Below is a list of every upcoming entertainment project that has announced a delay or cancellation due to the global spread of the novel coronavirus. You'll also find status updates for projects that are unaffected. This page will be updated as additional postponements are announced.
Recent updates
12/3: In an unprecedented move, Warner Bros. revealed that it will make its entire 2021 film slate available on HBO Max (in 4K) immediately on each film's theatrical release date. Films receiving dual streaming/theatrical releases should include big budget titles like The Matrix 4, Godzilla vs. Kong, The Suicide Squad, and Dune, as well as potential awards contenders such as Judas and the Black Messiah and The Many Saints of Newark.
11/23: Universal has bumped its Jessica Chastain spy thriller The 355 a full year from January 15, 2021 to January 14, 2022.
11/23: After sitting on the shelf for most of the year, Joe Carnahan's upcoming sci-fi action thriller Boss Level will now skip theaters and debut on Hulu sometime in 2021.
11/19: Xbox exclusive CrossfireX has been pushed back to sometime in 2021.
11/18: After multiple release delays, Wonder Woman 1984 will now stream on HBO Max beginning Christmas Day.
11/12: HBO Max's delayed Friends Reunion Special, which was originally supposed to be a launch title for the streaming service, is now expected to tape in March.
11/12: MTV has finally given up on this year's MTV Movie & TV Awards ceremony. Instead, the network will salute the best entertainment of the past four decades in a "Greatest of All Time" ceremony on 12/6.
11/12: Production on Chicago Fire has been shut down after multiple positive covid tests. Several additional but unspecified shows are also on hold following positive tests at a CBS studio (though they aren't all CBS shows).
11/11: Production on the next season of Doctor Who has finally begun, but the season has been shortened from 11 to 8 episodes.
11/9: The next Fantastic Beasts movie has been pushed back seven months to July 2022.
11/7: Production on season 2 of The Witcher has been halted following multiple positive covid tests.
11/6: Disney has pulled its remaining 2020 theatrical releases, Free Guy and Death on the Nile, from its release schedule. New dates have not been announced.
10/28: Considered a potential Oscar contender, the Jennifer Hudson-starring Aretha Franklin biopic Respect has now been delayed out of the current Oscar eligibility period and will reach theaters on August 13, 2021.
10/27: With the pandemic making production more costly and time-consuming, CBS will reduce the episode count for most (or possibly all) of its shows this season from the usual 22 to somewhere in the 16-18 episode range.
10/21: Ghostbusters: Afterlife has been pushed back even further to June 11, 2021.
10/21: The oft-delayed Candyman reboot has now been given an August 27, 2021 release date.
10/15: HBO Max will no longer move forward with its series adaptation of Americanah after a covid-related production delay caused the loss of star Lupita Nyong'o.
10/13: Paramount has sold off another one of its upcoming theatrical releases. The Eddie Murphy sequel Coming 2 America will now be an Amazon Prime Video exclusive this December.
10/8: Soul will be the next major film to skip theaters and head straight to streaming. The Pixar film will debut on Disney+ on Christmas Day (though it will still play in theaters in other countries).
10/6: Jurassic World: Dominion has been pushed back a full year and will now open on June 10, 2022.
10/5: Denis Villeneuve’s highly anticipated Dune remake has been delayed by nearly 10 months from December 18 of this year to October 1, 2021. (The Batman is currently scheduled to be released on the same day, so consider that film likely to get bumped. UPDATE: The delay has moved from likely to definite, and the film will now open on March 4, 2022. All of the other upcoming DC films will also be delayed further as a result.)
10/5: The fourth season of Amazon's The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel likely won't air until a year after originally planned (in late 2021) since filming won't begin until January at the earliest.
10/3: The 007 film No Time to Die is finding that 2020 is no time to be released. MGM/Universal have announced yet another delay for the film, which is now slated to open on April 2, 2021. (That move, in turn, will push the next Fast & Furious movie to May 28, 2021.)
10/2: Originally set for an October 9 theatrical release, Warner Bros.'s adaptation of Roald Dahl's The Witches is now skipping theaters and will premiere on HBO Max on October 22nd.
10/1: Showtime's Billions saw its 5th season cut short by five episodes by the pandemic, but those unfilmed episodes will now be completed and air sometime in 2021 (followed by a 6th season).
9/30: Many TV shows have returned to production over the past few weeks, but now some are encountering new shutdowns due to positive covid tests (or, in Canada, a delay in receiving test results). Impacted shows include Chicago Med, Riverdale, and Batwoman.
9/28: Genius: Aretha (Nat Geo) won't return to production until October, putting a 2020 debut in doubt. The miniseries was originally expected to debut in May.
9/23: As expected, Black Widow has been delayed again, this time to May 7, 2021. That move triggers a chain reaction of Marvel release dates, with Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings moving back two months to July 9, 2021 and Eternals getting a nine-month delay to November 5, 2021. For now, Disney is keeping its last remaining major 2020 release, Pixar's Soul, in its November slot, but industry observers expect that to change (or for the film to move to Disney+).
9/23: Also delayed is Steven Spielberg's West Side Story remake (moving back a full year to December 10, 2021), Death on the Nile (taking West Side Story's original date of December 18, 2020), and the Ben Affleck thriller Deep Water (bumped almost a full year from this November to August 13, 2021).
9/20: An overlong production delay means that The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (Disney+) will no longer debut in 2020.
9/18: The Phil Lord/Chris Miller animated film Connected has been delayed a second time, and will no longer reach theaters in October. A new date has not been named.
9/17: ABC will attempt to launch its fall dramas (including one newcomer, Big Sky, as well as For Life, which had previously been given a 2021 start date) in November, but it looks like the previously announced fall return of The Rookie has been pushed to 2021.
9/12: Survivor (CBS) will be unable to film its 41st season this fall as planned. Filming on seasons 41 and 42 may happen back-to-back next spring and summer (and even that is not guaranteed), but the earliest that the next new season will air is fall of 2021.
9/11: The upcoming Candyman reboot has been bumped from October 16 to an unspecified 2021 release.
9/11: Warner Bros. has delayed Wonder Woman 1984 yet again, this time to Christmas Day. For now, fellow WB film Dune will keep its December 18 release date, but industry experts expect that to change.
9/9: The FX series Atlanta won't return to filming until sometime during the first half of 2021, meaning that season 3 won't debut until late 2021 or 2022.
9/4: Syfy's series adaptation of Chucky will be unable to begin filming this fall as planned. With production starting now in 2021, it is likely the series won't air until the 2021-22 season.
9/4: HBO Max's reboot of Gossip Girl will not air until 2021. Filming is expected to begin in late October.
9/3: Amazon has canceled its Spielberg-produced, Spanish-language miniseries Cortes y Moctezuma, which had been in the middle of production when the pandemic forced a shutdown.
9/3: The Batman was forced to halt production again (just days after filming resumed) after a cast member tested positive for covid.
8/29: Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins has a new release date: October 22, 2021.
8/27: Disney has again delayed its upcoming Kingsman prequel The King's Man, this time to February 26, 2021.
8/27: While NBC will attempt to launch several of its scripted shows (including This Is Us and its Chicago dramas) in November, it has delayed the many of them to 2021, including these shows previously scheduled for fall debuts: Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Law & Order: Organized Crime, Manifest, and New Amsterdam.
8/24: The postponed iHeartRadio Music Awards broadcast (originally scheduled for March 29) has now been canceled.
8/20: Paramount's Love and Monsters (previously called Monster Problems) will now skip theaters and head straight to VOD on 10/16.
8/19: The Batman will attempt to resume production in September.
8/18: The late September theatrical release for Julie Taymor's Gloria Steinem biopic The Glorias has been canceled. Instead, the film will stream on Prime Video beginning 9/30.
8/18: ABC's Dancing With the Stars will return on September 14th, though it is unclear precisely how that will happen (assuming that the show inhabits the same universe that we do).
8/18: The delayed seven final episodes of Supernatural (CW) will begin airing on October 8. (Filming began today on the remaining unfilmed episodes.)
8/17: The second season of The Witcher (Netflix) returned to production today after a five-month pause and the season will now stream sometime in 2021.
8/14: The 2020 Billboard Music Awards, originally planned for April, have been rescheduled for October 14.
8/11: The AFI Fest has canceled all in person events for the 2020 version of the festival, originally scheduled for September. Instead, some events will be held virtually in October.
8/11: Lionsgate has abandoned plans for a theatrical release for the Sarah Paulson-starring thriller Run, which will now head straight to Hulu later this year (date tbd).
8/10: Fargo's delayed fourth season has been rescheduled for September 27th, assuming that production is able to begin on the two remaining unfilmed episodes later this month as planned.
8/7: The 2021 Tribeca Film Festival has been delayed from its usual April start. It will now run June 9-20. Next year's Sundance Film Festival, meanwhile, has been shortened from 11 to 7 days, and has been pushed back by one week to begin on January 28, 2021.
8/7: HBO Max has postponed its Friends reunion special for a second time. It is unclear when production will occur.
8/6: The oft-delayed Janelle Monae horror film Antebellum will now bypass theaters and head straight to VOD on 9/18.
8/6: Bill and Ted Face the Music has traveled through time yet again. It will now appear in theater(s) and VOD on August 28.
8/4: Disney has given up on a nationwide theatrical release for its delayed live-action Mulan remake. Instead, it'll come to the Disney+ streaming service on September 4—but only if you pay an extra $29.99 to view it. (It'll also come to any remaining open movie theaters that same day.)
8/4: The August early access release for PC game Baldur's Gate III has been delayed indefinitely.
8/2: The previously postponed Janelle Monae horror film Antebellum will no longer open in theaters on August 21st. A new date has not been set.
7/31: The first-of-the-season Gotham Awards will now be handed out on January 11 rather than in early December. Nominations will also be revealed a few weeks later than normal (on November 12).
7/27: Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins will now hit theaters sometime in 2021 rather than this October.
7/27: Tenet will now open in dozens of countries outside the U.S. on August 26th before possibly reaching American theaters in some cities on its new date of September 2nd. Precisely which cities will get the film then is still up in the air.
7/27: Next year's Golden Globe nominations have been pushed back to February 3.
7/24: It seems likely that the CW shows which film in Vancouver—The Flash, Superman & Lois, and Riverdale—will be able to begin production on their fall seasons in late August, which would mean they would air as originally scheduled later this year. (The same goes for the delayed final batch of Supernatural episodes.)
7/24: Delayed spinoff series The Walking Dead: World Beyond will now debut on October 4, the same day that the delayed season 10 finale of parent series The Walking Dead will now air. Confusingly, it is no longer the season finale—six extra episodes have been ordered. But those bonus eps and the show's 11th season won't arrive until sometime in 2021.
7/24: The delayed sequel to Spider-Man: Far From Home has been bumped yet again, this time to December 17, 2021.
7/24: Paramount has once again delayed its upcoming tentpole films Top Gun: Maverick (now due July 2, 2021) and A Quiet Place Part 2 (April 23, 2021).
7/24: Paramount is reportedly in the process of selling its delayed Tom Clancy thriller Without Remorse to Amazon, which would make a theatrical release (currently planned for February) much less likely.
7/24: The theatrical release of the Gerard Butler thriller Greenland has been dleayed (in the U.S. only) from August 14 to September 25.
7/24: BBC America hit Killing Eve will be unable to return to production as scheduled next month, meaning that the 4th season is unlikely to debut next spring as originally planned.
7/23: Disney's live-action Mulan remake will no longer open in theaters next month. A new date has not been set, though it still seems likely to reach theaters at some point rather than heading straight to streaming. The studio has also delayed many of its remaining 2020 films, including The Personal History of David Copperfield (just a two-week delay, to August 28), Death on the Nile (also a two-week delay, to October 23), Antlers (to February 19, 2021), The Last Duel (from December of this year to October 15, 2021).
7/23: Wes Anderson's The French Dispatch will no longer open this year, and it does not have a new date.
7/23: Bill and Ted Face the Music has been delayed again, this time from August to September 1. It will now be a simultaneous VOD and theatrical release on that date.
7/23: Disney has delayed its upcoming Avatar sequels as well as a new Star Wars trilogy. Avatar 2 will now come out on December 16, 2022 (a full year later than planned, bumping the three follow-ups by a year as well). The Star Wars films have also been pushed by a year, with the first arriving on December 22, 2023.
7/23: Several CBS reality shows have announced their coronavirus plans. Love Island will use a Las Vegas hotel to film its 2nd season, which should start airing at the end of summer. And the slightly delayed but already self-quarantining-by-nature Big Brother will begin its all-stars season on August 5.
7/20: The oft-rescheduled summer theatrical release of rom-com The Broken Hearts Gallery has now been postponed indefinitely.
7/20: The Conjuring 3 has been delayed to June 4, 2021.
7/20: Unsurprisingly, Tenet will no longer open in theaters next month. This time, the film has not been given a new release date. Expect an unconventional release at some point in the future.
7/17: Disney+ original series Marvel's The Falcon and the Winter Soldier will no longer debut in August, since the final few weeks of production could not be completed in time. A new date has not been set.
7/16: The next Destiny 2 expansion, Destiny 2: Beyond Light, has been pushed from September to November.
7/14: This next season of Survivor will not air this fall on CBS as planned. Production has been unable to restart in time for a fall debut.
7/14: This year's Telluride Film Festival has been canceled.
7/14: Rather than attempt to restart production (which was halted in March) on its postponed Evel Knievel miniseries Evel, USA Network is shutting down the project altogether.
7/13: The theatrical release of videogame adaptation Monster Hunter will now come out next April rather than this September.
7/13: CBS's The Bold and The Beautiful is expected to be the first daytime soap back on the air when it begins airing new episodes on July 20 (though the first post-covid episode won't air until July 23).
7/8: Focus Features has delayed two of its upcoming films. The Kevin Costner drama Let Him Go will move from August 21 to November 6, while the Tom McCarthy-directed thriller Stillwater has been pulled from November 6 and no longer has a release date.
7/8: The Halloween sequel Halloween Kills has been delayed a full year to October 15, 2021. A follow-up film, Halloween Ends, will thus be delayed to 2022. Blumhouse has also bumped its fifth Purge film, The Forever Purge, to July 9, 2021. And Jordan Peele's Candyman reboot was delayed a second time, but only by one month, to October 16 of this year.
7/7: A24's horror film Saint Maud has also rejoined the release date shuffle, and will also skip its latest date, July 17. There's no word on its next release date or its next postponement.
7/7: Sony's already-postponed film festival hit The Climb will no longer hit its latest release date, July 17. A new date has not been set.
7/7: 2K's upcoming remaster of Mafia: Definitive Edition has been delayed a month and will now come out on September 25.
7/2: The 2021 Screen Actors Guild Awards have been pushed from January to March.
7/1: Aaron Sorkin's upcoming film The Trial of the Chicago 7 will no longer be a theatrical release. Instead, it will be a streaming exclusive (sometime this fall) after Netflix purchased the rights for $56 million.
