‘Mulan’, ‘New Mutants’ & ‘Antlers’ Moved By Disney As Coronavirus Grips Release Schedule – Deadline, Deadline.com

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Like Paramount’s A Quiet Place Part II, which sources estimate had already spent % of its global P&A freight, much has been expended here on Mulan. Heck, the world premiere was held on Monday in Hollywood.

Following MGM’s pushing (title No Time to Die from April (to November) , a greater domino effect of release date changes has taken place, teeing off today with Paramount pushing A Quiet Place Part II (originally March 2019 , The Lovebirds (April 3) and limited release Blue Story to unset dates, followed by Universal catapulting F9 one year forward to April 2, from its Memorial Day weekend release date.

It’s truly a shocker to domestic exhibition and rivals that Paramount moved A Quiet Place Part II and Disney shifted Mulan at such a last minute. No one ever thought with the P&A expended that rescheduling was an option for either movie. But with the public apt to scale back greatly over health concerns, and enormous budgets of these movies, the greater potential loss for both of these studios stemmed from remaining on course.

Poor, New Mutants, which has been kicked down the road like a can both by previous owner Fox and now Disney. The film was plagued with production problems, with rumors before the merger last year that it would go straight to Hulu. The plan under new owner Disney, I heard, was to keep the pic a theatrical release since it’s a spinoff of X-Men. This is the first release date change for New Mutants after April 20, ; Feb. 25, ; Aug. 2, 2021; and what was April 3 this year.

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