Virus Pandemic Delays Release Of Future Disney Films

From CNN: The coronavirus pandemic is now disrupting Disney’s launch schedule for the subsequent decade.

All scheduled “Star Wars” and “Avatar” movies between 2021 and 2027 are being pushed again one 12 months, the corporate introduced Thursday. Which means there will likely be no “Avatar 2” subsequent 12 months and no new Star Wars movie in 2022.

Disney (DIS) additionally introduced that “Mulan,” which was set for an August 21 launch date, has been taken off the calendar. The corporate didn’t give a brand new launch date for the movie, which has been repeatedly delayed since March due to the pandemic.

“Over the previous few months, it is grow to be clear that nothing may be set in stone in relation to how we launch movies throughout this international well being disaster, and as we speak meaning pausing our launch plans for ‘Mulan’ as we assess how we will most successfully carry this movie to audiences all over the world,” a Walt Disney Studios spokesperson stated in an announcement.