As part of the growing concern regarding the coronavirus, many different institutions have now implemented new measures to avoid large congregations of people, which is one of the main channels for a wide outspread of the disease. The NBA has already announced its suspension of the season indefinitely, while many late night television shows have cancelled live audiences at recordings. Now, the film industry is following suit, trying to reduce the public's exposure to the virus and no doubt also hoping to avoid underperformance at the box office.
Among those with delayed premieres is the upcoming James Bond film No Time to Die, which previously announced that its release date will be delayed for several months. Originally to launch in April, it's now been pushed back to November.
The ninth installment to the Fast and Furious franchise has now been delayed for an entire year, moving its intended premiere in May this year to April 2, 2021.
John Krasinski's A Quiet Place Part II has been delayed by Paramount, which had previously already delayed Sonic the Hedgehog's February 28 premiere in China. Neither film has a new release date yet from the production house.
Disney has followed suit after Paramount, electing to delay the X-men movie The New Mutants, and Guillermo del Toro's . The latest Marvel installment Black Widow - originally to launch May 1 - has now also been delayed. All the films were scheduled for the coming two months, but no new premiere date has been announced as of now.
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