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Disney has shaken up its calendar with major shifts, moving some movies further by years while setting others up to be released sooner. With delaying a certain ‘Avatar’ movie up to 2031, fans don’t know what to make of these changes. A summary of some of them is listed below.
Which movies have been delayed?
Reportedly ‘Avatar 3’ has pushed back by a year to December 2025 with ‘Avatar 4’ hitting theaters in 2029, followed ‘by Avatar 5’ in December of 2031. Based on this timeline, the final ‘Avatar’ movie is coming 22 years after the original 2009 hit film. 20th Century has added another installment in the ‘Alien’ franchise with the release date for Aug 16, 2024 and ‘The Amateur’ has been added on the calendar for Nov. 8, 2024. The live-action ‘Moana’ film has also received a theatrical release date of June 27, 2025.
On the Marvel slate, ‘Thunderbolts’ has been delayed to Dec. 20, 2024, in addition to ‘Blade’ moving up to Feb. 14, 2025. The two ‘Star Wars’ movies have been pushed to 2026 with another ‘Star Wars’ movie dated for Dec 17 2027. Aside from these, the ‘Fantastic Four’ movie has been pushed further to May 2, 2025.
“Great! I’m gonna be 53 when the last ‘Avatar’ comes out [shocked face emoji]. I was 27 when I shot the very first ‘Avatar.'”
Zoe Saldaña on Instagram [plays Neytiri in Avatar]
Which movies will be released earlier than anticipated?
There is some good news after all. For all Ryan Reynolds fans it’s super exciting that ‘Deadpool 3’ has been moved up from a initial release date of November 8, 2024 to May 3, 2024. Aside from this, the most recent installment of ‘Captain America’, ‘Brave New World’, is releasing earlier than expected with a new date of July 26, 2024. Due to the WGA strike, Disney recently paused filming on ‘Blade’ and ‘Thunderbolt’ which had a ripple effect on the rest of the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies.