Wonder Woman 1984
will not be released in theaters in France due to the health crisis.
Production house Warner Bros. announced on Friday that the blockbuster starring Gal Gadot would be available online, in physical media and on
Canal +
.
The film, supposed to boost a possible return of the public to the cinema, should have been released at the end of 2020, but the dark rooms have finally remained closed due to the pandemic
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In France, where hundreds of films patiently await the reopening of cinemas, the rules of the media chronology prevent a film already broadcast on television, online or on DVD, from being released on the big screen.
The Hollywood major preferred to give up the big screen and favor a release "
on March 31 in digital purchase
", on several sites, then on April 7 "
in VOD, DVD, Blu-Ray
" in particular, as well as an "
upcoming broadcast and exclusively on Canal +
”.
After a first opus which had brought in more than 800 million dollars in 2017, this second part was again entrusted to the American director Patty Jenkins and to the Israeli actress Gal Gadot.
The latter puts on the costume in the colors of the star-spangled banner, and returns in 1984, to the America of triumphant consumerism.
She leads an anonymous and quiet life, until events force her to ride lightning again.
Armed with her lasso of truth, she must restore peace, justice and avoid the apocalypse.
Warner Bros. isn't the only major grappling with the pandemic.
Universal, for its part, last week put an end to the first half of the year by modifying the release dates of a series of films (
The Croods
,
Fast and Furious
,
the Minions…
).
The most anticipated blockbuster by theaters, the James Bond
Die Can Wait
, whose release has been an Arlesian figure for world cinema for months, is still officially scheduled for October 6, 2021.