In response to the coronavirus pandemic, many movies scheduled to release in 2020 have been delayed to 2021. As the global health crisis continues, the film and TV industry has been forced to alter their release schedules to accommodate production shut-downs and theaters closing their doors. And while some are hoping theaters will reopen for business by the second half of summer (in time to screen Tenet and Wonder Woman 1984 on their scheduled dates), there's just too much uncertainty for studios to bank on that happening.

Since the virus took a turn for the worse in March, virtually every film has been pulled from the calendar on through to the middle of July. Some are still awaiting a new date or, in a few cases (like Trolls World Tour and the upcoming SCOOB!), been sent straight to streaming or PVOD, but a significant number have since ben rescheduled for the back half of this year. However, with some industry folk wondering if theaters will be able to reopen in 2020 at all, many studios aren't taking the risk and have shifted their biggest movies out of this year and into 2021.

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Most of the 2020 movies delayed to 2021 will be finished well before they're scheduled to premiere, yet these changes are a testament to just how much studios are concerned about theaters struggling to safely reopen this year and, if they do, how it might affect box office performances. The pandemic is still a fluid situation and there's simply too much potential money on the line for Hollywood to gamble with the fates of so many major titles. So, with that being said, here are the biggest movies that've seen their release dates pushed from 2020 to 2021.

Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway

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The sequel to Sony's Peter Rabbit, which released in 2018, follows Peter (once again voiced by James Corden) as he ventures out of the safety of his garden and into the world, in an attempt to prove he's still as mischievous as ever. Sony was quick to delay this one after the coronavirus outbreak went south in March, moving it back from its original spot on April 3 to August 7. However, the studio has since abandoned Summer 2020 altogether, moving Peter Rabbit 2 to January 15, 2021 and making it the first major family-friendly film to hit theaters next year.

Eternals

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Due to the interconnected nature of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it's all but impossible for one MCU film to change release dates without having a domino effect on the ones scheduled to follow. Sure enough, after Disney delayed Black Widow because of the virus, it altered the entire Phase 4 MCU movie release slate, pushing Chloé Zhao's Eternals to February 12, 2021 and giving its old spot on November 6, 2020 to Scarlett Johansson's Phase 4 prequel. Eternals will now face-off against Paramount's rom-com adventure Monster Problems, but is expected to win that box office battle pretty readily.

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Ghostbusters: Afterlife

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Jason Reitman directs the long-awaited sequel to his father Ivan's Ghostbusters (1984) and Ghostbusters II, which follows a single mom (Carrie Coon) and her children (Mckenna Grace and Finn Wolfhard) as they move to a small town and discover their connection to the original Ghostbusters. Originally scheduled to open on July 10, the film was delayed as part of Sony's mass exodus out of Summer 2020 and will now arrive on March 5, 2021. For the time being, Ghostbusters: Afterlife is the only wide release slated to premiere on that day.

Raya and the Last Dragon

Raya and the Last Dragon

An original offering from Disney Animation Studios, Raya and the Last Dragon stars Cassie Steele as the voice of Raya, a warrior in a fantasy setting who goes searching for the last dragon in the world (Awkwafina). The Mouse House has frequently released its animated features to great success over the Thanksgiving frame and was planning to do the same by dropping Raya on November 25, 2020. However, with Pixar's Soul no longer able to open in June as planned, Disney has delayed it to November 25 and shifted Raya back to March 12, 2021.

The Many Saints of Newark

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David Chases's The Sopranos remains one of the most acclaimed cable TV series of the 21st century, long after its much-debated finale aired on HBO in 2007. Co-written by Chase, The Many Saints of Newark is a prequel exploring the tensions between the Italian-American and black communities in Newark around the time of the Newark riots in 1967, and was initially scheduled for September 25, 2020. It has since been pushed back to March 12, 2021 as part of Warner Bros.' reshuffled release slate, positioning it as counter-programming to Raya and the Last Dragon that weekend.

