Disney’s “Black Widow” and Universal’s “F9” are poised to kick off summer moviegoing season.
Yet it’s unlikely either blockbuster will actually arrive on schedule.While neither film has been postponed, industry experts and insiders have been speculating that Hollywood’s next round of release date delays will begin to impact the middle of 2021.At this point, it’s almost expected that movies due out in the first half of the year will be moved yet again.
With coronavirus cases rampant and the vaccine rollout going more slowly than many hoped, studios and by extension, cinema operators, are essentially in the same situation they were 10 months ago: audiences aren’t going to the movies.Even with President Joe Biden’s recent announcement that the U.S.
will be able to vaccinate 300 million people by July, it’s still too soon to tell how quickly Americans will be able to resume everyday activities.
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