China went on full totalitarian lockdown just to stabilise the spread. Most other countries aren't going to do that. This will not be done and dusted by mid-April.
Someone on twitter joked a few days ago "enjoy the last week of talking about anything other than the coronavirus."
That also applies to box office. It's going to have a material affect on movies' revenues, it'd be crazy to ignore it.
You also have to contend with the fact that the Trump administration is absolutely terrible at dealing with this. The normal expectations for a developed nation coping with a pandemic don't apply to the US.
It won't be any better than the period Bond decided was bad enough to move from. But if this doesn't move I guess Disney has decided the trade-off is tolerable.
Hard to argue with the pedigree of the producer, but... ehhhhhh. As a fan of the game I'm not sure what I'm meant to be excited about. It's already so filmic.
I don't think that would have made any difference. It's an MCU superhero movie. I doubt people watching it solely to get their fill of Bond/M:I spy shenanigans.
Any yes, they're idiots if they don't move it. The situation will be considerably worse in a month.
Can't believe this will end up coming out almost a whole year later than originally scheduled, but I'm glad it moved back to winter. Bond movies should be a winter event.
I like Mangold but I just can't get excited for an almost 80 year-old Indy, in the same way I'd struggle to get excited about an almost 80 year-old Bond.
I'm not actually convinced the original trio will make much difference. We've already had Goldblum back, that wad has been shot.
However if this film embraces the dumb, all-out carnage JW1 promised but never really delivered on then it could be the best of the trilogy by default.
Seeing Blackkklansman recently I immediately understood Nolan's faith in Washington - he has a very watchable, immediate presence. Nepotism ain't all bad.
The only reason I can see anyone wanting this film is if they believe Naughty Dog will never make another Uncharted game and this is the only fix of the franchise left to them.