THE MATRIX 4 Pushed To 2022 While GODZILLA VS. KONG And TOM & JERRY Roar To 2021

THE MATRIX 4 Pushed To 2022 While GODZILLA VS. KONG And TOM & JERRY Roar To 2021

Hot on the heels of both Christopher Nolan's Tenet and Patty Jenkins' Wonder Woman 1984 moving dates, Warner Bros. has rearranged nearly its entire slate, pushing several films back into 2021/2022.

By RohanPatel - Jun 12, 2020 05:06 PM EST
Filed Under: Matrix

Following their decision to move Christopher Nolan's Tenet to July 31 and Patty Jenkins' Wonder Woman 1984 to October 2, Warner Bros. has unsurprisingly rearranged nearly its entire 2020 slate, moving several films back into 2021 and 2022.

The Matrix 4 will no longer open next year and has instead been pushed to April 1, 2022. Production on the Lana Wachowski-directed sci-fi actioner has been postponed indefinitely due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and has been awaiting the go-ahead to resume filming in Germany. While dates are subject to change, work is tentatively scheduled to restart on July 6, at the earliest.

Adam Wingard's Godzilla vs. Kong has also vacated its November 20 release date and has been moved to May 21, 2021, taking over the Memorial Day weekend date from Matrix 4. As far as we know, filming has been completed and it is currently in the midst of its intricate post-production process.

Robert Zemeckis' fantasy comedy The Witches, which was originally scheduled for release on October 9, has been removed from the schedule entirely. It's too early to say, but an HBO Max launch could be in the cards for this latest adaptation of the classic Roald Dahl novel of the same name. 

Tim Story's live-action/animated hybrid comedy Tom & Jerry, which will star Chloë Grace Moretz and Michael Peña, has been moved from December 23 to March 5, 2021.

Finally, New Line scheduled an untitled horror movie for June 4, 2021 and Warner Bros. removed an untitled event movie, previously slated for October 16, from its theatrical release schedule.

On the bright side, Denis Villeneuve's Dune remains untouched for now, but it may be the next to move if studios continue to lose confidence in the ability to successfully open a film this calendar year. 

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tmp3
tmp3 - 6/12/2020, 5:27 PM
The Matrix delay is kind of lame, I was interested to see where they were gonna take it
KWilly
KWilly - 6/12/2020, 5:36 PM
All these freakin delays are killin me
GhostDog
GhostDog - 6/12/2020, 5:38 PM
The whole year delayed. Get with it
tmp3
tmp3 - 6/12/2020, 5:40 PM
@BlackBeltJones - Nolan:
QuietStorm
QuietStorm - 6/12/2020, 5:41 PM
Tenet

Godzilla & King Kong

Matrix 4

Wonder Woman 1984

Dune
tmp3
tmp3 - 6/12/2020, 5:43 PM
@QuietStorm - Dune still isn't delayed yet
Spidey91
Spidey91 - 6/12/2020, 5:41 PM
somebody just end me already, please.
TheUnworthyThor
TheUnworthyThor - 6/12/2020, 5:43 PM


Longer to wait for everything. Godzilla pushed to the same date the last one underperformed at. All around fantastic news.
OmegaDaGrodd
OmegaDaGrodd - 6/12/2020, 5:44 PM
Dammit.

The joy of the world going on a 43 to nothing run against racism over the past few weeks made me momentarily forget that coronavirus is a ruthless asshole that doesn't sleep for a second
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 6/12/2020, 10:54 PM
@OmegaDaGrodd

We are actually on the downswing of covid-19. Its flattening out in most states.

A few have seen spikes, still don’t know how the protests will effect it. But, still, the world is opening up.
vegetaray
vegetaray - 6/12/2020, 5:54 PM
Just cancel all the 2020 releases at this point...Push everything out a year from when it was supposed to release...
LameLuka
LameLuka - 6/12/2020, 5:55 PM
Weird release date for Matrix. All these move
Ies being pushed back is really killing me. Just push everything to 2021 at this point. This virus ain't stopping
WakandaTech
WakandaTech - 6/12/2020, 6:46 PM
Marvel will have to move

Doctor Strange: in the Multiverse of Madness

No way it gets only one week before another
Major movie like Matrix 4
Chewtoy
Chewtoy - 6/13/2020, 5:33 AM
@WakandaTech - No film is going to have a big theatrical window for a few years... there are just too many films in the pipeline and not enough weekends, which is why even if theaters can get back to business as usual ( a big if) earning potential is going to be down.

But either way, I doubt that Marvel moves to make way for a new Matrix movie.
WakandaTech
WakandaTech - 6/12/2020, 6:52 PM
Still have for 2020

*Theatres

Tenent
Wonder Woman 84
Black Widow
Dune

*Streaming

Mandalorian s2
Falcon and the Winter Soldier
Battabing
Battabing - 6/12/2020, 6:58 PM
OT: Houston weighing another lockdown, as COVID-19 surges.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/houston-lockdown-again-coronavirus-covid-19/

Let's face it, folks. The year 2020 is done. I wouldn't be surprised if half the country is shut down again by September.
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