Tenet delayed again, but Warner Bros. promises Christopher Nolan's new movie will be in cinemas longer than normal

Tenet has been delayed for a second time. The Christopher Nolan thriller is now eyeing up an August 12 release date, with Warner Bros. saying it will no longer be “treating this as a traditional movie release,” instead opting for a longer run in cinemas.

Originally set for July 17, Tenet was recently pushed back to July 31 as part of a wave of Warner Bros. shake-ups that also saw Wonder Woman 1984 move from August to October 2. Now, Tenet is heading to cinemas on August 12 – we think?

The statement continues: “In this moment what we need to be is flexible, and we are not treating this as a traditional movie release. We are choosing to open the movie mid-week to allow audiences to discover the film in their own time, and we plan to play longer, over an extended play period far beyond the norm, to develop a very different yet successful release strategy.”

While nothing has been made concrete in terms of timing, expect Tenet to run well into the holiday period – and possibly beyond that if it has legs. Though one eye may be kept on the fluid, increasingly worrying situation that has seen COVID-19 cases spike once more in the US. Basically: watch this space.

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