With movie theaters across the country are still shut down due to the coronavirus outbreak, more movies slated to debut this summer have been delayed.
Sony Pictures revealed Monday that three of its upcoming summer movies – Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Uncharted, Greyhound and Morbius would be pushed to new dates.
One of the studio’s movies, the Kevin Hart comedy Fatherhood, will actually be opening earlier.
Pushed: Sony Pictures revealed Monday that three of its upcoming summer movies – Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Uncharted, Greyhound and Morbius would be pushed to new dates
Ghostbusters: Afterlife has been pushed from its original date of July 10 to March 5, 2021.
Morbius was originally slated to hit theaters on July 31, and now it will open on March 19, 2021.
Greyhound was set for a July 12 release but now its debut is ‘TBD’ (to be determined), with no concrete release slated at this time.
New date: Ghostbusters: Afterlife has been pushed from its original date of July 10 to March 5, 2021
Delayed: Morbius was originally slated to hit theaters on July 31, and now it will open on March 19, 2021
Uncharted, which delayed the start of production earlier this month, is now slated to open on October 8, 2021, pushed from its March 5, 2021 date.
Fatherhood will now open a few months earlier on October 23, up from its original January 15, 2021 release, while Sony also pushed an untitled Sony-Marvel movie from October 8, 2021 to ‘TBD.’
Earlier this month, Sony also pushed its animated sequel Peter Rabbit 2 from August 7 to January 15, 2021.
Uncharted date: Uncharted, which delayed the start of production earlier this month, is now slated to open on October 8, 2021, pushed from its March 5, 2021 date
Movie theaters across the country have been shuttered en masse since March 20 due to the spread of the coronavirus, and there is no indication when theaters may re-open.
Sony had previously released its comic book adaptation Bloodshot on digital formats, just days after it had been released in theaters, due to the theaters closing.
With Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Morbius and Uncharted getting new theatrical release dates, it seems the studio is still determined to release these in theaters.
Shut down: Movie theaters across the country have been shuttered en masse since March 20 due to the spread of the coronavirus, and there is no indication when theaters may re-open
Ghostbusters: Afterlife follows a single mother (Carrie Coon) and her two kids (Finn Wolfhard, McKenna Grace), who move to a small town and realize their grandfather had a connection to the original Ghostbusters.
Morbius is a spin-off of Sony’s 2018 hit Venom, following a biochemist, Michael Morbius (Jared Leto) who tries to cure himself of a rare blood disease but instead turns himself into a vampire.
Greyhound stars Tom Hanks as an inexperienced Navy captain who must lead an allied convoy in battle against Nazi U-boats in World War II.
Uncharted stars Tom Holland as the adventurer Nathan Drake, based on the hit video game franchise of the same name.
Kids: Ghostbusters: Afterlife follows a single mother (Carrie Coon) and her two kids (Finn Wolfhard, McKenna Grace), who move to a small town and realize their grandfather had a connection to the original Ghostbusters
Spin-off: Morbius is a spin-off of Sony’s 2018 hit Venom, following a biochemist, Michael Morbius (Jared Leto) who tries to cure himself of a rare blood disease but instead turns himself into a vampire
Uncharted: Uncharted stars Tom Holland as the adventurer Nathan Drake, based on the hit video game franchise of the same name