The Flash

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Ezra Miller was first announced as Barry Allen/The Flash in 2014 and the road to The Flash movie has been a long one, even without the additional delays due to the pandemic. After landing a July 2022 release date, the film was delayed to November 4, 2022.

The King's Man

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The third installment in Kingsman: The Secret Service will star a cast including Ralph Fiennes and Gemma Arterton. It was originally scheduled to be released in November 2019 before being moved to February 2020, then to September 2020, February 2021, and March 2021. Now, the film will be released August 20, 2021.

In The Heights

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In addition to forcing studios to delay their films, the coronavirus pandemic has led to several movies shutting down production. That includes the big screen musical In the Heights, which is based on the Broadway sensation created by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegrķa Hudes. Miranda has confirmed the film was still record its score when it closed house, but its original June 26, 2020 release date moved to June 18, 2021.

UPDATE: In the Heights has been rescheduled for June 18, 2021, a year after its original release date.

Malignant

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James Wan's upcoming horror film Malignant was also a casualty of the pandemic closures. An original creation from the Saw, Insidious, and The Conjuring director, the movie was originally scheduled to open on August 14, 2020. However, it will now open on September 10, 2021.

Morbius

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The Jared Leto-led Morbius, a Marvel comic book adaptation that serves as the second installment in Sony's Spider-Man villain franchise after Venom. The fact the film takes place in the MCU (or, failing that, adjacent to it) is all the more reason for Sony to move it somewhere safe, long after the ongoing health crisis has (mostly) ended. As such, it will now hit theaters on October 9, 2021.