WB Pushes the Release of Christopher Nolan's TENET Back to August
Warner Bros. has once again pushed back the release date for Christopher Nolan’s Tenet. The movie was originally set to be released on July 17th. It was then moved to July 31st. Now it’s set to be released on August 12th.
I gotta say, I’m pretty bummed out, but due to the reported spikes in COVID-19 cases they decided to push the release of the movie back again. A Warner Bros. spokesperson said in a statement:
“Warner Bros. is committed to bringing ‘Tenet’ to audiences in theaters, on the big screen, when exhibitors are ready and public health officials say it’s time. In this moment what we need to be is flexible, and we are not treating this as a traditional movie release. We are choosing to open the movie mid-week to allow audiences to discover the film in their own time, and we plan to play longer, over an extended play period far beyond the norm, to develop a very different yet successful release strategy.”
The studio has also pushed back the rerelease date of Nolan’s Inception from July 17th to July 31st. That film is being released in honor of its 10th anniversary.
Tenet is a “mind-blowing espionage thriller so unique that audiences will puzzle over its intricacies for years to come.” It’s also said to be a “time-bending masterpiece” about a Quantum Cold War. This is the synopsis for the film:
Armed with only one word – Tenet – and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time. Not time travel. Inversion.
The movie stars John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Dimple Kapadia, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Clémence Poésy, Michael Caine, and Kenneth Branagh.
Source: Variety