Warners denied that, saying the pic was committed to theatrical. Kong so that it could make a play at putting the movie on HBO Max. Buzz hit on Thanksgiving eve that WarnerMedia shoved off a $200 million bid by Netflix for Legendary’s Godzilla vs. As my mother-in-law says, “There’s no such thing as a coincidence,” and well, what do you know? AMC has 200 million shares up for sale as of today. The release of the new James Bond movie “No Time to Die” from MGM and Comcast Corp’s Universal Pictures has also been delayed until April 2021.Exhibitors, like AMC, may perceive this model as some sort of manna from heaven. Other big-budget Warner Bros movies to have their releases delayed include “Tenet” and “Wonder Woman 1984.”

“Dune” has gained a lot of traction for its cast that includes 24-year-old Timothee Chalamet, who was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in the 2017 film “Call Me by Your Name.”įor all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app. “Our base-case forecasts indicate that, the company’s current liquidity levels may only be sufficient until November to December 2020, assuming no revolving credit facility (RCF) extensions,” Fitch said in a statement.Įarlier, the filming of “The Batman” was also shut down for two weeks after a member of the production - widely reported to be Pattinson - tested positive for the new coronavirus.įilming resumed in Britain last month and Warner Bros never confirmed or denied reports about Pattinson’s diagnosis. On Monday, the world’s second-biggest cinema chain, Cineworld, decided to temporarily close its UK and US movie theaters in an attempt to survive a collapse in film-making and cinema-going.Ĭredit rating agency Fitch promptly downgraded the company.

Movie releases have been getting delayed even after restrictions were eased, with people still wary of stepping into cinema halls, and many theaters still not operational. The release of “The Batman”, starring Robert Pattinson, has been moved to the spring of 2022 from October next year. “Dune”, a sci-fi movie directed by Canadian director Dennis Villeneuve, is now scheduled to open in October 2021, instead of December.

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