Tenet could still open in Europe this summer, but nothing is for certain. Given the fast-changing nature of the global health crisis, these plans might change if the situation worsens and more hotspots emerge
, but promised to share a new 2020 release date “imminently.” The delay, which marked the third postponement for the pic, was a major blow to international exhibitors, who have been basing their recovery business models around the release of U.S. tentpoles.
“Tenet” was originally scheduled to debut on July 17, but was pushed back to July 31 and then Aug. 12. Its most recent delay followed renewed spikes of COVID-19 cases in major U.S. markets such as Florida and Texas. Disney on Thursday followed suite inWhen it pushed back the release of “Tenet” on Monday, Warner Bros. hinted that it might upend the traditional playbook of having a domestic release occur roughly at the same time as an overseas launch.
There are concerns, however, that for a film like “Tenet,” which relies on keeping its secrets close to the chest, a foreign debut could result in piracy, potentially spoiling some of the films surprises.who, though sympathetic to the dire situation in some U.S. states, are in desperate need of new product to sustain their venues.
“If the exhibition community doesn’t have any new movies in the next few months, there will not be an exhibition community.
“We’ve been sticking to it against [all odds] because we don’t want people to forget about us, but we don’t know how long we can hold up like this,” he said. Elsa Keslassy and John Hopewell contributed to this report.
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