Film release dates 2024: SAG-AFTRA strikes affect next year’s schedule with Dune 2 and Deadpool 3 delayed

A huge slate of films and TV shows are due out next year, but delays caused by the SAG-AFTRA strikes earlier this year means that the release dates on many projects have been pushed back.

The strike action involving 160,000 actors took place over 118 days from June to November 2023, and overlapped with the WGA strike action which lasted from May to September, and was the largest actors’ strike in the history of Hollywood.

In November, a deal was reached with the studios which included immediate pay rises for background actors, protections against artificial intelligence, and streaming bonuses. However, with almost one third of the year spent on the picket line, the strike will have a huge impact on the slate of films scheduled for 2024 and beyond.

Which films have been delayed by the SAG-AFTRA strikes?

Films originally due out in 2023

• White Bird - delayed from August 18 2023 to October 4 2024
• Force of Nature: The Dry 2 - delayed from August 24 2023 February 8 2024
• Lift - delayed from August 25 2023 to January 12  2024
• Challengers - delayed from September 15 2023 to April 26 2024
• Drive-Away Dolls - delayed from September 22 2023 to February 23 2024
• Kraven the Hunter - delayed from October 6 2023 to August 30 2024
• Damsel - delayed from October 13 2023 to March 8 2024
• The Underdoggs - delayed from October 20 2023 to January 26 2024
• Dune: Part Two - delayed from November 3 2023 to March 1 2024
• A Family Affair - delayed from November 17 2023 to 2024 TBC
• Red One - delayed from December 2023 to November 15 2024
• The Bikeriders - delayed from December 1 2023 to June 21 2024
• Magazine Dreams - delayed from December 8 2023 to 2024 TBC
• Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire - delayed from December 20 2023 to March 29 2024
• Spaceman - delayed from 2023 to March 1 2024
• Players - delayed from 2023 to 2024 TBC
• Shirley - delayed from 2023 to 2024 TBC

Films delayed in 2024

• Alto Knights - delayed from February 2 2024 to November 15 2024
• Bob Marley: One Love - delayed from January 12 2024 to February 14 2024
• Deadpool 3 - delayed from May 3 2024 to July 26 2024
• The Fall Guy - delayed from March 1 2024 to May 3 2024
• Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire - delayed from March 15 2024 to April 12 2024
• The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim - delayed from April 12 2024 to December 13, 2024
• Mufasa: The Lion King - delayed from July 5 2024 to December 20 2024
• A Quiet Place: Day One - delayed from March 8 2024 to June 28, 2024
• Venom: Let There Be Carnage sequel - delayed from July 12 2024 to November 8  2024

Films delayed until 2025

• Captain America: Brave New World - delayed from July 26 2024 to February 14 2025
• Elio - delayed from March 1 2024 to June 13 2025
• Snow White - delayed from March 22 2024 to March 21 2025
• Thunderbolts - delayed from December 20 2024 to July 25 2025
• Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part Two - delayed from June 28 2024 to May 23 2025