Movie theaters are suffering due to the unexpected closure amid the coronavirus pandemic rocking the many parts of the world.  Many film studios have resorted to making movies available on VOD (video on demand). Others have opted to release through streaming earlier than scheduled dates.

Gal Gadot in Wonder Woman 1984 moved to June 5 premiere
(Photo : YouTube/Warner Bros. Pictures)
From the official trailer of Wonder Woman 1984

With the looming uncertainty when the crisis will end, major producers have decided to delay the opening dates of their works.  Some of the movies are ready to be launched, while several are still in the production stage.

Listed below are the upcoming movies with the supposedly premiere dates and the new dates (and undated ones, too):

"A Quiet Place" Part II

Original release date: March 20

Updated release date: September 4

"Antebellum"

Original release date: April 24

Updated release date: to be announced

"Antlers"

Original release date: April 17

Updated release date: to be announced

"Black Widow"

Original release date: May 1

Updated release date: November 6

"Bob's Burgers"

Original release date: July 17

Updated release date: April 9, 2021

"Candyman"

Original release date: June 12

Updated release date: September 25

"Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness"

Original release date: May 7, 2021

Updated release date: Nov. 5, 2021

"The Eternals"

Original release date: November 6

Updated release date: Feb. 12, 2021

"Fast & Furious 9"

Original release date: May 22

Updated release date: April 2, 2021

Vin Diesel and John Cena from the official trailer of Fast & Furious 9
(Photo : YouTube/Vin Diesel)
Vin Diesel and John Cena from the official trailer of Fast & Furious 9

"Free Guy"

Original release date: July 3

Updated release date: December 11

"The French Dispatch"

Original release date: July 24

Updated release date: October 16

"Ghostbuster: Afterlife"

Original release date: July 10

Updated release date: March 5, 2021

"Greyhound"

Original release date: June 12

Updated release date: to be announced

"In the Heights"

Original release date: June 26

Updated release date: to be announced

"Jungle Cruise"

Original release date: July 24

Updated release date: July 30, 2021

"The Lovebirds"

Original release date: April 3

Updated release date: to be announced (moved to Netflix)

"Minions: The Rise of Gru"

Original release date: July 3

Updated release date: July 2, 2021

"Morbius"

Original release date: July 31

Updated release date: March 19, 2021

"Mulan"

Original release date: March 27

Updated release date: July 24

"The New Mutants"

Original release date: May 15

Updated release date: to be announced

James Bond's "No Time to Die"

Original release date: April 10

Updated release date: November 25

"The Personal History of David Copperfield"

Original release date: May 8

Updated release date: to be announced

"Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway"

Original release date: April 3

Updated release date: Jan. 15, 2021

"Run"

Original release date: May 8

Updated release date: to be announced

"Saint Maud"

Original release date: April 10

Updated release date: to be announced

"Scoob!"

Original release date: May 15

Updated release date: to be announced

"Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings"

Original release date: Feb. 12, 2021

Updated release date: May 7, 2021

"Sing 2"

Original release date: July 2, 2021

Updated release date: Dec. 22, 2021

"Spiral: From the Book of Saw"

Original release date: May 15

Updated release date: to be announced

"The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run"

Original release date: May 22

Updated release date: July 31

"Thor: Love and Thunder"

Original release date: Nov. 5, 2021

Updated release date: Feb. 18, 2022

"The Tomorrow War"

Original release date: December 25

Updated release date: to be announced

"Top Gun: Maverick"

Original release date: June 24

Updated release date: December 23

"Uncharted"

Original release date: March 5, 2021

Updated release date: Oct. 8, 2021

"Wicked"

Original release date: Dec. 22, 2021

Updated release date: to be announced

"The Woman in the Window"

Original release date: May 15

Updated release date: to be announced

"Wonder Woman 1984"

Original release date: June 5

Updated release date: August 14

Social distancing is the best measure to flatten the curve of coronavirus infections.  With the current lockdown, there is hope that the crisis will soon be abated so all can go back to normal lives.

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