LOS ANGELES — Paramount Pictures has pushed the release Tom
Cruise movie “Top Gun: Maverick” to November from July, the studio said on
Friday, a move that deprives theaters of what was expected to be one of the
biggest releases of the summer blockbuster season.
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The sequel to 1986 hit “Top Gun” will now debut in theaters
on November 19, the day Paramount had planned to release Cruise’s seventh
“Mission: Impossible” movie. That film was moved to May 2022, according to
Paramount, a unit of ViacomCBS Inc.
Movie theater operators including AMC Entertainment,
Cineworld Group Plc and Cinemark Holdings Inc hope for a summer rebound after a
year of closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The ninth installment of the “Fast & Furious” franchise,
from Comcast Corp’s Universal Pictures, currently remains scheduled to hit
cinemas on June 25.
Walt Disney Co’s Marvel film “Black Widow” is set to be
released in theaters, and for a fee on the Disney+ streaming service, on July
9.