6/26: Disney's Mulan remake has been postponed again, this time to August 21st. Other newly announced film delays include the Russell Crowe thriller Unhinged (from July 10 to July 31), Bill and Ted Face the Music (by two weeks to August 28), and Tom Clancy's Without Remorse (from October 2 to February 26, 2021).
6/25: The theatrical release of Christopher Nolan's Tenet has been delayed again, this time from July 31st to August 12th. (What will be different on August 12th is unclear.)
6/25: Bandai Namco has delayed its upcoming game Tales of Arise indefinitely.
6/22: The twice-delayed SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run will no longer open in theaters in August (or anytime). After a (still tbd) VOD release, the film will become a CBS All Access exclusive in early 2021.
6/22: Hulu has delayed season 4 of The Handmaid's Tale to 2021 since it will be unable to complete production in time to meet its original planned 2020 debut.
6/22: Next year's Golden Globes broadcast has been delayed from January to February 28, the original date scheduled for the Oscars.
6/18: Fox has been forced to cancel So You Think You Can Dance, which was unable to film its planned 17th season.
6/18: The Critics Choice Awards have also been postponed. It will now air on March 7 rather than in January.
6/16: The Film Independent Spirit Awards have been delayed to April 24, 2021 so that they will occur one day before the Academy Awards as they typically do.
6/16: Production is resuming today on The Bold and the Beautiful after a three-month hiatus, making it the first American television series to return to filming since production halted in March. Update 6/17: Filming was again paused after just one day, though it should resume next week.
6/15: The 2021 Academy Awards ceremony has been delayed two months to April 25, 2021. The eligibility period for films, which normally ends on December 31st, has been extended through February 28, 2021. The 2021 BAFTA Awards have also been rescheduled for April. Other film awards are expected to reschedule their 2020-21 dates as well.
6/15: The winter season of Love Island [UK] has been canceled, following a previous postponement of the summer season. The series will now return in the summer of 2021.
6/13: Universal has bumped its upcoming Tom Hanks film Bios from October to April.
6/12: Originally planned for September, Peter Jackson's Beatles doc The Beatles: Get Back has been delayed until August 2021.
6/12: Warner Bros. has also announced new delays for The Matrix 4 (pushed back a full year to 2022), Godzilla vs. Kong (from November of this year to next May), Tom & Jerry (from Christmas to next March), and The Witches (delayed indefinitely).
6/12: Warner Bros. has pushed back the release of the highly anticipated Christopher Nolan film Tenet by two weeks. It'll now open in theaters on July 31 (theoretically). That delay, in turn, will push Wonder Woman 1984 back by six weeks to a new release date of October 2.
6/12: Disney's live-action/CGI hybrid The One and Only Ivan will now skip theaters and head straight to Disney+ on August 21.
6/11: Little Hope, the next game in the Dark Pictures anthology, has been delayed from summer to fall.
6/8: MTV has indefinitely postponed this year's MTV Movie & TV Awards, a ceremony that normally airs in June. The network is working on tentative plans to hold its next major event, the 2020 VMAs on August 30th in Brooklyn, though that date is not guaranteed.
6/8: Blumhouse's haunted house thriller You Should Have Left will skip theaters and head straight to VOD on 6/19.
5/27: Miranda July's festival hit Kajillionaire will now head to theaters on September 18 (rather than in June).
5/27: Blumhouse thriller Run Sweetheart Run will skip theaters and debut on Prime Video this year.
5/26: Console/PC rhythm game No Straight Roads has been pushed from June 30th to a late summer release window.
5/26: Edgar Wright's delayed Last Night in Soho has received a new release date: April 23, 2021.
5/26: The upcoming 10th season of American Horror Story will be delayed a full year (to fall 2021) because it was unable to film this spring as planned.
5/22: Jon Stewart's delayed directorial effort Irresistible, a political comedy starring Steve Carell, will now bypass theaters and head straight to VOD on June 26.
5/20: Kerbal Space Program 2 is the latest videogame to experience a delay. It'll now come in the fall of 2021 instead of early next year.
5/19: Variety reports that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is considering a postponement for the 2021 Oscars, currently scheduled for February 28.
5/19: The previously delayed WWII epic Greyhound, starring Tom Hanks, is the latest high-profile film to announce that it will be skipping a theatrical release in lieu of streaming (in this case, on Apple TV+, possibly as soon as next month).
5/19: Freeform has delayed the returns of Good Trouble and grown-ish (plus the start of new series Cruel Summer) until 2021.
5/19: Mobile game Kingdom Hearts: Dark Road has been delayed beyond its planned spring release window.
5/16: Edgar Wright's next film Last Night in Solo has been delayed to 2021.
5/15: The Purge 5 will no longer open in theaters in July. A new date has not been set.
5/15: PS4 game Guilty Gear Strive has been delayed from late 2020 to early 2021.
5/14: The Good Fight (CBS All Access) will end its 4th season early on May 28, with the network opting not to attempt to film the season's final three episodes. (The show will return for a 5th season, however.)
5/14: Warner Bros. will no longer release the upcoming movie Clouds in theaters, Instead, it will head straight to Disney+ this summer.
5/14: The delayed final seven episodes of Supernatural are now set to air on The CW this fall (contingent upon being able to resume production on two which remain unfilmed). In other CW news, the network is delaying the 2020-21 launch of all of its new and returning scripted shows until January 2021 at the earliest, and will fill its fall schedule with shows acquired from other networks (like Tell Me a Story and Swamp Thing), reality programs, and a few summer shows it will hold back a few months.
5/13: The delayed hidden-camera prank movie Bad Trip, which had been scheduled for a theatrical release in April, will now skip theaters and head straight to Netflix (date tbd).
5/13: Disney will now attempt to release its oft-delayed X-Men spinoff The New Mutants in theaters on August 28. The film's most recent delay (from a planned April 3 release) was caused by theater closings, though previous delays (dating back to 2018) were not virus-related.
5/13: Showtime has rescheduled its delayed docuseries Love Fraud for an August 30 launch.
5/12: The latest movie to skip theaters and head straight to streaming is Hamilton, a filmed version of the hit Broadway musical. It'll debut on Disney+ on July 3.
5/12: Delayed PS4 game Iron Man VR has been re-dated for July 3rd.
5/11: The PS4 and Switch ports of Star Wars Episode 1 Racer, expected this month, have been delayed indefinitely.
5/11: Previously delayed, this year's Cannes Film Festival has been canceled. Organizers will announce what would have been the festival's official screening selections sometime in June, but the films won't actually be available to screen in any form.
5/8: Switch-exclusive fighting game Ninjala will now come out on June 25 instead of May 27.
5/6: Lady Gaga's pandemic-delayed album Chromatica has been re-dated for May 29. But next week's scheduled album from Weezer has been delayed indefinitely.
5/5: Jon Stewart's next directorial effort, the political comedy Irresistible, no longer appears to be coming out in any form on May 29th. A new date or home video release has not yet been announced.
5/5: Charm City Kings, a Special Jury Prize winner at Sundance earlier this year, will no longer play in theaters. HBO Max has acquired the film from Sony Classics and will stream it later this year.
5/5: The Blacklist (NBC) will cobble together one last episode this season on May 15 by combining the partial footage that was already filmed with new animation.
5/4: David Lowery's next film The Green Knight will no longer open in theaters on May 29.
5/4: Focus Features has canceled the theatrical release for music drama The High Note, and the film will head straight to VOD on May 29.
5/4: The UK version of Love Island (which streams on Hulu in the U.S) will skip its planned summer season.
5/1: John Wick: Chapter 4 has been pushed back a full year and will now come out on May 27, 2022.
5/1: The previously delayed Janelle Monae horror film Antebellum has been rescheduled for August 21.
5/1: Additional film delays announced today include American Underdog: The Kurt Warner Story, The Asset, Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar, Fatale, The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard, and Spiral. (All of those are actual movies and not items that we made up.) See below for details.
5/1: The physical release of The Wonderful 101: Remastered has been delayed six weeks to June 30th, though the May 19 digital release is unaffected.
4/29: The annual April Record Store Day event, already postponed to June, has now been postponed again. The event will now be spread over three dates: 8/29, 9/26, and 10/24. (The already scheduled 11/27 event will not be affected.)
4/29: Haim have rescheduled their delayed album for June 26.
4/29: Though filmed prior to the pandemic, season 32 of The Amazing Race (CBS) will no longer air in May. The network has pushed it back to an unspecified date later in the year as it attempts to space out what little remaining new programming it has available.
4/29: The 47th Daytime Emmy Awards will be handed out without any in-person ceremonies this year (three had been planned), though the academy will likely create some sort of remotely produced streaming show (or shows). No decision is expected on September's Primetime Emmy Awards for a while.
4/28: Post-punk band Protomartyr have delayed their next album from May to July.
4/28: Following the recent precedent set by the Golden Globes, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that streaming films that do not play in theaters will be eligible for Oscars at the 2021 ceremony for the first time—provided that the films were originally scheduled for a theatrical release, and only as long as theaters remain closed.
4/28: The next free update for Monster Hunter World: Iceborne has been delayed indefinitely.
4/28: Sitcom One Day at a Time (Pop) will turn to animation to make up for one of this season's unfilmed episodes. The animated special will air sometime this spring.
4/27: Pete Davidson's upcoming Judd Apatow-directed film The King of Staten Island will no longer open in theaters. Instead, it will head straight to digital video on June 12.
4/27: Delayed but highly anticipated game The Last of Us 2 now has a release date, and it's relatively soon: June 19. But another PS4 exclusive, Ghost of Tsushima, has been delayed a month to July 17.
4/27: The Daily Show (Comedy Central) will expand its episode length to 45 minutes for the foreseeable future, beginning tonight.
4/27: Sony has sold off the rights to the upcoming Seth Rogen comedy An American Pickle to HBO Max, which means the film will no longer screen in theaters. Instead, it will debut on the streaming service later this year.
4/27: Disney+ has moved up the streaming debut of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker from July to May 4th.
4/24: Disney has delayed its Marvel sequel Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness for a second time this month. The latest release date is March 25, 2022.
4/24: Sony has announced new release dates for several upcoming tentpole films. A still-untitled sequel to the animated Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse will come out in October 2022 (six months later than originally planned), while a sequel to Spider-Man: Far From Home has been pushed back four months to November 5, 2021. The long-delayed Uncharted film adaptation has actually moved in the opposite direction, and is now due on July 16, 2021 (rather than October of that year). Animated films Hotel Translyvania 4 and Vivo will also arrive in 2021 a few months earlier than originally planned.
4/24: Sony recently moved the release of its Kevin Hart drama Fatherhood forward by three months, but now has undone that move and delayed the film out from October of this year to April 2, 2021. Another Kevin Hart film, the action-comedy The Man From Toronto, has been delayed a year from this fall to September 17, 2021.
4/24: A delayed release for Mission: Impossible 7 is now official: The film will reach theaters on November 19, 2021 (rather than July of next year). That, it turn, will push back Mission: Impossible 8 a bit, from August 2022 to November 2022.
4/24: Paramount's sci-fi thriller The Tomorrow War, previously delayed from its release in December of this year, has now been rescheduled for July 23, 2021. The studio also announced a new date for Dungeons & Dragons (moved from late 2021 to May 2022) and yanked this summer's horror film Spell from the release calendar without rescheduling it.
4/24: The delayed sports game Super Mega Baseball 3 will now come out on May 13.
4/24: The Killers have postponed the release of their next album, which was scheduled for 5/29.
4/23: NBC's Parks and Recreation will return with a brand-new one-off episode airing Thursday, April 30 at 8:30p that will serve as a fundraiser for food banks. The entire cast will be back for the new episode, set during the present day.
4/23: The current season of Black Monday (Showtime) will return from its coronavirus-related hiatus on June 28.
4/22: Jackass 4 has been delayed by four months and will now reach theaters on July 2, 2021.
4/22: As part of a reshuffling of fall release dates, the Tom Clancy thriller Without Remorse will move from September 18 to October 2.
4/21: The film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda's In the Heights will now open in theaters on June 18, 2021, nearly a full year after originally planned.
4/21: Chip and Joanna Gaines' new cable channel Magnolia Network, which was scheduled to replace the DIY network on October 4, has been delayed. A new date has not been announced.
4/21: The animated Scooby-Doo film Scoob! will now be available to watch at home via digital outlets on May 15, the day it was supposed to open in theaters.
4/21: Venom 2 has been pushed back from October 2, 2020 to June 25, 2021.
4/21: Amazon will screen selections from the recently canceled SXSW Film Festival for free to all users from April 27 through May 6.
4/21: Dixie Chicks have delayed the release of their comeback LP, Gaslighter, which was to arrive on 5/1. Other new album delays include Deradoorian.
4/21: The PC version of Death Stranding has been delayed by about six weeks, to July 14.
4/21: AMC has delayed its upcoming sci-fi anthology series Soulmates to the fall (date tbd). The network has also pushed back the start of NOS4A2's second season by three weeks.
4/20: Warner Bros. has moved the releases of its upcoming DC Comics films. The Batman moves from June 2021 to October 2021 and Shazam! 2 will now come out in November 2022 (rather than April of that year). But The Flash has moved forward from July 2022 to June 2022.
4/20: David Chase's Sopranos prequel film The Many Saints of Newark has been delayed from this fall to next March.
4/17: The 2020 edition of San Diego's Comic-Con has been officially canceled.
4/17: Savages frontwoman Jehnny Beth has postponed her solo debut album from May 8 to June 12.
4/16: One-time theatrical release Artemis Fowl will head straight to Disney+ on June 12.
4/15: The latest film to skip theaters and head straight to VOD is Josh Trank's Al Capone biopic Fonzo, now retitled Capone. It'll be available on May 12.
4/15: The next season of Fortnite has been delayed by a month to June 4th.
4/14: The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run has been delayed for a second time, this time to August 7, 2020.
4/14: Antoine Fuqua's sci-fi thriller Infinite has been pushed back a year from August 7, 2020 to May 28, 2021.
4/14: American Idol's delayed live episodes will air beginning 4/26, with all contestants (and judges) appearing remotely from their homes.
4/14: Comcast announced that while its new streaming service Peacock will rollout to Comcast customers over the next few weeks and launch to the public on July 15, almost all of its original programming will be delayed to 2021 (or possibly late 2020 for a few shows like Brave New World and Saved by the Bell if production can resume).
4/13: Upcoming Pixar film Soul has been delayed from June 19 to November 20. That move, in turn, will bump Disney's next animated film, Raya and the Last Dragon, from November 20 to March 12, 2021.
4/10: The Friends reunion special will not be available when HBO Max launches in May as originally planned.
4/10: Newly announced videogame delays include New World and Hellpoint.
4/9: NBC's Saturday Night Live will air a partial new episode this weekend (its first since the shutdown).
4/9: Ubisoft has delayed For Honor's Year 4 Season 2 update to June 11, 2020.
4/9: TIFF comedy How to Build a Girl will skip a theatrical release in favor of a VOD debut on May 8.
4/8: Dave Bautista movie My Spy will now bypass theaters and head straight to Prime Video (date tbd).
4/8: Jimmy Kimmel Live will return to its 11:35p timeslot (rather than midnight) next week, but the new episodes will run just half an hour.
