Two more movies have been pushed out of their 2020 release dates, more casualties of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Free Guy and Death on the Nile, both Disney/20th Century Fox movies, have been pushed from their respective dates, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Free Guy was slated for release on December 11, with Death on the Nile slated for December 18 before they were pushed.
No release: Two more movies have been pushed out of their 2020 release dates, more casualties of the COVID-19 pandemic
Pushed: Free Guy and Death on the Nile, both Disney/20th Century Fox movies, have been pushed from their respective dates, according to The Hollywood Reporter
The departure of Free Guy, starring Ryan Reynolds, and Death on the Nile, a follow-up to Murder on the Orient Express starring Kenneth Branagh as Hercule Poirot, leaves only a handful of major studio movies still slated for release in theaters.
Universal is still releasing their horror-comedy Freaky, starring Vince Vaughn and Kathryn Newton, on November 13, with Universal/DreamWorks Animation’s Croods: The New Age arriving November 25.
Universal has also struck a deal with AMC Theatres to shorten its theatrical window, and make its films available much earlier on premium video on demand (PVOD).
Departure: The departure of Free Guy, starring Ryan Reynolds, and Death on the Nile, a follow-up to Murder on the Orient Express starring Kenneth Branagh as Hercule Poirot, leaves only a handful of major studio movies still slated for release in theaters
For example, Freaky is slated to arrive on PVOD on December 4, just three weeks after arriving in theaters.
As of now, only two more major studio movies are slated for wide release in December, both on Christmas Day.
Warner Bros. is still releasing their highly-anticipated Wonder Woman 1984 on December 25, while Universal is dropping News of the World, starring Tom Hanks, on that date as well.
Wide release: As of now, only two more major studio movies are slated for wide release in December, both on Christmas Day
Still, with COVID-19 still surging in several parts of the country, and just over half of the movie theaters in the country open, it’s possible those final wide releases may be pushed before Christmas Day.
Free Guy stars Ryan Reynolds as Guy, a non-player character in an open-world video game, who works as a bank teller.
Once he becomes aware to the fact that he’s a character in a video game, he tries to save his world before the developers shut the game down.
Teller: Free Guy stars Ryan Reynolds as Guy, a non-player character in an open-world video game, who works as a bank teller
The film also stars Taika Waititi, Joe Keery, Jodie Comer and Lil Rel Howrey, with Shawn Levy (Real Steel) directing.
Death on the Nile is adapted from the 1937 Agatha Christie novel of the same name, bringing back Kenneth Branagh as Detective Hercule Poirot.
The story follows Poirot brought on to solve the mysterious death aboard the S.S Karnak Cruise Ship.
Death: The story follows Poirot brought on to solve the mysterious death aboard the S.S Karnak Cruise Ship