IMAX CEO Believes Marvel Studios Could Shift Release Dates Of A Number Of Upcoming 2021 Releases

IMAX CEO Believes Marvel Studios Could Shift Release Dates Of A Number Of Upcoming 2021 Releases

The Phase 4 slate has already suffered a series of delays, but if IMAX CEO Rich Gelfond's predictions are anything to go by, further delays could be on the way for the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Phase 4!

By Nighthawk01 - Aug 21, 2020 05:08 AM EST
Filed Under: Marvel Studios
Source: Deadline

In an interview with Deadline, IMAX CEO Rich Gelfond has opened up about the state of the film industry and how the company intends to deal with the backlog of 2020 releases arriving in 2021. 

Top Gun: Maverick, Morbius, Venom: Let There Be Carnage, F9, and A Quiet Place Part II are among those now being released next year, and when Gelfond  was asked how the company intends to manage a slew of new films on their screens, he responded: "If they're from the same studio they are usually amenable to sharing screens. So if there's a tentpole that's more family oriented we can play that during the day and the other one later."

It's  particularly busy year for Marvel Studios, with Eternals, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, and Spider-Man: Far From Home slated for next year. Sony Pictures, meanwhile, has the aforementioned spinoffs on the way, so could there be further changes to their release dates? 

"Marvel has something like five films scheduled for next year," Gelfond noted. "My guess is they'll move some of that around, but that's a lot."

That's not a guarantee things will change, but the IMAX CEO's insight is definitely noteworthy. Despite the challenges which come with a busy schedule, however, Gelfond isn't sweating it. "Jurassic World is next year and then Top Gun got moved to next year. I think Mission: Impossible is next year, so there's an awful lot going on. That's a high class problem, right?"

It really is, but with 2020 films competing with 2021 releases, next year is going to be undeniably busy.

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Mrcool210
Mrcool210 - 8/21/2020, 5:01 AM
"Marvel has something like five films scheduled for next year," Gelfond noted. "My guess is they'll move some of that around, but that's a lot."

Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 8/21/2020, 5:07 AM
Press like if you'd totally watch all those five MCU movies and then some, all in one year.


I mean, c'mon...
AC1
AC1 - 8/21/2020, 6:08 AM
If things straighten out a bit more by the end of the year (they won't) I could see Marvel maybe dropping Black Widow over Christmas, and then maybe going up to a four-a-year (one film per quarter maybe) strategy, at least until they catch up to their original schedule (assuming they can catch up on a production level too).
AC1
AC1 - 8/21/2020, 6:09 AM
Unless there have already been announcements about BW and other movies' release dates I wasn't aware of that is...
WakandaTech
WakandaTech - 8/21/2020, 7:05 AM
2021

Black Widow -Feb
Eternals -May
Shang -Chi - August
Spiderman 3 - Dec
Scarilian
Scarilian - 8/22/2020, 3:15 AM
@WakandaTech -

2021:
Black Widow - February 12 (Potentially just moved to Disney+)
Eternals - May 7
Shang Chi - December 17

2022
Spider-man 3 - February 11
Thor 4 - March 25
Doctor Strange 2 - May 6
Ant-Man 3 - July 8
Blade - October 7 (Start Of Phase 5)

2023:
Fantastic Four - February 17
Black Panther 2 - May 5
Captain Marvel 2 - July 28
Guardians Of The Galaxy 3 - November 3
marvel72
marvel72 - 8/21/2020, 7:18 AM
I will see all of the MCU movies at the cinema, I have seen all of them at the cinema thus far and will continue to do so.

I am more excited for Venom:Let There Be Carnage and I will watch Morbius.
Mancini316
Mancini316 - 8/21/2020, 8:25 AM
THis is the thing too, with all the blockbusters getting pushed to next year, and filming starting to start up again on the in developments, you wonder what they're gonna do. I've read that some of the delays won't affect next years releases since the time they couldn't film was spent on editing and VFX, so basically taking some of the time that's normally at the end of the shoot and shoving it into the middle. So it's either they delay them all and push back all their others they have in developement by a year which i assume would cost them more to delay all their films releases. Or, open where you can currently and do the PVOD thing after 5-6 weeks and recoup some money that way.
KnifeWasTooSlow
KnifeWasTooSlow - 8/21/2020, 12:42 PM
Shang-Chi and Black Widow are my most anticipated. More excited for the Eternals comic than the movie, ngl.
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