NEW YORK 鈥� Sony Pictures on Monday cleared out its summer calendar due to the coronavirus, postponing the releases of Jason Reitman's 鈥淕hostbusters: Afterlife鈥� and the Marvel movie 鈥淢orbius鈥� to 2021.
Hollywood's summer season 鈥� the film industry's most lucrative time of year 鈥� is increasingly shutting down because of the pandemic. Theaters nationwide have closed and major film productions have halted with no clear timeline for resuming.
鈥淕hostbuster: Afterlife," set 30 years after 鈥淕hostbusters II,鈥� had been scheduled for July 10, but it will now open March 5 next year. The Jared Leto-starring 鈥淢orbius," slated for July 31, will now be released March 19 next year. 鈥淕reyhound,鈥� a World War II drama starring Tom Hanks, is now to-be-determined instead of opening June 12.
Last week, Warner Bros. postponed 鈥淲onder Woman 1984" to August instead of June, and undated its adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda's 鈥淚n the Heights.鈥� The Walt Disney Co. took Marvel's 鈥淏lack Widow鈥� (previously May 1) off the schedule. Those postponements followed others for the 鈥淔ast and Furious鈥� movie 鈥淔9,鈥� the James Bond film 鈥淣o Time to Die鈥� and the horror sequel 鈥淎 Quiet Place Part II.鈥�
One Sony release moved up. 鈥淔atherhood,鈥� with Kevin Hart, will open in October instead of next January.
The Associated Press
