Disney Announces New Movie Release Schedule

 by Ray Keating

News

DisneyBizJournal.com

September 23, 2020

 

The Walt Disney Company announced a new movie release schedule, with Black Widow among the films getting rescheduled.

Black Widow is being shifted from November 6, 2020, to May 7, 2021. As for other moves among the current Marvel Studios slate, Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings goes from May 7, 2021, to July 9, 2021; and Eternals moves from February 12, 2021, to November 5, 2021. Remaining in place, as far as we know, are Thor: Love and Thunder on February 11, 2022; Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness on March 25, 2022; and Captain Marvel 2 on July 8, 2022. Also, Black Panther 2 was scheduled for May 6, 2022, and officially remains there even with the tragic death of Chadwick Boseman.

 

As for other Disney films, the following moves have been made to release dates for 20^th Century Studios releases: The Empty Man is now scheduled for October 23, 2020 (actually moved back from December 4, 2020); Death on the Nile was moved from October 9, 2020, to December 18, 2020; The King’s Man is now scheduled for February 12, 2021 (also moved back from February 26, 2021); Deep Water moved from November 13, 2020, to August 13, 2021; The Last Duel went from January 8, 2021, to October 15, 2021.

 

And Steven Spielberg’s version of West Side Story (also 20th Century Studios) was pushed back a year – from December 18, 2020, to December 10, 2021.

 

Pixar’s Soul remained at November 20, 2020.

 

While these moves are not surprising given the ongoing pandemic challenges, it’s nonetheless brutal news for movie theaters.

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Ray Keating is the editor, publisher and economist for DisneyBizJournal.com, and author of the Pastor Stephen Grant novels. He can be contacted at  raykeating@keatingreports.com.

 

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Spielberg Will Not Direct Indy 5, According to Variety

by Ray Keating

News/Analysis

DisneyBizJournal.com

February 26, 2020

Apparently, this is the week for mega-surprising announcements related to The Walt Disney Company. First, it was Bob Chapek replacing Bob Iger as CEO, and now Variety is reporting that Steven Spielberg has decided not to direct the next Indiana Jones movie.

Variety notes that director James Mangold, who was at the helm of Ford v. Ferrari, likely will replace Spielberg behind the camera with “Indiana Jones 5.” Though that has not been finalized.

Of course, this raises questions about possible further delays for this movie, which originally was slated for a release in July 2019. I have written at DisneyBizJournal before wondering why Disney seems to be lagging on the Indiana Jones front – see What’s Up with Script Delays and Indiana Jones? (July 23, 2018) and What the Heck is Disney Doing with Indiana Jones? (October 25, 2018).

Now, only one of the “Big 3” on Indiana Jones will be directly involved with “Indy 5.” While Spielberg reportedly plans to be a “hands-on” producer, George Lucas isn’t involved. That leaves only Harrison Ford returning in the role of Indiana Jones. 

Let’s hope Mangold can capture the Indiana Jones magic, while at the same time, avoiding further major delays.

Geez, Disney, anything else you want to tell us this week?

Ray Keating is the editor, publisher and economist for DisneyBizJournal.com, and author of The Disney Planner 2020: The TO DO List Solution and the Pastor Stephen Grant novels. He can be contacted at  raykeating@keatingreports.com.

Next Indiana Jones Movie to Start Filming

by Ray Keating

News

DisneyBizJournal.com

June 2, 2019

(CORRECTION: Harrison Ford was incorrect. The next Indiana Jones movie starts filming next year, i.e., in 2020.)

The next Indiana Jones movie is scheduled to start filming during the coming week, according to a quote from Harrison Ford in a Variety report.

Variety reported:

     Ford also discussed the upcoming reboot of another of his hit franchises, “Indiana Jones.” According to Indy himself, the much-anticipated Steven Spielberg film “should be starting to shoot sometime next week.” 

     “I’m looking forward to it,” he said. “Things are coming along well.”

Movie fans last saw Ford is his iconic role of Indiana Jones in the 2008 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. The film fell short of the previous three Indiana Jones movies from a critical perspective, but it did rake in $787 million on a production budget of $185 million, according to BoxOfficeMojo.com.

It took 19 years for Indiana Jones to return to the silver screen after 1989’s Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Looking ahead, it will be 13 years since Crystal Skull, as this next Indy installment is scheduled to hit theaters in July 2021. Steven Spielberg will be back at the directorial helm (he directed the first four Indy films), with the screenplay reportedly from David Koepp, George Lucas and Jonathan Kasden.

Ray Keating is the editor, publisher and economist for DisneyBizJournal.com, and author of the Pastor Stephen Grant novels. He can be contacted at  raykeating@keatingreports.com.

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