Warner Bros. has moved Steven Spielberg‘s “Ready Player One” from December 15, 2017 to March 30, 2018, the studio announced Tuesday.
“Ready Player One” had the December 15 release date to itself before Disney pushed back Rian Johnson‘s “Star Wars: Episode VIII” from May 2017 to the same mid-December day.
With those tentpole films competing for similar audiences, Warner Bros. though it best to move Spielberg’s blockbuster to late March 2018, which not only gives the Oscar-winning director more time to finish the film’s eye-popping special effects, but has proven to be an effective release corridor.