Multiple Huge Movies Have Been Pushed Into 2021
Theaters are having a hard time showing movies because... they're not coming out.
According to Deadline, Marvel’s Black Widow is set to move from November 6, 2020 to May 7, 2021, Marvel’s Eternals from February 12, 2021 to November 5, 2021, and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings from May 7, 2021 to July 9, 2021.
And they're not the only big titles moving.
20th Century Studios’ all-star ensemble mystery Death on the Nile, directed by Kenneth Branagh, moves from October 23rd to December 18th.
Amblin and 20th’s Steven Spielberg-directed West Side Story has been delayed almost an entire year, from December 18, 2020 to December 10, 2021.
20th Century Studios’ Adrian Lyne-directed feature adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s Deep Water also moves out of 2020, from November 13th to August 13, 2021.
These changes are all thanks to COVID-19 and Tenet's complete failure at the Box Office. Studios do not want to risk things, and we have seen American audiences completely avoid watching stories on the big screen.
While Mulan has had major success on-demand, no word yet from Disney on which new films could hit its streaming services in the future.
We tend to think of the box office as an American stat, but the truth is that markets all over the world are closed or at limited capacity. I'm not sure how long theaters can stay open if the movies they plan on showing continue to push backward.
While many are showing older movies to try to drum up business, people are not coming out.
As of right now, here's a list of movies that have not moved out of 2020...yet...
October 9
The War With Grandpa (101 Studios)
October 16
2 Hearts (Freestyle)
Honest Thief (Open Road)
October 23
The Empty Man (20th/Dis)
October 30
Fatale (Lionsgate)
Come Play (Focus/Amblin)
November 6
Let Him Go (Focus)
November 13
Freaky (Universal/Blumhouse)
The Comeback Trail (Cloudburst)
November 20
No Time to Die (MGM/UAR)
Soul (Dis)
November 25
Voyagers (Lionsgate)
Happiest Season (Sony/Tri-Star)
The Croods: A New Age (Universal/Dreamworks Animation)
December 11
Free Guy (20th/Dis)
December 18
Death on the Nile (20th/Dis)
Coming to America 2 (Par)
Dune (Warner Bros./Legendary)
December 25
Wonder Woman 1984 (Warner Bros.)
News of the World (Universal)
December 30
Escape Room 2 (Sony/Screen Gems)
