The Belchers’ journey to the big screen finally has an end date in sight.
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The Belchers’ long journey to the big screen finally has an end date in sight.
The long-teased Bob’s Burgers movie finally has a new release date after it was pulled from Disney’s theatrical schedule back in January. The feature-film adaptation of the beloved Fox animated comedy will arrive in theaters on May 27, 2022 — just about eight months away.
Let’s get this PATTY started! 🍔🎬 The #BobsBurgers Movie, coming to theaters Memorial Day weekend 2022! pic.twitter.com/a5hl95Zp5c
— Bob’s Burgers (@BobsBurgersFOX) September 10, 2021
Bob’s Burgers creator Loren Bouchard, who’s directing the movie, previously told EW that he insisted on a theatrical release despite the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on movie theaters.
“We talked about [streaming] as it pertains to the movie and we decided we really want the movie to come out in theaters because Bob’s is already on TV,” he said. “Of course, we want everyone to be able to safely see it in movie theaters. We don’t want anyone to put themselves at risk. But assuming there’s a point at which everyone can go back to theaters safely, we’re excited about Bob’s the movie being seen in the theater, in the dark with other people, because that’s something we’ve never been able to do before. That’s the main course that we’re delivering to people, in this case.”
Gallery: Neo’s Back! Everything to Know About ‘The Matrix Resurrections’ (US Weekly)
![After 18 years of waiting, Matrix fans will finally be able to return to the world of white rabbits and spoon-bending. Rumors about a fourth Matrix film first began circulating in 2017, but Warner Bros. didn’t officially confirm the news until August 2019. At that point, Lana Wachowski, who cowrote and codirected the first three movies with her sister Lilly Wachowski, signed on to direct The Matrix Resurrections alone. The franchise’s stars Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Ann Moss also agreed to reprise their roles as Neo and Trinity, respectively. Though The Matrix Resurrections will likely be one of the biggest movies of 2021, franchise newcomer Neil Patrick Harris said it didn’t feel that way during filming. “You would think that a giant movie would be 100 percent storyboarded, animatics, and we’d be checking off shots,” the How I Met Your Mother alum told Variety in February 2021. “I think [Lana] lived that before three times over, and I would suspect that she wants to do things her own way now. It wasn’t often that you felt that you were doing something gigantic because she made it feel very intimate.” When The Matrix hit theaters in 1999, it became an instant sci-fi classic, beloved by fans and critics alike. Viewers also praised the movie for its groundbreaking visual effects — which now seem commonplace but were revolutionary at the time. In 2000, the film took home four Oscars, including Best Visual Effects and Best Film Editing. The cast have remained tight-lipped about the plot of the fourth movie, but Jessica Henwick has said that she thinks Lana’s filmmaking skills will once again be front and center. “Lana is doing some really interesting things on a technical level in the same way that, you know, she created a style back then,” the actress told ComicBook.com in October 2020. “I think she’s going to change the industry again with this film. There’s some camera rigs that I’ve never seen before that we’re using. That’s probably all I can say for that.” Reeves, for his part, is thrilled to be returning to the role that made him into a bona fide action star. “Lana Wachowski wrote a beautiful script and a wonderful story that resonated with me,” he told Empire magazine in June 2020. “That’s the only reason to do it. To work with her again is just amazing. It’s been really special, and the story has, I think, some meaningful things to say, and that we can take some nourishment from.” Keep scrolling to find out more about The Matrix Resurrections:](https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/bob-s-burgers-movie-returns-to-release-schedule-will-hit-theaters-in-may/%7B%22default%22:%7B%22load%22:%22default%22,%22w%22:%2280%22,%22h%22:%2233%22,%22src%22:%22//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAOj8Ny.img?h=330&w=799&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f%22%7D,%22size3column%22:%7B%22load%22:%22default%22,%22w%22:%2262%22,%22h%22:%2226%22,%22src%22:%22//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAOj8Ny.img?h=258&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f%22%7D,%22size2column%22:%7B%22load%22:%22default%22,%22w%22:%2262%22,%22h%22:%2226%22,%22src%22:%22//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AAOj8Ny.img?h=258&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f%22%7D%7D)
Not much is known about the plot of the movie, but the TV show’s main voice actors (including H. Jon Benjamin, Kristen Schaal, and Dan Mintz) are set to reprise their roles on the big screen. Other familiar voices and animated faces will appear as well.
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FOX The Belchers of ‘Bob’s Burgers’
First announced in 2017 (before Disney’s acquisition of 20th Century Fox), the Bob’s Burgers movie was originally slated for July 17, 2020; that, obviously, did not happen. Its release was pushed to April 9, 2021 before the film was pulled from the schedule entirely, with Bouchard explaining that he wanted to wait until audiences were comfortable returning to theaters.
On Friday, Disney doubled down on theatrical releases for the foreseeable future, announcing that the studio’s fall 2021 film slate would receive exclusive big-screen runs. (Disney had previously made most of its 2021 tentpoles available for purchase on Disney+ at the same time as their theatrical releases.) This came in the wake of a strong theatrical-only opening for Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, which took in over $94 million during Labor Day weekend.
As part of its latest release-date reshuffling, Disney also set the live-action Little Mermaid remake starring Halle Bailey for May 26, 2023. Bob’s Burgers, meanwhile, will return for its 12th season on Fox Sept. 26.
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