Yahoo Movies From Nomadland to Avatar 2: Every delayed film and their new release date – updated
When MGM delayed new James Bond film No Time to Die from April 2020 to November of that same year, it was groundbreaking news. At the time, a studio making the decision to cancel its biggest film’s theatrical release due to a pandemic was simply a huge surprise.
Almost one year on, these delays have distressingly become the norm.
With cinemas across the world either closed or open with health and safety restrictions because of Covid-19, distributors are having to rethink film release strategies in a big way. While some – namely Paramount – decided to immediately delay key 2020 releases by an entire year, others were more hopeful that they would be able to release one of the first new films after cinemas reopened.
It didn’t exactly pan out this way. Warner Bros proceeded with Christopher Nolan’s Tenet, but Disney opted to release both its live-action remake of Mulan and latest Pixar film Soul on streaming service Disney+.,
Other high-profile films that had their release dates shifted from summer 2020 to the winter were then pushed back to this summer meaning that, in some cases, audiences will have had to wait more than a year to see them.
It’s quite hard to keep up with every delay, so we have compiled a comprehensive list of all the films with their original release dates, and – where it has been announced – when you can now expect to see them in UK cinemas.
NB: This list does not include the films that were originally scheduled to be released on VOD or streaming services.
Delayed films
A Quiet Place Part II
Original release date: 19 March, 2020
Second release date: 23 April, 2021
Current release date: 17 September, 2021
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway
Original release date: 27 March, 2020
Second release date: 15 January, 2021
Third release date: 2 April, 2021
Current release date: 11 June, 2021
No Time to Die
Original release date: 1 April, 2020
Second release date: 12 November, 2020
Third release date: 2 April, 2021
Current release date: 8 October, 2021
Antlers
Original release date: 17 April, 2020
Second release date: 19 February, 2021
Current release date: 29 October, 2021
Dream Horse
Original release date: 17 April, 2020
Second release date: 4 September, 2020
Current release date: TBC
Original release date: 17 April, 2020
Second release date: December 2020
Third release date: 12 February, 2021
Current release date: TBC
Antebellum
Original release date: 24 April, 2020
Current release date: April TBC (on Sky Cinema)
Black Widow
Original release date: 1 May, 2020
Second release date: 28 October, 2020
Current release date: 7 May, 2021
Current release date:
The Woman in the Window
Original release date: 15 May, 2020
New release date: Summer TBC (on Netflix)
Fast and Furious 9
Original release date: 22 May, 2020
Current release date: 2 April, 2021
The Conjuring 3: The Devil Made Me Do It
Original release date: 4 June, 2020
Current release date: 4 July, 2021
Candyman
Original release date: 12 June, 2020
Second release date: 16 October, 2020
Current release date: 27 August, 2021
In the Heights
Original release date: 26 June, 2020
Current release date: 18 June, 2021
Free Guy
Original release date: 3 July, 2020
Second release date: 11 December, 2020
Current release date: 21 May, 2021
Minions: The Rise of Gru
Original release date: 3 July, 2020
Current release date: 2 July, 2021
The Forever Purge
Original release date: 10 July, 2020
Current release date: 9 July, 2021
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Original release date: 10 July, 2020
Second release date: 5 March, 2021
Third release date: 11 June, 2021
Current release date: 11 November, 2021
Morbius
Original release date: 10 July, 2020
New release date: 19 March, 2021
Third release date: 8 October, 2021
Current release date: January 2022
Top Gun: Maverick
Original release date: 12 July, 2020
Second release date: 23 December, 2020
Current release date: 2 July, 2021
The French Dispatch
Original release date: 24 July, 2020
New release date: TBC
Jungle Cruise
Original release date: 24 July, 2020
New release date: 30 July, 2021
The King’s Man
Original release date: 16 September, 2020
Second release date: 16 September, 2020
Third release date: 12 February, 2021
Current release date: 20 August, 2021
Last Night in Soho
Original release date: 25 September, 2020
Second release date: 23 April, 2021
Current release date: October 22, 2020
The Many Saints of Newark
Original release date: 25 September, 2020
New release date: 12 March, 2021
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Original release date: 2 October, 2020
New release date: 25 July, 2021
Halloween Kills
Original release date: 16 October, 2020
New release date: 15 October, 2021
Spiral: From the Book of Saw
Original release date: 23 October, 2020
New release date: 21 May, 2021
Eternals
Original release date: 6 November, 2020
Second release date: 12 February, 2021
Current release date: 5 November, 2021
Godzilla vs Kong
Original release date: 20 November, 2020
Current release date: 21 May, 2021
Raya and the Last Dragon
Original release date: 25 November, 2020
Current release date: 5 March, 2021
Coming 2 America
Original release date: 18 December, 2020
Current release date: 5 March, 2021 (on Amazon Prime Video)
Dune
Original release date: 18 December, 2020
Current release date: 1 October, 2021
West Side Story
Original release date: 18 December, 2020
Current release date: 10 December, 2020
Nomadland
Original release date: 1 January, 2021
Current release date: 19 March, 2021
The Father
Original release date: 8 January 2021
Current release date: 12 March, 2021
Chaos Walking
Original release date: 22 January, 2021
Current release date: 5 March, 2021
Sound of Metal
Original release date: 29 January 2021
Current release date: 26 March, 2021
Supernova
Original release date: 29 January 2021
Current release date: 5 March, 2021
Wrong Turn
Original release date: 29 January, 2021
Current release date: 26 February, 2021
Ammonite
Original release date: February 2021
Current release date: 26 March, 2021
Judas and the Black Messiah
Original release date: February 2021
Current release date: March 2021
Cinderella
Original release date: 5 February, 2021
Current release date: 16 July, 2021
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Original release date: 12 February, 2021
Second release date: 7 May, 2021
Current release date: 9 July, 2021
Nobody
Original release date: 26 February, 2021
Current release date: 2 April, 2021
Uncharted
Original release date: 5 March, 2021
Current release date: February 2022
Bob’s Burgers
Original release date: 9 April, 2021
Current release date: TBC
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Original release date: 7 May, 2021
New release date: 25 March, 2022
The Matrix 4
Original release date: 21 May, 2021
New release date: 1 April, 2022
The Batman
Original release date: 25 June, 2021
Second release date: 1 October, 2021
Current release date: 4 March, 2022
Mission: Impossible 7
Original release date: 23 July, 2021
New release date: 19 November, 2021
Thor: Love and Thunder
Original release date: 5 November 2021
New release date: 18 February 2022
Avatar 2
Original release date: 17 December 2021
New release date: 16 December 2022
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