Fast and Furious 9 Delays its Release Date again

Fast and Furious fans will have to wait a little longer to see the ninth installment of the saga. Universal Pictures has once again postponed the release of the film, in addition to postponing the release of Minions: Gru’s Origin until 2022.

This is the third time the release of Fast and Furious 9 has been delayed, which won’t finally hit theaters until June 25. Additionally, Minions: Gru’s Origin was scheduled to premiere on July 2, 2021, but the animated film will be released on July 1, 2022.

Another of Universal’s titles of the year is No Time to Die. The new James Bond has already suffered several delays, and its release date was set for next November 1.

Despite the fact that some cinemas in the United States have begun to open their doors with limited capacity, Fast and Furious 9 has had a budget of around 200 million dollars, which has pushed Universal to wait for an improvement in the situation to release the maximum game of the film at the box office.

What seems clear is that Fast and Furious 9 will hit theaters, albeit later than expected. “I am very committed to the film experience,” Vin Diesel declared last January.

All studios are modifying their release calendars. Sony Pictures recently moved the Fatherhood premiere to Netflix, in addition to postponing the releases of Morbius, Cinderella, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, and Uncharted.

However, the company chose to advance the premiere of Peter Rabbit 2: On the Run from June to May after detecting an increase in demand for family movies.

Other companies, such as Paramount, have chosen to shorten the viewing windows, leaving a 30-day period between the theatrical release of their films and their premiere on Paramount +. A period that could be extended to 45 days for its most powerful titles at the box office, as will happen with Mission Impossible 7 and A quiet place 2.

For its part, Disney decided to launch its animated films Soul, the latest from Pixar, or Raya and the last dragon directly on Disney +.

In any case, the studio has delayed Marvel movies with the intention that they see the light in theaters. The first to do so, if there are no new delays, will be Black Widow who has her release date set for the end of April.

On the other hand, after the simultaneous launch in cinemas and HBO Max, in the countries where the platform was available, of Wonder Woman 1984, Warner Bros announced that it would release its films this year in streaming and in theaters, among which are Titles as powerful as Matrix 4, Godzilla vs. Kong or the remake of Dune.