We're obviously not going to believe it until Apparition actually announces a release date and puts out marketing material, but our bet is that they wouldn't go so far as to include The Tree of Life in their initial press release if they weren't actually planning to release ...
Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life Finally Has a Distributor!
This is great news for fans of Terrence Malick! Yesterday it was announced that Bill Pohlad and Bob Berney had launched a new distribution company called Apparition (read the press release). The first two films on their slate are Jane Campion's romance Bright Star (watch the trailer) and Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life, which has remained mysteriously under the radar for years. Buried within this Variety article is this little nugget of news: "Tree of Life, which hasn't been dated but will be released around the year-end holiday season. The 2009 bow is interesting since Malick is famous for long post-production periods."
