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Warner Bros. to Rethink Release of Would-Be Blockbuster ‘Tenet’
- Science-fiction thriller no longer has a global release date
- U.S. cinemas struggling to reopen as officials address virus
John David Washington in “Tenet.”
Source: Warner Bros
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Warner Bros. canceled the Aug. 12 release of its $200 million summer film “Tenet,” saying it will reevaluate its entire approach to the movie because of the worsening coronavirus pandemic.
The science-fiction thriller from “The Dark Knight” director Christopher Nolan no longer has a release date in the U.S., and the studio won’t treat the film like a “traditional global day-and-date release,” it said in a statement Monday. That suggests the movie may debut internationally before reaching audiences in the U.S., where theater reopening plans have been complicated by a surge of coronavirus cases.