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by Retric 1439 days ago
His latest movie was also filmed 3 years ago in large part due to how long CGI takes but also how long movies are edited. So not only do Actors age more between filming and release, but it also takes longer for a new actor to catch on.

Aka they film a movie when their 20, it’s a breakout hit when their 23, their next movie comes out when their 26.
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WalterBright 1439 days ago
It was filmed 3 years ago because the release was delayed due to the pandemic. They didn't want it to flop because people weren't going to the theaters.
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Retric 1439 days ago
It was finished filming almost a year before they started shutting down movie theaters for the pandemic and they didn’t release promotional materials back then.

So, that pushes the earliest summer release as 2 to 2.5 years after filming each scene assuming COVID actually delayed things.

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raydev 1439 days ago
They did release promo, the first trailer came out in 2019. Here you go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flURw76_UCU

You can see they had settled on June 2020 as the release date, but, you know what happened next. That release date was fully locked in until it became clear COVID wasn't going away.

There were other, earlier delays: the film was initially scheduled for 2019, but they spent most of that year doing reshoots.

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Retric 1438 days ago
Odd, I check for summer blockbusters it’s the in January or early February and it wasn’t on the 2020 list.

But it’s clearly on this list from dec 2019: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/2020-movies-to-see-14004...

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