Richard Kelly fans have been waiting for the next film from the Donnie Darko director for a while now. It’s been over a year since his next picture, Southland Tales was screened at Cannes to mixed reviews, sending it back to the editing room for another pass. It appears we’re going to have to wait a little bit longer… thankfully only one more week though.

Kelly announced on his MySpace blog that Southland Tales has been pushed back another week, from November 9th to November 16th (actually the 14th in New York and L.A. with a wide expansion on Friday). The reason given is that this is a strategic move that would help the film. Basically they’re saying, it can’t take on Vince Vaughn in Fred Claus but they hope it can beat an animated Beowulf and Dustin Hoffman in Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium.

Hopefully this one week move will be the last one for Southland Tales. I’ve been waiting for quite a while to see Kelly’s next picture and I’m tired of waiting. Frankly, a lot of us are. Thankfully, some advance screenings are being set up in select cities and universities, with a schedule promised by Kelly soon.