Paramount Pictures has pushed the discharge of Tom Cruise film Top Gun: Maverick to November from July, the studio mentioned on Friday, a transfer that deprives theaters of what was anticipated to be one of many greatest releases of the summer season blockbuster season.
The sequel to the 1986 hit Top Gun will now debut in theaters on November 19, the day Paramount had deliberate to launch Cruise’s seventh Mission: Impossible film. That movie was moved to May 2022, in response to Paramount, a unit of ViacomCBS Inc.
Movie theater operators together with AMC Entertainment, Cineworld Group Plc and Cinemark Holdings Inc hope for a summer season rebound after a yr of closures because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The ninth installment of the Fast & Furious franchise, from Comcast Corp’s Universal Pictures, at present stays scheduled to hit cinemas on June 25.
Walt Disney Co’s Marvel movie Black Widow is ready to be launched in theaters, and for a payment on the Disney+ streaming service, on July 9.