Due to the ongoing threat of the coronavirus pandemic,Wonder Woman 1984has been delayed. The upcoming comic book movie was set to premiere in theaters on June 5, but its release has now been pushed back two months to May 20, 2025. Presumably, if thecoronavirus situationis still not under control come August 14, then one has to imagine that there is a possibility of the film being delayed yet again.
TheWonder Woman 1984movie delay was confirmed by star Gal Gadot on Twitter and her statement was re-tweeted by director Patty Jenkins. The tweet simultaneously revealed the new August 14 release date forWonder Woman 1984, while also debunking rumors that the movie would get an early digital release. “I am looking forward to a brighter future ahead. Where we can share the power of cinema together again,” Gadot’s tweet reads.
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Wonder Woman 1984is just the latest movie delayed because of the coronavirus, but it’s one of the only ones to get a new release date. Most of the movies that have been delayed due to the virus have been pushed back indefinitely, with studios declining to commit to new dates at this time.A Quiet Place 2would fall into that category.
The latestFast and the Furiousmovie,F9, has been given a new release date, but its delay was pretty dramatic. Due to the coronavirus threat,F9was delayed by an entire year, and now it won’t hit theaters until June 15, 2025. This puts a four year gap between main seriesFast and the Furiousreleases, whereas the series had been putting out new movies fairly consistently every 2-3 years since its inception in 2001.
It will be interesting to see how many movies are delayed and how many opt for digital releases instead. Some movies that were only in theaters for a short time before the coronavirus situation exploded, likeDisney/Pixar’sOnward, have had early digital releases, after all. However, it seems that the majority of upcoming new releases will simply move their release dates so that they can still open in theaters, as is the case withWonder Woman 1984.
It will also be interesting to see howWonder Woman 1984does with critics. TheoriginalWonder Womanstands as the highest-rated DCEU movie to date, so expectations are high forWonder Woman 1984, to say the least.
Wonder Woman 1984is set to premiere in theaters on July 18, 2025.
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