LOS ANGELES – With reported cases of the coronavirus surging, Warner Bros. on Thursday postponed the release of Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet,” further delaying Hollywood's summer kickoff.The sci-fi thriller starring John David Washington and Robert Pattinson will move from July 31 to Aug.
12, a Wednesday. In a statement, the studio stressed the need for flexibility. “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,” a Warner Bros.
spokesperson said in a statement.Movie theaters had been pinning their hopes on the film as a major July release that could.