Pixar’s ‘Soul’ To Stream On Disney+ For Christmas, Avoiding Theaters

From CBS San Francisco:

October 9, 2020 at 12:41 pm

EMERYVILLE (CBS SF/AP) — The Walt Disney Company announced this week that the newest Pixar film “Soul” will avoid theaters and premiere on Disney+ on Christmas, sending one of the fall’s last big movies straight to streaming.

The move, widely expected after the recent exodus of most major upcoming releases, marks one of the final dominos to fall in Hollywood’s disastrous autumn. Following the exit of the James Bond film “No Time to Die” from November, the next big movie on the calendar is Warner Bros.’ “Wonder Woman 1984,” currently set for Dec. 25.

One potential blockbuster, the Christopher Nolan-directed “Tenet,” bucked the trend and premiered on Sept.3 at indoor theaters all over the globe. While it reached no. 1 in the Box Office and made $300 million over a month, it’s still considered the “lowest-grossing chart topper in 32 Years, according to Slashflim.com.

The successive delays of the film industry’s would-be blockbusters has only made the dire circumstances of movie theaters more acute. Earlier this week, Cinemark said it would again shutter the U.S. and U.K. locations of its Regal cinemas, the country’s second-largest theater chain.

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