Warner
Bros
Studios
has
postponed
the
release
of
the
much-anticipated
Wonder
Woman
1984
until
August
in
the
wake
of
the
coronavirus
pandemic.
The
DC
superhero
film,
starring
Gal
Gadot
in
the
lead
which
was
scheduled
to
open
on
June
5,
will
now
hit
the
screens
on
August
14,
reported
Variety.
The
sequel
reunites
Gadot
with
Wonder
Woman
director
Patty
Jenkins
and
co-star
Chris
Pine,
with
Pedro
Pascal
and
Kristen
Wiig
joining
the
franchise.
Gadot
said
she
is
looking
forward
to
a
brighter
future
in
these
"dark
and
scary
times".
"Where
we
can
share
the
power
of
the
cinema
together
again.
Excited
to
redate
our
'WW84'
film
to
August
14,
2020.
I
hope
everyone
is
safe.
Sending
my
love
to
you
all," she
wrote
on
Twitter
on
Tuesday.
Jenkins
also
prayed
for
better
times
ahead.
"We
made
Wonder
Woman
1984
for
the
big
screen
and
I
believe
in
the
power
of
cinema.
In
these
terrible
times,
when
theater
owners
are
struggling
as
so
many
are,
we
are
excited
to
re-date
our
film
to
August
14th
2020
in
a
theater
near
you," the
director
tweeted.
"When
we
greenlit
Wonder
Woman
1984,' it
was
with
every
intention
to
be
viewed
on
the
big
screen
and
are
excited
to
announce
that
Warner
Bros
Pictures
will
be
bringing
the
film
to
theatres
on
August
14.
"We
hope
the
world
will
be
in
a
safer
and
healthier
place
by
then,"
Toby
Emmerich,
Warner
Bros.
Pictures
Group
chairman,
added
in
a
statement.
The
studio
has
also
pulled
"In
the
Heights",
"Scoob" and
"Malignant"
till
further
notice.
An
adaptation
of
Lin-Manuel
Miranda's
musical,
"In
The
Heights"
was
due
out
June
26
and
"Scoob",
an
animated
film
based
on
"Scooby-Doo"
characters
was
supposed
to
out
on
May
15.
Thriller
"Malignant" director
James
Wan
was
originally
slated
for
an
August
14
debut,
but
with
"Wonder
Woman
1984"
taking
up
the
date,
the
film
is
also
looking
for
a
date.
Production
on
other
Warner
Bros
films
--
The
Batman,
Fantastic
Beasts
3
and
The
Matrix
--
has
been
suspended
amid
the
COVID-19
outbreak.