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Morbius

Jared Leto as Morbius the Living Vampire

Prior to the pandemic, Sony had not one, but two films set in the Sony Pictures Universe of Marvel Characters (yes, that's really what it's called) scheduled to open in 2020. The first of them, Morbius, stars Jared Leto as the titular scientist-turned vampiric antihero and was initially slated to bow this summer on July 31. It has since been rescheduled for March 19, 2021, where it's tentatively set to face-off with the new Paranormal Activity movie and sequel to the 2018 Tomb Raider reboot (assuming neither of those films are delayed - which they're likely to be).

Fast & Furious 9

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Universal was quick to respond to the coronavirus outbreak in March, announcing it was delaying Fast & Furious 9 (aka. F9) a whole year from its original day on May 22, 2020 to April 2, 2021. The Fast & Furious brand is a massive draw globally (the last two films made over $1 billion outside the U.S.), so there's no way the studio's going to release the latest installment until it can play in the majority of countries around the world. in the meantime, fans will just have to be patient and wait to find out how Han comes back from the dead (among other things).

Fatherhood

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An adaptation of Matthew Logelin's Two Kisses for Maddy: A Memoir of Loss and Love, Fatherhood stars Kevin Hart as a single dad who struggles to care for his baby daughter when his wife unexpectedly dies shortly after giving birth. The Sony drama has changed release dates several times over now because of the coronavirus, but was slated to open as early as April 3, 2020 at one point. At the moment, though, Fatherhood is scheduled to arrive a year later on April 2, 2021, in the hopes of appealing to moviegoers in the mood for something a little more grounded than F9 that weekend.

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Bob's Burgers: The Movie

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A big screen adaptation of the long-running animated Fox sitcom, Bob's Burgers: The Movie is described as being a musical comedy about the Belcher clan and their daily lives. It was originally scheduled to open this year on July 17, prior to Disney overhauling its release slate on through to 2022 (including, the various films it acquired from its purchase of Fox in 2019) in response to the pandemic. Bob's Burgers will now make its way into theaters on April 9, 2021, putting it in a strong position to thrive as a comical alternative to the physics-defying spectacle of Fast & Furious 9.

Spiral: From the Book of Saw

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Many horror fans raised an eyebrow at Chris Rock starring in a Saw movie (one he co-wrote the story for) when it was first announced, but have since come around to the idea based on the intriguing trailer for Spiral: From the Book of Saw. Lionsgate clearly has high hopes for the franchise continuation and recently had Spiral scheduled to open on May 15, prior to delaying it indefinitely in reaction to the ongoing health crisis. It has since elected to move the film back twelve months to May 21, 2021, making it the first horror movie to plant its flag in the sand that month.

Infinite

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The latest in a growing collection of attempts to give Mark Wahlberg a new franchise, the sci-fi thriller Infinite revolves around a man (Wahlberg) who discovers he can recall memories from his past lives and joins a secret group of, essentially, superheroes with the same ability. Paramount had scheduled the film to open on August 7, 2020 prior to the pandemic, but has since moved it back several months to May 28, 2021. And while Warner Bros. currently has The Matrix 4 scheduled to open a week earlier, there's a fair chance that film will be delayed because of its production shutdown, giving Infinite more room to breathe.

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In the Heights

Anthony Ramos in In the Heights

A movie adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes' Broadway sensation, In the Heights revolves around the lives of a bodega owner (Anthony Ramos) and the many other residents of the predominantly latinx community in Washington Heights. The film was initially scheduled to open on June 26, 2020, before Warner Bros. decided to move it all the way back to June 18, 2021 in the wake of the pandemic. Judging by the marketing, though, it's the sort of big screen musical spectacle that deserves to be enjoyed in theaters, even if it has to wait an extra twelve months for that to happen.

