‘Clifford The Gigantic Red Dog’ Pulled From Paramount Launch Agenda Over Delta Concerns; Pic Having a scrutinize For Soundless Date

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Shots has curbed the deliberate September 17 free up of its CGI/dwell-motion feature Clifford the Gigantic Red Dog over considerations of the delta variant. The movie is full, and there’s correct early tracking (within the low 90s), alternatively, with families feeling less doubtless to pass to theaters, Paramount is having a scrutinize for a brand fresh U.S. free up date. Paramount believes it has a winner with Clifford, but finest if young of us can safely sprint to the multiplex.

There was buzz that the studio was pushing the movie by per week to Sept. 22, alternatively, they’ve solely unset it. Clifford was announced as a Gala Presentation on the Toronto Film Festival in September. The title’s Canadian rights are held by eOne, which was residence to get rid of Clifford to TIFF. On the opposite hand, as of tonight, it’s unclear whether or no longer it could most likely most likely well serene premiere there. There’s no speak their own praises of the movie on the fest’s pickle. Clifford‘s fleshy trailer arrived in late June and since then has clocked 130M views in its first week.

Directed by Walt Becker, Clifford the Gigantic Red Dog stars Darby Camp as Emily Elizabeth, a heart-schooler who meets a magical animal rescuer (John Cleese) who items her slightly, crimson pet. She never anticipated to wake up to search out a giant 10-foot hound in her minute Soundless York Metropolis condo. While her single mother (Sienna Guillory) is away for enterprise, Emily, Clifford and her fun but impulsive Uncle Casey (Jack Whitehall) residence out on an scurry.

Patrick Hipes contributed to this describe.