‘Aquaman and the Misplaced Kingdom’ Will get New Launch Date and For As soon as It’s Not a Delay

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Slight change of plans for the upcoming launch of Aquaman and the Misplaced Kingdom starring Jason Momoa, and for as soon as it’s not dangerous information. The film is definitely popping out 5 days sooner than its earlier launch date of Christmas Day.

The Hollywood Reporter shared the information that the film is definitely switching locations with the remake of A Colour Purple. That film is extensively thought-about to be Oscar bait and has some actual heavyweights behind it, together with Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, Scott Sanders and Quincy Jones.

A earlier model of The Colour Purple, starring Oprah Winfrey and Whoopi Goldberg, got here out in 1985. It was nominated for 11 Academy Awards and misplaced all of them. As for Aquaman, it was initially supposed to come back out on Christmas Day, however COVID-19 associated delays and the visible results crew needing extra time pushed its launch.

The movie was rescheduled for March 17 of this 12 months, however that didn’t actually stand and the movie was ultimately pushed to December. Aquaman is among the DCEU’s highest grossing movies and a fan favourite, so the transfer is unlikely to have an effect on field workplace numbers.

The brand new date means Aquaman 2 will compete with Ghostbusters: Afterlife and Illumination Studios’ Migration. The unique grossed over a billion {dollars} worldwide, and it stays the highest-grossing movie of any DC film thus far.

The sequel stars Momoa within the titular position in addition to Amber Heard reprising her position from the unique, though her scenes have been reportedly lower down.

Aquaman and the Misplaced Kingdom splashes into theaters on Dec. 20.