Postponed Movies Of Bollywood And Hollywood Due To Coronavirus Outbreak

Salena Harshini|Mar 16, 2020

Check out the Hollywood and Bollywood movies which had their plans rescheduled because of the serious coronavirus outbreak.

The news of James Bond’s latest premiere getting canceled due to coronavirus outbreak was a shock to many people. But after the Bond announcement, a lot of other movie hits are being postponed or even canceled. This is a compilation of postponed movies whose release dates have been rescheduled because of the COVID-19 crisis.

Hollywood movies postponed due to Coronavirus outbreak

The outbreak of coronavirus (or SARS-coV 2) is also forcing numerous Hollywood movies to have their releases rescheduled.

Mission: Impossible 7

Mission Impossible 7 is one of the most anticipated postponed movies

The film was supposed to be shot in Venice but the schedule has been changed after Italy turned into the European epicenter of coronavirus outbreak.

No Time to Die

The premiere of the impending James Bond movie was pushed back from April to November.

The film also stars Léa Seydoux and Rami Malek

Fast & Furious 9

F9 went further as its release is pushed back nearly a year, from May this year to April 2021.

A Quiet Place Part II

Initially ready to go on floors later in March 2020, the Emily Blunt starrer has been postponed while the new date for the premiere will be announced later.

"A Quiet Place Part II"

The Lovebirds

Paramount has halted the release date of the romance/comedy rom-com, featuring Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani, which was supposed to be April 3.

"The Lovebirds" is also listed in the postponed movies assessing

*Disney:

The Walt Disney Company has officially delayed the production of all in-development live-action movies, including Halle Bailey starrer The Little Mermaid, Disney+ Home Alone remake, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon starrer The Last Duel and Guillermo del Toro directed Nightmare Alley.

Moreover, Shrunk and Peter Pan & Wendy have also been adjourned while they were in pre-production.

The production of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings was also halted after filmmaker Destin Daniel Cretton had to self-isolated on the wait of coronavirus test results.

"Shang Chi" is delayed due to the self-isolation of director Destin Daniel Cretton

In addition, completed films are seeing their releases dates on hold:

Mulan

After such big promotions, "Mulan" is now also one of the Hollywood postponed movies

The live-action reboot which received rare comments from its Hollywood premiere was supposed to hit cinemas on March 27 but is now set to release on an unknown date in 2020.

The New Mutants

The spin-off of cult franchise X-Men was planned to hit theatres on April 3 but is now slated for later. The New Mutants have been delayed for more than once or twice.

Antlers

The Keri Russell starrer horror movie’s previous release date was April 17 and now its rescheduled plan is unspecified.

Meanwhile, the release date of Marvel movie Black Widow (May 1) and DC’s Wonder Woman 1984 (June 5) remains to be in question.

Whether "Wonder Woman 1984" and "Black Widow" are delayed is still in question

Postponed Bollywood movies

The coronavirus scare is massively affecting the film industry as not only dates are changed but also shoots are being canceled or altered.

Sooryavanshi

The Akshay Kumar starrer was set to grace the cinemas on March 24, However, the makers have recently announced the delay of the movie.

Prithviraj; Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2

Akshay Kumar's film and Kartik Aaryan starrer have had their shooting locations changed due to the COVID 19 fear.

Bollywood postponed movies include "Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2" and "Prithviraj"

Radhe: Your Most Wanted Bhai

Actor Salman Khan has recently canceled an international schedule of his highly-anticipated film. According to reports, Salman Khan and Disha Patani were supposed to film an action sequence and a song in Azerbaijan, but the schedule was canceled as the coronavirus concern is increasing.

The highly-awaited Salman Khan movie is also in the list of postponed movies

Takht

Karan Johar’s new directorial whose main photography was to start in March has either started yet and is in the list of Bollywood movies impacted by coronavirus scare. The star-studded period film was to be filmed in Jaisalmer and Jaipur but it got canceled also due to coronavirus outbreak.

This is the summary of the postponed movies with their new release dates:

Movies name Original release date New release date
A Quiet Place Part II March 2020 N/A
Mulan March 2020 N/A
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway March 2020 August 2020
The New Mutants April 2020 N/A
Antlers April 2020 N/A
No Time to Die (James Bond) April 2020 26 November 2020
The Lovebirds April 2020 15 May 2020
Fast & Furious 9 May 2020 April 2021
Sooryavanshi 24 March 2020 N/A
Radhe 22 May 2020 N/A
Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 31 July 2020 N/A
Prithviraj 13  November 2020 N/A
Takht 24 December 2021 N/A

We will make sure to update more on postponed movies if more delay announcements are made.

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