Universal Loves Osama Bin Laden: Who Had It First?

The studio will distribute director Kathryn Bigelow's next film after "The Hurt Locker" overseas (it's being released Stateside by Sony Pictures). It looks like a straight press release that just had people racing the clock to put it up. Kind of Cannes-ish -- international deal and international appeal, so what better time to announce this than right before the festival kicks off? But the important question is...who had it first?


Variety wins by a hair, posting at 1:09 p.m.
Deadline went at 1:10 with just the press release.
The Hollywood Reporter was next at 1:27.
The Wrap was out of the money, going at 1:28.