It’s a day ending with ‘y’, so you know what that means: more news of movie release delays. This time, it’s Morbius – the comic book thriller starring Jared Leto was originally scheduled for release on March 19, 2021, but it’s now been pushed back to October 8.
The movie is directed by Daniel Espinosa, who previously helmed tthe hriller Safe House starring Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds. Leto plays the title character in Morbius, alongside a supporting cast including Matt Smith, Jared Harris, and Tyrese Gibson.
Morbius, originally a notorious Spider-Man villain, is a biochemist who becomes a vampire after attempting to cure himself of a rare blood disease. Although the character hails from Marvel comics, Morbius is not part of the MCU, instead appearing in Sony’s arsenal of superheroes alongside Tom Hardy’s Venom.
Venom 2 is also scheduled to come out this year, on June 25, but so far this date has not been pushed back to join Morbius. Could this suggest that the two stories are not linked, or at the very least don’t need to be watched in a particular order, despite coming from the same cinematic universe?
In other superhero news, Variety also reports that there have been talks about giving the long-awaited Black Widow movie a hybrid release in cinemas and on Disney Plus through Premiere Access. The same thing is planned for upcoming animation Raya and the Last Dragon, which will cost $30/£20 to stream on Disney Plus upon initial release. The same release strategy was used for Mulan.
If the hybrid approach is adopted by Disney, the studio will be following in the footsteps of Warner Bros. All of their 2021 movies, including Dune and The Suicide Squad, will release simultaneously in cinemas and on HBO Max.
Aug 21, 2020 The Long Wait Work-from-home challenges will see The Long Dark Episode 4 release date delayed beyond its intended December 2020 launch window. According to the game's developer, we should now expect the next episode to launch sometime in 2021. The Long Dark is a survival game that stands out from the crowd. 12 hours ago No Time to Die was originally slated for a April 2020 release, but like nearly every 2020 film except for a select few, including Tenet, it was delayed. An optimistic November date was set, but.
While we wait for Morbius and Black Widow, check out our list of the other upcoming movie release dates to look forward to this year.
Blizzard has announced that the World of Warcraft:Shadowlands expansion will be delayed to later this year, while the pre-patch will arrive October 13th.
This isn’t completely unprecedented: the release of The Burning Crusade in 2006 was pushed back to very early 2007 to buy a similar amount of time. What was different? Blizzard made it clear at the time that the delay would only be “a few weeks,” while right now, all we have to go on for the expansion’s release is “later this year.”
Read the full text of the announcement below. And don’t panic.
To the WoW community,
I wanted to let you know that we’re delaying the release of Shadowlands to later this year—and while we’re still in the process of determining the right new date to launch, we felt it was important to let you know about this change in plans as soon as we could. This was an incredibly difficult decision for the team, as we’re as eager to get the expansion into your hands as you are to play it—but ultimately, we feel it’s the right decision for the game—and for our players.
Over the past several months of testing, we’ve made significant progress iterating on and polishing the core features and gameplay of Shadowlands. We’re at a point where the zones, the campaign, the level-up questing experience, and the story we have to tell are essentially ready to share. We’re excited by the Covenants at the heart of the expansion, and it’s been a thrill to see Torghast take shape into a fun new kind of WoW experience, thanks in no small part to your input.
However, as everything started coming together and we’ve been listening to and building upon your feedback, it’s become clear we need a little more time for additional polish, and to balance and iterate on some interlocking pieces—particularly those related to the endgame. Shadowlands is one of the most intricate expansions we’ve yet created, and while we’ve made great progress, the challenge of tuning the endgame was compounded by the team having to work from home.
Blizzard has a commitment to quality. We believe Shadowlands will be something special, and we’ve heard from many of you who feel the same. We need this extra time to ensure that Shadowlands lives up to its full potential.
In the meantime, we’re excited to announce that beginning October 13 we will be releasing the Shadowlands pre-patch, which lays a lot of the groundwork for the expansion and includes our revamped character leveling, new-player experience on Exile’s Reach, and a host of new character customization options. And once we get closer to Shadowlands’ release, you’ll be called upon to defend Azeroth against a resurgence of the Scourge during our pre-launch event.
Thanks for your support and passion, and for your continued help and feedback as we head toward the finish line.
We’ll see you in the Shadowlands soon,
John Hight, Executive Producer of World of Warcraft
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