Movie Release Calendars Are All Messed Up
It is no surprise that movies are having delays in the production departments and the release departments. Both of these delays lead to an even bigger problem which is when does it become possible for delayed movies to be released? That is the current big button issue with a lot of different production companies at the moment. There are companies which have managed to find secondary dates for their releases by using time slots for future films. For some companies, however, this is not so simple.
Sequel movies have managed to been slotted into new release spots where another sequel would go. For example, Fast and Furious 9 is supposedly being moved into the spot where the tenth movie would go. Other companies just aren’t so lucky and have to work hard just to find spots that aren’t too far out. They also need to make sure that the movie is released at a certain time of year in order to drive traffic to go and see the films. Disney is actually having this issue right now.
Disney is still trying to figure out exactly when they will be able to release their movies Mulan and Black Widow. This could have adverse affects on their entire future line-up with release dates being pushed back. With that being said, other companies have had to push back release dates far longer than anticipate. Universal pushed back the Minions: Rise of Gru movie to July of 2021 and Sing 2, which was supposed to release in July of 2021, is being pushed to December of 2021.
These are the issues that the movie industry is currently facing, with many unsure as to what exactly they are doing. Some companies will have to play this pandemic day by day until it ends in order to get a date that isn’t part of a terrible release window. Others have to move around which movies are released on which dates and therefore which movies must be inevitably pushed back. So now we will just have to see when these studios are going to actually play the movies they have been working on and when they will restart productions on other planned films.