2020 Film Releases - The Latest News...
Back in May we updated on the corona impacted release dates for the 2020 blockbusters. A lot has happened since then and it has taken its toll on UK cinemas and movie theatres world-wide.
Despite Christopher Nolan's TENET taking nearly £16M ($20.6M) at the box office and still counting (Nolan's Interstellar took £24.4M ($31.4M) in 2014) movie studios and distributors could see that in the face of rising coronavirus statistics, the British movie-going public was largely too nervous to spend 2 hours in the same room as a group of strangers.
Having been pushed from its April 2020 slot and newly announced in a November 2020 slot, the 2nd October announcement that James Bond 25 No Time To Die was moving to a 2021 release date was too much for many cinema groups to take.
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On the 6th October, the world's second largest cinema chain, Cineworld, wrote to its UK customers.
“It’s with great sadness that we are getting in touch to let you know that all Cineworld cinemas across the UK and Ireland will be temporarily closed from Friday (October 9) until further notice.
This is not a decision we made lightly. We did everything in our power to support safe and sustainable re-openings of our cinemas and we are so very grateful for our employees who implemented the new protocols which resulted in lots of positive feedback from customers who visited our cinemas and felt safe. We were very proud of the fact that cinemas were open for 2 months and there was not one COVID case resulting from visiting the cinema. We cannot underscore enough how difficult this decision was.”
With so many blockbuster films now pushing back their release dates, it was inevitable.
Here are the latest published release dates for films originally due for release in 2020.
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Black Widow F9 – Fast and Furious 9 Free Guy The French Dispatch Ghostbusters: Afterlife Jungle Cruise Morbius Mulan No Time To Die Top Gun: Maverick Wonder Woman 1984 Bill and Ted Face the Music Dune The King’s Man Tenet West Side story Artemis Fowl |
7th May 2021 28th May 2021 11th December 2020 2021 TBC 26th March 2021 30th July 2021 19th March 2021 Released on Disney+ 2nd April 2021 8th July 2021 26th December 2020 16th September 2020 1st October 2021 12th February 2021 26th August 2020 10th December 2020 Released on Disney+ |
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Keep safe.
Adam and the Art of the Movies team.
You could be right Mark. There are some fantastic independent cinemas showing some amazing films. Our local the St Albans Odyssey is run with great love and curated with care. It’s a great evening out.
I think part of the problem is the major cinema chains rely on the the block busters for their major business.. Give people the chance to experience a wide range of films.