For American audiences, who’ve been deprived of a traditional release slate while the country copes with the Covid-19 pandemic, Christmas Day brings the closest thing to a blockbuster weekend that 2020 has seen so far — including the delayed releases of a few films originally intended for earlier in the year.Two of the week’s highest profile movies — DC sequel “Wonder Woman 1984” and Pixar original “Soul” — are going about their openings in very unconventional ways, shifting from wide theatrical releases to streaming debuts on their studios’ respective platforms.
Gal Gadot returns as the Amazon goddess with the golden lasso in the ’80s-set “Wonder Woman 1984,” the first tentpole Warner Bros.
has redirected to its subscription-based HBO Max service (although superhero fans will be able to see it on the big screen in markets where the health crisis hasn’t forced cinemas to close).
“Soul” will forgo a theatrical release in the U.
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