12 Years a Slave moves to October 18 for Limited Release

Steve McQueen’s eagerly anticipated 12 Years a Slave gets an October 18th release date, putting it smack in the middle of the best time to release movies into the Oscar race.  The pic marks McQueen and Fassbender’s third collaboration, the first two being The Hunger and Shame.

The pic stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano, Garret Dillahunt, Paul Giamatti, Scoot McNairy, Lupita Nyong’o,  Adepero Oduye, Sarah Paulson, Brad Pitt, Michael Kenneth Williams, Alfre Woodard, Chris Chalk, Taran Killam and Bill Camp is based on an incredible true story of one man’s fight for survival and freedom.