“At some point you have to choose to share any love and joy you have to give, over everything else,” said Jenkins, who publicly insisted in October that Wonder Woman 1984 would remain a theatrical release.
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bumped the movie again over the summer, shifting it from August to October finally, the film was rescheduled from October to December 25.ĭirector Patty Jenkins chimed in on the news via Twitter, advising Wonder Woman fans to watch the film in theaters if they have the option to do so. announced in March that it had delayed the film into August. The release was initially slated for June, but Warner Bros. The sequel to 2017’s hit DC superhero movie has held on tight to a 2020 release for the majority of the year. WB specified that Wonder Woman 1984 will be available on HBO Max for “a month,” after which the film may presumably become available on other digital rental marketplaces. (A subscription to HBO Max costs $14.99 a month.) The film will continue to be a theatrical-only release in countries that do not yet have access to the HBO-branded streaming service, where it will be released December 16. has announced that it will now debut Wonder Woman 1984 simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max this Christmas.Īll HBO Max subscribers will have access to the film starting December 25 at no additional cost. “We are so excited to find out, doing everything in our power to provide the power of choice to fans.Amid another massive national spike in Covid-19 cases, Warner Bros. Is it possible for that to happen again this Christmas with Wonder Woman 1984 between theaters and HBO Max?” Killar wrote Wednesday. enjoyed the first Wonder Woman movie on its opening day in 2017. “A little over four million fans in the U.S. Warner Media CEO Jason Killar said that they will be measuring the performance of the film in “an entirely new way.” “We love our movie as we love our fans, so we truly hope that our film brings a little bit of joy and reprieve to you all this holiday season.” “At some point you have to choose to share any love and joy you have to give, over everything else,” she wrote. Jenkins wrote about the decision on Twitter. Recent spikes in the coronavirus across the country have prompted some areas to close indoor theaters again. The first film made over $821 million globally in 2017 and this sequel which brings back director Patty Jenkins and star Gal Gadot has been hotly anticipated, not only by fans, but by theaters owners too. “Wonder Woman 1984” is a major tentpole for Warner Bros. also sent its next big film, “The Witches” straight to HBO Max, which parent company Warner Media launched earlier this year.Īlthough new films are being released weekly in theaters where open, exhibitors are struggling and have been desperate for government assistance and a steady stream of blockbusters to populate their screens. Most studios decided at that point to push their biggest films, from the James Bond film “No Time to Die” to “West Side Story” and “Black Widow,” to next year. tested the waters early with Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet,” which was the first big movie to open in theaters after six months of being closed, but it didn’t do pre-pandemic numbers in the U.S., where theaters were still closed in major markets like Los Angeles and New York.
did with “Mulan.”Īudiences have not been going back to the theaters in significant numbers since they began to reopen across the country in late August.
Most major films that had been set for 2020 have either delayed theatrical releases until 2021 or sent them to streaming platforms for a premium rental price, as the Walt Disney Co. It is an unprecedented strategy for a film of its size, but a sign of the extraordinary measures that many Hollywood studios have had to resort to in the COVID 19-era.