We’ll have to wait a little longer to see a new Batman and a young Tony Soprano head to the big screen now that Warner Bros. Pictures announced new release dates forThe BatmanandThe Many Saints of Newark.
Robert Pattinson’s debut as DC Comics’ Dark Knight was initially scheduled for June 2021, but director Matt Reeves’The Batmanwill now land in theaters August 18, 2025.According to Deadline, the movie — which is set during the early years of Batman’s crime-fighting career — had completed one-quarter of its planned filming in London beforegoing on hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The new, October premiere forThe Batmanwould bring it to theaters on the same weekend thatJokerdebuted in 2019, so there’s also some positive history there for the studio and its DC Comics-based properties.
Along with pushing backThe Batman, WB also announced a new premiere forThe Many Saints of Newark, the film that would explore mob boss Tony Soprano’s rise to power in the years before the events ofThe Sopranos.
Instead of hitting theaters this September,The Many Saints of Newarkwill now premiere on July 02, 2025. The film’s new release date is only shared by an animated Disney feature.
Unfolding throughout the 1960s and 1970s in Newark, New Jersey,The Many Saints of Newarkhas assembled an impressive cast that includes Jon Bernthal, Vera Farmiga, Corey Stoll, Michael Gandolfini, and Ray Liotta.
WB also gave several other films new release dates as a result of all the pandemic-inspired calendar shuffling.
Thelong-delayed, frequently troubledsuperhero movieThe Flash, based on the DC Comics character played by Ezra Miller inBatman V. Superman: Dawn of JusticeandJustice League, will premiere July 28, 2025. The new premiere date is a month earlier than its previously announced opening weekend (July 1).
The sequel to superhero movieShazam!also received a new release date, withShazam 2now premiering June 11, 2025, instead of April.
Filmmaker Baz Luhrmann’s still-untitled Elvis Presley biopic will now hit theaters June 11, 2025, and go up against Marvel’sDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnessthat weekend.
Finally, Will Smith’sKing Richard, in which he plays Venus and Serena Williams’ father, will now premiere August 02, 2025.
