‘Doctor Strange within the Multiverse of Madness’ Pushed Back 4

Disney on Friday pushed the discharge of Marvel Studios “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” for the second time from Nov 5, 2021 to March 25, 2022.

Additionally, “Thor: Love and Thunder” strikes up every week from Feb 18, 2022 to Feb 11. Scarlett Johansson’s Marvel film “Black Widow,” beforehand dated for May 1, now strikes to the November 6 slot beforehand held by the Angelina Jolie-led “The Eternals.” That units up a giant shift in upcoming MCU titles, with “The Eternals” transferring to Feb. 12, 2021, and “Shang-Chi” to May 7, 2021. “Black Panther 2” stays on the schedule for May 6, 2022 and “Captain Marvel 2” is now set for July 8, 2022.

The “Doctor Strange” sequel is tentatively scheduled to enter manufacturing in May. Details of the movie are nonetheless underneath wraps, however in the course of the Marvel presentation at San Diego Comic-Con 2019, Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige stated the “Doctor Strange” sequel might be “the first scary MCU film.” But, Feige joked “It’s gonna be PG-13 and you’re going to like it!” Up and coming screenwriter Jade Bartlett wrote the most recent draft of “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” for Marvel Studios. “Spider-Man” director Sam Raimi is returning to the superhero style and is ready to direct.

Other Hollywood studios have been making related, sweeping adjustments to their tentpole launch methods because the movie trade adjusts to the indefinite closure of film theaters worldwide to forestall the unfold of coronavirus. As the virus unfold throughout the globe, main movies set for launch in April and May have been pulled left and proper, together with “F9,” and “No Time to Die.” Once the wave of theater lockdowns hit the U.S., June blockbusters like “Wonder Woman 1984” quickly adopted.

Even if a doomsday state of affairs for film theaters is prevented and they’re able to reopen by July, the studio’s plan to maneuver their largest movies of the 12 months from the summer time reveals how studios could also be hesitant to get proper again to sending big-budget blockbusters into theaters.

Not solely will studios need to have an assurance that they are going to be capable of maintain a full advertising and marketing marketing campaign, however some analysts and executives instructed TheWrap that there’s the likelihood that moviegoers could also be reluctant to right away return to public gatherings except it’s clear that the virus is not a menace to public well being.