Warner Bros. seems to be dealing with a delay bug as two of their films 'Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom'ꦗ and 'Shaz💯am!: Fury of the Gods' will release later than planned.
The studio announced a slew of release date changes on Wednesday (Pacific Standard Time), pushing the 'Aquaman' follow-up from March 17, 2023 tඣo December 25, 2023. The 'Shazam!' sequel will open on the date previously occupied by Jason Momoa's hu💦lking King of Atlantis, reports Variety.
The stoꦫr✨y about Zachary Levi's Billy Batson was originally set to land in theatres on December 21, 2022.
According to Variety, on its new date, 'Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom' will debut a few days after Disney's 'Star Wars' spinoff 'Rogue Squadron' (December 23, 2023). Meanwhile, 'Shazam!: Fury of the Gods,' which was initially se🍸t to face off against 💞James Cameron's 'Avatar: The Way of Water,' now has free rein over its new opening weekend
Plus, a March release date worked well for Robert Pattinson's Caped Crus𒈔ader adventure 'The Batman' which collected $770 mil𒀰lion globally, another DC Comics film.
Variety further states that as part of the calendar shuffle, an "u♕ntitled WB event film" has landed on February 10, 2023, 'Evil Dead Rise' has been scheduled for April 4, 2023 and 'The Conjuri✅ng' spinoff sequel 'The Nun 2' will be released on September 8, 2023.
'Salem's Lot', which was slated for April 21, 2023, is b🐬eing moved to a to-be-announced date in the same year.