The releases of Mulan (on-demand) and Tenet (in theaters) are raising the question: Does the year in movies have to include leaving the house? MarkHarrisNYC writes
The Aurora Theatre in East Aurora, New York. Photo: Hannah Buehler/ WKBW-TV In a normal year, major movies don’t get released on Labor Day weekend, since it’s too late to compete for summer’s bounty and too early for awards season.
On paper, Mulan looks like the stronger, and safer, bet. Some 2020 movies destined for wide release have already gone to streaming — Judd Apatow’s The King of Staten Island premiered on VOD, Apple bought the Tom Hanks WWII drama Greyhound, and Disney diverted Hamilton to Disney+, a decision that no doubt boosted its subscriber base, now at an impressive 60.5 million.
That’s already what’s happening with Warner Bros.’ musical In the Heights and Godzilla vs. Kong, Universal’s Fast & Furious 9 and Halloween Kills, and Paramount’s A Quiet Place Part II and Top Gun: Maverick, all of which are attempting to leapfrog the pandemic entirely. None are now scheduled until spring 2021 at the earliest. They’re the equivalent of rich folks who packed their cars and decamped to their second home — their second home being “the future” — when things started looking bad.
Even in a best-case scenario, which looks less and less likely, this fall’s slate of big movies in theaters will still be much thinner than usual. And it won’t reverse the giant paradigm shift that’s currently taking place. For a century, studios have been at the center of Hollywood, and as often as some of those companies have changed ownership, their names have been recognizable for longer than we’ve been alive.
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