4/7: Universal has bumped its Bob Odenkirk action movie Nobody from August to February, when it will take the place of an untitled M. Night Shyamalan film (which now has no date at all).
4/7: AMC has delayed its upcoming miniseries Quiz, though by just a week (to 5/31).
4/7: The well-reviewed Sundance drama Shirley will no longer open in theaters this month.
4/7: Uncensored (TV One) delayed from April to an unsepcified fall date.
4/6: Archer (FXX) will no longer debut its 11th season in May. It is expected to return later in the year.
4/6: CBS drama All Rise will briefly return to production to create a home-filmed episode set during the pandemic that will air on May 4.
4/3: Bob's Burgers: The Movie has been pushed back from this summer to next year (April 9, 2021).
4/3: The Jordan Peele-produced Candyman reboot has been delayed to September 25.
4/3: The Ryan Reynolds film Free Guy has been pushed back from July to December.
4/3: Wes Anderson's upcoming film The French Dispatch has been delayed from July to October 16.
4/3: Disney will no longer release Artemis Fowl in theaters. It will now head straight to Disney+ sometime this summer.
4/3: Disney has pushed back the theatrical releases of Jungle Cruise (to July 30, 2021) and Indiana Jones 5 (to July 29, 2022), as well as the previously delayed Mulan (now at July 24, 2020) and Black Widow (now set for November 6, 2020). The latter move, in turn, will set off a chain reaction with all of the studio's upcoming Marvel films, resulting in delays for The Eternals (now at February 12, 2021), Shang-Chi (May 7, 2021), Thor: Love and Thunder (February 18, 2022), and Captain Marvel 2 (July 8, 2022). Only Black Panther 2 is so far unaffected (it remains targeted for May 8, 2022).
4/3: NBC has moved up the season premiere of Blindspot from summer to April 30th.
4/3: Daytime talk shows The Ellen DeGeneres Show and The Wendy Williams Show will both return with new (home-recorded) episodes the week of April 6.
4/3: HBO has delayed the premiere of its Jude Law miniseries The Third Day from May 11 to an unspecified fall date.
4/2: Horror film Run Sweetheart Run has been bumped from its May 8 theatrical release.
4/2: Not a postponement, but good news: HBO will make multiple movies and original series free to everyone starting Friday 4/3. Shows include the full runs of The Sopranos, Silcon Valley, The Wire, Six Feet Under, Veep, Succession, Barry, and more, all accessible through HBO Go and HBO Now.
4/2: TNT's oft-delayed Snowpiercer series has now been moved forward two weeks, to 5/17.
4/2: Sony has announced an indefinite postponement for the upcoming PS4 exclusive games The Last of Us Part II and Marvel's Iron Man VR. Both had been scheduled for May.
4/2: Top Gun: Maverick has been rescheduled from June to December 23 (for now).
4/2: The delayed A Quiet Place Part II now has a new release date: September 4. Paramount has also rescheduled The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run from May to July, and indefinitely postponed The Tomorrow War (which was to be a Christmas release).
4/1: Showtime announced that production halts will mean that the current seasons of Black Monday and Billions (which starts 5/3) will need to be split in two, with the back halves of each season coming later this year. However, those delays will allow the upcoming S3 debut of The Chi to be moved forward from July to June.
4/1: Minions: The Rise of Gru has been delayed a full year to July 2, 2021. That will also push Sing 2, which had been set to open that weekend, to December 22, 2021. And that, in turn, will bump Wicked, which was supposed to open on that date. The latter does not yet have a new date.
4/1: Fox will not attempt to continue production on Empire, meaning that the series finale (and the episode before it) will never air. The series will now end with the last remaining already-filmed episode, which airs on 4/21.
3/31: HBO has bumped its upcoming Mark Ruffalo miniseries I Know This Much Is True from April to May.
3/31: ESPN has moved up the start date for its 10-part Michael Jordan docuseries The Last Dance to April 19.
3/31: Work on the upcoming videogame Wasteland 3 has slowed, resulting in a release date postponement from May 19 to August 28. Also delayed is Minecraft Dungeons, which was planned for an April release but will now come out on May 26, and the Switch version of The Outer Worlds, which will come out in June instead of March.
3/30: Sony has officially delayed virtually all of its major upcoming 2020 releases—including Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Morbius, Peter Rabbit 2, and Uncharted—to 2021. (Many were previously announced as delayed, but now we know the year of release.) But one film, Fatherhood, has been moved forward three months.
3/30: The 1975 have delayed their new LP Notes on a Conditional Form from April 24 to May 22.
3/30: ABC will not air its (officially unannounced) new spinoff The Bachelor Summer Games this summer, since it was designed to air opposite the Olympics. The other new Bachelor spinoff, Listen to Your Heart, is still scheduled to debut in April.
3/30: Sam Smith will no longer release his new album on June 5th, and it will no longer be titled To Die For.
3/30: Genius: Aretha (Nat Geo) will no longer debut in May.
3/30: The Tokyo Summer Olympics will now begin on July 23, 2021, nearly a full year after originally planned.
3/27: HBO will delay production on the third seasons of Barry and Succession. Both had been in pre-production.
3/27: Margo Price has delayed her upcoming album from May to an unspecified summer date.
3/27: Grey's Anatomy will wrap up its season with its April 9 episode. The remaining four unproduced S16 episodes will not be filmed (though the show will return next season).
3/27: In a rare bit of good scheduling news, the S3 premiere of Killing Eve has been moved forward two weeks, to April 12.
3/27: Emmy nominations have been delayed two weeks to July 28. Voting has also been pushed back, but for now the actual awards ceremony remains on track for 9/20.
3/27: Never Rarely Sometimes Always, the best-reviewed film of 2020, will get a very early VOD release on 4/3.
3/26: HBO has delayed its Nicole Kidman miniseries The Undoing from May 10 to an unspecified fall date.
3/26: Variety reports that planned 2021 theatrical releases The Batman, The Matrix 4, Mission: Impossible 7, and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (among others) will likely be delayed as a result of recent production stoppages (which will extend at least through May), though don't expect any official announcements until studios know when filming can restart.
3/26: For the first time, the Golden Globes will allow straight-to-VOD/streaming releases to be eligible for film awards this year, provided that the film had originally scheduled a theatrical release.
3/26: The latest talk shows to announce their (home-recorded) returns for the week of March 30 are Jimmy Kimmel Live and Desus and Mero.
3/26: The latest films to head to VOD early are The Call of the Wild and Downhill, which will both be available to purchase tomorrow.
3/25: Late Night With Stephen Colbert (CBS) will return with new full-length episodes beginning Monday 3/30.
3/25: The Tony Awards have been delayed. No new date has been set for the ceremony, which was to air in June on CBS.
3/25: Drama shows FBI and The Resident will shorten their seasons and end with their episodes on 3/31 and 4/7, respectively.
3/24: A24 will no longer release Saint Maud in theaters next month.
3/24: Weekly HBO talk shows Last Week Tonight and Real Time With Bill Maher will resume production. The former will return to HBO this Sunday (3/29), while the latter returns 4/3.
3/24: The season finale of The Walking Dead will not air this season, as production could not be completed in time. AMC will air the episode as a special later this year.
3/24: Wonder Woman 1984 has been delayed from June 5 to August 14.
3/24: The film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda's In the Heights has been delayed indefinitely. Warner Bros. has also delayed Malignant and Scoob. None of these films has a new release date yet.
3/24: Today's latest album delays include upcoming LPs from Lady Gaga, Kelly Lee Owens and Jarvis Cocker. (Details at bottom of page.)
3/24: The Tokyo Summer Olympics have finally been postponed. The games are likely to be held in 2021.
3/24: This year's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony has been postponed to 11/7.
3/23: We have added an "Albums" section to the bottom of the page. Haim have delayed the release of their next album (which was due in April), while Dua Lipa has advanced the release of her album from April to this Friday (3/27).
3/23: Full Frontal With Samantha Bee (TBS) will return with new (home-produced) episodes starting on Wednesday.
3/23: Patriot Act With Hasan Minhaj (Netflix) will not return on March 29 as previously announced.
3/23: The Academy of Country Music Awards has been rescheduled for September 16.
3/21: Trevor Noah's daily home-recorded segments will now air nightly on Comedy Central as The Daily Social Distancing Show With Trevor Noah, beginning 3/23 at 11p.
3/20: Paramount's previously delayed upcoming film The Lovebirds will now bypass theaters and head straight to Netflix (date tbd).
3/20: The Walking Dead: World Beyond will no longer premiere on April 12.
3/20: Seth Meyers will begin releasing home-recorded "A Closer Look" segments starting the week of 3/23 on Late Night's YouTube channel.
3/20: Sonic the Hedgehog is the latest recent film to head to VOD early (3/31).
3/20: Watch What Happens Live will be the latest talk show to return with home-recorded episodes, beginning Sunday. UPDATED 3/20 3:30p: This will no longer happen, as Andy Cohen has revealed he has tested positive for the coronavirus.
3/20: Pixar's recently released film Onward is now available on VOD, and will also come early to Disney+ subscribers (on 4/3).
3/19: The Way Back is the latest current theatrical release to head to VOD way ahead of schedule: March 24, to be exact.
3/19: This year's Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony has been postponed indefinitely. The ceremony was scheduled to run from June 12–14.
3/19: We have added a new section on videogames at the bottom of the page. (No release dates have shifted yet, but several upcoming games may be impacted.)
3/19: Kino Lorber will experiment with making its new releases (starting with the current Bacurau) available to stream online with an option to share revenue to the viewer's local theater of choice (provided that theater had plans to screen the movie).
3/19: The Cannes Film Festival has been postponed. The 2020 fest was scheduled to run May 12–23.
3/19: Minions: The Rise of Gru will no longer open on July 3.
3/18: Conan will be the first nightly talk show to resume nightly full-length episodes (albeit in a vastly different format), beginning March 30. Many of the other late night hosts continue to post home-recorded segments nightly on YouTube, with Samantha Bee the latest to join that club.
3/18: Production on the upcoming Friends reunion special (HBO Max) has been delayed.
3/18: The just-released Vin Diesel movie Bloodshot will now come to VOD on 3/24.
3/18: GKIDS has canceled the upcoming theatrical releases of animated films Promare and Children of the Sea. The distributor hopes to reschedule the screenings, but Promare will now be released early on VOD and disc.
3/18: Showtime has decided to space out its inventory of completed new programming by delaying the starts of its documentary miniseries Love Fraud and Outcry. Additionally, new episodes of the currently airing Black Monday will now air one per week instead of two per week.
3/18: Many late-night talk show hosts are now taping monologues (or other short segments) from their homes nightly. View the latest from Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, Trevor Noah, Conan O'Brien, and Jimmy Fallon.
3/17: Production has been halted on the current season of American Idol (ABC).
3/17: Lionsgate has postponed the theatrical releases of its upcoming films Antebellum, Run, and Spiral.
3/17: Apple will no longer release its upcoming Spike Jonze-directed documentary Beastie Boys Story in theaters next month as planned, though the film will still stream on Apple TV+.
3/17: April's Billboard Music Awards (NBC) will be rescheduled for a later date.
3/17: The following upcoming theatrical releases scheduled have been delayed indefinitely from their April and May release dates: Charm City Kings, The Painted Bird, The Personal History of David Copperfield, and The Woman in the Window.
3/17: Theatrical release of The Climb delayed from March 20 to July 17.
3/17: Disney has delayed the release of upcoming Marvel film Black Widow, which had been scheduled for 5/1.
3/17: The Soup (E!) will go on hiatus beginning this week.
3/17: ABC's daytime talk show Strahan, Sara and Keke will be replaced by news programming until further notice.
3/17: Filming on James Cameron's Avatar sequels has been delayed.
3/17: Birds of Prey, which was in theaters while theaters were still open, will now arrive on VOD next Tuesday (3/24), far earlier than originally planned. The same goes for The Gentlemen.
3/16: Uncharted, the upcoming film adaptation of the videogame series, will delay pre-production by six weeks (at a minimum).
3/16: CBS daytime soaps The Bold and the Beautiful and The Young and the Restless will cease production on 3/17. They join the previously halted General Hospital on ABC.
3/16: The Today Show (NBC) will reduce its schedule to 7-9am beginning 3/17 (followed by two hours of pre-aired segments).
3/16: First Cow's limited theatrical rollout in March has been postponed. A24 will return the film to theaters later this year.
3/16: Production has been halted on the third Fantastic Beasts film just prior to the start of principal photography. The film's release date is not until November 2021, and has not yet been delayed. Warner Bros. also delayed production on the upcoming tennis drama King Richard, which was targeting a Thanksgiving release.
3/16: Fargo (FX) will no longer premiere on 4/19. The new start date is unknown (and a portion of the season has yet to be filmed).
3/16: Saturday Night Live (NBC) has postponed its next three scheduled episodes, beginning with the 3/28 episode, and will remain on hiatus indefinitely.
Movies (and festivals)
- The 355
- Universal's Jessia Chastain-starring spy thriller was delayed from January 15, 2021 to January 14, 2022.
- Academy Awards
- The 2021 awards ceremony has been pushed back two months from February 28 to April 25. A corresponding change to the Oscar eligibility period means that films opening in January and February will be eligible for the 2021 ceremony (rather than 2022). Streaming-only films (that skip theaters entirely) will be eligible for the 2021 Oscars for the first time, provided that the films originally had a theatrical release scheduled. This is only a temporary waiver, however; once/if theaters reopen, the one-week theatrical screening requirement will return for films scheduled for release after that point. This rule change is similar to one just implemented for the 2021 Golden Globes.
- AFI Fest
- All in-person events scheduled for September have been canceled. Instead, the 2020 festival will be held virtually the week of October 15–22.
- An American Pickle
- The film adaptation of Simon Rich's story, starring Seth Rogen in dual roles, will no longer head to theaters. Sony has sold the rights to the new streaming service HBO Max, which will stream the film later in 2020.
- American Underdog: The Kurt Warner Story
- A biopic about the Super Bowl-winning quarterback has been delayed a year and will now come out on December 10, 2021.
- Antebellum
- Lionsgate has delayed its Janelle Monae-starring thriller, originally scheduled for an April 24 release
. It will now come out on August 21, 2020.Nope: In early August, the theatrical release was canceled. The film will now head straight to VOD on 9/18. - Antlers
- The Scott Cooper-directed horror film had its April 17 release canceled on 3/12.
A new date has not yet been set.On 7/23, the film was re-dated for February 19, 2021. - Artemis Fowl
- The delayed Kenneth Branagh-directed Disney sci-fi adventure was finally set to open in theaters on May 29. Instead, it will skip theaters and debut on the Disney+ streaming service on June 12.
- The Artist's Wife
- Originally set for a rollout beginning April 3, the indie drama was postponed indefinitely on 3/12.
- The Asset
- Martin Campbell's action-thriller starring Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson, and Maggie Q will now reach theaters on April 23, 2021.
