Movies release dates being delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic have become a regular event. Sometimes, however, it moves in the opposite direction.
Sony Pictures announced that Monster Hunter, the Milla Jovovich lead adaptation of Capcom’s fantasy RPG video game, will be released this December. The movie was originally set for a September 9th release date but the studio postponed it to April 23rd, 2021. Now it has been moved back up.
Monster Hunter is a pet project of director Paul W.S. Anderson that has apparently been in development back in 2012. It was officially announced only in 2018, though. The movie sees Jovovich as Captain Natalie Artemis, the leader of a special military unit, trying to find the way home from a mysterious monster-infested world they have reached after falling into a portal. Helping them survive the dangerous planet is a hunter played by the Thai martial artist Tony Jaa. The rest of the cast includes T.I., Ron Perlman, Meagan Good, and Diego Boneta.
The early release was revealed via a short teaser trailer. The studio is yet to announce an exact release date.
