Netflix delays release of 6 films including expected return of Adam Sandler and Millie Bobby Brown

Netflix is ​​postponing the director’s ambitious sci-fi film “Chernobyl” with Adam Sandler, fantasy adventure with Millie Bobby Brown and 4 more feature films.

writers’ and actors’ strikes paralyze Hollywood and they cause the first wave of delays due to the fact that direct participants cannot publish their projects in accordance with the rules of SAG-AFTRA. Several films expected to release in 2023 have now been pushed back to 2024.. Netflix, which released several critically acclaimed and commercial films this year, is also delaying the release of as many as six feature films, including an ambitious sci-fi film starring Adam Sandler and a highly anticipated fantasy film starring Millie Bobby Brown.

Netflix prepares for shortage of titles due to strikes of writers and actors

There are six films. family business, girl, Lift up, Players, Shirley AND astronaut. They were all expected to hit Netflix by the end of 2023, but ultimately we’ll have to wait until next year to see them.

family business The romantic comedy starring Nicole Kidman, Zac Efron and Joey King was due out in November. Lift up is a comedy starring Kevin Hart that was due out on Netflix in August. Players Romantic comedy starring Gina Rodriguez, Daymond Wayans Jr. and Tom Ellis. Lucifer). Shirley Biopic about the first black female congresswoman and the first black woman to run for President of the United States. It was expected to be one of Netflix’s big assets at the upcoming Oscars, but early reaction was quite negative, leading to its postponement.

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Of course, the two most unexpected delays are girl AND astronaut. The first tells the story of a young woman who marries a prince, only to discover that it is all a conspiracy and that she is about to be sacrificed to pay off an old debt. For this, she is thrown to the mercy of fate in a cave, where she will face a dragon. Main character very strange things heading a cast that also includes Angela Bassett, Robin Wright, Ray Winstone and Nick Robinson.

astronaut is a sci-fi drama in which Adam Sandler gives life to Jakub, the first Czech astronaut who is sent to the edge of the galaxy and who, when he is about to collapse, is helped by a voice to help him come to his senses. The problem is that this voice belongs to a creature hiding in the shadow of the ship. Paul Dano, Carey Mulligan, Kunal Nayyar and Isabella Rossellini accompany Sandler in this film by Swedish director Johan Renck (Chernobyl

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