Disney Sets GHOST IN THE SHELL for 2017, Moves Favreau's JUNGLE BOOK to 2016, and More

Good news for those of you who are looking forward to the Scarlett Johansson-starring adaptation of Ghost in the Shell: you won't have to wait too long to see it. According to Exhibitor Relations (via /Film), Disney has set the film for release on April 14th, 2017. Another film involving ScarJo, Jon Favreau's The Jungle Book, has been bumped back from this October to April 15, 2016. So it looks like we'll have two ScarJo movies kicking off the summer movie season for two years in a row.

Disney's Pete's Dragon remake, which recently added Michael C. Hall to the cast, is set to arrive in theaters on August 12th, 2016. And finally, The Finest Hours, a Coast Guard rescue film starring Chris Pine and Casey Affleck, has taken The Jungle Book's original release date of October 9th, 2015. Update your calendars accordingly, movie lovers.