Sony Pushes Major Summer Movies to 2021

Sony Pictures announced Monday that it has pushed all its major 2020 summer movies to 2021, due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The studio became the first major studio to move most of its summer releases to next year, which also falls as a subsequent to the closing of most movie theaters in North America to stem the spread of the virus.

The novel coronavirus pandemic has already pushed movies such as "Black Widow", "Wonder Woman 1984", and "Fast 9", and "No Time To Die" from their release dates.

The new release dates are as follows:

• “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” has moved from July 10, 2020, to March 5, 2021
• “Morbius” has been pushed back from July 31, 2020, to March 19, 2021
•  “Uncharted” went from March 5, 2021, to Oct. 8, 2021
• “Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway” moved from Aug. 7, 2020, to Jan. 15, 2021.
• The Untitled Sony/Marvel movie was also delayed from its original release date Oct. 8, 2021 date, and is currently undated.
• Tom Hanks’ World War II drama “Greyhound,” was taken off the schedule from its June release, and is currently postponed indefinitely.

Exception:

• Kevin Hart drama “Fatherhood,” moved up from Jan. 15, 2021 to Oct. 23, 2020.

It is worth mentioning that the World Health Organization (WHO) declared coronavirus a global pandemic on March 11 as the new virus has rapidly spread to more than 121,000 people from Asia to the Middle East, Europe, and the United States.

More cases of the virus, which causes respiratory disease Covid-19, continue to emerge, with outbreaks in South Korea, Italy, and Iran.

The data collected so far showed that at least 804,248 people are infected and about 39,068 people have died.

Transmission of viruses between humans happens when someone comes into contact with an infected person’s secretions, such as droplets in a cough.

They can also be transmitted by coming into contact with something an infected person has touched and then touching your mouth, nose or eyes.

It is known that older people appear to be more vulnerable to the effects of the emerging virus.