The word of the day is remand:

< remand v.(Show Less)

†I. General uses:

1. An act of referring, sending, or bringing somebody or something back; a recall. Obs.  

II. Law: 

2. Recommittal of an accused person to custody; the state of being recommitted to custody; an instance of this. Often in on remand.  

3. A prisoner on remand.

"So why has the movie languished on remand, awaiting release since January, 2009, when it screened at Sundance?"

 - Anthony Lane, "Punch Lines: 'The Fighter' and 'I Love You Phillip Morris'", 13 December 2010 The New Yorker

Still not quite sure what he means.  Is the image here that the film (as prisoner) was released for Sundance, but then was recommitted into custody?