Sony delays Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Morbius & 3 other films
Another studio is biting the proverbial coronavirus dust as Sony has announced it will be delaying the release of five major tentpole films including the highly-anticipated Ghostbusters: Afterlife, the second installment in the Sony Marvel Universe Morbius, the Peter Rabbit sequel and the long-delayed Uncharted, according to Variety.
The full list of schedule changes includes:
Greyhound – TBD (from 6/12/2020) Fatherhood – 10/23/2020 (from 1/15/2021) Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway – 1/15/2021 (from 08/07/2020) Ghostbusters: Afterlife – 03/05/2021 (from 07/10/2020) Morbius – 03/19/2021 (from 07/31/2020) Uncharted – 10/8/2021 (from 03/05/2021) Untitled Sony Marvel Project – TBD (from 10/08/2021)
The list of films joins a growing roster of projects suffering from delays due to the global pandemic, whether it be films currently in production such as The Batman or The Matrix 4 or films that were very near their theatrical debuts, including A Quiet Place Part II and The New Mutants.