{"id":706867,"date":"2021-09-01T15:21:02","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T19:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=706867"},"modified":"2021-09-01T15:21:08","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T19:21:08","slug":"hollywood-studios-delay-release-of-blockbuster-films-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hollywood-studios-delay-release-of-blockbuster-films-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood Studios Delay Release Of Blockbuster Films\u2026 Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhollywood-studios-delay-release-of-blockbuster-films-again%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=706867&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1045571196-scaled-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Increasing rates of Covid infection due to the delta variant has studios agonizing once again over what to do with major releases.<\/p>\n<p>When the pandemic seemed to be retreating in early summer, entertainment executives felt comfortable making longer-term plans, setting theatrical release dates for upcoming blockbusters like \u201cDune,\u201d the \u201cTop Gun\u201d sequel \u201cMaverick,\u201d \u201cGhostbusters: Afterlife,\u201d and the latest film in the James Bond franchise, \u201cNo Time To Die.\u201d But as Covid infection rates surge again, Hollywood is once more scrambling to shift gears.<\/p>\n<p>Paramount was the first to change course a few weeks ago, announcing that it was removing the family film, \u201cClifford the Big Red Dog\u201d from its release calendar for the time being. Then Sony, too, blinked, turning to the streamers to once again salvage what investment it could from a major film.&nbsp; The company decided to sell the sure-thing animated hit \u201cHotel Transylvania 4: Transformania\u201d to Amazon rather than proceed with a theatrical debut as planned. Sony execs also decided to delay the sequel to Tom Hardy\u2019s surprise 2018 hit, \u201cVenom,\u201d by three weeks, moving it from September 24 to October 15. And according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/business\/business-news\/venom-release-studios-blink-amid-delta-1234998912\/\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a> there are rumors the studio could delay it again.<\/p>\n<p>As one anonymous executive told THR, \u201cIf I knew six weeks ago what I know now, I would have moved everything as far out as early next year.\u201d And another told the outlet, \u201c[I] would have said \u2018no\u2019 to the chance of another major calendar migration six short weeks ago. \u2018Now, it\u2019s a maybe.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yet some evidence suggests Hollywood may be acting too quickly. Already, California is seeing signs that the Delta variant may have already reached its peak in the state and is slowing down.<\/p>\n<p>According to analysis by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2021-08-17\/california-sees-signs-delta-surge-is-slowing-but-a-new-challenge-looms\">The Los Angeles Times<\/a>, the below-ten-percent increase the Golden State saw last week represents a marked improvement. \u201cCalifornia is now reporting about 11,800 new coronavirus cases a day over the last week, up 7% from the previous week,\u201d reported the outlet. The story added, \u201cThat\u2019s a far slower pace of increase than in the previous week, when there was a 30% jump in daily cases, and much better than in early July, when there was an 86% week-over-week increase. Daily cases remain far below the pandemic peak of nearly 45,000 new cases a day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A recent survey from the National Research Group shows audience willingness to see movies in a public setting has seen a steep decline of late, with only 64% of moviegoers reporting that they\u2019re \u201cvery or somewhat comfortable\u201d to visit theaters now compared to 81 percent in early July.<\/p>\n<p>That puts studios between a rock and a hard place, facing poor earnings if they decide to push ahead with theatrical releases but risking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/scarlett-johansson-sues-disney-over-black-widow-release\">lawsuits<\/a> from angry stars if they shift to a streaming or hybrid release option.<\/p>\n<p>The one bright spot is that polling on moviegoers\u2019 fears may be overblown. The impressive performance of Ryan Reynolds\u2019 \u201cFree Guy\u201d at the box office this past weekend, taking in $28 million with no franchise or comic book tie-in, suggests that if Hollywood releases it, audiences might still come.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Increasing rates of Covid infection due to the delta variant has studios agonizing once again over what to do with major releases.When the pandemic seemed to be retreating in early &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-706867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=706867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706867\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=706867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=706867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=706867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}