Deadpool 3 and Captain America New World Order release dates – The Hollywood Reporter
Deadpool 3 and Captain America: New World Order are exchanging release dates
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Summer tent pole Deadpool 3 It will swim into theaters a little later than originally expected as part of the turnaround at Marvel Studios. Disney announced late Wednesday that the high-profile trilogy film will now open at the domestic box office on July 26, 2024, instead of May 3, 2024.
Captain America: New World Orderwhich was previously held in July, has been moved nine months to February 14, 2025.
In other moves, Marvel’s anti-hero movie Lightningstarring Florence Pugh and Sebastian Stan, was moved to July 25, 2025 (postponed from December 20, 2024). code, starring Mahershala Ali, has been postponed nine months, moving to November 7, 2025 (returning from February 14, 2025). both of them code And Lightning We were planning to start production this summer, but we didn’t have the scripts ready in time, so it was shut down amid the writers’ strike in May.
At this point, Marvel now only has one movie on the 2024 calendar (dead pool), which may help the film feel special in an era where few superhero projects have been challenged at the box office. Marvel has four features coming out in 2024 (including The Fantastic Fourpreviously scheduled for May 5, 2024).
In non-Marvel changes, Disney pushed Mufasa: The Lion King To December 20, 2024 (returning from July 5, 2024). Barry Jenkins is directing the prequel.
Deadpool 3 – bringing Ryan Reynolds back to the titular role and the producer’s chair – was among a number of Hollywood productions forced to halt filming when actors went on strike in July.
marvel and dead pool The team, which also includes director Shawn Levy and co-star Hugh Jackman, got to work Tuesday night after SAG announced it had reached a tentative agreement with Hollywood studios to end the grueling 117-day strike. Insiders say the plan is for Levy to resume filming in London within the next two weeks (Marvel and Disney paid to keep the sets intact, while the crew was on standby).
The filmmakers plan to open the movie in the summer, which is prime time for a superhero movie, and they’ll need all the extra time they can get to complete filming the second half of the movie. Levy and Reynolds used the downtime during the hit to edit what they shot, as well as begin special effects work, according to sources.
Captain America: New World Orderstarring Anthony Mackie as Captain America/Sam Wilson, completed principal photography before it strikes, so a move to a later date was not expected, as many thought it would swap dates with Deadpool and open in May 2024.
All Hollywood studios are racing to rearrange their release schedules after the strike ends. Within hours of announcing the deal, for example, Sony delayed its release Poison 3 From July 12, 2024 to November 8, 2024, in order to provide further protection.
Dozens of other titles have already changed their release dates due to the actors’ strike — and the previous writers’ strike, which ended in late September — and more are sure to follow. In recent weeks, Disney has postponed 2024 spring tentpoles snow white And Elio For a year or more, while Paramount postponed the release of the next part Mission: Impossible Installments from summer 2024 to 2025 And A Quiet Place: Day One For several months from spring to June 2024.
As for Reynolds, in his first tweet since the hit, the actor assured fans that the movie will be ready for summer by sharing a photo of Dogpool, a comical version of Deadpool who appears in the movie. “Did Dogball save the day?” “Not a chance in hell,” Reynolds captioned the photo. “But it’s currently giving Disney’s plush merchandise department nightmares. Coming with the movie, summer 2024.”
