NEW YORK (AP) — Sony Pictures has cleared out its summer calendar due to the coronavirus, postponing the releases of Jason Reitman's “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” and the Marvel movie “Morbius” to 2021.
Hollywood's summer season — the film industry's most lucrative time of year — is increasingly shutting down because of the pandemic. Theaters nationwide have closed and major film productions have halted.
“Ghostbusters: Afterlife," set 30 years after “Ghostbusters II,” had been scheduled for July 10, but it will now open March 5 next year.
The Jared Leto-starring “Morbius," slated for July 31, will now be released March 19 next year.
“Greyhound,” a World War II drama starring Tom Hanks, is now to-be-determined instead of opening June 12.
