Tom Hanks Movie ‘BIOS’ Delayed to 2021
By George Robbins
Plenty of movies are being shuffled around nowadays due to the effects that the coronavirus is having on the movie industry. There are many films that should have been out by now that have had to change release dates in order to accommodate a full theatrical release. Many theaters have plans to reopen their doors to the public by the middle of July in order to start rebuilding customer trust in their businesses and to start earning income again. That hasn’t stopped the viability of movie theaters from coming into question as of late due to the fact things with the virus aren’t looking very good. There is a second wave of the virus hitting the populace just after the reopening of many businesses which will no doubt cause businesses to either shut down again or suffer due to lack of customers while paying maintenance costs.
This is cause for alarm for many studios who have been tentatively maneuvering their movies’ release dates to make sure they aren’t losing out. Following the announcements about the virus recently, many studios have started working on shuffling around the release dates for their films in order to have them release either late this year or some time next year. With theaters having the issues they are right now, companies don’t know what kind of climate they are getting themselves into when their films are ready to release. This is making it even more difficult for them to decide just when or even if they want to release films to theaters. Of the now many films to be moved is the new Tom Hanks Sci-fi movie ‘BIOS.’
‘BIOS‘ is an upcoming movie starring Tom Hanks that takes place on a post-human Earth that sees a man travelling with his robotic companion. Originally, the film was meant to premiere on October 2, 2020 which was established as the release date back in 2018, but has now been changed to April 16th, 2021. This film is just one on a list of films that have just had their dates moved due to the now very hazy future that theaters have looking back at them. With no idea just how many seats will be sold out as things move forward, all that can be said is that it will be awhile before we know for sure just how much trouble theaters are in and this is why movies are getting moved back so much. Hopefully this trend doesn’t go on for too much longer and things can go back to normal, but that is just unknown at this point.