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Warner Bros have brought Gal Gadot’s “Wonder Woman” forward from a previous release date of June 23, 2017, to June 2, 2017.
Meanwhile, the studio’s “Jungle Book: Origins” has been pushed back a whole year, from October 6, 2017 to October 19, 2018.
Speculation suggests the move could have been made to distance the film from Disney’s upcoming “Jungle Book” film, which is set to open this month and has been getting rave reviews.
In light of the move, director Andy Serkis took to Facebook:
I’ve got to say that personally I’m absolutely thrilled that Warner Brothers have changed the delivery date of Jungle Book: Origins. The ambition for this project is huge. What we are attempting is an unprecedented level of psychological and emotional nuance in morphing the phenomenal performances of our cast into the facial expressions of our animals. We are breaking new ground with realistic non-humanoid animal faces ,such as a panther or wolf, ensuring that they convincingly communicate with human language and emotion via performance capture, and are able to stand up to real scrutiny in richly complex dramatic scenes. So, every minute more that we have to evolve the technological pipeline will make all the difference…the evidence is there already and it’s off the chain exciting, so hang on in there…This is truly next generation storytelling, and it will be the real deal!
I’ve got to say that personally I’m absolutely thrilled that Warner Brothers have changed the delivery date of Jungle…
Posted by Andy Serkis on Wednesday, 6 April 2016
An untitled event film has taken the vacated October 6, 2017 slot.
Finally, Warner Bros has slated two untitled DC Cinematic Universe films for October 5, 2018 and November 1, 2019.
At this stage, the projects remain a mystery, although there has been a lot of chatter about possible solo Superman and Batman films to come…
