The Covid-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc in the film industry, as Paramount Pictures announced a new reorganization of its release schedule for this summer.
Actor Tom Cruise’s new release films will be delayed.
Two of the films starring the famous actor that have been postponed will be the following: Top Gun Maverick will premiere on November 19 (it was scheduled for July), meanwhile, Mission Impossible 7 It was estimated for the current Top Gun date, but will now hit theaters until May 27, 2022.
However, not everything will be so bad, since Snake Eyes, the spin-off of GI Joe, is scheduled to hit theaters this summer, after 2013 premiered the second installment of the saga, which starred Bruce Willis and Dwayne Johnson, “The Rock,” and managed to raise more than 375 million dollars.
This does not mean that the summer will run out of Paramount films, since A quiet place 2 It is still scheduled to come out during the month of June, although an exact date has not been revealed.
The films nominated for the Oscars 2021
Last month the nominations for the 93rd edition of the Oscars awarded by the United States Film Academy were announced.
Actress and producer Priyanka Chopra and singer Nick Jonas announced the nominations in 23 categories. Filmmaker David Fincher’s film “Mank” leads the race with 10 nominations.
It is followed by half a dozen films with 6 nominations each: The Father (“The father”), Judas and the Black Messiah (“Judas and the black messiah”), Minari (“Minari: story of my family”), Sound of metal (“The sound of metal”), The Trial of the Chicago 7 (“The trial of the 7 of Chicago”) and Nomadland.
The ceremony will be held on Sunday, April 25 at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles in a face-to-face gala. In that instance, the best film, director, actress, actor, foreign film and other sections will be recognized, after a period characterized by the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the so-called seventh art.
In 2020, just before the pandemic, the winner was the South Korean Parasitesby Bong Joon-ho, which became the first non-English language film to win the major Oscar.
Here are some films that have been nominated:
Best film
- The father
- Judas and the black messiah
- Mank
- Threatening
- Nomadland
- A promising young woman
- Sound of Metal
- The Chicago 7 trial
Best direction
- Thomas Vinterberg, for Another Round
- David Fincher, for The Chicago 7 Trial
- Lee Isaac Chung, por Minari
- Chloé Zhao, by Nomadland
- Emerald Fennell, for A Promising Young Woman
Best Lead Actor
- Riz Ahmed, by Sound of Metal
- Chadwick Boseman, for The Mother of the Blues
- Anthony Hopkins, for The Father
- Gary Oldman, por Mank
- Steven Yeun, por Minari
Best Leading Actress
- Viola Davis, for The Mother of the Blues
- Andra Day, por The United States vs Billie Holiday
- Vanessa Kirby, Shards of a Woman
- Frances McDormand, by Nomadland
- Carey Mulligan, for A Promising Young Woman