- Avatar sequels
- Production on James Cameron's upcoming film(s), which had been shooting in New Zealand, has been halted as of 3/17. Work on the digital effects will proceed while filming is not possible. The first of the sequels is not due to reach theaters until December 2021 and (as of May) is still scheduled to hit that date. Production is scheduled to resume in New Zealand the week of 5/25. Update 7/23: All four sequels have been delayed by a full year. Avatar 2 is now scheduled for a December 16, 2022 release, with the follow-ups due in 2024, 2026, and 2028, assuming that those years happen as scheduled. Note that filming on Avatar 2 was completed in September 2020, with Avatar 3 not far behind.
- Bacurau
- The well-reviewed Brazilian film was supposed to roll out to various arthouse cinemas this month. Instead, Kino Lorber is using the film to test out a new pay-per-view streaming option called Kino Marquee that will split revenue with selected cinemas (and you'll choose which theater to support—simply select the "virtual screening room" of your choice at the bottom of the page).
- Bad Trip
- The hidden-camera prank film, starring Eric Andre, Lil Rel Howery, and Tiffany Haddish, will skip theaters entirely (after being bumped out of its April release) and head straight to Netflix (date tbd).
- BAFTA Film Awards
- The 2021 awards ceremony has been rescheduled from February to April 11, 2021.
- Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar
- Originally expected to arrive this summer on July 31st, the latest comedy from the Bridesmaids team of Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo has been delayed a year to July 16, 2021.
- The Batman
- Production on the Robert Pattinson-starring film has been paused for at least two weeks (starting 3/14).
For now, the release date remains June 25, 2021, and a delay seems likely, though over six weeks of filming was finished prior to the shutdown. On 4/20, the film's release was delayed from June 25, 2021 to October 1, 2021. Filming resumed in early September but was forced to shut down again almost immediately when a cast member tested positive for covid (though production restarted a few weeks later). Another release date change is expected. Update 10/5: The film's release has been delayed again to March 4, 2022. - Beastie Boys Story
- The Spike Jonze-directed music doc will no longer open in theaters on April 3rd, though it is still expected to stream on Apple TV+ beginning April 24. The theatrical release may be rescheduled for a later date.
- The Beatles: Get Back
- Peter Jackson's Fab Four documentary has been delayed a full year from early September to August 27, 2021.
- Bill & Ted Face the Music
- The franchise revival will now reach theaters two weeks later than planned, on August 28. Update 7/23: The film will now reach theaters and VOD on September 1—later switched back to August 28.
- Bios
- Universal has delayed the Tom Hanks sci-fi film from October 2 to April 16, 2021.
- Birds of Prey
- The current theatrical release will now hit VOD far earlier than planned, on Tuesday, March 24.
- Black Widow
- Disney postponed its next major Marvel film from its May 1st release date on 3/17. The film is now scheduled to reach theaters on November 6, 2020. Nope: It was delayed again, this time all the way to May 7, 2021.
- Bloodshot
- The Vin Diesel film will be available to rent on VOD on 3/24, just 11 days after its theatrical release.
- Bob's Burgers: The Movie
- The first feature based on the animated TV series will no longer open on July 17. The theatrical release has been pushed back all the way to April 9, 2021.
- Boss Level
- Production on the Joe Carnahan-directed sci-fi action thriller was completed early this year, but in November producers gave up on a U.S. theatrical release; instead, the film will debut on Hulu in 2021.
- The Broken Hearts Gallery
- After numerous scheduling changes that saw the Selena Gomez rom-com pingponging through dates in July and August, the film's theatrical release was postponed indefinitely on July 20th.
- The Call of the Wild
- The recent theatrical release will get an early VOD release on 3/27.
- Candyman
- The Jordan Peele-produced horror reboot has been pushed back from June 12 to September 25. On 7/8, it was delayed again, this time to October 16. On September 11, it was delayed a third time and will now open
sometime in 2021 (date tbd)on August 27, 2021. - The Card Counter
- Paul Schrader's upcoming drama shut down filming on 3/16 just five days short of completing production.
- Cannes Film Festival
- The 2020 festival, scheduled for May 12–23, was postponed on 3/19. Organizers are considering alternate dates in June, but it is likely the festival will be canceled (rather than postponed further) if June proves unworkable. Update 5/11: This year's festival has been canceled.
- Charm City Kings
- The Sundance-screened drama was expected to open in theaters on April 10 but has been postponed. On 5/5, HBO Max acquired the film from Sony Pictures Classics, and it will now bypass theaters and debut directly on the new streaming service on October 8.
- Children of the Sea
- GKIDS has postponed special event screenings of the anime film, previously set for April 20 & 22.
- The Climb
- The well-reviewed indie dramedy will no longer open on 3/20.
A new date has not been announced.The new release date is July 17, 2020.In July, Sony postponed the film yet again, and a new date has not been set. - Clouds
- Planned as a Warner Bros. theatrical release, this adaptation of the book Fly a Little Higher: How God Answered a Mom’s Small Prayer in a Big Way will now be a Disney+ exclusive and stream this summer.
- Comic-Con
- The 2020 edition of San Diego's Comic-Con, originally scheduled for late July, has been canceled. It's the first cancellation in the festival's 50-year history.
- Coming 2 America
- Paramount has sold off its sequel to Eddie Murphy's 1988 hit comedy Coming to America to Amazon for a reported $125 million. Instead of a nationwide theatrical release on December 18, the film will head to the Prime Video streaming service on March 5.
- The Conjuring 3: The Devil Made Me Do It
- Originally expected to reach theaters this September, the horror sequel will now open on June 4, 2021.
- Connected
- The latest animated feature produced by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller has been pushed back one month from September 18 to October 23. But in September, it was delayed again, this time indefinitely.
- Death on the Nile
- Kenneth Branagh's latest Agatha Christie adaptation has been pushed two weeks to October 23, 2020. In September it was pushed another two months to December 18, 2020. In November, it was pulled from the release calendar entirely.
- Deep Water
- The Ben Affleck-starring thriller was pushed from November 13, 2020 to August 13, 2021.
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
- Pre-production on the 2021 Marvel film was in progress at the time of the industry-wide shutdown in March, and has continued remotely (to the extent possible) since then. If the film can still hit its filming start date in June,
it should not be delayed. On April 3rd, the film's release was officially delayed to November 5, 2021, and on April 24th, it was delayed again, this time to March 25, 2022. - Downhill
- The recent theatrical release will get an early VOD release on 3/27.
- Dune
- Though reshoots for Denis Villeneuve‘s remake must still be filmed this summer, there are no plans yet to delay the film beyond its current December 18 date. But the film is widely expected to get bumped into 2021 now that fellow Warner Bros event film Wonder Woman 1984 has been rescheduled for a December elease. Update 10/5: It has been delayed 10 months to October 1, 2021.
- Dungeons & Dragons
- The latest film adaptation of the tabletop RPG has been bumped from November 19, 2021 to May 27, 2022.
- Elvis
- The Baz Luhrmann-directed film starring Tom Hanks shut down production in March but is expected to resume filming on September 23rd. For now, the film's November 5, 2021 release remains on schedule.
- Emma
- The current theatrical release will get an early VOD debut (while still technically in theaters) on Friday 3/20.
- Escape Room 2
- The horror sequel has been delayed a month from November 30, 2020 to January 1, 2021.
- Eternals
- The Marvel film has been stripped of its "The" and delayed from November 6, 2020 to February 12, 2021. In September, it was pushed back another nine months to November 5, 2021.
- Fantastic Beasts 3
- Production postponed on 3/16, one week prior to the start of filming. It is unclear if the November 12, 2021 release date will be affected. Update 11/9: The film has been postponed to July 15, 2022 (though the delay is only partially covid-related; the remaing part is Johnny Depp related).
- Fantastic Fest
- The 2020 installment of the Austin film festival has been canceled.
- Fast & Furious 9
- The latest Fast & Furious blockbuster has been pushed back nearly a full year from May 22, 2020 to April 2, 2021. That date was later changed to May 28, 2021 to make room for the delayed James Bond film No Time to Die.
- Fatale
- The Michael Ealy and Hilary Swank thriller, originally slated for a June release, is now due on 10/30.
- Fatherhood
- Sony has moved the Kevin Hart drama's release forward three months from January 2021 to October 23, 2020. On 4/23, the film moved again, this time to April 2, 2021.
- First Cow
- Kelly Reichardt's new must-see film has already opened in a few cities, but A24 has opted to cancel its planned rollout to more screens throughout March. Instead, the film will be re-released in theaters later this year once it is possible to do so.
- The Flash
- Amid a reshuffling of Warner Bros. films, the DC Comics entry was actually moved forward one month, from July 1, 2022 to June 3, 2022. In October, the film was delayed again to November 4, 2022.
- Fonzo [retitled Capone]
- The Josh Trank-directed, Tom Hardy-starring Al Capone biopic was originally intended to open in theaters this year. But the newly retitled film will now head straight to VOD on May 12.
- The Forever Purge [aka The Purge 5]
- The horror sequel has been delayed indefinitely beyond its original July 10 release date. Update 7/8: The film has a new date of July 9, 2021.
- Free Guy
- The Ryan Reynolds-starring action comedy has been delayed from July 3 to December 11. On 11/6, it was postponed indefinitely.
- The French Dispatch
- Wes Anderson's newest film was set to open on July 24 but will now reach theaters on October 16. On 7/23, Disney delayed the release indefinitely. The film will now release sometime in 2021 (after the eligibility cutoff for the 2020 Oscars).
- The Gentlemen
- The Guy Ritchie film, now in theaters, will come to VOD early on 3/24.
- Ghostbusters: Afterlife
- The Ghostbusters sequel, featuring the original cast, has been delayed from July 10 to March 5, 2021. In October, it was delayed again, to June 11, 2021.
- The Glorias
- The Julie Taymor-directed, Sundance-screened Gloria Steinem biopic will no longer open in theaters in September. Instead, it will head straight to Amazon's Prime Video on September 30.
- Godzilla vs. Kong
- Warner Bros.' monster movie has been pushed back from November 20, 2020 to May 21, 2021.
- Golden Globes
- The 93rd installment of the annual awards ceremony has been pushed from January to February 28, 2021—the original date for the Oscars (which were previously delayed to April). Nominations will now be announced on February 3, 2021 rather than in December.
- Gotham Awards
- The first-of-the-season film awards will now be handed out on January 11, 2021 rather than just after Thanksgiving. Nominations will also be a few weeks late, with the announcement due November 12th.
- The Green Knight
- David Lowery's film was scheduled for a May 29 theatrical release. That will not happen, and it is unclear if A24 will attempt to reschedule the film for theaters or if it will head straight to VOD. As of mid-may, the film is indefinitely delayed.
- Greenland
- The Gerard Butler thriller
will now open in theaters on September 25 instead of August 14.Nope: It is now a straight-to-VOD release that will be available to buy on 10/13 and rent on 10/27. - Greyhound
- The Tom Hanks WWII drama will no longer be released on June 12.
A new date has not been set, but the film likely won't arrive until 2021.Update 5/19: The film will now skip theaters entirely and debut on Apple TV+ on July 10. - Halloween Kills
- The Blumhouse horror film, a sequel to the recent Halloween reboot, has been delayed a full calendar year to October 15, 2021. That means the third film, Halloween Ends, will also be delayed a year and will now reach theaters on October 14, 2022.
- Hamilton
- A version of Lin-Manuel Miranda's hit musical—featuring the original Broadway cast in 2016—was originally supposed to be a theatrical release debuting in October 2021. It'll now head to Disney+ instead, and it will do so over 15 months ahead of schedule, on July 3, 2020.
- The High Note
- Focus Features has canceled the theatrical release (which was May 8) for this drama set in the L.A. music industry. It will now head straight to VOD on May 29.
- The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard
- The The Hitman’s Bodyguard sequel is now set for an August 20, 2021 release. It was originally supposed to come out in August of this year.
- Home Alone
- Production on Disney's upcoming remake/reboot was halted on 3/13.
- Hotel Transylvania 4
- The animated sequel is taking advantage of a new opening in the release schedule to move to August 6, 2021, a few months ahead of its originally planned December 22, 2021 release.
- How to Build a Girl
- The 1990s-set comedy starring Beanie Feldstein, which impressed critics on the festival circuit last fall, will now skip theaters and head straight to VOD on May 8.
- The Hunt
- The current theatrical release will get an early VOD debut (while still technically in theaters) on Friday 3/20.
- In the Heights
- The film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda's pre-Hamilton stage musical will no longer reach theaters on June 26, 2020. The new release date is almost a year later, on June 18, 2021.
- Indiana Jones 5 [w/t]
- The long-in-the-works sequel has been delayed a year from its 2021 release window. It is now targeting a July 29, 2022 release date.
- Infinite
- Antoine Fuqua's sci-fi thriller has been delayed by a year, from August 7, 2020 to May 28, 2021.
- The Invisible Man
- The current theatrical release will get an early VOD debut (while still technically in theaters) on Friday 3/20.
- Irresistible
- The Jon Stewart-directed political comedy starring Steve Carell no longer appears to be headed to theaters (or anywhere else) on May 29th, as Focus Features has removed all mentions of that date from its website. Update 5/22: The film will now skip theaters and get a digital home release on June 26.
- Jackass 4
- The latest in the franchise has been delayed from March 5, 2021 to July 2, 2021. On 7/23, the film was delayed again, this time to September 3, 2021.
- John Wick: Chapter 4
- The next film in the Keanu Reeves action series has been delayed a full year to May 27, 2022.
- Jungle Cruise
- Disney has delayed its upcoming Dwayne Johnson-starring theme park ride adaptation a full year, from July 24, 2020 to July 30, 2021.
- Jurassic World: Dominion
- The latest Jurassic Park sequel had its filming halted on 3/13 after about three weeks of shooting. Production is scheduled to resume in early July in the UK, making it one of the first films to return to production. The Colin Trevorrow-directed film is
still scheduled for a June 11, 2021release. Nope: In October, it was delayed a full year to June 10, 2022. - Kajillionaire
- Miranda July's festival hit, originally scheduled for a June 19 release, will now attempt a theatrical release on September 25.
- The King of Staten Island
- SNL star Pete Davidson's semi-autobiographical comedy (directed by Judd Apatow) will no longer open in theaters on June 19 (or any other time). Instead, it will debut on VOD on June 12.
- King Richard
- Production on the Will Smith tennis drama about the rise of Venus and Serena Williams was halted on 3/16 in the middle of filming. The film was expected to open during Thanksgiving weekend this fall, and there is no word yet on whether it will be delayed.
- The King's Man
- Matthew Vaughn's Kingsman prequel has been delayed for a third time and will now open on Februray 12, 2021.
- The Last Duel
- Ridley Scott's historical epic has been delayed nearly a year, from December 25, 2020 to October 15, 2021.
- Last Night in Solo
- Edgar Wright's new horror film will no longer open in theaters on September 25. The film has been pushed back to
sometime in 2021April 23, 2021. - Let Him Go
- The adaptation of Larry Watson's novel starring Kevin Costner and Diane Lane has been pushed back from August 21 to November 6.
- The Little Mermaid
- Production on Disney's upcoming live-action adaptation was halted on March 13 just prior to the start of filming. There is no restart date yet, and the film did not yet have a firm release date.
