April 02, 2021
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You know what they say in Tinseltown – another day, another delay. Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City (as it is now officially titled) is no longer releasing in September and is being pushed back by two months.
The zombie flick is now slated to release on Nov 24, 2021 instead of its initial Sept 3 date. Sony didn’t give a reason for the push back, but the new release date means Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City will no longer release at the same time as Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.
With moviegoing struggling to pick up in the US, the delay may be a strategical move to space out Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City from the big-budget superhero movie. This is not a strategy new to the movie-making industry.