Movie theaters are way too risky to visit because of coronavirus, two Marvel directors say

[Andy Meek]

• When it comes to the desperation many of us feel to return to the movies again and put the coronavirus pandemic behind us, it's a feeling that Avengers: Endgame directors Joe and Anthony Russo confess they have themselves, too.
• However, they explain in a new interview that one thing they don't plan to do anytime soon is to visit a theater again because of the ongoing coronavirus situation.
• Because they keep groups of people in a confined space for a couple of hours, the directors think that movie theaters are too "high risk" to consider right now.

For anyone hoping to return to your local multiplex soon to once again enjoy the latest Hollywood releases on the big screen, the disappointing news keeps piling up. Late Thursday night came word that director Christopher Nolan's hotly anticipated Tenet has now been delayed for a second time -- with the deteriorating coronavirus situation around the US seemingly responsible for bumping Nolan's expected blockbuster down the calendar, to August 12 (following the first delay, which shifted Tenet's release from July 17 to July 31).

Movie fans have been especially keen to watch Nolan's tentpole on a giant screen, after the release of trailers that tease a thrilling spy story about which little is otherwise known so far. However, there are two movie fans who in all likelihood won't be there when the film does finally land in theaters. They are Joe and Anthony Russo, the directors of Marvel's Avengers: Endgame who stressed in a new interview that the current state of the coronavirus pandemic makes the idea of visiting a movie theater -- and sitting in a confined space with strangers not far away for a couple of hours -- just way too risky of an activity to undertake right now.

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