These are not good times for Hollywood. As you know, the strike of actors and scriptwriters is in full swing and threatens to cause one of the biggest crises in living memory in the world of cinema -with the permission of the damned pandemic, of course. Not even films that were already programmed and ready for their premiere could be saved, and that is because, as has been known, films of the magnitude of Dunes: Part 2 they might as well be walking a tightrope. That’s what we know.
Dune: Part 2, Aquaman 2 and others… by 2024
Those of us who are fans of Dune can’t wait for the second part to be released. After hallucinating with the trailer that Warner launched just a few weeks ago, many of us want to go to the cinema to enjoy what remains of the main book of this magnificent story by Frank Herbert on the big screen.
However, the wait could be much longer than we imagined. Despite the fact that the premiere was scheduled for the November 3, 2023strong industry rumors indicate that Warner is seriously considering moving it to 2024.
It would not be the only important title in danger of the entertainment factory. aquaman and the lost kingdom and the color purple They would also see how their coming-out dates, established for the month of December, move, causing an important dance on the agenda that is well reminiscent of the pandemic era.
However, the fault this time is not a virus, but a strike by actors and screenwriters that brings the entire industry upside down.
Why does the strike delay films that are already ready?
Possibly the question that you are asking yourself right now is why tapes that are already scheduled will also suffer delays due to the strike. And the answer is in your promotional events.
As you will surely remember, just a few days ago, the actors of oppenheimer they had to abandon the red carpet in full London premiere because the actors’ strike had started, which prevented him from continuing with the promotion of the film.
If everything continues in these terms and an agreement is not reached in the coming months -something that is believed to be unlikely-, the protagonists of Dunes: Part 2For example, they could not promote the tape, so that one of the largest and most important productions of recent years would run out of practically no advertising campaign. It may seem silly, but the campaigns and premieres that are carried out with a film at the hands of its actors are one of the most important parts of the premiere and determine to a large extent that the public finally even finds out about the existence of the film and whether or not they go to the cinema.
Since this would not be possible and Warner cannot conceive of releasing Villeneuve’s million-dollar film without Chalamet and Zendaya showing off their palms on the red carpet, the proposal that is now on the table is directly postpone to 2024along with other films that were also scheduled for late 2023, and wait to see how things continue in the coming months.
the american medium Variety bet that Warner will not be the only study to make this decisionso that Disney with The MarvelsLionsgate with the prequel to The Hunger Games and sony with Napoleon They could also move their dates and leave us a deserted end of the year in the theaters. We will see.
