LOS ANGELES: Many Hollywood movies have been shuffling for more release dates including sequels to ‘Doctor Strange’ due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Both Sony Pictures and The Walt Disney announced updated theatrical release schedules that significantly delay some of their marquee superhero films. Natalie Portman starring ‘Thor: Love and Thunder,’ will be released in February 2022.
Marvel’s ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,’ the sequel to the 2016 Benedict Cumberbatch film, has been pushed back from November 2021 to March 2022.
Delays have hit big movies including Wonder Woman 1984, Marvel’s Black Widow, James Bond thriller No Time to Die, Mulan, F9, and A Quiet Place Part 2.
Moreover, Sony said that it’s live-action Spider-Man, the third in the Tom Holland series, is being delayed from July 2021 to November 2021. The animated ‘Spider-Verse’ sequel is now dated for October 2022, back from its original April 2022 release.
Warner Bros. has moved Matt Reeves’ ‘The Batman’ back by four months, with the film now opening 1st October 2021. Originally set to release June 25, 2021, the film saw its production halted last month.
Attempts to curb the spread of the coronavirus have resulted in productions being shut down, which has caused a negative effect in the theatrical release calendar all the way into 2022.
The coronavirus outbreak has disrupted entertainment events in Hollywood and around the world, from the theatrical releases of major studio tentpoles to the launch of film festivals and TV conferences.
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