Studios scramble to reschedule movies
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The movie industry has been dramatically impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. Like toppling dominoes, multiple delayed release dates have had a knock-on effect on future productions
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BLOCKBUSTER MOVIES WITH NEW RELEASE DATES   

Movie title              Original release date  New release date

A Quiet Place II    Mar 18, 2020   Sep 4, 2020 

Mulan           Mar 27, 2020  Jul 24, 2020 

No Time to Die    Apr 2, 2020  Nov 12, 2020

Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway Apr 3, 2020 Jan 15, 2021

Trolls World Tour Apr 10, 2020   Apr 10, 2020†

Black Widow   May 1, 2020  Nov 6, 2020

Fast & Furious 9  May 22, 2020 Apr 2, 2021

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run  May 22, 2020 Aug 7, 2020

Artemis Fowl May 29, 2020   Jun 12, 2020‡

Wonder Woman 1984 Jun 5, 2020  Aug 14, 2020 

Soul   Jun 19, 2020 Nov 20, 2020

Top Gun: Maverick  Jun 24, 2020 Dec 23, 2020

Free Guy Jul 3, 2020  Dec 11, 2020

Minions: The Rise of Gru Jul 3, 2020 Jul 2, 2021

Ghostbusters: Afterlife Jul 10, 2020 Mar 5, 2021

Morbius Jul 10, 2020  Mar 19, 2021

Jungle Cruise   Jul 24, 2020 Jul 30, 2021 

Mission: Impossible 7 * Jul 23, 2020 Nov 19, 2021

Last Night in Soho Sep 25, 2020 Apr 23, 2021

Venom: Let There Be Carnage Oct 2 2020 Jun 25, 2021

Eternals  Nov 6, 2020 Feb 12, 2021

Raya and the Last Dragon  Nov 25, 2020 Mar 12, 2021

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings  Feb 12, 2021 May 7, 2021

Uncharted  Mar 5, 2021 Jul 16, 2021         

John Wick 4  May 21, 2021 May 27, 2022         

The Matrix 4 *  May 21, 2021  Unknown       

Jurassic World: Dominion  Jun 11, 2021 Unknown

The Batman  Jun 25, 2021  Oct 1, 2021 

Indiana Jones 5 * Jul 9, 2021  Jul 29, 2022     

Spider-Man 3 * Jul 16, 2021 Nov 5, 2021

Elvis Presley Biopic * Oct 1, 2021  Nov 5, 2021
 
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness  May 7, 2021  Mar 25, 2022

Thor: Love and Thunder Nov 21, 2021     Feb 11, 2022

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2 *   Apr 8, 2022 Oct 7, 2022 

Mission: Impossible 8 * Aug 5, 2022  Nov 4, 2022  

 
                  
At least 10 movies rescheduled to next year

Dates subject to change

*Working title. †Straight to on-demand download services – first time major Hollywood studio has foregone theatrical release. ‡Straight to Disney+ streaming service, skipping theatres. Sources: TV Guide, Cineworld, Hollywood Reporter, Variety, Deadline


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