While many decried Warner Bros. decision to release its 2021 slate of movies directly to HBO Max as a potential death blow to the theater industry, the studio seems confident that cinemas are here to stay as it has officially set theatrical release dates for three of its big 2023 releases.
On June 23rd 2023, Warner Bros. will release George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road prequel Mad Max: Furiosa starring Anya Taylor-Joy (The Queen’s Gambit), followed by the Wile E. Coyote live-action/CG-animated hybrid movie Coyote vs. Acme on July 21st 2023 and the musical adaptation of The Color Purple on December 20th 2023.
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As per Deadline, the release date announcement came via Warner Bros. Pictures Group Chairman Toby Emmerich, who confirmed that the intent is to release the three films as global theatrical releases without the simultaneous HBO Max release in the States that kicked off on Christmas Day with Wonder Woman 1984 and will continue throughout the next 12 months with the likes of Godzilla vs. Kong, Mortal Kombat, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, Space Jam: A New Legacy, The Suicide Squad, Dune and The Matrix 4.
