“for others who keep implying that this one movie implies some sort of Hollywood conspiracy”
I’m not implying it. There’s no question. Romney is running. He’s a Mormon, raising curiosity about Mormons. The producers are using that to try to make money.
Production on this movie probably started at least three and perhaps five years ago.
I would be real curious to see how prominent Mitt was as a potential candidate then, shortly after his election as MA gov.
His candidacy only became credible as a result of his purported success as a relatively conservative governor in a very liberal state, which couldn’t have been foreseen when development of the movie started.
I can't speak of any inside knowledge to the timing of the release of the film; but since my understanding (from others who have commented) is that if it was shot in 2005...it would have taken a few yrs to get the script; cast the characters; etc...all the usual prep. Anyway, when that ws being rounded up, there's no way they could have had any idea that Mitt would be running for prez.
There goes your conspiracy theory about the production of the film--tho, again, I can't speak to the timing of its release other than this:
When did the TV and Big Screen movies come out about 9/11 from 2001? Was it (a) 2005 (b) 2006 (c) 2007. I don't know for certain which years those three movies came out (2 Big Screen; 1 TV movie), but I venture at least 2 of the 3 were 2006...
Why 2006 and not 2005? Well, just like married folks & employees tend to have something special for those round-number anniversaries (5,10, 15, 20, 25, 50), the media does the same.
So, if you're gonna release a movie about the original 9/11 terrorist act that occurred on U.S. soil, which year would you release a movie about an 1857 event? (a) 2006? (b) 2007? (c) 2008?
Apparently you would answer (a) 2006, so that they could then say they were coming out with it on the 149th anniversary? (Yeah, 149; that's a nice "round number.")
If you want max PR for a film, and you know media outlets are going to be already doing stories on the 150th anniversary, from a pure PR standpoint, you'll try to capture that attention to merge it to point to your film.
If anyone wants to imply there is MORE than this; well...
When film production began, did the producers know that Romney was going to run for President?