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Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson Have Coronavirus

Tom Hanks has tested positive for coronavirus. The actor confirmed that he and wife Rita Wilson became ill while on location in Australia’s Gold Coast region during filming on Baz Luhrmann’s forthcoming Elvis Presley movie, set to be released by Warner Bros in October, 2021. In the film, Luhrmann’s first feature since 2013’s The Great Gatsby, Hanks stars as Colonel Tom Parker alongside Maggie Gyllenhaal, Rufus Sewell and Olivia DeJonge. The news was posted across Hanks’ official social media accounts, as Deadline broke the story: pic.twitter.com/pgybgIYJdG— Tom Hanks (@tomhanks) March 12, 2020 “Hello, folks. Rita and I are down here…
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Peter Rabbit 2 Release Date Delayed Because of Coronavirus Fears

Peter Rabbit hit theaters in February 2018 as a hybrid live-action/CGI franchise reboot that injected the classic stories of Beatrix Potter with contemporary energy. The result was a film that – akin to the stealthy precision of Peter in Farmer McGregor’s garden – quietly banked $115 million domestically, totaling $351.2 million globally, and was even the U.K.’s top family film of 2018, out-grossing Pixar’s Coco. Consequently, it didn’t take Sony Pictures long to consider Peter Rabbit 2, giving it the official greenlight and a 2020 release date; a move made just one month after the original’s release. Indeed, main cast…
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No Time to Die Delayed Until November as Coronavirus Fear Spreads

As it turns out, April really was no time to die at all since the 25th James Bond movie, No Time to Die, has moved off its April release date in favor for a November debut. The news is the latest fallout from rising global anxiety over the coronavirus outbreak turning into a full-on pandemic. MGM Pictures and Eon Productions, the latter of whom produces the James Bond franchise, made the news official on Wednesday when they tweeted out that the intended April release for No Time to Die has been scrapped in favor of a Nov. 12 release in…
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