September 1, 2021

Is another wave of big movie delays just beginning?

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Amid the spread of the Delta variant of COVID-19, will the most highly-anticipated films of the fall actually be coming to theaters?

Paramount announced Wednesday it has delayed Top Gun: Maverick, which was set to be one of the fall’s biggest movies, from Nov. 19 to May 27, Variety reports. The studio also delayed Jackass Forever from Oct. 22 to Feb. 4, while Mission: Impossible 7 has been postponed from May 2022 to September 2022. Both Top Gun and Mission: Impossible are “big potential billion dollar grossing franchises” that “require the world to be in an ideal order, not crimped by a pandemic,” Deadline wrote.

As COVID-19 cases climbed due to the Delta variant, delays grew more likely, with one studio executive telling The Hollywood Reporter in August, “If I knew six weeks ago what I know now, I would have moved everything as far out as early next year.” Paramount already postponed Clifford the Big Red Dog, while Sony delayed Venom: Let There Be Carnage from September to October.

By: Brendan Morrow

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Bong Joon Ho Is Optimistic About The Future Of Film: “Covid Will Pass And Cinema Will Continue”

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We are on the verge of the Opening Night of this year’s Venice Film Festival. Unlike last year, the event is going to feature many in-person screenings and discussions, as the industry hopes that the end of Covid is coming soon. And according to this year’s Jury President, Bong Joon Ho, the filmmaker believes that despite all the chaos it has caused in the industry, Covid will not be the end of cinema.

By: Charles Barfield

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