This first move, Soul, is an interesting one, Disney recently moved their tentpole picture Mulan to 24th July, I guess they are presuming cinemas will be open again by then, but by moving Soul they seem to be suggesting that things will still be on lockdown in mid June?
The move also puts the film in direct competition with Godzilla Vs. Kong, and since that film has been moved once already I suspect unfortunately that the film may well go direct to streaming, a lot depends how long the lockdown lasts though.
Raya And The Last Dragon was due for a late November release and it makes sense to move the film to 2021.
The scheduling issue are starting to get a bit of a nightmare mind as this move to Raya puts it in loose competition with many tentpole films from various studios, and means that early 2021 is starting to get very crowded.
Expect more re-scheduling from studios as there is still no sign of cinemas opening in the coming weeks.
Raya and the Last Dragon in theatres March 12, 2021. pic.twitter.com/9S1Sm9Qniu
— Walt Disney Studios (@DisneyStudios) April 13, 2020
Disney and Pixar’s Soul in theatres November 20, 2020. #PixarSoul pic.twitter.com/6R5XODq4T3
— Walt Disney Studios (@DisneyStudios) April 13, 2020
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