Black Widow and Thor: Love and Thunder among SEVEN Marvel movies with their release dates pushed

Black Widow and Thor: Love and Thunder among SEVEN Marvel movies with their release dates pushed back amid coronavirus pandemic

Not even the usually bulletproof movies of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) are immune from the coronavirus.

The Disney-owned studio announced a raft of release date changes on Friday, including to the highly-anticipated Thor: Love and Thunder and Black Widow’s long-awaited solo adventure. 

The changes were enacted in order to accommodate mass theater closures around the United States in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Vulnerable: Not even the usually bulletproof movies of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) are immune from the coronavirus. Black Panther seen above

The Thor sequel has been pushed back a few months to February 18, 2022.  

Meanwhile, the Scarlett Johansson-starring Black Widow has been bumped from its original May 2020 release slot to November 2020.

And the film which was supposed to have that release date, The Eternals starring Angelina Jolie, has been pushed back to 2021. 

Black Panther 2 will stick to its original May 6, 2022, release date. 

Waiting: The Scarlett Johansson-starring Black Widow has been bumped from its original May 2020 release slot to November 2020

Waiting: The Scarlett Johansson-starring Black Widow has been bumped from its original May 2020 release slot to November 2020

She's back! Captain Marvel 2 has had its release date announced as July 8, 2022

She’s back! Captain Marvel 2 has had its release date announced as July 8, 2022

Disney has also revealed new release dates for their other films which have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

With theaters across the United States shutting down to help slow the potentially deadly COVID-19 virus sweeping the globe, Hollywood is scrambling to reschedule their film slates.

And as the world’s biggest film studio, Disney have had to make some particularly difficult decisions, like postponing their tentpole films like Mulan and Jungle Cruise. 

Bright spark: Chris Hemsworth will return in Thor: Love and Thunder... eventually

Bright spark: Chris Hemsworth will return in Thor: Love and Thunder… eventually

Disney has revealed new release dates for their films which have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic

With theaters across the United States shutting down to help slow the potentially deadly COVID-19 virus sweeping the globe, Hollywood is scrambling to reschedule their film slates

Scrambling: Disney has revealed new release dates for their films which have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic

The Walt Disney Company pushed back their live action remake of the 1998 animated film Mulan to July 24.

The film should currently be in theaters but was pulled from release once the coronavirus hit.

Meanwhile, the Disney film that should have been released on July 24 – Jungle Cruise starring The Rock and Emily Blunt – has been delayed by a year, with the new release set for July 30, 2021. 

Tough choices: The world's biggest film studio, Disney have had to make some particularly difficult decisions, like postponing their tentpole films like Mulan [above] and Jungle Cruise

Tough choices: The world’s biggest film studio, Disney have had to make some particularly difficult decisions, like postponing their tentpole films like Mulan [above] and Jungle Cruise

Changing it up: Meanwhile, the Disney film that should have been released on July 24 - Jungle Cruise starring The Rock and Emily Blunt - has been delayed by a year, with the new release set for July 30, 2021

Changing it up: Meanwhile, the Disney film that should have been released on July 24 – Jungle Cruise starring The Rock and Emily Blunt – has been delayed by a year, with the new release set for July 30, 2021

Meanwhile, the forthcoming Indiana Jones sequel was given a release date of July 19, 2022.

The film, which will once again star franchise lead Harrison Ford, is the first film since the critically-derided Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

The 2008 film earned almost $800million at the worldwide box office, all but guaranteeing a sequel. 

Not again: Meanwhile, the forthcoming Indiana Jones sequel was given a release date of July 19, 2022

Not again: Meanwhile, the forthcoming Indiana Jones sequel was given a release date of July 19, 2022

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