- Love and Monsters [fka Monster Problems]
- The Paramount monster comedy will skip its theatrical release and head straight to VOD on October 16.
- The Lovebirds
- The Issa Rae/Kumail Nanjiani rom-com-murder-mystery's SXSW debut and April 3 theatrical release has been canceled. Paramount has now sold the film to Netflix, which will stream the film on May 22.
- Macbeth
- The Joel Coen-directed Shakespeare adaptation will no longer begin filming this spring.
- Malignant
- James Wan's thriller was bumped from its August 14 date to make way for the rescheduled Wonder Woman 1984. A new date has not been set.
- The Man From Toronto
- Production on the upcoming Woody Harrelson/Kevin Hart comedy was halted 3/14 just prior to filming.
For now, the film retains its November 20, 2020 release date.Nope: On 4/24, it was pushed back almost a full year, to September 17, 2021. - The Many Saints of Newark
- David Chase's feature film prequel to HBO's The Sopranos was supposed to open on September 25 of this year but has been delayed to March 12, 2021.
- The Matrix 4
- Filming on the upcoming sequel (which was in progress) was shut down on 3/16, though producers hope to resume filming in July.
There is no word yet on how the delay will impact the film's May 21, 2021 release date, though a delay is likely.In June, the film was delayed from May 21, 2021 to April 1, 2022. But in October it was moved up a bit to December 22, 2021. - Military Wives
- Release date delayed from March 27 to May 22, 2020.
- Minions: The Rise of Gru
- The animated sequel will no longer open on July 3. It has been pushed back a full year to July 2, 2021.
- Mission: Impossible 7 and Mission: Impossible 8
- Production on the 7th film halted on 2/24 just prior to filming for two months in Italy. The film had been targeting a July 23, 2021 release, which
seems likely to shift unless a substitute shooting location can be found. Recent reports the week of 3/16 suggest that filming on some stunt work has actually resumed in the UKhas now been rescheduled for November 19, 2021. Filming is expected to resume in September. The 8th film (which is being shot back-to-back with the 7th) has been delayed from August 5, 2022 to November 4, 2022. - Monster Hunter
- The Paul W.S. Anderson videogame adaptation has been pushed from September to an April 23, 2021 theatrical release.
- Morbius
- Sony's Jared Leto-starring superhero film (set in the Spider-Man universe) has been postponed from July 31 to March 19, 2021. In addition, a yet-to-be-named follow-up Sony Marvel film set for October 2021 will no longer come out next year.
- Mulan
- Disney's live-action Mulan remake had its March 27 release postponed (on 3/12).
The film has been rescheduled for July 24.On 6/26 it was delayed a second time, to August 21st. On 7/23, Disney delayed the film's release indefinitely. On 8/4, the studio announced a new and final September 4 theatrical release (in whichever markets still happen to have open movie theaters on that date, if any) combined with a simultaneous home video release on Disney+ (for a $29.99 add-on charge). - My Spy
- The twice-delayed Dave Bautista-starring family comedy will no longer open in theaters in the U.S. Instead, the film will head straight to Amazon's Prime Video on June 26.
- Never Rarely Sometimes Always
- The year's best-reviewed film will head to VOD early, on 4/3.
- The New Mutants
- The X-Men spinoff, already the subject of repeated delays, had its April 3 release canceled on 3/12. A new release date (which will be the film's fifth)
has not yet been sethas been set for August 28. - The Nightingale
- Pre-production is paused for at least two weeks on the Elle Fanning and Dakota Fanning WWII drama. It had been expected to release on December 25, 2020 but now (as of 4/24) will no longer come out this year. A new date has not been announced.
- No Time to Die
- The next 007 film's planned release on April 10 was canceled and rescheduled for November 25, 2020 in North America (November 12 in the UK). The release date was later moved up five days to November 20, 2020, though rumors in mid-July suggest the film will get bumped once again, this time to the summer of 2021. Update 10/3: The film did indeed get bumped and will now open on April 2, 2021.
- Nobody
- Universal has rescheduled this Bob Odenkirk-starring action thriller from August 14, 2020 to February 26, 2021.
- The One and Only Ivan
- The Disney film, a mix of CGI animation and live action, will skip its originally planned August theatrical release and debut on Disney+ on August 21.
- Onward
- Pixar's just-released film will be available on VOD starting 3/20, and then come early to Disney+ (on 4/3).
- The Painted Bird
- IFC has delayed the film's theatrical release, previously scheduled for April 17, to July 17.
- The Personal History of David Copperfield
- The new Dickens adaptation from Veep creator Armando Iannucci will no longer open in theaters on May 8.
Disney has not announced a new date.The new theatrical release date is August 14. On 7/23, it was pushed again, this time to August 28. - Peter Pan & Wendy
- Disney's live-action retelling is still targeting a 2021 release, though pre-production was halted on 3/13.
- Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway
- The Sony animated film has been delayed from April 3 to August 7, 2020 and then again (on 3/31) to January 15, 2021.
- Praise This
- Will Packer's next film will no longer come out on September 25.
- Promare
- GKIDS has canceled event screenings of the Japanese animated film scheduled for April. The film will now head to VOD two weeks early on 4/21 (and DVD/Blu-ray on 5/19).
- Promising Young Woman
- Focus Features has canceled a planned April 17 release for this well-reviewed thriller from Killing Eve's Emerald Fennell. The film is now expected to release on Christmas Day.
- A Quiet Place Part II
- The horror sequel's March 20 release was canceled on 3/12. It is now scheduled for September 4. Update: On 7/24, it was delayed again, this time to April 23, 2021.
- Raya and the Last Dragon
- The Disney animated family film has been delayed from its planned November release to March 12, 2021.
- Red Notice
- Production on the Dwayne Johnson Netflix thriller was halted in March after nearly two months of shooting, forcing a delay from its summer debut plans. Production did not resume until mid-September.
- Respect
- The Jennifer Hudson-starring Aretha Franklin biopic was delayed from Christmas to January 15, 2021 (which would have still made it eligible for the upcoming Oscars) and then again to August 13, 2021 (which means it won't be eligible until 2022).
- Run
- The Sarah Paulson-starring thriller will no longer open in theaters on May 8. In fact, it will no longer head to theaters at all; instead, Hulu has acquired the film from original distributor Lionsgate and will stream it
on a still-to-be-determined date later this yearon November 20. - Run Sweetheart Run
- The Sundance-screened horror film will no longer open in theaters on 5/8—or anytime thereafter. Amazon acquired the film on 5/27 and will stream it on Prime Video later this year.
- Saint Maud
- The well-reviewed horror film's April release has been postponed indefinitely by A24. It was later rescheduled to July 17, only for the film to be postponed indefinintely yet again in early July. The film will reach UK theaters in October, but A24 hasn't yet picked a new American release date (and is still hoping for a theatrical rather than VOD release).
- Samaritan
- Production on the Sylvester Stallone thriller was shut down for at least two weeks beginning 3/15. The film had been scheduled for a December 11 release, which has not yet been changed.
- Scoob!
- The animated Scooby-Doo film has been
postponedshifted to a straight-to-digital release. It was slated to reach theaters on May 15 but will now be available on VOD and digital outlets that day. - Screen Actors Guild Awards
- The 2021 SAG Awards will now be held on March 14, 2021 instead of in late January. Nominations will now be revealed on February 4.
- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
- The Marvel film, for now,
retains its February 12, 2021 release date, though filming was halted on March 12. On April 3rd, the film was officially delayed to May 7, 2021. It was later pushed again, to July 9, 2021. - Shazam! 2
- The DC Comics sequel was delayed from April 1, 2022 to November 4, 2022. In October, it was pushed again, this time all the way to June 2, 2023.
- Shirley
- The well-reviewed Sundance drama starring Elisabeth Moss as author Shirley Jackson has been postponed indefinitely beyond its planned April 24 release.
- Shrine
- Filming on the upcoming horror film was paused for at least four weeks, beginning on 3/14.
- Sing 2
- The animated sequel has been bumped from its July 2021 release as a result of other films shifting dates. It will now open on December 22, 2021.
- Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins
- The film has been delayed from October 2020 to a tbd 2021 release. Update 8/29: The new release date is now October 22, 2021.
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- The VOD date for the recent theatrical release has been advanced to March 31.
- Soul
- The Pixar film, originally scheduled for June 19, will now open in theaters
on November 20. Nope: On 10/8, Disney canceled the film's theatrical release. It will now head straight to Disney+ on December 25. - South by Southwest Film Festival
- The festival had been scheduled to run from March 13-22 but was canceled on 3/6. Select films that had been scheduled to screen at the festival will be available to stream for free on Amazon (no subscription required) from April 27 through May 6.
- Spell
- Paramount's horror film will no longer open in theaters on August 28. A new date has not been set.
- Spiral
- The Chris Rock-starring spinoff from the Saw horror franchise was originally slated for a release this May 15, but will now skip this year entirely and reach theaters (if there still are any) on May 21, 2021.
- untitled Spider-Man: Far From Home sequel
- Tom Holland's next outing as Spider-Man was planned for July 16, 2021 but will now come out on November 5, 2021. On 7/24, it was further delayed to December 17, 2021.
- untitled Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse sequel
- The sequel to the acclaimed animated film has been delayed from April 8, 2022 to October 7, 2022.
- Spiral
- The upcoming Saw spinoff, starring Chris Rock and Samuel L. Jackson, will no longer open on May 15.
- Spirit Awards
- The 2021 ceremony has been pushed back to April 24, 2021, one day before the rescheduled Oscar ceremony.
- The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
- On 4/2, the animated film was rescheduled from May 22 to July 31. It was then rescheduled yet again on 4/14, this time to August 7. On 6/22, the plan changed yet again: The film will now head straight to VOD (date tbd) and then become a CBS All Access exclusive in early 2021.
- untitled Star Wars trilogy
- Disney's next batch of Star Wars films has been pushed back by a year, with the first one now due on December 22, 2023.
- Stillwater
- The Thomas McCarthy-directed thriller, starring Matt Damon and Abigail Breslin, will no longer reach theaters on November 6. A new date has not been named.
- Sundance Film Festival
- The January 2021 event, assuming it actually goes forward, will incorporate an online component and expand in-person screenings beyond Park City, Utah to over 20 theaters around the country (and possibly beyond). Update 8/6: The festival has been shortened from 11 to 7 days and will now begin one week later than planned, on January 28, 2021. Some events may be held in additional cities.
- Telluride Film Festival
- Festival organizers recently added an extra day (but not more films) to this year's schedule, meaning the festival would now run from September 3-7 if it is allowed to proceed. As of early June, organizers intend to hold the festival as scheduled. Update 7/14: The festival has been canceled.
- Tenet
- After resisting a move for months, Warner Bros. finally delayed the highly anticipated Christopher Nolan film on June 12.
It'll now reach theaters two weeks later than originally planned, on Friday, July 31st. Nope—on 6/25, it was delayed agin, this time to August 12.On July 20th, the film was pulled from the release schedule entirely. When it ultimately arrives, it may open in other countries prior to a U.S. release. Update 7/27: The film will now begin an international rollout on August 26th (continuing over the following month) before reaching some U.S. cities (locations tbd) on September 2nd (with some theaters also hosting advance screenings beginning on August 31st). - Thor: Love And Thunder
- The Marvel sequel was delayed from November 5, 2021 to February 18, 2022 but then moved up a week to February 11, 2022.
- Tribeca Film Festival
- The annual festival was canceled on 3/12. It had been scheduled to run from April 15–26. A small selection of festival programming will be made available to stream online (exact details tbd).
- Tom & Jerry
- Warner Bros. has delayed the hybrid live action/animated film from December 23, 2020 to March 5, 2021.
- Tomb Raider 2
- The film will no long open in theaters on March 19, 2021. A new date has not been set.
- The Tomorrow War
- Paramount canceled the Christmas release of the Chris Pratt-starring alien invasion thriller on 4/2. The new release date will be July 23, 2021.
- Top Gun: Maverick
- The Top Gun sequel was scheduled for a 6/24 release but will now come out on 12/23. On 7/24, the film was delayed again, this time to July 2, 2021.
- Toronto International Film Festival
- This year's TIFF is still scheduled to go on in September, though festival organizers are exploring adding a digital component to supplement the in-person screenings.
- The Trial of the Chicago 7
- With theaters mostly closed for the foreseeable future, Paramount has sold the rights for Aaron Sorkin's upcoming drama to Netflix (for a reported $56 million), making it a straight-to-streaming title. The film was expected to open in theaters on September 25, but
no Netflix premiere date has been announced (though it is still expected to arrive in the fall)Netflix will stream the film beginning October 16. - Tribeca Film Festival
- Typically held in April, the 2021 edition will get a late start and run from June 9–20, 2021.
- Trolls World Tour
- This animated family film sequel has the distinction of being the only nationwide April release that has not yet been canceled. Its release date remains April 10, and in an unprecedented move, Universal will make the film available for rental as a VOD title on the day of its theatrical release. (Since movie theaters will likely still be closed on April 10, this effectively makes Trolls a straight-to-video release.)
- Uncharted
- Pre-production on the upcoming videogame adaptation is paused for at least six weeks as of 3/16. The film had been targeting a March 2021 release but that will likely get pushed (again). Update 3/31: It has; the new release date is October 8, 2021. But then on 4/24, the release was moved forward to July 16, 2021.
- Unhinged
- The Russell Crowe thriller has been pushed back from July 10 to July 31.
- Untitled M. Night Shyamalan thriller
- In a surprise twist, Shyamalan's next film has been delayed indefinitely beyond its original February 21, 2021 release.
- Venice Film Festival
- Possibly unaffected. As of late May, the festival is still scheduled to begin on September 2nd as originally planned.
- Venom 2 (now titled Venom: Let There Be Carnage)
- The retitled Venom sequel has been delayed from October 2, 2020 to June 25, 2021. Principal photography was completed prior to the shutdown, but the film still requires reshoots and post-production work.
- Vivo
- Sony's animated monkey movie will no longer come out next April. Its new release date is June 4, 2021.
- The Way Back
- The just-released (and surprisingly decent) Ben Affleck basketball drama is heading to VOD on 3/24, far ahead of its original schedule.
- West Side Story
- Steven Spielberg's highly anticipated remake was pushed back a full year from its original holiday 2020 release and will now open on December 10, 2021.
- Wicked
- Universal will no longer open its film adaptation of the stage musical on December 22, 2021, a result of having to shift other films from their 2020 and 2021 dates. A new date has not been set (but will likely be in 2022).
- Without Remorse
- The Tom Clancy adaptation (which stars Michael B. Jordan) has been pushed back a few weeks from September 18 to October 2. On 6/27, it was postponed much further, this time to February 26, 2021. But since July (and continuing in November) Paramount has been in ongoing talks to sell the film to Amazon, which makes it likely that the film will skip theaters and debut on Prime Video.
- The Witches
- The Robert Zemeckis-directed adaptation of Roald Dahl's story was scheduled for an October 9, 2020 release but has now been delayed indefinitely. Update 10/2: The film will now skip theaters and debut on the HBO Max streaming service on October 22.
