Anna Daniels
It may be cold comfort, but The New Mutants is not the first film to be slapped with a delay in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, and it’s a near certainty that it won’t be the last. The 25th James Bond film, No Time To Die, was the first to announce its postponement, with studio MGM pushing the flick back nearly 8 months — from April 10 to November 25. This happened on April 4, and industry observers immediately began speculating as to which major releases would be the next to follow suit; they didn’t have to wait for very long.
As of this writing, three more pictures which could be considered tentpoles have had their releases delayed: A Quiet Place Part II, F9 (the latest installment in the Fast and Furious franchise), and Disney’s live-action Mulan remake. The only one of those three films to have a new release date set is F9, which is moving from a planned May 22, 2020 release all the way to April 2, 2021.
Major Hollywood productions on the television side have been affected, as well. The fourth season of the hit CW series Riverdale has temporarily shut down production, as has the hotly anticipated Disney+ limited series Falcon and the Winter Soldier, which had been shooting in Prague, Czech Republic, when the outbreak hit.
At the moment, only one major release of the coming months has held firm: Disney and Marvel Studios’ Black Widow, which just dropped its final trailer on Monday. For the time being, the flick is still slated for release on May 1 — but it seems only a matter of time before even Mighty Marvel will have to concede defeat, and push back the long-awaited solo vehicle for the O.G. Avenger.
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