Tenet Won’t Be Out in August, But Will Be Out as Soon as Possible

Tenet Won’t Be Out in August, But Will Be Out as Soon as Possible

Put a pin in Tenet one more time. After multiple delays due to the coronavirus pandemic, Warner Bros. has once again moved the Christopher Nolan film off its planned August 12 release with a new date to be announced “imminently.”

“We will share a new 2020 release date imminently for Tenet, Christopher Nolan’s wholly original and mind-blowing feature,” Toby Emmerich, Chairman of Warner Bros. Pictures Group, said in a statement. “We are not treating Tenet like a traditional global day-and-date release, and our upcoming marketing and distribution plans will reflect that.”

What does that mean? Well, the film is very likely to open overseas before it opens in the United States, as coronavirus cases fall there and rise here. Deadline reports the film could open in some parts of the U.S., such as in drive-ins, on September 11, but that’s unconfirmed. It’s very likely, though, that audiences in smaller U.S. cities (where movie theatres are open) will get to see Tenet before those in larger cities, where the theatres are still closed.

Also, Deadline reports there are no plans to release Tenet earlier than usual to streaming or on-demand services. The company wants a theatrical release, through and through. Warner Bros. also announced that The Conjuring 3 is moving from its planned September 11 release to June 4, 2021, and that release dates for movies due later this year, such as Wonder Woman 1984 and Dune, remain unchanged. For now.

We’ll continue to monitor the release of the highly anticipated sci-fi heist movie, as well as all the other big theatrical movies that could be playing a theatre near you in the future.