- The Woman in the Window
- Disney has postponed the theatrical release of Joe Wright's new psychological thriller. It had been scheduled to open nationwide on May 15.
- Wonder Woman 1984
- The planned June 5 release was delayed to August 14 on 3/24. Then, on 6/12, it was delayed again, this time to October 2. On 9/11, the film was bumped yet again, and will now release on December 25. On 11/18, Warner Bros. revealed that the film would also stream on HBO Max simultaneous with its theatrical release (or in lieu of same, if theaters are no longer open).
- You Should Have Left
- Instead of opening in theaters, this Blumhouse-produced haunted house thriller starring Kevin Bacon and Amanda Seyfried will head straight to VOD on 6/19.
Television
- 9-1-1 (Fox)
- Unaffected. Filming on the remainder of the current season is already complete. The 2020-21 season should begin filming in early October, which means that it likely won't air until early 2021. (The same goes for spinoff 9-1-1: Lone Star.)
- The 100 (CW)
- The CW series is attempting to complete filming of its series finale, which has just a few days left to go.
- Academy of Country Music Awards (CBS)
- The April 5 ceremony has been postponed until September 16. A new special ("Our Country") featuring at-home performances will air in its place on April 5 at 8p on CBS.
- All Rise (CBS)
- Production halted 3/13. But the series will briefly return to production for a unique filmed-at-home episode set during the pandemic, to air on May 4.
- The Amazing Race S33 (CBS)
- Production suspended after three episodes were filmed. However, it is the 2021 season that is impacted; Season 32 was already filmed prior to the production halt and will
air as scheduled this Maynow be delayed to later in 2020 as CBS attempts to space out its few remaining programs. - America's Got Talent S15 (NBC)
- Production of the upcoming summer season halted 3/14 with approximately half of the episodes completed, forcing a mid-season hiatus after just six episodes aired. Production resumed in late June and the series is expected to return to air on July 28, though the season will likely wind up with fewer episodes than normal overall.
- American Crime Story: Impeachment (FX)
- The anthology's Lewinsky/Clinton-themed season could not film in the spring as originally planned. Filming is now expected to begin in early October.
- American Horror Story S10 (FX)
- Because of a weather-dependent storyline, the delay in production means that this fall's 10th season has been delayed a full calendar year and will now air in fall 2021. (However, a new AHS spinoff could air in the fall or early next year.) Production is expected to begin in October 2020.
- American Housewife (ABC)
- Production halted 3/14. The next season will debut about a month later than normal, on October 28th.
- American Idol (ABC)
- Filming has ceased as of 3/17. The final already filmed episode will air on 4/5 (bumped from 3/30, when the show will not air). The delayed live episodes will now air beginning Sunday 4/26, with all remaining contestants performing from their homes.
- American Ninja Warrior (NBC)
- The delayed 12th season will launch on September 7, but the season will be about half the length (just 8 episodes) of a typical cycle due to the production shutdown.
- Americanah (HBO Max)
- Production delayed in March and then canceled completely on 10/15 after the delay caused the loss of star Lupita Nyong'o to other projects.
- Angelyne (Peacock)
- Production halted 3/12 on the upcoming Emmy Rossum-starring miniseries.
- Animal Kingdom (TNT)
- Filming on the next season began the week of September 7.
- Archer S11 (FXX)
- The animated comedy will no longer return on May 6th. The season will likely debut later in 2020.
- Atlanta S3/S4 (FX)
- Production halted 3/13. The S3 premiere date was previously delayed to early 2021 for non-virus reasons. Filming (on both seasons concurrently) will not begin until sometime in the first half of 2021, so it looks like the earliest that S3 could air is fall 2021 (and that could easily get pushed to 2022).
- The Bachlor (ABC)
- Production on the 2021 season could begin in late September or early October, albeit at a different (non-California) location than normal. That should mean that next season will hit its usual launch window.
- The Bachelorette (ABC)
- Production halted on 3/13 just at the start of filming. The season was scheduled to debut on May 18 but that date will likely change. But it will reportedly head back into production in July with the goal of airing during ABC's fall season. Update 8/27: The season will now debut on October 13.
- Barry S3 (HBO)
- Pre-production halted 3/27, and filming on the third season has been delayed indefinitely.
- Batwoman (CW)
- Production halted 3/13. Filming on season 2 began the week of September 7, and new episodes should begin airing in January.
- Big Brother S22 (CBS)
- . As of mid-May, the network is hoping to be able to air a new season of the reality series this summer,
with possibly only a slight delay from the show's usual June launch.The slightly delayed season will now launch on August 5. - Billboard Music Awards (NBC)
- The Kelly Clarkson-hosted ceremony will not take place on April 29th as planned. The new date is October 14.
- Billions (Showtime)
- While the 5th season will debut on 5/3 as originally planned, only seven episodes will be able to air. The five remaining (and still unfilmed) episodes will air sometime in 2021.
- Black Monday (Showtime)
- The currently airing season will now be limited to one new episode per week (rather than two). Since only six episodes were filmed prior to the halt in production, the season will be split in two, with the remaining four episodes
expected to air in late 2020to air beginning June 28. - black-ish (ABC)
- Unaffected. Filming on the remainder of the 2019-20 season is already complete. Season 7 will debut about a month later than normal, on October 21st.
- The Blacklist (NBC)
- Production halted 3/13. Three unproduced episodes will not be filmed, leaving the season to end on 5/15. And that episode was only partially filmed, but the episode will be completed with some animated scenes, a first for the series.
- Blindspot S5 (NBC)
- The drama's final season was originally scheduled to air over the summer, but will now debut early on
April 30thmake that May 7, after yet another schedule change. - Blue Bloods (CBS)
- Filming on the drama's 11th season is expected to begin in mid-September. New episodes could begin airing late this year (or in 2021).
- Bob Hearts Abishola (CBS)
- Production halted 3/13.
- The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)
- Production halted 3/17. The last remaining new episode will air 4/23. Production resumed in mid-June and, despite a few delays, the series is expected to return with new episodes beginning July 20 (though a few of those episodes were actually filmed early this year).
- The Bold Type (Freeform)
- Production halted 3/15.
- Bosch (Prime Video)
- The final season of the Amazon series began filming in the fall, but production was shut down for a time in November due to a positive test. The season is still expected to debut sometime in 2021.
- Breeders (FX)
- Season 2 began filming during the first week of September, and the new season should air in 2021.
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine (NBC)
- The next season has been delayed from fall 2020 to sometime in 2021.
- Bull (CBS)
- Production halted 3/12. Filming on the next season is expected to begin during the last week of September, and new episodes could air in either very late 2020 or early 2021.
- Carnival Row S2 (Amazon)
- Filming halted 3/12. But production was able to resume in the Czech Republic over the summer, and filming was completed in mid August.
- Charmed (CW)
- Production halted 3/12. The next season is expected to debut in January, assuming that production can begin in September or October as planned.
- The Chi (Showtime)
- The upcoming 3rd season has been moved forward a few weeks and will now debut on 6/21. All episodes have already been filmed.
- Chicago Fire / Chicago Med / Chicago P.D. (NBC)
- Production on all three shows halted 3/12. The unproduced episodes will not be filmed and all three shows will now wrap up their current seasons on 4/15. The shows returned to production for their new seasons in September, but filming on Chicago Med was halted for at least two weeks following a positive covid test in late September. Filming on Chicago Fire was also halted in mid-November following positive tests.
- Chucky (Syfy)
- Syfy's series adaptation of the horror franchise will be unable to begin filming this fall as planned. With production starting now in 2021, it is likely the series won't air until the 2021-22 season.
- Claws S4 (TNT)
- Production on the show's final season halted 3/13.
- CMT Music Awards (CMT)
- The televised ceremony has been delayed from June 3 to October 14.
- Conan (TBS)
- New nightly full-length episodes will resume on March 30, using an all-remote format (shot on iPhones) and videochat guest interviews.
- The Conners S3 (ABC)
- Likely unaffected. The third season began taping the week of August 17 with a pared-down crew and the show is on track for a fall premiere just a bit later than normal, on October 21st.
- Cortés y Moctezuma (Prime Video)
- Amazon's Steven Spielberg-produced, Spanish-language miniseries, written by Steven Zaillian and starring Javier Bardem, was canceled completely on 9/3 after it was previously shut down mid-production due to the pandemic.
- The Crown S4 (Netflix)
- As of 3/16, producers are attempting to complete filming on the upcoming fourth season, which is just one week away from completion. In April, Netflix suggested that the season will air in late 2020 as originally planned, without any delays.
- Cruel Summer (Freeform)
- The new drama series (formerly titled Last Summer) was expected to debut this fall, but now will not arrive until sometime in 2021.
- The Daily Show With Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)
- Production halted 3/13. The network hopes to have the show back on the air at the end of the month. In the meantime, new home-recorded segments are streaming daily and will begin airing on Comedy Central nightly at 11p beginning Monday 3/23. Episodes were expanded to 45 minutes beginning 4/27.
- Dancing With the Stars (ABC)
- Likely unaffected. A new season will begin on September 14th, though the network has yet to clarify what steps are being taken to ensure that will actually happen.
- Days of Our Lives (NBC)
- The soap is in the middle of a regularly scheduled hiatus, but an announcement on 3/17 indicated that it will not resume production at the end of March as originally planned. But TV Line reports that thanks to an unusually long lead time, there are enough completed episodes to last until the fall. Production resumed in early September but was halted again in mid-October following a positive covid test.
- Desus and Mero (Showtime)
- The talk show will return with new home-recorded episodes the night of March 30.
- Doctor Who (BBC America)
- Production on the delayed 13th season began in mid November, which means that the season will likely begin later than normal (though should still arrive in 2021). The season has been shortened from 11 to 8 episodes.
- Dr. Death (Peacock)
- A delay in filming (to sometime in the fall of 2020) caused original star Jamie Dornan to drop out of the Peacock original miniseries. Joshua Jackson will replace him.
- Dynasty (CW)
- Production halted 3/12.
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show (syndicated)
- Production halted 3/13
with a target return date of 3/30.The show will now return the week of 4/6. - Empire (Fox)
- Production on the show's final season was halted 3/14. Two episodes, including the series finale, were incomplete at the time of the shutdown, and Fox has indicated that they will not be completed and thus will never air. The series will now end early with the 4/21 episode, though there's a slight chance a more proper finale will be filmed at a later date.
- Emmy Awards
- Nominations have been delayed two weeks (from 7/14 to 7/28), but for now the ceremony remains scheduled for 9/20.
- Euphoria S2 (HBO)
- Production on the second season (which had yet to begin) was delayed on 3/13.
- Evel (USA)
- Production on the Evel Knievel miniseries was halted just prior to the start of filming in mid-March. On July 14, USA announced that it would not move forward with the project.
- Evil (CBS)
- Production on season 2 could begin in September (though is not yet definite). If it does, a late 2020 season debut is not out of the question.
- The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (Disney+)
- The new live-action Marvel series was scheduled to debut sometime in August. That has not officially changed yet, but filming of the season's final episode(s) was halted on 3/11. It appears that most of the season has already been filmed, however. Update 7/17: With Disney still unable to complete the final few weeks of filming, the show will no longer debut in August. A new date has not been set, though the show will no longer air this year, since filming did not resume until late September.
- Fargo (FX)
- Production halted on 3/13, and on 3/16 FX announced that the season 4 premiere would be postponed from its April 19 date. Two of the 10 episodes have not yet been filmed, and a best-case scenario is that the fourth season will debut this fall. Update 8/10: The 4th season will now debut on September 27, and filming on the final two episodes was completed on September 8, so no further delays will be necessary.
- FBI / FBI: Most Wanted (CBS)
- Production halted 3/13. For FBI, the final three episodes of the season will not be filmed, making the 3/31 episode its season-ender.
- Fear the Walking Dead S6 (AMC)
- Filming of the upcoming season was halted 3/13 and the hiatus will continue through April 12 at a minimum. A season premiere date had not been set but would have likely been in the summer.
- Filthy Rich (Fox)
- The new drama series, starring Kim Cattrall, was previously announced for the 2019-20 season—and has been filmed in its entirety—but will now be held back for the fall, when Fox will have fewer options for new material.
- The Flash (CW)
- Production halted 3/13. The final episode of the spring will air on 5/12, and the goal is to film and air the remaining few unproduced episodes later this year.
- The Flight Attendant (HBO Max)
- Production on the new thriller (starring Kaley Cuoco) halted 3/13 with five of eight episodes filmed. Production on the three remaining episodes was expected to resume in August but instead began the first week of September, and the series will now debut on Thanksgiving.
- For All Mankind S2 (Apple TV+)
- Production on the show's second season halted 3/13. The remaining two episodes began filming on August 17.
- For Life (ABC)
- The New York-filmed drama began production on its second season in late August, making it one of the first ABC shows to start filming, though filming had to be halted again for two weeks in September following a positive covid test.
New episodes will not air until 2021.Update 9/17: ABC has moved up the season debut to November 18. - Foundation (Apple TV+)
- Filming on Apple's upcoming series adaptation of the Isaac Asimov novels was suspended on 3/12.
- Friends reunion special (HBO Max)
- The special was originally supposed to tape the week of March 16 and be available at the launch of the new HBO Max streaming service (along with every episode of the original series). As of 4/10, the special still has not taped and thus will not be ready to stream in May. A new date has not been set, but the network is hoping to film the special at the end of the summer. Update 8/7: The special has been postponed for a second time, and will not enter production anytime soon. As of November, it looks like the special will be filmed in March 2021 and stream sometime after that.
- Full Frontal With Samantha Bee (TBS)
- Production halted 3/13. The March 18 episode did not air. New digital segments the week of 3/18, and new weekly shows (recorded at home) will resume on March 25.
- General Hospital (ABC)
- Production halt will run 3/16 through 4/10, at a minimum. Beginning the week of 3/30, the show will run just four days a week (with reruns on Fridays) in order to stretch out the remaining inventory. Production is expected to resume the week of 7/20. New episodes will begin airing August 3rd.
- Genius: Aretha (Nat Geo)
- Production halted 3/13. The miniseries was scheduled to debut 5/25, but will no longer hit that date. It is now expected to premiere "later this year." As of May, the miniseries was set to launch sometime this fall, but production did not resume until October 1st (and was shut down again later in October), finally wrapping near Thanksgiving. As a result, the season will now debut sometime in 2021.
- The Gilded Age (HBO)
- The new HBO (formerly NBC) series from the creator of Downton Abbey was originally scheduled to begin filming in mid-March, which obviously did not happen. It is now expected to begin production at the very end of September, which means the show will not debut until sometime in 2021 at the earliest.
- The Girlfriend Experience S3 (Starz)
- With filming delayed due to the coronavirus, the new season is unlikely to meet its original 2020 launch window. But production did begin in mid-August.
- God Friended Me (CBS)
- Production halted 3/13.
- The Goldbergs (ABC)
- Production halted 3/14 with only one episode left to film this season. It is unclear if that episode will be taped at a later date. Season 8 will debut in the fall about a month later than normal, on October 21st.
