The sequel to Spider-Man: Far From Home is facing a one month delay, pushing it to Dec. 17, 2021.
The new Spider-Man film was originally scheduled for Nov. 5, 2021. But Sony announced the move on Thursday night after a shakeup of Disney unveiled their new film slate earlier in the day. The Far From Home sequel will take the spot formerly held by Avatar 2, which Sony pushed back a year to Dec. 16, 2022.
The third movie in Tom Holland’s Spider-Man franchise was originally to debut in theatres on July 16, 2021. But Sony had previously postponed it to Nov. 5, 2021, back in April of this year.
Sony Pictures noted that the latest delay was only part of the domestic release calendar, leaving its international release in question.
The move comes as most theatres around the world are still closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, and there seem to be no plans to reopen them safely to a wide audience any time soon.
Most big-budget summer films, like Christopher Nolan’s Tenet and Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman 1984 vacated their original release dates. In the case of Tenet, after several delays, it is no longer on the Warner Bros. release calendar.
Marvel has also rescheduled Black Widow to Nov. 6, 2020; and the production studio has shifted the rest of the MCU entries due to the widespread film production shutdown.
The Eternals will debut on Feb. 12, 2021, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is May 7, 2021, Thor: Love and Thunder is Feb. 11, 2022, and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is March 25, 2022.
The sequel to Sony Pictures Animation’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is currently slated for Oct. 7, 2022, after its six-month delay earlier this year.