Since the outbreak of the new crown epidemic caused a large number of theaters around the world to close, many movies that were originally scheduled to be shown in theaters have been online through the Internet, including Universal’s "Tangling 2" and Disney's "Ah "The Fantasy Adventure of Termis" and so on.
Recently, another movie bounced from the cinema. This is the cartoon "SpongeBob SquarePants: Rescue Adventure" by Paramount Pictures.
"SpongeBob SquarePants: The Great Adventure of Rescue" was originally scheduled to be released in theaters on August 7, which was later than Disney's "Mulan" and Warner's "Creed". However, as a theater One of the movies planned to be released after the reopening, this cartoon "ran off" on Monday.
Viacom Group, the parent company of Paramount Pictures, announced this decision on Monday. They stated that "SpongeBob SquarePants: Rescue Adventure" will not be shown in theaters, but directly in the group's video The streaming media website CBS All Access is online.
"We are very pleased that the movie "SpongeBob SquarePants: Rescue Adventure" can join CBS All Access, and the franchise content of our platform is constantly expanding." Viacom Group Digital Department Marc DeBevoise, chief executive officer of the company, said: “As we continue to expand our service plans and make changes to the service brand in early 2021, the launch of this movie is also at the right time. We will welcome this movie in the largest possible way.”
"SpongeBob SquarePants: The Great Adventure of Rescue" was originally scheduled to be released in theaters on May 22 this year, but was postponed to July 31 due to the epidemic, and then postponed to August 7, but in the end the movie was decided Cancel the plan to be shown in theaters and go online through video streaming websites.
This is undoubtedly a heavy blow to the movie theater that is in dire straits.
