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Kingsman 3 will conclude the story of Harry Hart and Eggsy, but it is not the Kingsman movie that will hit theaters next year.

The King’s Man is a prequel that goes back to the origins of the secret spy organization, and although it’s the third movie of the Kingsman franchise, it’s not Kingsman 3 because it won’t repeat the characters from the previous movies.

Kingsman 3, which would be called Kingsman: The Blue Blood, will conclude the trilogy, but it won’t be the end of the franchise, as creator Matthew Vaughn has already announced his plans for a Kingsman film universe.

With the postponement of The King’s Man to 2021, news about Kingsman 3 is scarce, but that doesn’t mean we don’t know anything. Here’s everything you need to know about Kingsman 3, which is most definitely not The King’s Man.

Kingsman 3 release date: when will Kingsman 3 hit theaters?
The King’s Man will finally be released (probably) on February 12, 2021 after a series of delays.

Unfortunately, we still don’t have a release date for Kingsman 3 and filming hasn’t started yet, so it’s hard to judge when we’ll see it. In August 2020, Vaughn had talked about wanting to start soon.

“We have to do it because I don’t want to see Colin [Firth] in a room frame or Eggsy in diapers. So we have to stay busy,” he told Empire.

It was originally thought that Vaughn would not direct, but in the same interview he admitted that he “didn’t know what I wanted to do” regarding the new film, so he could still be considered to direct.

Assuming that production on the next film begins in 2021, we can expect to see Eggsy and Harry Hart again in 2022, perhaps in the September release series that worked so well for Kingsman: The Golden Circle.

This is pure speculation for now, until we hear more from Vaughn.

Bond’s latest initiative has triggered a wave of other delays for major publications. Sony has postponed Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Peter Rabbit 2, Jared Leto’s Morbius, Tom Holland’s Uncharted and Cinderella, which will star singer Camila Cabello, while Universal has pushed Tom Hanks’ biopic from April to November.

The UK Cinema Association said the decision to postpone No Time To Die again, “while clearly disappointing, is not surprising given the current situation around Covid-19 in the UK as well as in the U.S. and other major film territories.”

The postponement of Daniel Craig’s Swan Song and other films “underlines the need to continue to support the UK film industry,” said the association’s chief executive, Phil Clapp.

The association is calling on the government to provide “direct funding” to broadcasters, which account for 80% of ticket sales.

One of the major broadcasters, Vue, said the delay was “understandable” and that continued attempts to get the film into theaters were “further evidence of our shared belief in a bright future for the big screen.”

Switching to streaming?

The latest report, however, could fuel speculation that the film could eventually skip theaters and be released on a streaming platform.

Disney’s headliners like Pixar’s Soul and the live-action remake of Mulan have avoided theaters and instead debuted on the Disney+ streaming service.

Wonder Woman 1984 aired in the U.S. on the same day as its limited theatrical release on streaming service HBO Max.

Last year, Warner Bros. announced that all of its 2021 titles – including sci-fi epics Dune and The Matrix 4 – would use a similar two-issue model, causing tension between Hollywood and U.S. theaters.

The Dig, a new historical drama starring Ralph Fiennes and Carey Mulligan, was set to open in select UK theaters this month. As of now, the film can only be seen on Netflix starting January 29.

Asked if No Time To Die could follow suit, Fiennes – who will reprise his role as M in the film – recently told BBC News, “That’s a good question and I’m not really in a position to answer it.

“I would love for people to be able to go to the movies and enjoy the energy of the big screen behind Bond, but I’m sure it’s something that the people who are making these executive decisions are probably considering.

“I really hope we can get out of this so people can go to the movies. Maybe they just need to keep their nerves under control. But we don’t know that, of course, and there could be financial reasons or constraints that force them to put it on a streaming system.”

When No Time To Die hits theaters in October, it will be six years after the release of its 2015 predecessor Spectrum.

It won’t be far from the six years and four months that separated the release of Licence to Kill in the summer of 1989 and GoldenEye in late 1995 – the biggest gap between two Bond films.

The last Bond film, 2015’s Spectre, grossed nearly $900 million (£690 million) at the worldwide box office.

