Every Movie Release Date Delayed Because of Coronavirus

Every Movie Release Date Delayed Because of Coronavirus

Fast & Furious 9

The biggest push back, so far, has been Fast 9's one-year delay. Universal has stated that the latest Fast & Furious franchise installment, which was originally set for a release this May, will now be released in April 2021. In a statement to IGN, Universal Pictures confirmed that "We are moving the global release date to April 2021, with North America opening on April 2."

No Time to Die

No Time to Die, James Bond's latest film, has been delayed until November 2020 "after careful consideration and thorough evaluation of the global theatrical marketplace." The film will now be released in theaters on November 12, 2020, in the U.K. and on November 25, 2020, in the US.

Mulan

Disney announced in March that its live-action remake of Mulan had been indefinitely delayed from its original release date of March 27. It has now been given a new release date of July 24.

A Quiet Place: Part II

Just a week out from its release, writer-director John Krasinski announced on Twitter that A Quiet Place: Part II has been delayed. Paramount has rescheduled the sequel for September 4, 2020.

The Lovebirds

Paramount has pushed back its theatrical release for The Lovebirds, a romantic action-comedy starring Kumail Nanjiani and Issa Rae that was scheduled to open April 3. Netflix has set a May 22, 2020 premiere date for the film.

The New Mutants

Sadly, after years of sitting on the shelf, and then finally getting a release date, The New Mutants' premiere has been postponed indefinitely. The film was due out on April 3. Disney is said to be looking at new potential 2020 release dates to be announced at a later date.

Antlers

Disney is also delaying the release of their Searchlight horror title Antlers, which was slated to open April 17. No new release date has been given yet.

Blue Story

   Paramount's  Blue Story, directed by Andrew Onwubolu, centers on two London youths whose lives are scarred by gang warfare. The film was to be released on March 20 but now is another title with no current date set.

Black Widow and the MCU

Marvel and Disney postponed the next MCU film, Black Widow, in March. It was previously scheduled for release on May 1 in the U.S. The first solo film for Scarlett Johanson’s Black Widow character, the film now has a November 6 release date. That was previously Marvel's Eternals’ spot. Essentially, what has happened as a result of Black Widow's delay is all of the current Marvel films are also getting bumped. Eternals now moves to Feb. 12, 2021, which was Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’ old date. Shang-Chi gets May 7, 2021, which was Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness' old date. Doctor Strange 2 was first moved to Nov. 5, 2021, which was where Thor: Love and Thunder used to sit, but the good doctor was subsequently pushed again to March 25, 2022. The fourth Thor movie now will hit on Feb. 11, 2022. Meanwhile, Black Panther 2 still has its May 8, 2022 perch, and Captain Marvel 2 is now set for July 8, 2022, which the studio had previously claimed for a TBD title. Additionally, Disney has removed two films from its schedule (an untitled March 25, 2022, live-action movie and an untitled April 8, 2022, 20th Century Fox film). It replaced the Fox film with a Disney live-action film and has also set "an event movie" for July 9, 2021. Whew.

Spiral

The Saw franchise continuation/reboot starring Chris Rock and Samuel L. Jackson was slated to open May 15, but Lionsgate has postponed it a whole year to May 21, 2021. The horror film is directed by Saw series veteran Darren Lynn Bousman.

To be continued....