Ever wondered why movie trailers, even for films that are mere months away, often end saying "Coming Soon" or giving an arbitrary release month? The trailer editor's just put an awful lot of effort into making you want to check out the film in question by revealing its big secrets and misselling what it really is, the least they could do is tell you when you'll finally get to see it. Well, that's because, for all the tooting of the horn from Marvel and DC as they reveal slates stretching into the next decade, release dates are always subject to change, with movies shifting from one weekend to another even after the cameras have stopped rolling. And sometimes it's even more serious than that - thanks to production issues, fear of immense competition or a studio being unsure of what to do with a project, some movies can find themselves shifted about in the schedule to a ridiculous degree. In fact, some of the biggest upcoming movies were actually meant to come out last year. If you've looked at the 2016 release slate and thought it feels like 2015's leftovers, this may be why - it literally is.
10. Finding Dory
The Movie: A sequel to Finding Nemo was first proposed in 2005, when Disney looked into making their own follow-ups to Pixar's biggest hits, but the version of the film that'll make its way into cinemas this summer was conceived in 2012. Following the franchise-starting failure of John Carter, director Andrew Stanton's found the time to return to his earlier hit, looking at what happened to Nemo, Marlin and, yes, Dory, after the first film. Original Release Date: 25th November 2015 New Release Date: 17th June 2016 Why Did It Change? Finding Dory was on track for its November 2015 release date, but when production on The Good Dinosaur stalled due to creative difficulties (leading to a change of director), Pixar's slate needed shaking up. The Good Dinosaur was pushed back from May 2014 into Finding Dory's initial spot, in turn putting the fishy sequel into the summer of 2016 (if anything a more high-profile release slot). Given Pixar's notoriously long productions, this no doubt allowed for some more refinement of the high pressure film.