In what would’ve been fairly the motion film showdown versus Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes and Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, the previous movie is the one which blinked.
Disney’s twentieth Century Studios introduced on Friday that the most recent film within the Planet of the Apes collection has been bumped up a couple of weeks from Could 24, 2024, to Could 10, 2024. That strikes it out of a packed Memorial Day weekend line-up that additionally contains the extremely anticipated Furiosa in addition to The Garfield Film (so sure, the Furryosa double function nonetheless lives).
It is a good transfer, particularly contemplating the quantity of IMAX screens that’ll be freed up at that new launch date. It does, nonetheless, bump it fairly a bit nearer to Ryan Gosling/Emily Blunt motion thriller The Fall Man, which premieres one week prior.
It additionally would’ve confronted some competitors from Deadpool 3, which was beforehand set to debut on Could 3 earlier than being delayed to July 26 in an enormous post-strike Disney shuffle.
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is directed by Wes Ball (who’s additionally directing the upcoming live-action The Legend of Zelda movie) and goals to arrange a brand new trilogy 300 years after the tip of Cesar. Furiosa, in the meantime, is each a prequel and spinoff of the beloved Mad Max: Fury Highway, with Anya Taylor-Pleasure taking part in a youthful model of the Charlize Theron character.
Immediately’s announcement is just the most recent launch date shuffle as studios solidify their 2024 schedules following final yr’s actors’ and writers’ strikes. Earlier this week, Warner Bros. bumped up Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire whereas eradicating Bong Joon-Ho’s Mickey 17 from the calendar, and Sony moved Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire up one week.
Alex Stedman is a Senior Information Editor with IGN, overseeing leisure reporting. When she’s not writing or enhancing, you could find her studying fantasy novels or taking part in Dungeons & Dragons.
