'Mulan' Movie's Release Date Moved Again
The ongoing global coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the film and entertainment industry as meticulously planned release schedules are being reworked again and again. The latest film whose premiere is set to be rescheduled is Disney’s Mulan.
Variety reports that Disney has moved the film’s release date for a third time. Rather than premiering on July 24, Mulan will now be shown in cinemas on Aug. 21. The film was originally set to have been released on Mar. 27.
The new date for Mulan follows the new date announced for Christopher Nolan’s new movie, Tenet. The new Nolan movie was supposed to premiere on July 17, a week before Mulan, but was moved to Aug. 12.
Alan Horn, Disney’s chief creative officer and co-chairman, as well as his co-chairman Alan Bergman, put out a statement that reiterated their support for the Niki Caro film, calling Mulan an epic film that is also moving and beautiful. The statement emphasized that Mulan deserves to be seen in cinemas.
The move may also have something to do with the fact that cinemas in China are all still closed. Since it is based on a Chinese tale, Mulan is expected to do well in China and considerably help in recouping the $200 million spent on making the movie.
Deadline also speculates that Mulan and Tenet moving premiere dates will also result in some movie theater chains also changing their reopening dates. The publication believes AMC will move its reopening date from July 10 to July 31.
Mulan and Tenet are just the latest movies to find their schedules moved around because of the global coronavirus pandemic. The newest Bond film, No Time To Die, had its release date moved up to Nov. 20, after first being moved to Nov. 25. Before the global coronavirus pandemic forced the closure of cinemas, No Time To Die was set to premiere on Apr. 10.
Aside from No Time To Die, Tenet, and Mulan, other movies that have had to be rescheduled include Top Gun: Maverick, Soul, F9, Raya and the Last Dragon, Black Widow, Morbius, The Eternals, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Wonder Woman 1984, and In the Heights.
It still remains to be seen whether these new dates will work as the global coronavirus pandemic continues to ravage the globe. According to the World Health Organization’s situation report for June 28, there are now 9,843,073 confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide. Of that total, 189,077 are new cases. Deaths caused by COVID-19 are now at 495,760 people.
In the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention update for June 28 pegs the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases at 2,504,175, while the number of deaths is at 125,484.