Film News Roundup: Denzel Washington’s ‘Equalizer 2’ Moves Forward to July

In today’s film news roundup, “The Equalizer 2” and “The Nun” shift release dates and Tiffany Haddish is the first Cinemacon honoree.Release DatesSony Pictures has moved Denzel Washington’s “The Equalizer 2” forward two weeks to July 20 from Aug.

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It’s the fourth release date for the vigilante thriller, which was originally scheduled for a Sept.

29, 2017 release, which was later shifted a year back to Sept.

14, 2018, and then moved forward to Aug.

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The sequel to the 2014 film, directed by Antoine Fuqua, also stars Ashton Sanders, Pedro Pascal, Melissa Leo, and Bill Pullman.

“The Equalizer 2” will open against STXfilms’ “Mile 22” and Universal’s “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again,” which is launching a decade after the original.Warner Bros.

has moved its horror thriller “The Nun” back two months from July 13 to Sept.

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“The Nun,” New Line’s spinoff of “The Conjuring 2,” stars Demian Bichir as a priest, Taissa Farmiga as a nun

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