The 2021 Movie Calendar Shakeup

This week, Russ, Daniel, and Shawn discuss sweeping release date changes for big movies from major studios, beginning with the James Bond tentpole No Time to Die. They offer predictions on titles that will remain theatrical versus moving to PVOD or day-and-date release, and discuss the degree to which studios are banking on mass vaccination.   

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What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 02:25 New, numerous changes to the 2021 release slate
• 03:58 MGM: No Time to Die and The Addams Family 2
• 07:03 Will No Time To Die remain a theatrical release?
• 09:14 Paramount and the power of Tom Cruise 
• 14:39 Godzilla vs. Kong's move up to March
• 17:56 Ironically, Warner Bros. has the biggest theatrical releases in Q1
• 19:58 The Universal and Focus Features slate
• 22:02 Black Widow is still scheduled a for May 7 theatrical release
• 22:11 Changes to the 20th Century Studios and Searchlight slate
• 24:48 Sony’s Connected goes to Netflix
• 26:24 Update list of Sony's release dates
• 30:28 Studios are banking on the vaccine roll-out