Christopher
Nolan's
Tenet
has
been
pushed
back
once
again.
Warner
Bros.
announced
the
new
date
for
the
film's
theatrical
release
as
August
12,
2020.
While
the
film
was
originally
set
to
release
on
July
17,
the
date
was
changed
to
July
31,
due
to
the
ongoing
COVID-19
pandemic.
Warner
Bros.
released
a
statement
which
read,
"Warner
Bros.
is
committed
to
bringing
Tenet
to
audiences
in
theaters,
on
the
big
screen,
when
exhibitors
are
ready
and
public
health
officials
say
it's
time.
In
this
moment
what
we
need
to
be
is
flexible,
and
we
are
not
treating
this
as
a
traditional
movie
release.
We
are
choosing
to
open
the
movie
mid-week
to
allow
audiences
to
discover
the
film
in
their
own
time,
and
we
plan
to
play
longer,
over
an
extended
play
period
far
beyond
the
norm,
to
develop
a
very
different
yet
successful
release
strategy."
The
news
came
after,
New
York
Governor
Andrew
Cuomo
announced
that
movie
theatres
will
not
be
included
in
Phase
4
of
reopening
in
big
cities
like
LA,
and
New
York.
The
makers
possibly
don't
want
to
release
the
film,
which
cost
$200
million
to
make,
while
the
audience
is
still
not
comfortable
with
visiting
theatres.
For
now,
Disney's
Mulan
is
the
first
film
to
release
post
lockdown
on
July
24,
2020.
Coming
back
to
Tenet,
the
action
thriller
has
been
one
of
the
most
anticipated
Hollywood
releases
in
2020,
and
fans
are
eager
to
find
out
more
about
the
film
and
its
mind-bending
plot.
Not
much
has
been
revealed
in
the
trailer
and
fans
are
keeping
a
keen
eye
on
the
cast
and
director
Christopher
Nolan's
words
about
the
film.
Nolan
recently
told
Entertainment
Weekly,
"This
film
is
not
a
time-travel
film.
It
deals
with
time
and
the
different
ways
in
which
time
can
function.
Not
to
get
into
a
physics
lesson,
but
inversion
is
this
idea
of
material
that
has
had
its
entropy
inverted,
so
it's
running
backwards
through
time,
relative
to
us."
Tenet
stars
John
David
Washington,
Robert
Pattinson,
Elizabeth
Debicki,
Aaron
Taylor-Johnson
and
Michael
Caine
among
others.