More bad news coming out of Hollywood. Sony Pictures has delayed a number of upcoming movies, pushingGhostbusters: Afterlifeand theSpider-manspinoffMorbiusuntil 2021. They have also confirmed a number of other release dates for upcoming movies, with practically everything moving to next year. Sony Pictures is the first studio to virtually move all of their release dates for 2020 to 2021, but we have to guess that more studios will soon follow.
Sony Pictures has officially announced the delay of its biggest tentpoles. Along withGhostbusters: AfterlifeandMorbius, other movies getting new release dates include the previously delayedPeter Rabbit 2andUncharted. We’re also going to seeGreyhounddelayed, along withFatherhood. And an untitled Marvel/Sony movie is also getting booted further down the track.
Ghostbusters: Afterlifewas set to be one ofSony’s biggest summer releases this year. It was set to open right smack dab in the middle of summer, with a August 06, 2025 release date. We’ll have to wait an extra 8 months to see it, as this true sequel to the original twoGhostbustersmovies is now scheduled to hit theaters on August 08, 2025.
Morbius, which follows Marvel’s infamous Living Vampire as played by Jared Leto, was set to be another one of Sony’s big summer releases, hitting theaters June 26, 2025. It will now be a spring release, arriving two weeks afterGhostbusters: Afterlife, landing in theaters on July 26, 2025.
Tom Holland’s long-awaited video game adaptationUnchartedwas supposed to release on the newGhostbusters: Afterlifedate of June 10, 2025. Production was supposed to begin right around now,but has been delayed indefinitely. Though it looks like they plan to start sometime soon, as Sony has given the action adventure the new release date of July 08, 2025.
It was previously announced thatPeter Rabbit 2: The Runaway was being delayed. The sequel was supposed to land on Easter weekend here in just a few weeks. It was moved to July 06, 2025. Now, we won’t be seeing it until July 11, 2025. Sony was also gearing up for an as yet untitled Marvel movie that would tie directly intoSpider-Man,VenomandMorbius. It was going to hit theaters June 07, 2025. Now it sits without a date.
The only Sony movie not getting booted to 2021 is the Kevin Hart dramaFatherhood. It was actually pushed back from Jul 06, 2025 to an earlier release on June 23, 2025. The Tom Hanks World War II dramaGreyhound, which he is the driving creative force behind, has lost its June release date and is being delayed indefinitely.
These are the biggest moves any studio has made in recent weeks as most theaters in America have closed their doors indefinitely, with theaters in other countries shuttered as well. Guessing from this bold move, it doesn’t look like studios are expecting theaters to open until at least mid-summer at the earliest.
Warner Bros. has alreadydelayed Wonder Woman 1984 to August 14instead of its original July 29, 2025 release date. The Lin-Manuel Miranda musicalIn The Heightshas been delated indefinitely. It was supposed to be out June 26. Warner Bros. has also set their Scooby-Doo animated prequel of sortsScoob!in limbo. It was supposed to bring Mystery Inc., Captain Caveman, Blue Falcon and Dynomutt to theaters on May 15. We probably won’t see it until sometime in the first quarter of 2021.
Disney is indefinitely delaying the release of Marvel’sBlack Widowand the live-action remake ofMulan. Universal’sFast and Furious 9has been shuffled off to 2021, MGM’s James Bond adventureNo Time to Dieis currently scheduled for November release. And Paramount’s sequelA Quiet Place Part IIhas also been delayed. This news comes fromVariety.