- The Good Doctor (ABC)
- Unaffected. Filming of the current season already complete, and the show will air as scheduled.
- The Good Fight (CBS All Access)
- Production halted 3/12 after filming was complete on at least some episodes. The fourth season did premiere on April 9 as originally scheduled, but some individual weekly episodes (such as the episode that would have aired on 4/16) will be delayed as post-production work on the already-filmed episodes continues to be impacted. On 5/14, CBSAA opted to end the season early (with the 5/28 episode) rather than attempt to film the final three episodes. However, the series was renewed for a 5th season.
- Good Trouble S3 (Freeform)
- Originally expected to air this summer, the series will now debut its third season in 2021.
- Gossip Girl (HBO Max)
- HBO Max's reboot will no longer debut in 2020 as originally planned. Filming is now expected to begin at the end of October.
- Grace and Frankie S7 (Netflix)
- Production on the comedy's final season was halted on 3/12.
- The Great British Baking Show S11 (Netflix)
- Filming on the next season, originally intended to begin in April, has been delayed.
- Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
- Production halted 3/12. The four unfilmed S16 episodes will not be produced; instead, the season will conclude with the 4/9 episode. Production on the next season is expected to begin in early September, though it is unclear whether the season will still be able to launch this fall as originally planned. (Update: It did, obviously, but the season is expected to have a lower episode count than normal.)
- grown-ish S3 (Freeform)
- The comedy was expected to air the second half of its current season this summer; instead, it won't arrive until 2021.
- The Handmaid's Tale S4 (Hulu)
- Production halted 3/15, midway through filming of the fourth season, and didn't resume until September. The halt means that the 4th season will now arrive sometime in 2021 rather than this year.
- HBO Max streaming launch
- No delay expected. The planned May launch (exact date tbd) of the new streaming service was confirmed as recently as April 9th.
- I Know This Much Is True (HBO)
- HBO has rescheduled the Mark Ruffalo miniseries from April 27 to May 10, presumably to space out what little remaining new content it has on the shelf.
- iHeartRadio Music Awards (Fox)
- The 3/29 live broadcast has been canceled. Online voting remains open, and organizers hope to reschedule the show for a later date. Update 8/24: The awards show will no longer air this year; winners will be announced online and via radio beginning 9/4.
- Indebted (NBC)
- Unaffected. Filming of the first season is already complete, and the show should continue to air as previously scheduled.
- Invasion (Apple TV+)
- Simon Kinberg's alien invasion series was partially filmed when the coronavirus forced a shutdown. Production was scheduled to resume the week of August 17 in the UK.
- Jeopardy! (syndicated)
- The game show resumed production (with a redesigned set) the week of July 27th, which means that new episodes could begin airing as soon as September.
- Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC)
- Production halted beginning 3/16. Reruns will air, but at a later hour, as the show's normal timeslot will temporarily be occupied by Nightline. Like other late night hosts, Kimmel is recording a monologue from home daily and streaming it on YouTube. New home-recorded episodes will resume the week of 3/30 though the show will continue to air in its new 12:05a slot until the week of April 13th, when it returns to 11:35p (with half-hour episodes). A summer hiatus for host Kimmel will end on September 21, when the show will return to the studio and regain its full-hour format.
- Kentucky Derby (NBC)
- The race has been postponed from May 2 to September 5.
- Killing Eve (BBC America)
- The premiere of season 3 has been moved forward two weeks to 4/12. The 4th season was scheduled to begin production in August but will be unable to do so, which means that the season will be unlikely to meet its planned spring 2021 launch date.
- Landscapers (HBO)
- Production on the Olivia Colman-starring miniseries has been delayed to early 2021, which should push the premiere to sometime in the 2021-22 season. A scheduling conflict caused by the delayed production means that the series will also need to replace its original director, Alexander Payne.
- The Last Dance (ESPN)
- Originally scheduled to air in June during the NBA playoffs, the 10-part docuseries about Michael Jordan will now debut on April 19.
- Last Man Standing (Fox)
- Production halted 3/15, just a few days prior to the scheduled filming of this season's final episode. Producers hope to film that episode at a later date.
- Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (HBO)
- Production halted beginning 3/16. The short audience-free episode that aired on Sunday 3/15 was the final episode prior to a two-week hiatus, but the show will now return with new home-recorded episodes beginning 3/29.
- The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (CBS)
- Production halted effective 3/16. In the meantime, Colbert is home-recording a monologue every day and streaming it on YouTube, beginning 3/17. New full-length episodes (recorded at home) will resume on Monday 3/30. The series will shift from home to studio recording during the week of August 10.
- The Late Late Show With James Corden (CBS)
- Production halted effective 3/16. A new primetime special will air on 3/30. The series will shift from home to studio recording during the week of August 10.
- Late Night With Seth Meyers (NBC)
- Production halted 3/12 (including the cancellation of that night's episode). Meyers will start recording nightly segments at home beginning the week of 3/23, and you can find them on the show's YouTube channel.
- Law & Order: SVU (NBC)
- Production halted 3/12. The final four episodes of the season will not be filmed, leaving the 4/23 episode as the season's last.
- Legacies (CW)
- The current season will end early, with the 3/26 episode. It is possible that the remaining unproduced S2 episodes will air at a later date if filming can resume in the near future. (Regardless, the series will return for a third season.)
- Lights Out With David Spade (Comedy Central)
- Production shut down following the 3/12 episode. The show will not return to Comedy Central in any form, and is now being shopped to other networks.
- Lisey's Story (Apple TV+)
- Production on the upcoming miniseries (starring Julianne Moore and Clive Owen) halted on 3/13. Only a few weeks of production need to be completed, but as of late June there's still no indication that filming can resume anytime soon.
- Little America S2 (Apple TV+)
- Production halted 3/12 prior to the start of filming on the second season.
- Loki (Disney+)
- Production shut down 3/14. The live-action Marvel series had been expected to debut in the spring of 2021; it is unknown if that will change.
- Lord of the Rings S1/S2 (Amazon)
- Production on Amazon's big-budget LOTR series was halted in New Zealand starting 3/16. Filming resumed in late September.
- Los Espookys S2 (HBO)
- The quirky Spanish-language series was only halfway done with filming season 2 prior to the production shutdown. It is unclear when production can resume.
- Love Fraud (Showtime)
- The already filmed docuseries was previously scheduled to debut May 8, but will now launch on August 30.
- Love Island [UK version] (Hulu)
- The reality hit will skip its summer and winter seasons this year due to coronavirus concerns. The next season won't air until summer 2021, though it will be a longer season than normal.
- Love Island [US version] (CBS)
- The reality show will use a Las Vegas hotel to film its second season this summer. Episodes will begin airing on August 24.
- Lucifer S5 (Netflix)
- Production on the show's final season halted 3/13, just as producers were in talks to extend the series by another season. Production is expected to resume in late September.
- Magnolia Network
- The new cable network (replacing DIY) from HGTV regulars Chip and Joanna Gaines will no longer launch on October 4. The network will now launch sometime in 2021.
- Magnum P.I. S3 (CBS)
- The series did not meet its original mid-August production start date, and is now expected to begin filming in mid-September. A late 2020 premiere is not impossible, though an early 2021 start to the season seems likelier.
- The Mandalorian S2 (Disney+)
- Unaffected. Unlike other upcoming Disney+ shows, filming of the upcoming second season of The Mandalorian wrapped in early March prior to the shutdown, and the season will debut this fall as planned.
- Manifest (NBC)
- The next season has been delayed from fall 2020 to sometime in 2021.
- Masters Golf Tournament (CBS)
- Scheduled to begin April 9, the major tournament has been postponed
indefinitelyuntil November 12. - The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel S4 (Prime Video)
- Filming on the delayed fourth season won't begin until January 2021 at the earliest, which means the season will miss its usual November/December launch window and likely won't air until a full year later (in late 2021).
- Mental Samurai (Fox)
- The game show's second season will no longer debut on 4/22. It is unclear when new episodes will arrive, though reruns of the first season will continue to air on Thursday nights over the next month or two.
- Modern Family (ABC)
- Unaffected. The series has already completed production on its remaining episodes, including the series finale (which airs 4/8).
- Mom (CBS)
- The sitcom is expected to begin filming its next season the week of September 14. A normal fall launch is thus out of the question; new episodes will begin airing either very late this year or in early 2021.
- The Morning Show S2 (Apple TV+)
- Production on the show's second season halted 3/12 midway through work on the season's first two episodes. Filming is expected to resume in mid-October, which means that the season will debut in 2021 at the earliest.
- Mr. Mayor (NBC)
- Four episodes of the new Tina Fey/Ted Danson comedy series, which was intended to debut this fall, were filmed prior to the shutdown. Because filming on the remaining episodes could not restart in time, the show's debut has been pushed back to 2021.
- MTV Movie & TV Awards (MTV)
- The annual ceremony, which would normally be held in June, has been indefinitely postponed, though it may be held later in 2020. Update 11/12: This year's ceremony will not be held; instead, the network will honor the best entertainment of the past 40 years in a "Greatest of All Time" ceremony to air on December 6.
- MTV VMAs (MTV)
- The network is exploring holding its 2020 ceremony in Brooklyn on August 30th, though backup plans are also being formulated should that not be possible.
- Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet S2 (Apple TV+)
- Production on the show's second season halted 3/13.
- Nancy Drew (CW)
- Production halted 3/12. The next season is expected to debut in January, assuming that production can begin in September or October as planned.
- NCAA March Madness Tournament (TBS/CBS)
- Like all college sporting events this spring, the men's basketball tournament has been canceled and will not be rescheduled.
- NCIS / NCIS: Los Angeles / NCIS: New Orleans (CBS)
- Production halted 3/12. Both NCIS and NCIS:LA are tentatively scheduled to resume production in early September for their upcoming seasons. NCIS: New Orleans will get a later September start. It is still possible that some or all of the three shows could air new episodes before year's end, though an early 2021 start is another possibility.
- The Neighborhood (CBS)
- Production halted 3/15, just two days prior to the scheduled filming of the second season's final episode. That episode will not be produced. Season 3 is expected to begin filming in late September, but the first new episode won't air until sometime in 2021.
- The Nevers (HBO)
- Joss Whedon's return to TV was forced to take a pause in filming its debut season in March, but production resumed in the fall and filming is now reportedly complete, which should allow the series to debut in 2021.
- neXt (Fox)
- A full season of the John Slattery-led, typographically challenged drama series, previously announced for the 2019-20 season, is in the can. But Fox will now delay its premiere until the fall, when the network will have a greater need for new content.
- New Amsterdam (NBC)
- Production halted 3/12. A few remaining episodes will not be filmed, and one already filmed episode (about a flu pandemic) has been pulled from the schedule, leaving the April 14 episode as the final new hour of the season. The next season has been delayed from fall 2020 to sometime in 2021.
- NFL Draft (ABC/ESPN)
- The draft will be closed to the public but will still air on television from April 23-25.
- Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs (HBO)
- The Jon Stewart-hosted fundraiser will not take place on April 18. It will be rescheduled.
- NOS4A2 S2 (AMC)
- Originally set to debut June 1st, the second season premiere has been pushed back to 6/21.
- One Day at a Time (Pop)
- After briefly attempting to film audience-free, producers halted production on the 4th season (and first since the sitcom's move from Netflix) during the week of 3/16, leaving seven episodes unfilmed. Producers are experimenting by turning one of those seven into an animated special, which will air sometime this spring (after the midseason finale).
- The Orville S3 (Hulu)
- The former Fox show halted production on 3/15 after shooting just a small part of the new season. Filming has yet to resume as of late September, which makes a 2020 debut unlikely.
- Outcry (Showtime)
- The already filmed docuseries was previously scheduled to debut April 3rd, but will now air later in 2020 (presumably when the network runs out of other new programs to air).
- Patriot Act With Hasan Minhaj (Netflix)
- The show will no longer return with new episodes on March 29. A new return date has not been set.
- Peacock streaming launch
- Comcast confirmed that its new streaming service will stick to its original launch plans, which involve a gradual rollout to Comcast customers between April 15-30 and a public launch on July 15, though the company is working to accelerate the latter date. However, almost all of Peacock's original programming will be delayed to next year. The only original programs that will be available this month are two animated children's shows.
- Peaky Blinders S6 (Netflix)
- Production halted 3/16.
- Pennyworth S2 (Epix)
- Production halted 3/13. Because of the delays, season 2 will now be split in two parts, with four episodes airing in late 2020 and the remaining six not arriving until sometime in 2021.
- Pilot season in general
- Production on all network pilots has been suspended. It is believed that only one pilot, Chuck Lorre's CBS sitcom project B Positive, had completed filming prior to the shutdown. It appears unlikely that any of the broadcast networks, who have already canceled their in-person upfront presentations, will be able to announce their new show pickups at the usual time in mid-May.
- Pose S3 (FX)
- Production halted 3/14. Filming on season 3 could resume in October, but even if it does, you'll have to wait until 2021 to watch the new episodes.
- Power Book II: Ghost and Power Book III: Raising Kanan (Starz)
- The two Power spinoffs have halted production for at least one week starting on 3/13. Writing was already completed on both new series, and Ghost is still expected to launch in September.
- Punky Brewster (Peacock)
- Peacock's reboot of the 1980s series has been delayed to 2021 (or possibly late 2020 if production can resume this summer).
- Queen of the South S5 (USA)
- Production halted 3/14.
- Queen Sugar S5 (OWN)
- Production halted 3/13.
- Quiz (AMC)
- The three-part miniseries was delayed by a week and will now launch on 5/31. It will also be stretched out into weekly installments instead of airing over three consecutive nights as originally planned.
- Real Time With Bill Maher (HBO)
- Production halted 3/13 following taping of that night's episode. New episodes will resume beginning 4/3.
- The Resident (Fox)
- Production halted 3/14. Three episodes will not be filmed, leaving the 4/7 episode as the season's finale.
- The Righteous Gemstones S2 (HBO)
- Production halted 3/13.
- Riverdale (CW)
- Production halted 3/11. Filming on the next season, which is now on track for a January debut, is expected to begin the week of September 14.
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (HBO)
- The annual ceremony, which typically is telecast in May, has been postponed to November 7.
- RuPaul's Drag Race (VH1)
- The series entered production for its 13th season in early September, which suggests that the new season could arrive in its normal late winter/early spring launch window.
- Russian Doll S2 (Netflix)
- Production halted 3/12 prior to the start of filming. No premiere date had been announced.
- Rutherford Falls (Peacock)
- Production on the Ed Helms comedy postponed on 3/12 prior to the start of filming. Filming is underway in the fall, which means that the series will not debut until sometime in early 2021.
- Saved by the Bell (Peacock)
- Peacock's reboot of the 1990s series has been delayed to 2021 (or possibly late 2020 if production can resume this summer).
- Saturday Night Live (NBC)
- The show is in the midst of a previously scheduled break, but announced on 3/16 that it will also postpone its next three episodes (at a minimum), beginning with the 3/28 episode. The season has five episodes remaining. A partial new episode will air on April 11, consisting of a new Weekend Update and other new home-recorded material. Two more home-recorded episodes followed, including a May 9 episode that will serve as an early season finale.