Venom: Let There Be Carnage

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In addition to Morbius, Sony was originally planning on releasing its Venom sequel this year, as part of its continuing efforts to build a Marvel cinematic universe of its own. However, with production shut-down by the coronavirus, that's no longer possible and the studio has shifted Venom: Let There Be Carnage - yes, that's the real title, and it's perfectly ridiculous - away from its original spot on October 2, 2020 to June 25, 2021. And depending on whether or not Jurassic World: Dominion makes it current release date two weeks earlier, the Venom sequel might have its target demographic all to itself.

Minions: The Rise of Gru

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The sequel to Illumination's Despicable Me Minions spinoff/prequel (say that three times fast), Minions: The Rise of Gru picks up with the Minions and a 12-year old Felonius Gru (still voiced by Steve Carell) as they try and prove their super-villain bonafides in the 1970s. Universal had originally planned to release the film on July 3, 2020, to coincidence with the original Despicable Me's 10-year anniversary, but with Illumination's France studio closed down because of the pandemic, that's no longer possible. Instead, The Rise of Gru will drop almost exactly a year later on July 2, 2021.

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Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar

Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig in Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar

Bridesmaids co-writers Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo share the screen in this upcoming comedy (which they also wrote) about a pair of BFFs who leave their small Midwestern town for their first time and get up to all manner of shenanigans during a vacation to Vista Del Mar, Florida.  The film was all set to open on July 31, 2020 before the coronavirus led Lionsgate to overhaul its release slate for the next couple years. As a result, Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar has moved back twelve months to July 16, 2021, where it'll go toe to toe with Uncharted and Space Jam: A New Legacy at the box office.

The Tomorrow War

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The LEGO Batman Movie director Chris McKay makes his live-action debut with this sci-fi thriller, which takes place in a future where, in order to fight back against an invading alien army, humanity devises a way to draft the best soldiers from the past. Filming wrapped near the beginning of this year, keeping The Tomorrow War on-track to make its original release date on December 25, 2020, even with Hollywood shutting down because of the coronavirus. However, it has since been postponed to July 23, 2021, with its former spot in 2020 going to Top Gun: Maverick after Paramount delayed it.

Jungle Cruise

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Disney spent nearly ten years developing a movie adaptation of its Jungle Cruise theme park ride before Dwayne Johnson signed on to star in 2015, with Emily Blunt later joining up as his costar. The period action-adventure was originally scheduled for October 2019, then moved back to July 24, 2020 after Disney rearranged its release slate prior to finalizing its purchase of Fox's assets last year. Unfortunately, the coronavirus pandemic has resulted in yet another significant delay for the anticipated movie, with Disney shifting it back a whole twelve months to July 30, 2021.

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The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard

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Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson's action-comedy The Hitman's Bodyguard was a surprise success in 2017 and its sequel was subsequently scheduled to open this summer on August 28, 2020. And while it probably would've been able to hit that date (having filmed across Europe last year), The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard has since been delayed as part of Lionsgate's revamped post-coronavirus release slate. It will now open on August 20, 2021, where it hopes to appeal to moviegoers in the mood for another antihero action movie after James Gunn's The Suicide Squad arrives two weeks earlier.

King Richard

Will Smith in Concussion

Will Smith has found a potential awards season contender in the form of this memoir, which revolves around Richard Williams (Smith), the real-life father and coach of tennis sensations Venus and Serena Williams. King Richard was originally scheduled to open on November 25, 2020, but has since moved away to avoid having to compete in a month that's currently overflowing with major movies delayed by the pandemic. It's now set to arrive on November 19, 2021, where it hopes to thrives as dramatic counter-programming to Mission: Impossible 7 over the following weekend.

The Nightingale

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Real-life sisters Dakota and Elle Fanning star in this adaptation of Kristin Hannah's book about a pair of sisters struggling to resist the German occupation in France during WWII. Sony and Tristar had initially planned to release The Nightingale this year on December 25, just barely allowing it to qualify for Oscars consideration. Instead, the film will now arrive twelve months later on December 22, 2021, making it one of the first awards-hopeful projects to stake out a spot that month (along with Damien Chazelle's upcoming Hollywood period drama Babylon).

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