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    Monday, May 06, 2024

    Movies, shows delayed by the Hollywood actors, writers strikes

    Marvel, Disney, Warner’s DC and many other studios have been forced to delay upcoming projects due to a historic double strike by Hollywood SAG actors and WGA writers.

    We’re keeping track of which major shows and movies are on hiatus, delayed or otherwise disrupted — though by now it may be easier to list the few projects that aren’t affected.

    ‘Avatar’ and ‘Star Wars’ projects

    Disney has reportedly pushed back the release dates for several films in its “Avatar” and “Star Wars” franchises amid the WGA strike.

    James Cameron’s “Avatar 3” will move to a 2025 release date, with “Avatar 4” coming in 2029 and “Avatar 5” in 2031, per the Hollywood Reporter. A pair of untitled “Star Wars” films will also be pushed back for a 2026 release. “Star Wars” fans will also have to wait longer for season 4 of “The Mandalorian” now that production has been delayed, according to Production Weekly.

    Disney didn’t respond to a request for comment about whether the delays are because of the strike.

    Marvel superhero projects from Deadpool 3 to Avengers

    Disney also announced in mid-June that a number of its upcoming Marvel films, including “Captain America: Brave New World” and the next two “Avengers” films, would be pushed back.

    These movies join other delayed Marvel projects, such as the forthcoming Disney Plus show “Wonder Man,” “Venom 3,” and the feature film “Thunderbolts.”

    “Daredevil: Born Again,” an upcoming Disney Plus television series, will be put on pause until the end of the WGA strike, too, Deadline reported in June.

    The Ryan Reynolds film “Deadpool 3” was actually moved earlier on Disney’s calendar, from November to May of next year, according to the Hollywood Reporter, even though Reynolds can’t improvise on set and must stick to the pre-strike script because of union rules. But the film might not meet its deadline with production now halted as a result of the actors strike, according to Variety.

    “Blade,” the Marvel Studios vampire thriller starring Mahershala Ali, is also set to be delayed because of the strike, according to the Hollywood Reporter. “Blade” was supposed to begin filming in Atlanta in June but became the first big-ticket movie to stall.

    ‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight’

    The writers’ room on HBO’s upcoming “Game of Thrones” spinoff has been closed by the strike, co-creator George R.R. Martin said in a supportive blog post. “There are pickets in front of every studio lot and sound stage in La., and many in other cities as well. Get used to them,” he wrote. “I expect they will be there for a long time.”

    ‘Abbott Elementary’

    Writers for the Emmy Award-winning show won’t be working during the strike. Writer Brittani Nichols told Democracy Now! that the strike could affect how many episodes can be made for the show’s third season.

    ‘Dirty Dancing’

    The sequel to “Dirty Dancing” is still working through production, according to Deadline, but the film’s debut will move from early 2024 to summer 2025.

    ‘Dune 2’

    The sequel to science fiction epic “Dune” may be pushed back over the strike, according to Variety. The film’s original release date was Nov. 3, 2024, but Warner Bros. Film Group is considering a move.

    ‘Euphoria’

    Initial scripts for the third season of hit drama “Euphoria” were in the works as creator Sam Levinson focused on “The Idol,” but when considering the writers strike, the show likely won’t return until 2025, HBO executive Francesca Orsi told Deadline in May.

    ‘Gladiator 2’

    The “Gladiator” sequel directed by Ridley Scott and starring Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Connie Nielsen and Denzel Washington has stopped production about halfway through due to the actors strike, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The movie is scheduled to premiere in November of next year.

    ‘The Last of Us’

    Production for the second season of Emmy Award-nominated “The Last Of Us” will be delayed due to the writers strike, Deadline said.

    ‘Law & Order: Special Victims Unit’

    Production for one of the longest-running prime-time drama series has also been affected by the strike, Ice-T said.

    “Normally we would be back in production, filming the new season. Unfortunately we’re still on hold due to the writers strike..,” the actor tweeted the Wednesday before actors formally went on strike. “Hopefully we’ll be back sooner vs. later..”

    ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’

    Prime Video’s “Lord of the Rings” prequel series based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s novels is one of the few shows to continue production despite the strike, Variety reported. The series, which was set to finish filming by the end of May, is continuing without two of its executive producers who are bound by the strike rules, the report said.

    ‘Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part 2’

    Ahead of the actors strike, cast members were on a global press tour for the Paramount thriller scheduled to premiere in June 2024, per the Hollywood Reporter. It’s unclear when they’ll be able to return to filming.

    ‘Stranger Things’

    The production of Season 5, the last of the series, will not go ahead during the strike, the Duffer brothers said May 6 on Twitter. “Writing does not stop when filming begins,” the show’s executive producers and creators said in support of the strike, adding that they hope a fair deal is reached “soon” to enable work to resume. The fifth season was supposed to begin filming in June.

    ‘The White Lotus’

    The third season of the Max drama series “The White Lotus” was expected to come out next year, but Francesca Orsi, an HBO executive who leads drama series, films and programming, told Deadline in May that it was too early to tell if the Emmy-winning show will make deadline after its writers room was shut down by the strike.

    ‘Yellowjackets’

    The writers’ room on the Showtime psychological thriller stopped work after only one day on Season 3, said Ashley Lyle, one of the creators. “It was amazing, and creatively invigorating, and so much fun, and I’m very excited to get back to it as soon as the #WGA gets a fair deal,” she said on Twitter on May 2.

    ‘Yellowstone’ spinoff ‘1923’

    Filming for the second season of “1923” — the “Yellowstone” spinoff starring Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren — is reportedly “delayed indefinitely,” according to a report from NBC Montana. The show was set to start filming in Butte, Montana, but Civic Center manager Bill Melvin said he was informed the WGA strike caused a production delay.

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