‘Morbius,’ ‘Ghostbusters’ Sequel and More Sony Movies Pushed Back to 2021
Sony Footage has pushed again lots of its main tentpoles — together with “Morbius,” “Ghostbusters: Afterlife,” “Uncharted” and “Peter Rabbit 2” — to subsequent 12 months, the studio introduced on Monday.
Jason Reitman’s “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” has moved from July 10, 2020, to March 5, 2021; Jared Leto’s “Morbius” has been pushed again from July 31, 2020, to March 19, 2021; Tom Holland-starring online game adaptation “Uncharted” went from March 5, 2021, to Oct. 8, 2021; and “Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway” moved from Aug. 7, 2020, to Jan. 15, 2021. An untitled Sony/Marvel film was additionally delayed from an authentic Oct. 8, 2021 date and is now undated.
Just about each main Sony title was moved out of 2020, except for Kevin Hart drama “Fatherhood,” which moved as much as Oct. 23, 2020, from Jan. 15, 2021. Tom Hanks’ World Warfare II drama “Greyhound,” was taken off the schedule indefinitely from its June launch.
The schedule strikes are essentially the most sweeping by a serious studio for the reason that coronavirus pandemic and the next shuttering of most film theaters in North America in current weeks.
Sony’s strikes additionally underscore that studios will not be anticipating theaters to be open once more in mid-summer, on the earliest. Warner Bros. is suspending “Surprise Lady 1984” to Aug. 14 as a substitute of June 5. The studio additionally indefinitely pulled “Within the Heights” — an adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical that was due out June 26 — in addition to “Scoob,” an animated movie based mostly on “Scooby-Doo” characters that had been set for Could 15.
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Different main titles which have been taken off the schedule in current weeks embrace Disney’s “Black Widow” and “Mulan,” Common’s “Quick & Livid” entry “Quick 9,” MGM’s James Bond follow-up “No Time to Die” and Paramount’s “A Quiet Place” sequel.
See the total schedule of launch date modifications beneath.
“Greyhound” (Columbia Footage) – TBD (from 6/12/2020)“Fatherhood” (Columbia Footage) – 10/23/2020 (from 1/15/2021)“Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway” (Columbia Footage) – 1/15/2021 (from 08/07/2020)“Ghostbusters: Afterlife” (Columbia Footage) – 03/05/2021 (from 07/10/2020)“Sony/Marvel Morbius” (Columbia Footage) – 03/19/2021 (from 07/31/2020)“Uncharted” (Columbia Footage) – 10/8/2021 (from 03/05/2021)Untitled Sony Marvel (Columbia Footage) – TBD (from 10/08/2021)
