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Top Gun Maverick A Quiet Place Part II Avatar sequels Star Wars delay Mulan 2020 Can Movie Distribution Return to Normal After the Coronavirus? box office theater survival
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Mulan, Star Wars, Avatar Sequels, A Quiet Place Part II, Top Gun Delayed

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Published: Jul 24, 2020 10:50 am

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As it seems less and less likely that theaters will be reopening in August (AMC has already pulled the plug.) and COVID-19 will have abated, studios are once again pushing back their release dates and upending their long-term plans. Tenet kicked off the major delays, but now Disney has moved a chunk of its major releases back along with Paramount. Mulan, the Avatar sequels, more Star Wars, A Quiet Place Part II, and Top Gun: Maverick were all hit.

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To begin, Mulan has abandoned its Aug. 21 spot and now has no release date as studios appear to be taking a wait-and-see approach with this round of delays. That marks the fourth time the film has been delayed after initially planning to land on March 27. This probably does not mean that the film will go digital, but Disney did state that it will “assess how we can most effectively bring this film to audiences around the world.” Most likely that means some sort of staggered international release as China’s theaters open.

Disney also did some long-term rescheduling as COVID-19 production issues continue and release schedules change. They will now be staggering the upcoming Avatar sequels and Star Wars film every other year, providing them major holiday releases between 2022 and 2028. The Avatar sequels will now land Dec. 16, 2022, Dec. 20, 2024, Dec. 18, 2026, Dec. 22, 2028. On the other in-between years, Disney will release unknown Star Wars films on Dec. 22, 2023, Dec. 19, 2025, and Dec. 17, 2027.

Paramount also got in on the delaying action, pushing back A Quiet Place Part II and Top Gun: Maverick from their slots, which were both later in 2020, showing the studios fear that the effects of COVID-19 on the world will be here for quite some time. A Quiet Place Part II, originally slated for March 20, 2020, will move from September 2020 to April 23, 2021. Meanwhile, Top Gun is jumping six months from Dec. 23, 2020 to July 2, 2021.

As a final note, the Comic-Con@Home panel for The New Mutants happened yesterday, and the film has held its release date of Aug. 28 but sadly did not receive a surprise digital release. For fans hoping to see the unlucky movie soon, things do not seem bright.

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Matthew Razak is a News Writer and film aficionado at Escapist. He has been writing for Escapist for nearly five years and has nearly 20 years of experience reviewing and talking about movies, TV shows, and video games for both print and online outlets. He has a degree in Film from Vassar College and a degree in gaming from growing up in the '80s and '90s. He runs the website Flixist.com and has written for The Washington Post, Destructoid, MTV, and more. He will gladly talk your ear off about horror, Marvel, Stallone, James Bond movies, Doctor Who, Zelda, and Star Trek.
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