Sony Moves SPIDER-MAN Solo Film Release Date

Looks like Disney moving the release date of Star Wars: Episode VIII is already causing aftershocks in Hollywood. Release dates are serious business for movie studios, as evidenced by the sometimes absurd way they stake claims on dates up to five years in advance, so it's no surprise that they're paying close attention to a potential behemoth like Star Wars and pouncing to take advantage of its previous release window.

THR reports that Sony Pictures has moved Jon Watts' solo Spider-Man film up from July 28th, 2017 to July 7th, 2017. July 7th is the date Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales was set to hold, but when Star Wars moved, Pirates jumped into its old slot, leaving the July 7th spot vacant. Sony swung in to claim it as theirs. Tom Holland's first solo effort as the web-slinger will now be the property to beat during that holiday weekend.

Meanwhile, the studio also changed the release date for its remake of Jumanji, which moves from this Christmas into the spot Spider-Man originally held: July 28th, 2017.

Update your calendars accordingly!