Black Widow, Furious 9 Reportedly Won't Be Delayed Due to Coronavirus

In light of UA and MGM's decision to delay the release of the James Bond film No Time to Die from April to November, the question is whether other studios will follow suit and postpone their upcoming movies due to the spreading coronavirus. According to a new report, the short-term answer appears to be no. "Currently, Disney is adamant that they’re not moving the May 1 release date of Black Widow, and Universal is officially not changing their May 22 release for F9," Deadline reports. [ignvideo width=610 height=374 url=https://ift.tt/2TFvSfk] IGN reached out to all the major studios to inquire about whether they were planning on shifting their release dates but none of them had responded as of time of publish. Deadline claims there had been rumors among distributors that Disney would shift the release of Black Widow to the November 6 slot currently occupied by another Marvel title, The Eternals, and then push the latter film to 2021. But, according to Deadline, "Disney is telling its exhibition partners that they’re staying the course with their current release slate." [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=20-worst-opening-weekends-at-the-us-domestic-box-office&captions=true"] Likewise, Warner Bros. is reportedly not moving the release dates for Scoob! (May 15) or Wonder Woman 1984 (June 5) nor is Paramount postponing the May 22 opening of SpongeBob: Sponge on the Run. Of course, no one knows how widespread or threatening COVID-19 will be by November, but until then the film industry will continue to observe the situation and hope audiences still head to theaters.