WB Pushes Back Release Dates for SALEM'S LOT and FURIOSA
Warner Bros. has made a couple announcements about two of their biggest upcoming blockbuster films. The first is about the Stephen King adaptation Salem’s Lot, which the studio has set for a post Labor Day frame of September 9, 2022 next year. Deadline reports that that time frame “has been a rich period at the box office for Warner Bros and New Line horror fare, however, this year with James Wan’s Malignant on HBO Max, and up against Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings‘ second weekend, that genre movie isn’t looking so strong.”
Salem’s Lot is directed and adapted by Gary Dauberman. Producers are Roy Lee, Wan, Michael Clear and Mark Wolper. Alfre Woodard, Lewis Pullman, Makenzie Leigh, Bill Camp, Spencer Treat Clark, and William Sadler star in the small town vampire movie.
Next up is the Mad Max spinoff Furiosa, which will now open on May 24, 2024 instead of June 23, 2023. The film will star Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth, and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. The report says that “George Miller’s Furiosa will be Australia’s biggest ever, and is prepping for a South Wales shoot next year. The production will inject at least $350M AUD into the local economy and create 850 jobs. Miller wrote the story and produces with Doug Mitchell. The character was introduced as the female counterpart to Max in Miller’s Mad Max Fury Road, the role originally played by Charlize Theron.”
Are you looking forward to these two films?