 

 

 

Last week, Illumination/Universal’s Minions: The Rise of Gru postponed its worldwide theatrical release, which was set for late June in some overseas markets and July 3 domestically. It has now been set for July 2, 2021, taking the spot that belonged to Canta 2, which in turn is now scheduled for Christmas 2021 (December 22, domestically). Universal has therefore dropped Wicked from its 2021 holiday release, and the film remains undated for now.

These are further casualties of the coronavirus pandemic, as Illumination’s Mac Guff studio in Paris has been temporarily shut down due to the ongoing blockade in France, and Hollywood is struggling with its scheduling plans for the foreseeable, if unclear, future.

This year, Universal postponed the foreign release of the James Bond film “No Time to Die” and moved the theatrical release of “F9” to Easter weekend on April 2, 2021. On Tuesday, Sony screwed many titles. No studio is immune.

As for The Rise of Gru, Illumination’s Despicable Me films became the highest-grossing animated film franchise in history worldwide in 2017. Sing, released in 2016, grossed $634 million worldwide.

Director Stephen Daldry’s film Wicked is based on the hit Broadway musical, which won three Tony Awards.

We knew 2020 wouldn’t be nearly as big as 2019 in terms of box office results; it was supposed to be a transition year. But no one thought it would be as tough as this time.

Samaritan image reveals first look at Sylvester Stallone’s superhero movie
Sylvester Stallone is a long-awaited superhero in a new first-look image from Samaritan. Long before comic book adaptations dominated Hollywood, action vehicles starring Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger were at the forefront of blockbusters.

Stallone began, of course, in Rocky, a low-budget film, but soon took off as an action hero in increasingly absurd films like the Rambo series, Cobra and Demolition Man. It wasn’t until his appearance in Judge Dredd (1995) that Stallone entered the realm of comic book adaptations, but obviously this film was a major disappointment. The star avoided diving into the comic book morass that came with the advent of the MCU, preferring to focus on more nostalgic action vehicles like The Expendables, until he finally relented and had a small role in 2017’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.

The only image shows Stallone in the role of Samaritan doing superhero stuff in a tunnel where something incredibly dangerous seems to be going on. Very little is known about the film, but director Julius Avery promises that Stallone will be in the middle of a lot of action. “We’re going to see Sly do things he hasn’t done in a long time, and in a really inventive way,” Avery told Total Film. An obvious Stallone fan, Avery said actors like Sly were the superheroes of the ’80s and says putting him in a real superhero movie is something that “feels fresh and cool and something people will enjoy.”

Indeed, Stallone still has plenty of fans in 2021, as evidenced by the continued popularity of his Rocky character, who has taken on a supporting role in the ongoing Creed series. However, there are signs that the old-school Stallone is no longer resonating with mainstream audiences after Rambo: Last Blood disappointed a bit at the box office. Perhaps the sluggish performance of Last Blood is one reason Stallone decided to jump on the superhero bandwagon in his own way for Samaritan. The film definitely sounds like a fitting vehicle for Stallone at this point in his career, with its obvious echoes of Logan. And of course, following Samaritan, Stallone will star in another comic book adaptation, James Gunn’s Suicide Squad. Whether Stallone’s embrace of the new, comic-dominated reality leads to a final memorable chapter for his storied career, or ends up as a mere footnote, remains to be seen.

The French Dispatch, Wes Anderson’s new comedy-drama about a fictional newspaper, has been delayed for a second time, Deadline reports. The film will likely be released in 2021, a representative for Searchlight Pictures told Pitchfork. Watch the trailer for The French Dispatch below.

The French Dispatch stars Benicio del Toro, Bill Murray, Saoirse Ronan, Timothée Chalamet, Adrien Brody and Tilda Swinton, among others, as the moving parts of a Kansas newspaper’s foreign press office and its journalistic subjects. In April, the release was pushed back from July to October due to a pandemic delay.

Wes Anderson’s last film was “Isle of Dogs.” Read Pitchfork’s “How Wes Anderson Perfected the Melody Soundtrack.”