Disney removes the release of "Mulan" from the calendar and postpones "Avatar 2" and "Star Wars" by one year
As the global COVID-19 pandemic continues to sow uncertainty between film companies and film distributors, Deadline reports that Disney has mixed some important titles in its film release calendar by removing the live-action reinterpretation of the animated classic Mulan directed by Niki Caro from the scheduled date of August 21, 2020 without letting know when or where it could be transmitted.
“In recent months, it has become clear that nothing can be sure when it comes to how films will be distributed during this global health crisis, and today that means pausing our plans for the film's distribution. Mulan in theaters as we evaluate the most effective way to bring this film to audiences around the world, ”a Disney spokesperson said.
The studio also rejected its plans for the film Avatar 2 e Star Wars. The film Avatar 2 is expected 13 years after James Cameron's 1st technologically innovative hit film.
Certain titles reportedly remain in the 2020 program, including often rescheduled New Mutants (20th Century Studios), Black Widow (Marvel Studios), adaptation of the graphic novel The Empty Man (20th Century) and Pixar Animation original Soul.
Disney animation and effect-rich slate now looks like this:
28 August 2020: New mutants
November 6 2020: Black Widow
November 20 2020: Soul
4 December 2020: The Empty Man (it was August 7, 2020)
February 12, 2021: Marvel The eternal
19 February 2021: Antlers from Searchlight
12 March 2021: Raya and the last dragon
April 9 2021: Bob's Burgers: The Movie
April 23 2021: Ron's Gone Wrong from Fox / Locksmith Animation
May 7, 2021: Marvel Shang-Chi and the legend of the ten rings
May 28 2021: Cruella
June 18, 2021: Untitled Pixar
30 July 2021: Jungle cruise
November 5, 2021: UT Spider-Man: Far From Home Sequel
November 24 2021: Encanto
January 14 2022: Nimona from 20th / Blue Sky / Vertigo
11 February 2022: Thor: Love and Thunder
March 11, 2022: UT Pixar
25 March 2022: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
May 6 2022: Black panther II
June 17, 2022: UT Pixar
July 8, 2022: UT Captain Marvel Continuation
November 23, 2022: UT Disney Animation
16 December 2022: Avatar 2 (it was December 17, 2021)
June 16, 2023: UT Pixar
November 22, 2023: UT Disney Animation
December 22, 2023: UT Star Wars Trilogy 1 by Taika Waititi (it was December 16, 2022)
20 December 2024: Avatar 3 (it was December 22, 2023)
December 19, 2025: UT Star Wars Trilogy 2 (it was December 20, 2024)
18 December 2026: Avatar 4 (it was December 19, 2025)
December 17, 2027: UT Star Wars Trilogy (it was December 18, 2026)
22 December 2028: Avatar 5 (it was December 27, 2027)
undated: Mulan (it was August 21, 2020)
[Source: Deadline]
