Tom Hardy's Venom sequel has become the latest Hollywood blockbuster to be delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Venom: Let There Be Carnage, a follow-up to 2018 box office smash Venom, will now launch on June 25, 2021, Sony said. It was originally set to arrive in cinemas in October of this year.
#Venom: Let There Be Carnage. June 25, 2021. pic.twitter.com/ZADJPyZtb5
— Sony (@Sony) April 21, 2020
Sony has now moved almost all of its major releases from 2020.
It previously announced vampire superhero film Morbius, Ghostbusters: Afterlife and Tom Holland's video game adaptation Uncharted will all arrive next year.
On Monday, Robert Pattinson's The Batman was delayed by four months to October 2021 as part of a wider reshuffle by Warner Bros.
Sopranos prequel film The Many Saints of Newark and superhero movies The Flash and Shazam 2 also had their release dates changed, as did Baz Luhrmann's Elvis Presley biopic. That film, starring Austin Butler and Tom Hanks, has been delayed by a month to November 2021.
Also, King Richard, a sport drama about the father of tennis players Venus and Serena Williams, will now be released in November 2021, a delay of a year.
Other major releases to be delayed include James Bond film No Time to Die, Disney's blockbuster remake of Mulan and Top Gun: Maverick.
