The rising trends in COVID-19 has movie theaters spooked again and thats resulted in “Venom: There Will Be Carnage” getting pushed back….
As movie theaters slowly recover from the crippling pandemic, the rise in COVID-19 cases thanks to the Delta variant has many studios in Hollywood spooked about a potentially calamitous box office in the coming months.
As a result, the upcoming sequel “Venom: There Will Be Carnage” has been pushed back with a new release date announced on Thursday for the film starring Tom Hardy.
The film will be pushed back from September 24 to October 15 but even that date feels uncertain giving the timing with other movies also slated for release at that time.
As of now, “Halloween Kills” — the horror sequel to 2018’s “Halloween” — is also slated to open on Oct. 15 and there’s certainly a crossover in audience with “Venom: There Will Be Carnage.” That could force one of those films to pick a new date rather than go up against each other with audiences not exactly flocking to the movie theater in droves right now.
Of course, the “Venom” sequel has already been pushed back several times due to the pandemic and this is the first major studio film to change release dates amid growing concerns over a rise in COVID-19 cases recently.
Since movie theaters have been re-opened globally, only a couple of major studio films have really broken through with massive box office success including “A Quiet Place II” and “Fast & Furious 9” while others such as the recent film “The Suicide Squad” only pulled in $26 million domestically during its opening weekend.
International markets are also taking a hit as COVID spikes continue to climb around the globe, which is once again threatening an already fragile theater industry.
It remains to be seen if other films will follow “Venom: There Will Be Carnage,” especially with major releases such as “Candyman” due out on August 27.
For now, the upcoming “Venom” sequel is due out on Oct. 15 alongside “Halloween Kills” but it’s entirely possible one or both could shift dates depending on COVID cases over the next month.
