Brand-new movies have been having rough starts at the box office since the theaters reopened, leading to several major delays. Disney is the latest studio to postpone the release of its highly-anticipated blockbusters, including the Marvel movies Black Widow and Eternals.
Black Widow was supposed to open on November 6th, but Marvel fans will have to wait for it a little bit longer. This is the second major delay of this film starring Scarlett Johansson, and it’s now set to premiere on May 7th, 2021, about a year later than originally intended.
This delay led to a complete shift of the Marvel release schedule and the postponement of several other projects. Eternals moved from February 12th, 2021 to November 5th, 2021, while Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings was delayed from May 7th, 2021 to July 9th, 2021.
Black Widow is expected to kick off Phase Four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and Eternals and Shang-Chi will follow. Before these films hit the theaters, WandaVision is expected to premiere on Disney+ this winter, as the first original Marvel series on this platform.
