A Pair of Paramount Science Fiction Films Get Their Release Dates Shifted

Two Upcoming Science Fiction Films From Paramount Get Pushed Back

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts and the latest Star Trek project have found their release dates shifted from their originally scheduled opening days.

Paramount loves delaying blockbuster movies. Or so it seems. A few months ago, the studio delayed their upcoming Tom Cruise action pictures and now, they have pushed back a couple of science fiction potential smash hits.

Director Steve Caple Jr.’s Transformers: Rise of the Beasts was poised to be one of next summer’s most anticipated pictures but because of the movement of its release date, audiences will have to wait almost a whole year from its originally planned opening day to see it. The 1990’s set sequel, which will star Anthony Ramos and Dominique Fishback, was originally scheduled to open on June 24, 2022 but it is now set for June 9, 2023.

Filmmaker Matt Shakman of “WandaVision” fame has a highly awaited Star Trek project in the works that was set to bow on movie screens June 9, 2023 but, now, movie-goers will have to wait until December 22, 2023 for the project to be unveiled. This could be the same opening day as Star Wars: Rogue Squadron but I’m going to venture that both films won’t be ready by that date or that one movie will move its release date in the event that both films are, in fact, prepared for release by then.

These aforementioned science fiction “could-be” blockbusters haven’t given much of a reason for their delays but it seems big budget movie projects of late get all the hype out early in the game only to disappoint fans when the studios can’t get them out on time.

This delay could be for a reason as simple as the fact that both franchises aren’t the box-office juggernauts they once were. The last regular Transformers film from 2017, Transformers: The Last Knight, didn’t exactly over perform at the domestic box-office. It did quite the opposite, in fact. That picture took in a measly $130 million domestically on a huge budget. Meanwhile, Star Trek Beyond from 2016 didn’t even crack $160 million in the U.S. and Canada. That doesn’t mean the new films won’t make money but they need to be extra special to avoid being mediocre which could crash and burn both franchises.

While fans of the two science fiction properties will most likely get over the disappointment of waiting even longer to see these pictures, Paramount now has more time to make them “bigger and better” than their predecessors. I’ll venture that the upcoming Transformers picture, in particular, will rejuvenate the franchise especially after Bumblebee breathed some new artistic life into the series despite a merely decent box-office take. Still, that 2018 movie was deemed a moderate success and offers hope for an excellent continuation of the series in 2023.

Meanwhile, the Star Trek project seems a bit more mysterious so it’s anyone’s guess at this point in time how that film will play out at the box-office when it eventually comes out.

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