'Wonder Woman' Release Date Moves Up; Andy Serkis' 'Jungle Book' Pushed Back to 2018
Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman in ‘Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice’ (Photo: Warner Bros. Entertainment via AP)
By Rebecca Ford, The Hollywood Reporter
Warner Bros. has shifted the release dates for its upcoming films Wonder Woman and Jungle Book, plus it has dated three more currently untitled films.
Jungle Book, which will be directed by Andy Serkis, is moving back an entire year, from Oct. 6, 2017, to Oct. 19, 2018.
Warner Bros.’ Jungle Book movie is one of two competing films based on the Rudyard Kipling’s book of the same name. Disney’s version, directed by Jon Favreau, comes out this weekend.
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“I’ve got to say that personally I’m absolutely thrilled that Warner Brothers have changed the delivery date of our movie,” Serkis wrote Wednesday. “The ambition for this project is huge. What we are attempting is an unprecedented level of psychological and emotional nuance in morphing the phenomenal performances of our cast into the facial expressions of our animals.”
He also added: “So, every minute more that we have to evolve the technological pipeline will make all the difference … the evidence is there already and it’s off the chain exciting, so hang on in there … This is truly next generation storytelling, and it will be the real deal!”
In DC cinematic universe news, Wonder Woman, which will star Gal Gadot (who made her debut in Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice), is moving up from June 23, 2017, to June 2, 2017.
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Warner Bros. also set dates for two of its now-untitled DC films: Oct. 5, 2018, and Nov. 1, 2019. These new dates are set for yet-to-be announced films and are in addition to the already set DC films, which include Suicide Squad (August 5, 2016), The Justice League Part One (Nov. 17, 2017), The Flash (March 16, 2018), Aquaman (July 27, 2018), Shazam! (April 5, 2019), Justice League Part Two (June 14, 2019), and Cyborg (April 3, 2020).
An untitled WB event film is slated for Oct. 6, 2017.
The latest DC film, Zack Snyder’s Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, plunged 69 percent in its second weekend, but easily stayed No. 1. It earned $51.3 million in its second weekend for a domestic total of $260.4 million.
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