Brad Pitt's Bullet Train Release Date Delayed One Week
Sony Pictures has delayed the release date of the Brad Pitt-led action film Bullet Train by one week. Based on the Japanese novel Maria Beetle, Bullet Train is directed by John Wick co-director by David Leitch, and follows Brad Pitt as a trained killer who must fight for his life on a train heading from Toyko to Kyoto. The film features an ensemble cast that includes Brian Tyree Henry, Joey King, Aaron Taylor Johnson, Andrew Koji, Bad Bunny, Hiroyuki Sandana, Logan Lerman, Zazie Beetz, Karen Fukuhara, Michael Shannon, and Sandra Bullock.
The film will open in theaters on August 5, 2022, after originally having been set for release on July 29, 2022. No reason for the delay was given by the studio. This is the fourth release date change for Bullet Train as it was previously set to open in theaters on April 8, 2022, but was delayed to July 15, 2022, to make it a summer film and was then pushed back two weeks from the previously scheduled July 29 release date.
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Sony Pictures might have a hit on their hands as a recent poll from Fandango found Bullet Train to be the ninth most anticipated movie of the summer and likely wants to take advantage of the month of August. In its original release date, Bullet Train would have opened against the family-friendly DC League of Super-Pets and would have arrived a week after Jordan Peele's Nope. Now it will open against Universal Picture's comedy Easter Sunday, Paramount Pictures' family-friendly Secret Headquarters, and A24's comedy horror film Bodies Bodies Bodies. The first three months of summer are filled with major franchise and tent pole films, while August is open to mainly original and mid-budget films
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