- Schooled (ABC)
- Production halted 3/14 with only one episode left to film this season. It is unclear if that episode will be taped at a later date.
- SEAL Team (CBS)
- Production halted 3/13. Filming of season 4 is expected to begin in mid September, which would allow for a late 2020 (or early 2021) season debut.
- See S2 (Apple TV+)
- Production on the show's second season halted 3/13.
- Sex Education S3 (Netflix)
- Plans to film the third season in May had to be scrapped, but production was able to get started on September 9. The result will likely be a multi-month delay to the season's launch, which was expected in early 2021.
- Sex/Life (Netflix)
- Production on the upcoming Mike Vogel/Sarah Shahi dramedy series halted 3/13.
- Servant S2 (Apple TV+)
- Production on the show's second season halted 3/13.
- Shameless (Showtime)
- The series began filming its final season just after Labor Day.
- Shark Tank (ABC)
- The reality series will attempt to film its upcoming 12th season in a "quarantine bubble" in Las Vegas in August.
- Snowfall S4 (FX)
- Production halted 3/13.
- Snowpiercer (TNT)
- Production on the new series was halted 3/13. However, the unfilmed episodes were from S2 (which was shooting back-to-back with the first season), and the completed S1 will now air two weeks early beginning 5/17.
- So You Think You Can Dance (Fox)
- Fox has canceled the show, which was unable to film its 17th season this spring as originally planned. The network could revive the series in a future year, but it's not guaranteed.
- Soulmates (AMC)
- The episodic sci-fi anthology series was originally set to air this summer, but will now be pushed back until sometime this fall.
- The Soup (E!)
- On hiatus beginning the week of 3/16.
- untitled Star Wars Obi-Wan Kenobi series (Disney+)
- The Ewan McGregor-starring series is now scheduled to begin filming in March 2021, which means the show will not debut until the 2021-22 season (likely in 2022).
- Strahan, Sara and Keke (ABC)
- Will cease airing after 3/17 until further notice.
- Stranger Things S4 (Netflix)
- Production on the upcoming 4th season halted beginning 3/16, with the pause coming just as filming was about to commence. Production remains shut down in mid-August, though filming resumed on October 1st. As a result, the season will stream in 2021 instead of this year as originally planned.
- Succession S3 (HBO)
- Pre-production halted 3/27, and filming on the third season has been delayed. Producers hope to begin filming the next season in December, though nothing is definite yet.
- Supergirl (CW)
- Production halted 3/13.
- Supernatural (CW)
- Production on the show's final seven series-ending episodes was halted on 3/13. The episode airing on 3/23 will be the last new episode until post-production work can be completed on five already filmed episodes and filming can commence on the final two episodes. The latter began filming on August 18, and the delayed final seven episodes will now air beginning October 8.
- Superstore (NBC)
- Production of the current season has been terminated after 21 episodes, pushing the season finale (episode 22) to next season.
- Survivor S41/S42 (CBS)
- Delayed at least one full year. Production on the next two cycles (which would normally air in fall 2020 and spring 2021) has been halted, but is currently scheduled to resume on May 19. Update 7/14: Production has been unable to restart in time, so the show will be unable to make its planned fall season debut and will not return to CBS until sometime in 2021. Update 9/12: Survivor will be unable to film its 41st season this fall as planned. Filming on seasons 41 and 42 may happen back-to-back next spring and summer (and even that is not guaranteed), but the earliest that the next new season will air is fall of 2021.
- S.W.A.T. (CBS)
- Production halted 3/16 with just one season 2 episode remaining unfilmed. It is unclear if that episode will be produced at a later date. But on August 4, the drama returned to production for its upcoming 4th season, making it one of the first fall shows to go before cameras. One month later, filming has continued uninterrupted, making a fall debut look likely.
- The Talk (CBS)
- Production halted on 3/13. Reruns will air in its place.
- The Third Day (HBO)
- The Jude Law/Naomie Harris miniseries was scheduled to debut on May 11 but will now be held back for the fall.
- This Is Us (NBC)
- The upcoming 5th season of the NBC hit will attempt to launch on November 10th (later changed to October 27th), about a month and a half later than normal. Filming is expected to resume on September 24, but any delays to that plan could force a premiere date change.
- The Today Show (NBC)
- Beginning 3/17, will air truncated new episodes daily from 7-9a, followed by pre-aired segments from 9a-11a.
- Tokyo Summer Olympics
- The July games were finally postponed on 3/24. They have been rescheduled for a year later, to begin on July 23, 2021.
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC)
- Production halted 3/12. The earliest the show might return is 3/30. In the meantime, Fallon is recording a short "At Home Edition" daily and streaming it on YouTube.
- The Tony Awards (CBS)
- The June 7 ceremony has been delayed indefinitely. It is possible it will not be rescheduled.
- Tooning Out the News (CBS All Access)
- Stephen Colbert's animated take on The Daily Show format had been scheduled to debut on Monday 3/16. That debut has now been postponed
indefinitelyto April 7. - The Unicorn (CBS)
- The CBS sitcom's second season is getting a relatively late production start, with filming scheduled to begin in mid-October. New episodes will not air until 2021.
- The Undoing (HBO)
- The six-episode miniseries starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant was scheduled to debut on May 10 but will now air sometime in the fall.
- Uncensored (TV One)
- Season 3 of the reality series was supposed to launch 4/26 but will now debut in the fall.
- Van Helsing S5 (Syfy)
- Likely unaffected. Production on the fifth and final season is returning to production in Canada in July and the season is expected to air this fall as originally planned.
- The View (ABC)
- Continues to air new episodes.
- The Voice (NBC)
- The singing competition will not be ready in time for its normal fall launch in September. A late fall launch is still possible, though the show may not wind up returning until 2021.
- The Walking Dead S10 / S11 (AMC)
- Production could not be completed on the season finale prior to the industry-wide shutdown. As a result, the finale will not air as part of the current season, and will be rescheduled as a one-off special
later in 2020on October 4. The episodes prior to the finale will air as scheduled (through April 5). Delayed production on season 11 means that it won't air this fall as is typical, but will instead arrive sometime in 2021. But there will be six extra episodes (technically, still part of S10) when it does arrive. - The Walking Dead: World Beyond (AMC)
- The latest Walking Dead spinoff will no longer debut on 4/12. It has been rescheduled for October 4.
- WandaVision (Disney+)
- Production halted 3/14 on the live-action Marvel series. The show was previously targeting a December 2020 start date, and it is too soon to tell if that will get pushed, though as of mid-July the series is still on schedule.
- Watch What Happens Live (Bravo)
- Production halted 3/13. Host Andy Cohen was to begin recording new episodes from his apartment starting Sunday 3/22, but those plans were canceled on 3/20 when Cohen revealed that he tested positive for the coronavirus. But on 3/30 Cohen announced that he would begin new broadcasts that night despite his diagnosis.
- The Wendy Williams Show (syndicated)
- Production shut down 3/12. The show will return with new home-recorded episodes the week of 4/6.
- The Wheel of Time (Amazon)
- Production on the upcoming Prime Video series adaptation of Robert Jordan's fantasy novels had started but was halted on 3/13.
- The Witcher S2 (Netflix)
- Two-week production halt announced 3/16. Production resumed the week of August 17, and the second season is now set for a 2021 premiere, though filming was halted again in November following multiple positive covid tests.
- Wynonna Earp S4 (Syfy)
- Long delayed for non-cornavirus reasons, the 4th season will launch in late July. But a covid-related production shutdown means that only half the season was filmed, and the final six episodes won't go before cameras until late summer at the earliest.
- The Young and the Restless (CBS)
- Production halted 3/17. The last remaining new episode will air 4/23. Production resumed in July and new episodes will begin airing on August 10.
- Young Sheldon (CW)
- Production halted 3/13.
- Younger S7 (TV Land)
- Originally scheduled to film in the spring, the 7th (and now final) season should begin filming in September or October and air sometime in 2021.
- Your Honor (Showtime)
- The Showtime miniseries was originally targeting a 2020 debut, but a production shutdown in March toward the end of filming may make that impossible. Filming should resume in early October, however, which would allow for a December premiere date.
Videogames
- Ary and the Secret of Seasons
- The adventure game from Modus has been pushed back from July 28 to sometime in September.
- Baldur's Gate III
- An early access release planned for August has been delayed. A new date has not been announced.
- Call of Duty tbd
- Unaffected. On May 5, Activision confirmed that the next CoD game will release this fall as planned.
- CrossfireX
- The Xbox exclusive was pushed back from fall 2020 to sometime in 2021.
- The Dark Pictures - Little Hope
- The second game in the horror anthology was originally targeting a summer release, but will now come out this fall.
- Death Stranding (PC version)
- Originally announced as a June 2 release, the PC port will now come out on July 14.
- Deathloop
- Arkane has delayed the planned 2020 release, and is now targeting spring 2021.
- Destiny 2: Beyond Light
- The expansion will now release on November 10 instead of September 22.
- Final Fantasy VII Remake
- While the PS4 game's April 10 release looks like it will stick for the digital version, physical copies could be delayed.
- Final Fantasy XIV patches
- Updates will be delayed by up to a month thanks to a slowed development process. The next patch should arrive in late June or July.
- Football Manager 2021
- The annual soccer sim will arrive later than originally planned this fall, though should still be out before year's end.
- For Honor - Year 4 Season 2
- The latest update has been delayed to June 11.
- Fortnite - Chapter 2 Season 3
- The next season has been delayed by a month, from May 1 to June 4.
- Ghost of Tsushima
- Sucker Punch's PS4 exclusive has been pushed back from June 26 to July 17.
- Guilty Gear Strive
- The latest Guilty Gear title was targeting a late 2020 release for PS4 but, with production slowed by the pandemic, will now arrive in early 2021 at the earliest.
- Hellpoint
- The new sci-fi RPG from Cradle Games has been delayed past its original April 16 date. It is now expected to release sometime in May or June.
- Iron Man VR
- The PS4 Marvel exclusive has been delayed indefinitely from its planned 5/15 release. Update 5/12: The new date is July 3.
- Kerbal Space Program 2
- The sequel to the hit indie space simulation game was targeting a March 2021 release, but has now been delayed to fall of 2021 at the earliest. Update 11/5: The game has been pushed back even further and will now arrive in 2022.
- Kingdom Hearts: Dark Road
- The mobile spinoff from the popular game series was planned for a spring release, but won't be able to hit that window with development slowed by the coronavirus. A new date has not been set.
- The Last of Us Part II
- Scheduled for a May 29 release, the highly anticipated PS4 exclusive was delayed indefinitely on 4/2. On 4/27, it was rescheduled for June 19.
- Mafia: Definitive Edition
- 2K's remaster will now come out on September 25 rather than August 28.
- Minecraft Dungeons
- The latest Minecraft spinoff will miss its planned April release and come out on May 26.
- Monster Hunter World: Iceborne
- The game's next free update, originally expected in May, has been delayed indefinitely.
- New World
- The MMO, part of Amazon's new push into videogame development, will no longer come out in May. The new release date is August 25, 2020.
- Ninjala
- The Switch-exlusive fighting game has been delayed from May 27 to June 25.
- No Straight Roads
- The rhythm game for consoles and PC has been delayed from June 30th to
an unspecified late summer release dateAugust 25. - The Outer Worlds
- The Switch version planned for March has been delayed to June 5.
- PlayStation 5 console
- As of May, Sony's new console is still on track for an end-of-year launch.
- Someday You'll Return
- Originally planned for an April 14 release, the PC game has been pushed to May 5.
- Star Wars Episode 1 Racer
- The Switch and PS4 ports have been delayed indefinitely beyond their planned May release dates.
- Super Mega Baseball 3
- The delayed baseball game, originally set for an April release, will now come out on May 13.
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC
- Rollout of additional characters may be delayed.
- Tales of Arise
- The latest entry in Bandai Namco's Tales series has been delayed indefinitely.
- Trackmania
- Ubisoft's upcoming reboot of the racing game has been pushed back from May 5 to July 1.
- Wasteland 3
- With development slowed a bit from the need to work from home, the game's May 19 release date has been pushed back to August 28.
- The Wonderful 101
- The remastered game will still release digitally for Switch, PS4, and PC on May 19, but physical copies will no longer be available that day, instead releasing on June 30th.
- Xbox Series X console
- Unaffected. The console will launch in November (specifically, 11/10) as originally planned.
Albums
- The 1975 Notes on a Conditional Form
- The repeatedly delayed album has been pushed back again, this time from April to May 22.
- Nicole Atkins Italian Ice
- The singer's new album was pushed back from April 17 to May 29.
- Jehnny Beth To Love Is to Live
- The Savages frontwoman has delayed her solo debut album from May 8 to June 12.
- Dixie Chicks Gaslighter
- The country act's first new album in 14 years was delayed from its original 5/1 date. The album will now arrive on July 17.
- Deradoorian Find the Sun
- The L.A. artist's new album has been moved from May 22 to September 18.
- Haim Women in Music Part III
- The April 24 release has been postponed indefinitely (as of 3/23). The band is expecting to be able to release the album sometime in the summer. Update 4/29: The album will now arrive on June 26.
- JARV IS... [new Jarvis Cocker project] Beyond the Pale
- The debut from the Pulp frontman's new band has been pushed back from May 1 to September 4.
- The Killers Imploding the Mirage
- The band's new album will no longer come out on May 29. It is now set for August 21.
- Lady Gaga Chromatica
- The pop star's latest album was scheduled for an April 10 release, but will no longer come out next month. The release is now scheduled for May 29.
- Dua Lipa Future Nostalgia
- The singer has moved up the release of her album from 4/3 to this Friday, 3/27.
- Willie Nelson First Rose of Spring
- The country star's 70th studio album has been delayed from 4/24 to 7/3.
- Kelly Lee Owens Inner Song
- Release date for her second LP moved from May 1 to August 28.
- The Pretenders Hate for Sale
- The band's 11th album has been delayed to July 17.
- Protomartyr Ultimate Success Today
- The post-punk band's new album was scheduled for May 29 but will now arrive on July 17.
- Margo Price That's How Rumors Get Started
- The country singer's third album has been postponed from its planned 5/8 release. It will now come out on July 10.
- Record Store Day (April)
- The annual April event was postponed from 4/18 to 6/20 in March, and then postponed again in April. It will now run over three dates: 8/29, 9/26, and 10/24. Organizers will release their updated list of titles included in the three events on 6/1. (Note that the separate annual RSD Black Friday event has not been impacted and will run on 11/27 as previously scheduled.)
- Sam Smith To Die For
- Previously scheduled for June 5, the album will now come out later this year, and with a different title.
- Sufjan Stevens & Lowell Brams Aporia
- Scheduled for 3/27, the album's release has been advanced a few days to 3/24 (and is available to stream now).
- Rufus Wainwright Unfollow the Rules
- The singer-songwriter's new album was pushed back from 4/24 to 7/10.
- Weezer Van Weezer
- The album's May 15 release has been delayed indefinitely.
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