As the global COVID-19 pandemic continues to sow uncertainty for cinema companies and film distributors, Deadline reports that Disney has shuffled some major titles on its theatrical timeline — taking the live-action reimagining of animated classic Mulan directed by Niki Caro off its planned August 21 slot with no word of when or where it might hit screens.
“Over the last few months, it’s become clear that nothing can be set in stone when it comes to how we release films during this global health crisis, and today that means pausing our release plans for Mulan as we assess how we can most effectively bring this film to audiences around the world,” a Disney spokesperson said.
The studio has also pushed back its planned Avatar sequels and Star Wars installments — meaning Avatar 2 is now scheduled to arrive 13 years after James Cameron’s original technologically groundbreaking blockbuster.
Some titles are reportedly staying on the 2020 schedule, including the oft-rescheduled New Mutants (20th Century Studios), Black Widow (Marvel Studios), graphic novel adaptation The Empty Man (20th Century) and Pixar Animation original Soul.
Disney’s animation and effects-heavy slate now looks like this:
Aug. 28, 2020: New Mutants
Nov. 6, 2020: Black Widow
Nov. 20, 2020: Soul
Dec. 4, 2020: The Empty Man (was Aug. 7, 2020)
Feb. 12, 2021: Marvel’s The Eternals
Feb. 19, 2021: Antlers from Searchlight
Mar. 12, 2021: Raya and the Last Dragon
Apr. 9, 2021: Bob’s Burgers: The Movie
Apr. 23, 2021: Ron’s Gone Wrong from Fox/Locksmith Animation
May 7, 2021: Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
May 28, 2021: Cruella
June 18, 2021: Untitled Pixar
July 30, 2021: Jungle Cruise
Nov. 5, 2021: UT Spider-Man: Far From Home Sequel
Nov. 24, 2021: Encanto
Jan. 14, 2022: Nimona from 20th/Blue Sky/Vertigo
Feb. 11, 2022: Thor: Love and Thunder
Mar. 11, 2022: UT Pixar
Mar. 25, 2022: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
May 6, 2022: Black Panther II
June 17, 2022: UT Pixar
July 8, 2022: UT Captain Marvel Sequel
Nov. 23, 2022: UT Disney Animation
Dec. 16, 2022: Avatar 2 (was Dec. 17, 2021)
Jun. 16, 2023: UT Pixar
Nov. 22, 2023: UT Disney Animation
Dec. 22, 2023: UT Star Wars Trilogy 1 from Taika Waititi (was Dec. 16, 2022)
Dec. 20, 2024: Avatar 3 (was Dec. 22, 2023)
Dec. 19, 2025: UT Star Wars Trilogy 2 (was Dec. 20, 2024)
Dec. 18, 2026: Avatar 4 (was Dec. 19, 2025)
Dec. 17, 2027: UT Star Wars Trilogy (was Dec. 18, 2026)
Dec. 22, 2028: Avatar 5 (was Dec. 27, 2027)
UNDATED: Mulan (was Aug. 21, 2020)
[Source: Deadline]
