Disney announced on Thursday (July 23) that it had postponed the highly anticipated release of ‘Mulan,’ indefinitely, the latest of the summer box office hits to be delayed.
That takes another hit at movie theater operators, who were counting on the epic live-action to draw audiences amid the global health crisis.
The upcoming installments of two of Disney’s biggest franchises, ‘Avatar’ and ‘Star Wars,’ will also be delayed by a year as the crisis continues to wreak havoc on film production.
The delay of ‘Avatar 2’, the follow-up to the second highest grossing movie of all time, removes one of next year’s biggest movies.
Initially slated to open in March this year, ‘Mulan’ has been postponed multiple times as most US theaters remain closed.
It had recently been delayed until August 21.
But the delay in ‘Mulan’ follows Warner Brothers’ decision to postpone the August release of Christopher Nolan’s thriller ‘Tenet’.
Both were expected to be the last chance for theater operators to save the lucrative summer season.
But with delays in movies and theaters far from reopening as the health crisis resurfaces in the United States, it seems increasingly unlikely.
Major theater chains AMC and Cineworld announced Thursday that they would delay the July reopening of their U.S. locations in mid-August at the earliest.
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– Father cannot fight.
– Disney announced Thursday that it has postponed the long-awaited release of Mulan indefinitely. The latest of the summer box office hits to delay That takes another hit at movie theater operators who were counting on the epic live-action to draw audiences amid the global health crisis. The next installments of two of the disease’s largest franchises, Avatar and Star Wars, will also be delayed by a year as the crisis continues to wreak havoc on film production.
The Avatar 2 delay, the follow-up to the second highest grossing movie of all time, removes one of next year’s biggest movies. Mulan, which will initially be released in March this year, has been postponed multiple times as most US theaters remain closed. It had recently been delayed until August 21, but the Mulan delay follows Warner Brothers’ decision to postpone the August release of Christopher Nolan’s thriller Tenet.
Both were expected to be last-chance theater operators to save the lucrative summer season. But since many of the delays in movies and theaters are far from reopening as health crisis researchers in the United States, it seems increasingly unlikely. Major theater chains AMC and CineWorld announced Thursday that they would delay the July reopening of their U.S. locations in mid-August at the earliest.
