Aside from the news that Furious 8 now has an official theatrical release date, Universal made a few other noteworthy announcements during their CinemaCon panel. The company is shifting around some important release dates of some of their upcoming blockbusters including Pacific Rim 2 and Warcraft.
According to Variety, Warcraft — the film based on Blizzard’s popular video game World of Warcraft — has been shifted from March 11, 2016, to June 10, 2016. Guillermo del Toro’s highly anticipated sequel to Pacific Rim has also been pushed back from April 2, 2017 to August 4, 2017. Del Toro is set to return to helm the film. Taking a quick look at his IMDB page, it’s a wonder the man gets any rest.
Aside from this movie, he’s also tied to a handful of other projects including the video game Silent Hills, a steampunk vampire TV series, a live action Pinocchio movie, and another Hellboy movie, just to name a few.
