These delayed big-budgets’ list due to pandemic is shocking in the film industry

The pandemic didn’t spare any area in human life, unaffected. The film industry is a major one in that group. When MGM delayed new James Bond film No Time to Die from April to November, it was shocking news. Back in March, a studio making the decision to cancel its biggest film’s theatrical release due to a global pandemic was unprecedented and a huge surprise.

In 5 months, delaying big-budgets have become a routine news to read. With cinemas across the world either closed or open with health and safety restrictions because of Covid-19, distributors are having to rethink film release strategies in a big way. While some – namely Paramount – decided to immediately delay key 2020 releases by an entire year, others were more hopeful that they would be able to release one of the first new films after cinemas reopened.

It hasn’t exactly panned out this way. Disney’s live-action remake of Mulan and new Christopher Nolan film Tenet, for example, twice had their release dates shifted by a matter of weeks before a further delay.

Other big budget films that had their release dates shifted from the summer to the winter have now been pushed back to next summer meaning that, in some cases, audiences will have to wait more than a year to see them.

This list includes all the films with their original release dates, where it has been announced and when you can expect them on theaters. I have omitted the movies that were originally scheduled for online release. Please note that, this is a comprehensive list.

Delayed films

A Quiet Place Part II

• Original release date: 19 March, 2020
• New release date: 23 April, 2021

Mulan

• Original release date: 27, March 2020
• New release date: 24 September, 2020 (on Disney+ at a premium fee of $29.99)

Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway

• Original release date: 27 March, 2020
• New release date: 15 January, 2021

No Time to Die

• Original release date: 1 April, 2020
• New release date: 12 November, 2020

The New Mutants

• Original release date: 3 April, 2020
• New release date: 28 August, 2020

The Secret Garden

• Original release date: 3 April, 2020
• New release date: 14 August, 2020

Antlers

• Original release date: 17 April, 2020
• New release date: 19 February, 2021

Dream Horse

• Original release date: 17 April, 2020
• New release date: 4 September, 2020

Promising Young Woman

• Original release date: 17 April, 2020
• New release date: TBC

Antebellum

• Original release date: 24 April, 2020
• New release date: 21 August, 2020

Black Widow

• Original release date: 1 May, 2020
• New release date: 28 October, 2020

Blithe Spirit

• Original release date: 1 May, 2020
• New release date: 25 December, 2020

The Woman in the Window

• Original release date: 15 May, 2020
• New release date: TBC

Fast and Furious 9

• Original release date: 22 May, 2020
• New release date: 2 April, 2021

The Conjuring 3: The Devil Made Me Do It

• Original release date: 4 June, 2020
• New release date: 4 July, 2021

Wonder Woman 1984

• Original release date: 5 June, 2020
• New release date: 2 October, 2020

Candyman

• Original release date: 12 June, 2020
• New release date: 16 October, 2020

Soul

• Original release date: 19 June, 2020
• New release date: 20 November, 2020

In the Heights

• Original release date: 26 June, 2020
• New release date: 18 June, 2021

Free Guy

• Original release date: 3 July, 2020
• New release date: 11 December, 2020

Minions: The Rise of Gru

• Original release date: 3 July, 2020
• New release date: 2 July, 2021

The Forever Purge

• Original release date: 10 July, 2020
• New release date: 9 July, 2021

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

• Original release date: 10 July, 2020
• New release date: 5 March, 2021

Morbius

• Original release date: 10 July, 2020
• New release date: 19 March, 2021

Top Gun: Maverick

• Original release date: 12 July, 2020
• New release date: 2 July, 2021

Tenet

• Original release date: 18 July, 2020
• New release date: 26 August, 2020

The French Dispatch

• Original release date: 24 July, 2020
• New release date: TBC

Jungle Cruise

• Original release date: 24 July, 2020
• New release date: 30 July, 2021

Bill and Ted Face the Music

• Original release date: 21 August, 2020
• New release date: 28 August, 2020

Unhinged

• Original release date: 28 August, 2020
• New release date: 31 July, 2020

Last Night in Soho

• Original release date: 25 September, 2020
• New release date: 23 April, 2021

The Many Saints of Newark

• Original release date: 25 September, 2020
• New release date: 12 March, 2021

Venom: Let There Be Carnage

• Original release date: 2 October, 2020
• New release date: 25 July, 2021

Halloween Kills

• Original release date: 16 October, 2020
• New release date: 15 October, 2021

Spiral: From the Book of Saw

• Original release date: 23 October, 2020
• New release date: 21 May, 2021

The Eternals

• Original release date: 6 November, 2020
• New release date: 12 February, 2021

Godzilla vs Kong

• Original release date: 20 November, 2020
• New release date: 21 May, 2021

Raya and the Last Dragon

• Original release date: 25 November, 2020
• New release date: 12 March, 2021

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

• Original release date: 12 February, 2021
• New release date: 7 May, 2021

Uncharted

• Original release date: 5 March, 2021
• New release date: 16 July, 2021

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

• Original release date: 7 May 2021
• New release date: 25 March 2022

The Matrix 4

• Original release date: 21 May 2021
• New release date: 1 April 2022

The Batman

• Original release date: 25 June, 2021
• New release date: 1 October, 2021

Mission: Impossible 7

• Original release date: 23 July, 2021
• New release date: 19 November, 2021

Thor: Love and Thunder

• Original release date: 5 November 2021
• New release date: 11 February 2022

Avatar 2

• Original release date: 17 December 2021
• New release date: 16 December 2022