Universal Pictures mentioned on Friday that the studio has pushed the discharge of its heartfelt Tom Hanks-led sci-fi movie “Bios” to April 2021.
The movie was initially set to hit theaters on Oct. 2, 2020 however will now premiere on April 16, 2021. The information comes after Warner Bros. shifted a significant portion of its future slate, together with shifting “Wonder Woman 1984” to Oct. 2, 2020, from its August launch date.
“Bios” tells the story of a person, a robotic and a canine who kind an unlikely household. Hanks stars as Finch, a robotics engineer and one of many few survivors of a cataclysmic photo voltaic occasion that has left the world a wasteland. But Finch, who has been residing in an underground bunker for many years, has constructed a world of his personal that he shares along with his canine, Goodyear.
In the movie, Finch, terminally sick and operating out of time, creates a robotic (voiced by Caleb Landry Jones; “Get Out,” “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”) to look at over Goodyear when he now not can. As the trio embarks on a dangerous journey right into a desolate American West, Finch strives to indicate his creation, who names himself Jeff, the enjoyment and surprise of what it means to be alive and to show him to turn out to be human sufficient to deal with Goodyear. And Goodyear himself should study to just accept and belief his new grasp.
“Bios” is being produced by Amblin Entertainment and is anticipated to be an epic-scale journey anchored by the exploration of how difficult it’s to be human.
The movie is directed by famed “Game of Thrones” filmmaker Miguel Sapochnik, from an unique screenplay by Craig Luck, who’s making his feature-film writing debut, and Ivor Powell (affiliate producer of “Blade Runner” and “Alien”).
“Bios” is produced by Kevin Misher (“Public Enemies,” “Fighting With My Family”), Jack Rapke (“Cast Away,” “Flight”), Jacqueline Levine (“Allied,” “The Walk”), and Ivor Powell. Robert Zemeckis, Andy Berman and Adam Merims, together with Luck and Sapochnik will function govt producers.
All the Hollywood Films Arriving on Demand Early Because of the Coronavirus
Since most U.S. film theaters have shuttered in response to the coronavirus pandemic, studios are speeding out VOD residence releases of films that have been solely simply in theaters.
Disney/Warner Bros./Universal
“Trolls World Tour”
The sequel to the 2017 animated hit introduced it might be accessible for digital obtain on April 10 — the identical day it was purported to land in theaters. Now it is a VOD unique.
Universal Pictures
“Birds of Prey”
The Margot Robbie spinoff of 2017’s “Suicide Squad” debuted on demand on March 24. The movie grossed $84 million since opening on Feb. 4.
Warner Bros.
“The Hunt”
The Universal/Blumhouse horror movie was first delayed from launch final fall because of controversy over its violent content material — after which sidelined after its March 13 opening by the coronavirus. It’s accessible to stream now.
Universal Pictures
“The Invisible Man”
The Universal horror movie starring Elisabeth Moss grossed practically $65 million since its Feb. 26 launch in theaters. It’s accessible to stream now.
Universal Pictures
“Emma.”
Focus Features’ adaptation of the Jane Austen novel opened in restricted launch Feb. 21 — and picked up $10 million in ticket gross sales till the pandemic shut down theaters. It’s accessible to stream now.
Focus Features
“Bloodshot”
The Vin Diesel comic-book film opened March 6 and grossed $10…