Warner Bros Delays #Tenet Release to 12 August 2020

Rumours surfaced this morning that the release date for Tenet would be pushed back to August given the current spikes in COVID-19 cases in the US. Variety is now reporting and has confirmed that the release in August is no longer a rumour:

Warner Bros. has once again pushed back the release date for Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet.” It’s the second delay for the highly anticipated blockbuster that has been primed to reignite moviegoing after lengthy cinema closures due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The movie, which cost $200 million, was initially slated to arrive in theaters on July 17, but was later postponed until July 31. Now, it will be released on Aug. 12 — unless cases of the virus continue to rapidly spread across the country and the studio no longer deems it safe to unveil a major movie at that time.

“Warner Bros. is committed to bringing ‘Tenet’ to audiences in theaters, on the big screen, when exhibitors are ready and public health officials say it’s time,” a Warner Bros. spokesperson said in a statement. “In this moment what we need to be is flexible, and we are not treating this as a traditional movie release. We are choosing to open the movie mid-week to allow audiences to discover the film in their own time, and we plan to play longer, over an extended play period far beyond the norm, to develop a very different yet successful release strategy.”

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