MONSTER HUNTER Moves Back Into 2020 As Sony Pictures Shifts ESCAPE ROOM 2 Into 2021

MONSTER HUNTER Moves Back Into 2020 As Sony Pictures Shifts ESCAPE ROOM 2 Into 2021

Sony Pictures has previously vowed that they won't release blockbuster movies until the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic has passed, but Monster Hunter has just moved back into 2020. Read on for details...

By JoshWilding - Oct 06, 2020 02:10 AM EST
Filed Under: Sci-Fi

Last night, Warner Bros. made some big changes to its slate of DC Comics movies, with The Batman, Shazam! - Fury of the Gods, and The Flash all pushed further down the calendar. 

Now, some alterations have also been made to Sony Pictures' release schedule, but it's not all bad news. The studio has made the decision to push Escape Room 2 from December 30th, 2020 to an unset date in 2021. Why? Well, because Monster Hunter is now taking that December slot after previously being pushed back to April 23rd, 2021.

Bizarrely, The Kid Detective - which stars Adam Brody as a once celebrated child detective, now in his early thirties, who continues to solve the same trivial mysteries between hangovers and bouts of self-pity - has been dated for October 16th, so it seems the studio might be giving up on that one. 

Monster Hunter takes place in a world of dangerous and powerful monsters that rule their domain with deadly ferocity, and stars Milla Jovovich, TI Harris, Meagan Good, Diego Boneta, and Tony Jaa.

As for Escape Room 2, that's the sequel to the $155 million box office hit psychological thriller that terrified audiences around the world. The cast isn't really made up of big names, but there's certainly some excitement surrounding the follow-up from fans of that first chapter of the unexpected franchise. 

Do you think it will be possible to watch Monster Hunter in theaters at the end of this year?

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bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 10/6/2020, 3:01 AM
At this point I've given up with when what's supposed to be released. Most movies now have been pushed back already, so my reaction to most delays now is just: here goes

dracula
dracula - 10/6/2020, 3:03 AM


This looks like a direct to video or scifi channel movie
Shroombeast
Shroombeast - 10/6/2020, 3:05 AM
@dracula - But with an overinflated budget.
dracula
dracula - 10/6/2020, 3:09 AM
@Shroombeast - obviously not much of that went into the costumes, they look like something out of an 80's fantasy show
Shroombeast
Shroombeast - 10/6/2020, 4:32 AM
@dracula - Maybe that's how Paul W.S. Anderson keeps getting work; he does movies cheap by putting the vast majority of the budget into VFX and skimping everywhere else.
Shroombeast
Shroombeast - 10/6/2020, 3:04 AM
Why are movie studios still even bothering to announce release dates? They're not going to meet them.
MUTO123
MUTO123 - 10/6/2020, 3:29 AM
Two words: sacrificial lamb.
LameLuka
LameLuka - 10/6/2020, 6:15 AM
@MUTO123 - one word: china
The Resident Evil movies have made big bucks there. Monster Hunter is famous in china if I am not mistaken
MUTO123
MUTO123 - 10/6/2020, 3:49 AM
Slightly off-topic: my mom discovered the Resident Evil movies on Amazon Prime, and since she loves watching trashy action movies with me, we’ve been going down a rabbit hole of watching all the movies (we watched the third one last night). I’ve laughed more at these movies than I have at most recent comedies.
bobevanz
bobevanz - 10/6/2020, 4:05 AM
2020 is the worst year for movies, but 2021 will be something truly spectacular. If only Batman wasn't 2022 ugh oh well
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