As cinemas go dark, the film industry may go straight to Netflix

Studios look ready to rush out movies online during the pandemic – but can the big blockbusters afford to?

This week should have signalled the start of the spring blockbuster season, with the launch of Disney’s live action remake of Mulan first out of the gates. The posters are already plastered on buses and billboards, but with cinemas around the world going dark as the coronavirus spreads, the big-screen release has been postponed.

Mulan had been due to hit the big screen on 27 March, just three days after the world’s biggest entertainment company launches its Netflix rival, Disney+, in the UK and across most of western Europe.

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