Disaster for cinemas? 17 movie hits will appear on a streaming service in 2021 - with a catch

The corona pandemic is causing production houses to take drastic steps.

Now several upcoming blockbusters are to appear on a streaming service.

Film fans can look forward to several blockbusters starting in 2021.

Due to the difficult

, the coming cinema year will probably not be very successful.

In many countries, as well as in this country, the halls are closed for further weeks.

Where a visit to the cinema is possible, many potential viewers avoid the facilities in order to minimize the risk of infection.

Production houses that have planned major cinema premieres are therefore plunging the current situation into a dilemma.

For fear of financial loss, many have therefore decided to publish on streaming services.

For example,

started on Disney + in 2020 *.

The sequel to the comedy hit "The Prince of Zamunda" is expected to

appear

on

in January 2021

.

Now Warner Bros. has announced that a total of

hits will also land on a single streaming service.

Among them are

, the

and the new

.

Cinema year 2021: 17 films with simultaneous streaming premieres

This news should be a real shock for cinema operators.

Nevertheless, there is at least one bright spot: Warner Bros. does not want to cancel the cinema premieres completely.

Instead,

,

and 15 other films appear in parallel on the big screen and on the American streaming service

.

After 31 days, the blockbusters are to be removed from the platform and instead continue to run in the cinema, reports Variety, among others.

CEO and WarnerMedia chairman Ann Sarnoff makes it clear that simultaneous premieres will

an issue

.

“Nobody wants to see films on the big screen as much as we do.

We know that new content is vital to cinemas.

Nevertheless, we have to face the reality that most American cinemas will reduce the number of seats throughout the coming year, ”she explains in a statement.

This year the first parallel streaming and cinema debut will take place:

starts in December 2020 on the big screen and on

.

The following films will also be available in the cinema and on the streaming service in the course of 2021:

• "Wonder Woman 1984"

  (will be released in America at the end of 2020)

• "Matrix 4"

• "Dune"

  (remake of the 1984 film)

• "The Suicide Squad"

• "In the Heights"

  (musical adaptation by Lin-Manuel Miranda)

• "The Many Saints of Newark"

  (prequel to the series "The Sopranos")

• "The Little Things"

  (thriller with Denzel Washington)

• "Judas and the Black Messiah"

• "Tom and Jerry"

  remake

• "Godzilla vs.

  Kong "

• "Mortal Kombat"

  (video game adaptation)

• "Those Who Wish Me Dead"

  (film by Angelina Jolie)

• "The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It"

• "Space Jam: A New Legacy"

• "Reminiscence"

  (film with Hugh Jackman)

• "Malignant"

  (film by director James Wan)

• "King Richard"

  (sports drama with Will Smith)

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This Warner Bros. decision is significant to the American film audience.

Since

is not available in Germany, the streaming debuts in this country are flat.

At the same time, the cinemas

closed

until

.

Should this period be extended, it is conceivable that the film premieres

will take place

on other streaming services such as

or

.

It remains to be seen whether this will happen.

Learn more

: Netflix: These films and series will be released in December 2020.

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