In what will go down as an extremely risky movie, Solstice Studios has decided to move up the release of Russell Crowe thriller Unhinged from September to July 1.
The bold decision means that the movie will be the first new Hollywood offering as theaters reopen on a major scale after shutting down in late March because of COVID-19. Unhinged is the first release from Solstice Studios, an indie studio launched by veteran executive Mark Gill in 2018.
The U.S. debut of Unhinged will also follow or coincide with cinema reopenings around the world. Solstice president-CEO Mark Gill stated,
“We are the canary in the coal mine, no doubt about it,”
Prior to the announcement, the first major studio film scheduled for release was Christopher Nolan’s Tenet on July 17, followed by Mulan on July 24.