The move bumps the film about Edward Snowden, the former government contractor who leaked classified information, from this year's Oscar race. A spokesperson for Open Road Films did not comment.

Sources say the film, which stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Shailene Woodley, isn't finished yet. Open Road hasn't yet determined the film's new release date.

The move gives some breathing room to the Christmas Day frame, busy with five other wide releases — Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip, the Will Smith-starrer Concussion, the Will Ferrell-Mark Wahlberg comedy Daddy's Home, the Jennifer Lawrence dramedy Joy and Point Break — as well as juggernaut Star Wars: The Force Awakens, opening the previous week.

Christmas Day also includes bows from Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight and the newLeonardo DiCaprio drama The Revenant from Oscar winner Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu.

Gordon-Levitt already has another film, TriStar's The Walk, generating awards-season buzz for the actor.