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Disney Delays ‘Soul’ to November, ‘Raya’ to March 2021

Karl Smith by Karl Smith
April 14, 2020
in Coronavirus, Disney, Nickelodeon, Paramount Animation, Pixar, Studios, The Latest Animation News
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'Soul' and 'Raya and the Last Dragon'

[Disney-Pixar / Disney]

Our visit to the cosmic realm and the fantastical land of Kumandra will have to wait a bit longer. In response to the ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, Disney (via Deadline) is postponing two high-profile animated releases with Pixar’s Soul and Disney Animation’s Raya and the Last Dragon.

Soul, the newest animated think piece from Inside Out‘s Pete Docter, was pushed back five months from its original June release to Thanksgiving on November 20, 2020. The picture will be going up against some strong blockbuster competition during that month including MGM’s No Time to Die and Warner Bros.’ Godzilla vs. Kong.

The new Thanksgiving date was originally for Disney Animation’s fantasy epic Raya and the Last Dragon, which that has been rescheduled of March 12, 2021. This makes a new addition to an increasingly crowded animated spring session, having to currently compete with the likes of Locksmith’s Ron’s Gone Wrong, Skydance’s Luck, and DreamWorks’ The Boss Baby 2.

Raya‘s new release date will make 2021 another instance where Walt Disney Animation Studios releases two animated features in one year, with the second release for an untitled film scheduled for November 24, 2021. We previously saw this release pattern in 2016, with the March release of Zootopia, and the November release of Moana.

In similar news, Deadline also reported that Paramount/Nickelodeon’s The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run got an additional delay, this time only by one week. That film now releases on August 7, 2020, after Paramount pushed their Mark Wahlberg action flick Infinite to Memorial Day weekend 2021. As of now, Sponge on the Run is the only theatrical animated summer release of 2020.

Please visit our frequently-updated Animation Calendar to keep informed on animated feature delays.

How do you feel about the delays of Soul and Raya and the Last Dragon?

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Deep down in New Zealand, Karl "Karlamon" Smith is a Kiwi who is passionate in animation, seeing it as an artistic medium that expresses vast creativity and brings unique characters and worlds to life. Whenever an animation-related fact pops up, it will more than likely be cemented in his brain for a long time. Some of his favourite animated movies include Zootopia, Balto, Bolt, Over the Hedge, The Fox and the Hound, the How to Train Your Dragon trilogy, The Iron Giant, and The Prince of Egypt. Prior to contributing to Rotoscopers, Karl has served as a bureaucrat on Ice Age Wiki, and a moderator/site builder/news reporter on Animation Source. Karl is also a Computer Science and Digital Design graduate of AUT University. That, and with his additional fascination in aviation, he hopes someday to be both an animator and a pilot (if that is even possible).

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