Turns out that exhibitors (folks that own the theaters) weren’t too keen on the idea of people showing up to the movies with iPods. They felt it was going to be too distracting (or something) for other people in the theater who weren’t wearing iPods for the show – like the commentary-listeners would be laughing when nobody else was laughing, and that’d create some kind of problem. Based on that, they suggested that if Weinstein Co. went through with the commentary track promotion, they’d start pulling the flick from screens. So the commentary track promotion has been tabled until we’re at a very low theater count (which is starting to happen now).

For the record, from what I was told, AMC Theaters was supportive of the commentary idea. So if it still winds up ultimately happening (and it better be soon, as we’ve only got about two weeks of theatrical life left), check the flick out in an AMC Theater while listening to the commentary track. You won’t get any shit for doing so there.”