a proper run in UK theatres. What they are doing is basically stabbing us in the back.

"Revolver misled us by assuring us a proper cinema release during the production, but came out suddenly and last minute with their new plan, the one-day-only release, and refused to listen to our arguments against it. We even asked our fans to contact Revolver and let them know what they think of the plan, they received thousands of comments in just few days from people who want to see Iron Sky but even that wasn’t enough for them to change their plans.

"The fact that they are releasing Iron Sky for just one day (in the middle of the week) shows a great disrespect for us, the filmmakers, who have been slaving to make this film as cinematic – with big special effects, sounds and great action – as possible. It’s also a major middle finger to the fans, followers and investors who have been following the production for years and now suddenly have only few hours to run to the theatre, and then enjoy their quickly rushed DVD and Blu-Ray release. A release that will be missing all the material we’ve planned for it – documentaries, commentaries, artwork and whatever we’ve gathered during our six long years of production."