User talk:Spudpants123

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It's really not as simple as that.


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I'm not being deliberately obstructive, but it's difficult to see how an unreleased film can meet the notability guidelines, articles about upcoming films are routinely deleted as, at best WP:Too soon, with the possible exception of, say, a forthcoming release in a major Hollywood or Bollywood franchise. That's clearly not the case here.

Small independent films about small towns can be notable, like Bombay Beach (film), about a small community in California, which I've actually visited, but as a released film it won awards and positive reviews. Your film can't do that until it's released. It is, of course questionable whether this film will establish notability when it is released, but that's another matter. Having an article about an unreleased film, even if it were better sourced and less promotional, just looks like pre-publicity for the film, especially when undeclared COI editing is involved.

There's no rush with this, let's wait until the film is actually released, and see if it merits an article then Jimfbleak - talk to me?  06:41, 7 June 2020 (UTC)