Disney shifts 'Black Widow' and doubles down on streaming
This image released by Disney/Marvel Studios' shows Scarlett Johansson in a scene from "Black Widow." (Marvel Studios/Disney via AP)NEW YORK โ The Walt Disney Co. on Tuesday overhauled its upcoming film release plans, postponing some of its biggest films and shifting Marvel's โBlack Widow," among other titles, to Disney+ the same time they arrive in theaters. โBlack Widow," once planned to debut in May 2020, had been set to kickoff the summer movie season on May 7. In December when announcing an ambitious array of streaming programming, the company suggested that Disney+ would regularly be home to Pixar, among other brands. Warner Bros. earlier set a release plan for 2021 that, like Disney will with โBlack Widow,โ gives viewers the choice of paying for a movie at home or on the big screen.
Disney delays 'Black Widow,' Spielberg's 'West Side Story'
NEW YORK โ The Walt Disney Co. has further postponed its next mega-movies from Marvel, including โBlack Widow,โ while also postponing Steven Spielberg's โWest Side Storyโ a full year in the company's latest recalibration due to the pandemic. Ten of Disney's top films shuffled release dates Wednesday, uprooting several of the company's major fall releases. The Scarlett Johansson Marvel movie โBlack Widow,โ last set for Nov. 6, heads to May 7 of next year. That was the date set for โWest Side Story,โ but Spielberg's musical will instead debut in December 2021. Given the interconnected nature of Marvel releases, the latest delay of โBlack Widowโ had a domino effect on other films.
Marvel remakes release calendar; 'Mulan' moves to late July
The Walt Disney Co. on Friday overhauled its release schedule, moving the dates of half a dozen Marvel movies. Black Widow, which had been set to kick off the summer movie season, will now open Nov. 6. โBlack Widow,โ the Marvel entry starring Scarlett Johansson, had been set to kick off the summer movie season. Such delays have unique ramifications for Marvel movies because of their interconnection. On Thursday, the Walt Disney Co. announced they will start furloughing some workers in two weeks at its theme parks resorts in Florida and California.