Merry Christmas! Lionsgate has decided to bump up the release date of Frank Miller's "The Spirit," adapted from Will Eisner's graphic novels, from January 16, 2009 to Christmas Day of 2008. 

"The Spirit" will now open against "Bedtime Stories," an Adam Sandler starrer from Disney, "The Time Traveler's Wife," and "Marley & Me," both literary adaptations and romantic comedies.