Get ready to rearrange your social calendars, friends! Warner Bros.’ blockbusters release slate has just undergone a major reshuffle, with the majority of their titles being pushed back by at least a few months.
Deadline reports that this is due to a logjam that many post-production effects houses are facing right now, a knock-on effect from productions being ramped up as soon as COVID restrictions were loosened. From superheroes to underwater cities and giant sharks, many of Warner Bros.’ titles are pretty VFX heavy, and are therefore even more susceptible to post-prod effects delays.
Warner Bros. revealed a new premiere dates for many of their major projects over 2022 and 2023:
- DC League of Super-Pets moves from May 20th to July 29th.
- Black Adam moves from July 29th to October 21st.
- The Flash moves from November 4th, 2022 to June 23rd, 2023.
- Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom moves from December 16th 2022 to March 17th, 2023.
- Wonka moves from March 17th, 2023, to December 15th, 2023.
Not all titles have been subject to delays, however.
- Shazam! Fury of the Gods moves up from June 2nd, 2023, to December 16th, 2022! It sets the Zachary Levi-fronted DC sequel up against Disney/20th Century Fox’s long-gestating Avatar 2 over the 2022 Christmas period.
- Meg 2: The Trench has been set for August 4th, 2023. It did not previously have a release date.