Gal Gadot is returning as Surprise Girl (Image: Clay Enos/Warner Bros Photos by way of AP)
Surprise Girl 1984 is about to be launched as deliberate, regardless of London cinemas closing due to new coronavirus restrictions.
Well being Secretary Matt Hancock introduced that London can be positioned in tier three, which requires venues like theatres and cinemas to shut.
The restrictions take impact at midnight on Wednesday – the identical day Surprise Girl is launched within the UK.
Regardless of that, Variety has reported that Warner Bros will launch the Patty Jenkins directed film in cinemas that can nonetheless be open in different places throughout the UK.
In keeping with the positioning, the studio are additionally ‘figuring out’ a video-on-demand take care of Sky, which might see the film being launched on the subscription service after a month in cinemas – nonetheless, nothing is but confirmed.
Surprise Girl 1984 is the highly-anticipated sequel to the 2017 DC film.
Gal Gadot is reprising her role as Diana Prince, alongside Chris Pine as Steve Trevor.
Kristen Wiig can be showing as villain Cheetah, with Pedro Pascal as Max Lord.
When is Surprise Girl 1984 being launched?
Surprise Girl 1984’s UK launch date is being saved as December 16 2020.
It has been pushed back five times, after initially being slated for launch on December 13 2019.
It is going to be launched throughout the UK in cinemas which can be nonetheless open, and there may be at present no possibility for Brits to look at the movie on-line.
What is going on with Warner Bros’ 2021 slate?
Warner Bros lately shocked film followers by saying that their complete 2021 slate, beginning with Surprise Girl, could be released on subscription service HBO Max in addition to having a theatrical launch.
The 17 movies, which embrace The Matrix 4, The Suicide Squad, and Dune, can be out there for 31 days on the platform, ranging from their launch dates.
The studio’s 2021 slate contains initiatives corresponding to Godzilla vs. Kong, In The Heights, and House Jam: A New Legacy.
It’s additionally made up of Little Issues, Judas and the Black Messiah, Tom & Jerry, Mortal Kombat, Memory, Malignant, The Many Saints of Newark, These Who Want Me Lifeless, The Conjuring: The Satan Made Me Do It, King Richard, and Cry Macho.
Dune is among the movies set to be launched on HBO Max (Image: AP)
Ann Sarnoff, chair and CEO, WarnerMedia Studios and Networks Group, instructed The Hollywood Reporter: ‘We’re dwelling in unprecedented instances which name for inventive options, together with this new initiative for the Warner Bros. Photos Group.
‘Nobody desires movies again on the large display screen greater than we do. We all know new content material is the lifeblood of theatrical exhibition, however we’ve to steadiness this with the fact that the majority theaters within the U.S. will probably function at decreased capability all through 2021.’
She continued: ‘With this distinctive one-year plan, we will assist our companions in exhibition with a gradual pipeline of world-class movies, whereas additionally giving moviegoers who could not have entry to theaters or aren’t fairly prepared to return to the flicks the prospect to see our superb 2021 movies.
‘We see it as a win-win for movie lovers and exhibitors, and we’re extraordinarily grateful to our filmmaking companions for working with us on this revolutionary response to those circumstances.’
Metro.co.uk has contacted Warner Bros for remark.
Surprise Girl 1984 is about for launch on December 16.
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