And the Great Film Slate Shuffle continues.THRreports thatMatthew Vaughn’s untilted Kingsman prequel has moved from its original June 12, 2025 premiere date to June 21, 2025. The film’s vacant late-2019 spot will be filled byLogandirectorJames Mangold’s Ford v. Ferrari movie starringMatt DamonandChristian Bale, which was originally scheduled to open on August 01, 2025 but now has a tasty spot during Awards Season.
Change is all pretty understandable, considering 20th Century Fox—which has housed theKingsmanfranchise since the original, 2014’sKingsman: The Secret Service—is at the tail-end of its integration into Disney. But while Valentine’s Day 2020 isn’t exactly an empty slot—there’s a yet-announced Warner Bros. DC project on the docket, along withLegally Blonde 3—there is some prime available real estate now thatBond 25waspushed backtwo months to June 26, 2025. It’s worth noting that Fox’s graphic novel adaptation Nimona from directorPatrick Osborneisalsoset to debut next year on April 14.
Concrete details on theKingsmanprequel are being kept pretty close to the chest, other than the fact it’s a “period drama” set during World War I starringHarris Dickinson,Matthew Goode, andRalph Fiennes. Although the prequel is currently shooting, Vaughn is also writing a proper sequel to 2017’sKingsman: The Golden Circle, which would bring back the franchise’s starsTaron EgertonandColin Firth. According toour own Steve Weintraub, that bad boy will head into production later this year.
Fox’s Ford v. Ferrari film, another untitled period piece, centers on the heated rivalry between the two car companies as they sped toward the 1966 Le Mans race. Damon is set to portray the engineering mind behind the Ford GT 40 while Bale will play Ken Miles, the driver who took the pioneering car into the race itself. Considering the film’s new debut date, you have to assume the studio is feeling pretty confident about both performances.
