Ngokusho kohlelo lwe-Screen Rant, i-Universal Studio ngokusemthethweni ihlehlise ukukhishwa "kokuzila ukudla 9" ngo-Ephreli 2, 2021 ngenxa yobhubhane lweCoronavirus. Emhlabeni wonke, kwenziwa izinyathelo zokuvimbela izifo, ezazingeke zithintwe embonini yezokuzijabulisa. Phambilini, imikhosi enjalo yefilimu nemikhosi yamahlaya yakhanselwa njenge-sxww, e3, cinemacon kanye ne-ace comic con, kuyilapho umphumela wefilimu "hhayi isikhathi sokufa" waguqulwa ngosuku olulandelayo.
Muva nje, inkanyezi kanye nomkhiqizi we- "fursazha" Win Diesel aqinisekise ukuthi ingxenye yesishiyagalolunye ye-Franchise "yejubane eliphezulu" ngokuqinisekile ingakhishwa ngoMeyi 21 yalo nyaka. Kodwa-ke, ukwanda kwalesi simo neCoronavirus kwashukumisela abakhiqizi nabasabalalisi befilimu ngemuva kwakho konke, ukucabanga kabusha ngezinhlelo zabo. Esitatimendeni esisemthethweni, i-Universal is:
Sibona sengathi yiluphi uthando nokubekezelela abaningi abalindele ingxenye entsha yeSaga yethu, kodwa iqiniso lokuthi sizositshela ukuthi kufanele sikuhlehlise ukukhululwa kwefilimu. Kwacaca ukuthi akubona bonke abalandeli bethu abazoba nethuba lokubuka le filimu ngoMeyi walo nyaka. Sidlulisa ukukhishwa komhlaba kwe- "Fast Anda 9" ngo-Ephreli 2021. Siyazi ukuthi abaningi bazokudumaza isidingo sokulinda isikhathi esithile, kepha lesi sinqumo senziwa ngezizathu zokuphepha zendawo yonke. Sizokubona entwasahlobo elandelayo.
Kodwa-ke, lapho kulungile studio ukudlulisa ukukhishwa kwemidwebo yabo emikhulu hhayi kuphela into yokuphepha. Ngenxa yeCoronavirus, ama-cinema emazweni amaningi avalwa okwesikhashana, okungadala ukulimala okukhulu kwiqoqo lemali eyodwa noma enye ifilimu. Phakathi kwama-blockbusters, ukukhishwa kwawo okusalelwe entwasahlobo, "umfelokazi omnyama", kepha cishe ama-Premie azohlehliswa maduze.