Black Widow's US Release Delayed By COVID-19 Pandemic
It looks like Natasha Romanoff won’t come out to play so soon.
Disney's Black Widow is the latest Hollywood blockbuster to be pulled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Scarlett Johansson-led superhero actioner was slated to open in cinemas on May 1 in the US.
Disney also postponed the Dev Patel’s period drama The Personal History of David Copperfield (US release date: May 8), and the Amy Adams-starring thriller The Woman in the Window (US release date: May 15).
No release US releases have been announced yet.
In Singapore, Black Widow is supposed to out April 30, while The Personal History of David Copperfield (released here by Shaw Organisation) and The Woman in the Window are scheduled to come out on May 14.
8days.sg has reached out to the affected movies’ local distributors for comment.The move to delay was not unexpected as cinemas in the US as well as key overseas markets (in China, Japan, South Korea and the UK) are ordered to close to prevent the spread of the COVID-19.
These movies are the latest to be delayed by the escalating COVID-19 crisis. Other movies pulled by Hollywood studios include No Time to Die, A Quiet Place Part II’, and Fast and Furious 9 as well as Disney’s Mulan, The New Mutants, and Antlers.
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