According to a press release sent via email by a Fox Searchlight publicist, the Juno release plan has been tweaked. Instead of rolling out wide on December 14, the film will now open in New York and L.A. on Wednesday, December 5 and roll out slowly after that. Seems significant: after all, Searchlight could easily have sold this thing as Superbad 2: The Taming of the Porksword. It looks to me like a  “let’s take advantage of critical interest in our hot young stars and screenwriter right before Oscar time” move if I’ve ever seen one. But I don’t know if have, so take my take with a grain of salt.