History ScheduleSlip / Film

* ''Film/{{Avatar}}'', released in 2009, set box-office records for its massive advances in CGI, including revolutionary new ways of creating SerkisFolk, real-time background rendering allowing director Creator/JamesCameron to pre-visualize his finished shots on the spot, and actually effective use of 3D glasses. Cameron immediately announced he was working on two sequels, with the first to be released in 2014. But because his vision required ''even more'' new technology, filming didn't even start until 2017. ''Film/AvatarTheWayOfWater'' finally hit the silver screen in 2022. In its defense, it duplicated the original's feat of making $2 billion at the box office, something only four other films have ever accomplished; and the second sequel was filmed concurrently with it, so it seems more likely to actually make its intended release date of 2024. (A fourth film is expected in '26 and a fifth in '28.)

* ''Film/Avatar'', released in 2009, set box-office records for its massive advances in CGI, including revolutionary new ways of creating SerkisFolk, real-time background rendering allowing director Creator/JamesCameron to pre-visualize his finished shots on the spot, and actually effective use of 3D glasses. Cameron immediately announced he was working on two sequels, with the first to be released in 2014. But because his vision required ''even more'' new technology, filming didn't even start until 2017. ''Film/AvatarTheWayOfWater'' finally hit the silver screen in 2022. In its defense, it duplicated the original's feat of making $2 billion at the box office, something only four other films have ever accomplished; and the second sequel was filmed concurrently with it, so it seems more likely to actually make its intended release date of 2024. (A fourth film is expected in '26 and a fifth in '28.)

* ''Film/NoTimeToDie'' was originally set to be released in April 2020, but in March, less than a month from release, the worldwide outbreak of COVID-19 led to it being one of the first of many films delayed, in this case until [[ExaggeratedTrope October 2021]].
** ''WesternAnimation/MinionsTheRiseOfGru'' was the first of such delayed films to be explicitly stated as unfinished at the time it was pulled from its release date, with the animation studio shuttering temporarily to wait out the outbreak.

* ''Film/NoTimeToDie'' was originally set to be released in April 2020, but in March, less than a month from release, the worldwide outbreak of COVID-19 led to it being one of the first of many films delayed, in this case until November 2020.

** ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Minions}} Minions: The Rise of Gru]]'' was the first of such delayed films to be explicitly stated as unfinished at the time it was pulled from its release date, with the animation studio shuttering temporarily to wait out the outbreak.

* Creator/JohnGrisham's ''The Gingerbread Man'', originally set for release in September 1997 as the debut release of [[Creator/PolyGramFilmedEntertainment PolyGram Filmed Entertainment Distribution]], was delayed to January 1998 due to a dispute between [=PolyGram=] and director Creator/RobertAltman over the way the film was edited. [=PolyGram=] ultimately gave in after their cut was trashed at test screenings.

** ''WesternAnimation/{{Minions}}: The Rise of Gru'' was the first of such delayed films to be explicitly stated as unfinished at the time it was pulled from its release date, with the animation studio shuttering temporarily to wait out the outbreak.

** ''Film/{{Minions}}: The Rise of Gru'' was the first of such delayed films to be explicitly stated as unfinished at the time it was pulled from its release date, with the animation studio shuttering temporarily to wait out the outbreak.

** ''Film/Minions: The Rise of Gru'' was the first of such delayed films to be explicitly stated as unfinished at the time it was pulled from its release date, with the animation studio shuttering temporarily to wait out the outbreak.

* ''Film/NoTimeToDie'' was originally set to be released in April 2020, but in March, less than a month from release, the worldwide outbreak of COVID-19 led to the film being delayed until November 2020.

* The ''Film/{{Sonic the Hedgehog|2020}}'' movie was originally supposed to be released in November 2019. However, overwhelmingly negative fan reactions to Sonic's [[SpecialEffectsFailure shoddy CGI design]] led to it being pushed back to February 2020 in order to give the filmmakers time to redesign Sonic to look closer to his game appearance.

* The ''Film/{{Sonic the Hedgehog|2020}}'' movie was originally supposed to be released in November 2019. However, [[InternetBackdraft overwhelmingly negative fan reactions]] to Sonic's [[SpecialEffectsFailure shoddy CGI design]] led to it being pushed back to February 2020 in order to give the filmmakers time to redesign Sonic to look closer to his game appearance.

* Creator/JohnGrisham's ''The Gingerbread Man'', originally set for release in September 1997 as the debut release of [[Creator/PolyGramFilmedEntertainment PolyGram Filmed Entertainment Distribution]], was delayed to January 1998 due to a dispute between [=PolyGram=] and director Creator/RobertAltman over the way the film was edited. [=PolyGram=] ultimately gave in after their cut was trashed at test screenings.

* A minor slip happened with the DVD debut of ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' (originally scheduled to be released on none other than Judgment Day itself), perhaps owing to the fact that it was literally a revolutionary disc, being the very first dual-layer DVD on the market, and there may have been a few bugs to work out that took a bit longer than anticipated.

* Fans were waiting for nearly ''eight years'' for a sequel to Robert Rodriguez's ''SinCity'', and it wasn't until 2012 that the sequel finally entered production, and it was released in late 2014.

* Fans were waiting for nearly ''eight years'' for a sequel to Robert Rodriguez's ''SinCity'', and it wasn't until 2012 that the sequel finally entered production, it's now scheduled to be released in late 2014.

* Fans were waiting for nearly ''eight years'' for a sequel to Robert Rodriguez's ''SinCity'', and it wasn't until 2012 that the sequel finally entered production, it's now scheduled to be released in late 2014.

* Fans were waiting for nearly ''eight years'' for a sequel to Robert Rodriguez's ''SinCity'', and it wasn't until 2012 that the sequel finally entered production, it's now scheduled to be released in late 2013.

* Fans have been waiting for nearly ''eight years'' for a sequel to Robert Rodriguez's ''SinCity''.