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The films were among the biggest titles
remaining on Hollywood's schedule for 2020. "Black Widow" was
delayed by six months until May 2021 and "West Side Story," a
movie version of the classic Broadway musical, by a year to
December 2021.
The changes follow disappointing efforts to get Americans back
into movie theaters after the coronavirus pandemic shuttered
cinemas worldwide in March.
Theaters remain closed in Los Angeles and New York, the two
largest moviegoing hubs in the United States. Big chains
including AMC Entertainment <AMC.N> and Cineworld Plc's <CINE.L>
Regal Cinemas have reopened in other U.S. cities.
The few blockbusters left on this year's include James Bond
movie "No Time to Die," due to debut on Nov. 20, and "Wonder
Woman 1984," which recently moved to Dec. 25.
Disney and others have shuffled their schedules several times as
they try to gauge when the pandemic will fade enough to bring
audiences back to multiplexes. Some movies have skipped theaters
and gone straight to streaming services.
"Black Widow," starring Scarlett Johansson as the Marvel action
hero, had originally been scheduled for May before Disney moved
it to Nov. 6.
Disney on Wednesday also moved back Agatha Christie mystery
"Death on the Nile" to December 2020 from October, and Marvel's
"Eternals" to November 2021 from February 2021.
"Marvel made the right & responsible decision," "Eternals" star
Kumail Nanjiani wrote on Twitter. "There’s a pandemic. Nothing
is more important than health & lives. I can’t tell (people) to
go to a movie theater until I feel safe going to one."
Disney still plans to release animated Pixar movie "Soul" in
theaters on Nov. 20.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Chris Reese and Nick
Zieminski)
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