Wonder Woman 1984's latest release date delay was revealed by its social media account before the Warner Bros. announcement, and the date revealed was for Thanksgiving weekend. The next DC Extended Universe film will reunite director Patty Jenkins and Gal Gadot after their first successful venture in 2017's Wonder Woman. Set to be another period piece, the sequel will introduce new adversaries for Diana Prince, such as in Kristen Wiig's Barbara Ann Minerva, aka Cheetah, and Pedro Pascal's Maxwell Lord.
As the title suggests, Wonder Woman 1984 will be set in the 1980s, with the sequel finding Diana at the height of the Cold War between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. She'll reunite with Steve Trevor (Chris Pine), who mysteriously returns after his tragic death at the end of the original movie. Slated to release this August, after it was pushed back from its June roll out date, Wonder Woman 1984 is now further pushed back to an October debut.
Before Warner Bros. made an official announcement, however, the official Wonder Woman Twitter page tweeted and quickly deleted the changed date with the correct date in the tweet but wrong in the attached photos. In a now-deleted tweet, the social media account informs fans that the new roll-out date for Wonder Woman 1984 is October 2, 2020, instead of August 14, 2020. However, images attached to the tweet all show a November 25, 2020, release date. Check out a screenshot of the said tweet below:
Eventually, the account re-posted the collage of images from their original tweet after Warner Bros released their official statement - albeit with the correct dates on the attached images. For context, this is the third release date change for Wonder Woman 1984; the sequel was initially set to release in November 2019 until it moved to a June 2020 theatrical debut. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the studio delayed it for a couple more months to August 2020. However, industry insiders and some fans had always been skeptical whether or not it will make that new date considering the global health pandemic.
This hints that Warner Bros. may have also considered November 25 as the new release date for Wonder Woman 1984, making it the studio's Thanksgiving project. Godzilla vs. Kong was supposedly positioned for that prime spot until it was also delayed to May 2020.
What's ironic with this new October release date (or the November one they quickly deleted) is that it essentially makes Wonder Woman 1984 a fall film - which was what Warner Bros. wanted to avoid when they changed its November 2019 release date. Producer Charles Roven explained the change last year, saying they always wanted the DCEU movie to be a summer blockbuster like its predecessor. In hindsight, that original delay backfired, considering how long the sequel is now delayed. At this point, there's no guarantee that the movie will make its current release date given the status of coronavirus all over the world. Theaters are still trying to find ways to ensure that they can open their doors and always adhere to strict physical distancing mandates to curb the spread of the virus.
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