Disney has delayed the launch of Mulan again.
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Disney has announced a new movie schedule, with the theatrical release of Mulan now pushed back indefinitely in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. It is listed as “unconfigured,” having previously been delayed until August 21. sequels to James Cameron’s Avatar all have been delayed by one year each, Disney said Thursday, with the new Star Wars trilogy and an unnamed Disney live-action film that has the same fate.
Mulan was originally slated to launch in March, but due to the spread of COVID-19 it was delayed to July and so to august. Directed by Niki Caro and starring Yifei Liu as Mulan, the film drew strong, positive reviews from critics who were able to see it before theaters closed due to the pandemic.
The three untitled Star Wars movies will now premiere in December 2023, December 2025, and December 2027. Avatar 2 moved from December 17, 2021 to December 16, 2022; Avatar 3 from December 22, 2023 to December 20, 2024; Avatar 4 from December 19, 2025 to December 18, 2026; and Avatar 5 from December 17, 2027 to December 22, 2028.
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“Due to COVID-19, we were forced into an unexpected and lengthy delay to begin the live-action filming that we are currently doing in New Zealand,” Cameron said in a statement Thursday. “The pandemic continues to prevent us from resuming most of our virtual production work on the Los Angeles stage.”
Marvel’s Black Widow is still scheduled for November 6 and New mutants by August 28, however.
The Empty Man, The Personal History of David Copperfield, Death on the Nile, The French Dispatch, The Last Duel, Antlers and two other untitled 20th century films were also delayed. As previously announced, Disney brought The Jungle Cruise to 2021.
It comes like movie theaters AMC, Regal and CineMark have postponed their reopens as more theatrical releases are delayed.
New movie schedule for 2020 and 2021 after coronavirus delays
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