It’s hardly a surprise that films have to move when Star Wars plants its flag on a date — who wouldn’t move — but when the person moving his film is Steven Spielberg then it’s even bigger news.
It was only a matter of time before Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of Ernie Cline’s Ready Player One moved off of its announced December 15th, 2017 release date once big bad Star Wars Episode VIII moved in on that space.
It’d take a lot to force Steven Spielberg to move a sci-fi fantasy adventure film away from any date, but when it comes to Star Wars you just kind of have to get out of its way.
THR’s Borys Kit says they’ve moved to March 30th, 2018, which gives them a little more time to get the movie prepped, filmed and, more importantly, finished in post.