TENET: New Report States That Warner Bros. Is Looking For A New Release Date

TENET: New Report States That Warner Bros. Is Looking For A New Release Date

Despite the fact that theaters are set to slowly start re-opening, a new report claims that Warner Bros. is indeed looking to move Christopher Nolan's Tenet. Find out more details after the jump...

By JoshWilding - Jun 05, 2020 03:06 AM EST
Filed Under: Sci-Fi
Source: Collider

Business Insider recently shared a report claiming that NATO, the group which represents movie theaters in the United States, believe that 90% of theaters will be open by July. That's a surprisingly high number, but if the 10% represents cinemas in New York City and Los Angeles, then it's highly unlikely Christopher Nolan's Tenet will be released on July 17th as planned. 

Why not? Well, studios can't afford to alienate any moviegoers right now given how social distancing will massively cut revenue from theaters, and Collider believes Tenet isn't coming out in July, regardless.

"For what it’s worth, I’ve heard Tenet will, in fact, be delayed, and that Warner Bros. is just trying to find a new date, which is hard since the calendar is jam-packed with big movies," the site reports. "That’s why there was no date on the most recent trailer. But how many films could possibly be bigger than a new Nolan movie? Tenet could always swap places with WW84, or possibly Dune, which is slated to open in December — just three days before Tom Cruise‘s Top Gun sequel."

We know that Nolan is intent on having Tenet be the film to re-open theaters, but it's looking increasingly likely that will now change. What does that mean for Mulan which is also scheduled to come out in July? Time will tell, but a Digital or Disney+ debut could be in store for that now-delayed release. 

Clearly, the landscape in Hollywood remains as uncertain as ever, and with so much going on in the world right now, releasing new movies may simply fall by the wayside.

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tmp3
tmp3 - 6/5/2020, 4:02 AM
Move this to August and WW to 2021 or something
LameLuka
LameLuka - 6/5/2020, 6:12 AM
@tmp3 - they will most likely move WW to october or GvK spot in november. They might then put GvK like 1-2 weeks before Dune. I have a feeling WB wants to release all 4 remaining big movies that they had for this year
WackyBantha
WackyBantha - 6/5/2020, 5:29 AM
Put TENET in the WB vault for 100 years and then release it and sell tickets for $1,000,000 each.
GothamSon
GothamSon - 6/5/2020, 5:44 AM
Just read a solid interview with JD Washington in Esquire. It must have been tough growing up in his father's shadow, then people might accuse him of nepotism when he lands big roles

https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a32617787/john-david-washington-tenet-denzel-son-life-story/
tmp3
tmp3 - 6/5/2020, 6:15 AM
@GothamSon - Dude was great in BlacKkKlansman, I can see how he landed something as big as a Nolan film
GothamSon
GothamSon - 6/5/2020, 7:44 AM
@tmp3 - Yeah Nolan was in the audience at the first BlacKkKlansman screening in Cannes, and Spike Lee told him to consider JD Washington for it. Tenet is going to be unreal, Washington says the action scenes were so grueling to film he almost collapsed before end of shooting.
Kozmik
Kozmik - 6/5/2020, 9:38 AM
@GothamSon - He may be a great actor, but anyone that thinks him being the son of Denzel Washington doesn't open more than a few doors is kidding themselves.
Dabs
Dabs - 6/5/2020, 7:13 AM
::shocked Pikachu face::
Oberlin4Prez
Oberlin4Prez - 6/5/2020, 7:49 AM
I'm honestly so tired of this movie theater crap. Just release it and open theaters. It's not like Covid matters anymore.
Kozmik
Kozmik - 6/5/2020, 9:36 AM
@Oberlin4Prez - That's pretty dumb, especially since the science seems to indicate that if it flares up again we not only forfeit any benefit derived from months of self-isolation, it's likely going to kill significantly more people (or even mutate to something even more virulent).
Oberlin4Prez
Oberlin4Prez - 6/5/2020, 11:47 AM
@Kozmik - I'm going based on the fact that thousands of people are standing in the streets ass to elbow and apparently that's ok. So why does it matter at this point? If I can choose to take the risk associated with going out for hours and be in close proximity to others, why can't I make the same risk assessment at a theater that's already going to be operating at 24% capacity.
Kozmik
Kozmik - 6/5/2020, 7:19 PM
@Oberlin4Prez - It matters because if those people "standing in the streets ass to elbow" start getting sick or dying–which is entirely possible, by the way–then Tenet, if released, is DONE and will likely be a massive failure for Warner Bros.

Are they willing to take that risk? I highly doubt it.
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