History Main / ReleaseDateChange

* The Kickstarter campaign for ''WebAnimation/TheRhinoAndTheRedbill'' stated that the pilot would premiere in February 2021. Because of the pandemic, it was delayed to the year after.

* The Creator/DisneyChannel was originally to launch on April 11, 1983, but it was moved to a week later so it won't provide competition for that year's UsefulNotes/{{Academy Awards|Ceremonies}} ceremony.

* ''VideoGame/LimbusCompany'' was originally supposed to be released in Winter 2022, but in the same announcement where the exact intended date was revealed, it also announced a delay to February 2023. Whereas the post makes it clear that, because it was the very first game that was ported to the app stores as well instead of just a Steam release, more time was deemed to be necessary to prevent a PortingDisaster. The post doesn't state it anywhere, but it is commonly believed that this delay was also due to ''VideoGame/GoddessOfVictoryNIKKE'' [[https://www.reddit.com/r/gachagaming/comments/ywpo4v/nikke_a_collateral_of_game_bugs_game_issues_that/ having an extremely buggy release just two weeks earlier]] (November 4 vs the announcement at November 18) that caused the developers to steer away from a hasty ChristmasRushed release. It ended up being for the better, because, after a few startup issues were patched quickly after, the finished product doesn't show any signs of bugs.

* ''VideoGame/LimbusCompany'' was originally supposed to be released in Winter 2022, but in the same announcement where the exact intended date was revealed, it also announced a delay to February 2023. Whereas the post makes it clear that, because it was the very first game that was ported to the app stores as well instead of just a Steam release, more time was deemed to be necessary to prevent a PortingDisaster. The post doesn't state it anywhere, but it is commonly believed that this delay was also due to ''VideoGame/GoddessOfVictoryNIKKE'' [[https://www.reddit.com/r/gachagaming/comments/ywpo4v/nikke_a_collateral_of_game_bugs_game_issues_that/ having an extremely buggy release just two weeks earlier]] (November 4 vs the announcement at November 18) that caused the developers to steer away from a hasty release. It ended up being for the better, because, after a few startup issues were patched quickly after, the finished product doesn't show any signs of bugs.

* RenewedBeforePremiere: Season 2 entered preproduction four months before the show began airing.

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* Ridiculously common in music. Some albums will have their release dates advanced if the lead single becomes a hit right out of the gate; others will have the release date moved down if the lead single fails to take off.
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Not to be confused with TrailerDelay, where DevelopmentHell causes a big gap in the original and final release dates. Anything victim of TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment is a victim of this. See DelayedReleaseTieIn for when this trope affects TheMerch.

* ''VideoGame/DOOMEternal'' was originally planned to release on November 22, 2019 but the Xbox One, PS4, and PC versions were delayed to March 20, 2020 with the Switch release being moved to December 8 with the main reason being that development team needed more time to polish the game with Pete Hines also revealing in an interview post-launch that the reception of ''Fallout 76'' played a major factor as well.

** ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2'' was first hinted at with a teaser image saying "Grand Re-Opening!" with 2015 beneath it. However, then Scott decided moving it to December 25th, Christmas Day. ''Then'' he decided he was going to release a demo on November 10th, but due to complications on getting it out he just decided to release the full game right then and there.
** ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys4'' was originally going to be released on Halloween 2015. Then Scott pushed it ahead to August 8th before ultimately releasing it on July 23rd, almost ''three months'' before its supposed release. He did ultimately decide to keep the original date special by releasing a [[HalloweenEpisode Halloween Edition]] of the game on that date, which he has so far kept to.
* ''VideoGame/HogwartsLegacy'' was originally supposed to release at an unspecified date in Q4 of 2021. However it was announced in January of that year that it had been pushed back to an unspecified date in 2022. No specific reason for the delay was given but it could be anything from just general production issues, COVID-19 issues, or ''Film/FantasticBeasts'' 3’s COVID-19 related delay from its own Q4 2021 release to July 2022 taking some heat off of it, or perhaps some combination thereof.
* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'' was originally scheduled to release in the Americas on December 3 2007. It was delayed until February 10 2008, and then later delayed again to March 9 2008. The Japanese release date was also changed from January 24 2008 to January 31 2008.
* ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUsPartII'' was scheduled to release on February 21, 2020, but it later got moved to May 29, 2020, with director Neil Druckmann [[https://blog.us.playstation.com/2019/10/24/the-last-of-us-part-ii-comes-to-ps4-in-may/ saying]] that the development team chose to have more time to complete the game. Then the UsefulNotes/Covid19Pandemic hit and it was announced the game was being indefinitely delayed. However, it ended up being released in mid June for damage control after a huge ContentLeak.

* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'' was pushed ''earlier'' in the year, originally slated for September 2022 in its reveal in the February WebVideo/NintendoDirect, then being pushed forward to July 27th in mid-April.
* ''VideoGame/YIIKAPostModernRPG'' was at first set for release near the end of 2015, before it could, the developers wanted to make improvements and pushed it for a release in Summer 2016. When that didn't happen, the makers went silent on any further announcements until the game was fully completed, eventually revealing the game's official release date on January 17, 2019.

[[caption-width-right:300:Original September 27, 2019 release date crossed out.[[note]]This was due to the mass shootings that took place in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_El_Paso_shooting El Paso]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Dayton_shooting Dayton.]][[/note]] [[UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic Good luck seeing it in theaters, though.]]]]

A trailer or poster announces a work's release date, but before its release, the date is pushed either back or forward due to unforeseen circumstances. This can be either to a) avoid competition, b) a change in the production schedule, c) [[TroubledProduction major issues during production]] or d) for [[DistancedFromCurrentEvents being in bad taste in light of tragic events]]. Since the ongoing {{UsefulNotes/COVID}} outbreak has been tied to so many examples across multiple mediums, it has received its own page for works affected.

* The 39th film, ''[[Manga/{{Doraemon}} Doraemon:]] [[Anime/DoraemonNobitasChronicleOfTheMoonExploration Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon Exploration]],'' is having a tough time getting into South Korea due to rising historical anti-Japanese sentiment (over the Japanese government's [[NeverMyFault constant dismissive attitude about]] [[UsefulNotes/KoreansInJapan its imperial wartime atrocities committed in the Korean peninsula]]) as well as the anti-Japanese protest that occurred there in July of 2019. After the movie was postponed from August to October, and it was withheld indefinitely and has never been released in South Korean theaters, and instead put on South Korean streaming services and then later received a television airing on Champ TV in 2020.

* ''WesternAnimation/JorelsBrother'': The series was originally slated to premiere in the second semester of 2013 with a 13-episode first season. Some Cartoon Network commercials even announced the show's premiere during that year, though using only clips of the pilot, as the actual episodes hadn't been animated yet. Later, the first season was doubled to 26 episodes, and the show was postponed to 2014, airing its first episode in September.

* ''Series/DonkeyHodie'' was originally scheduled to premiere in Winter 2021, but was moved to May 2021 (in the spring).

* The [[https://mentrum.hu/2020/12/a-disney-csatorna-januari-ujdonsagai Hungarian]] and Czech dubs of ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' were going to premiere on January 2, 2021, as Creator/DisneyChannel Eastern Europe runs the same feed in both countries. However, the show was removed from the schedule before it could even air, allegedly due to concerns over LGBTQ+ content in a children's show, which is illegal in Hungary. These "banned" dubs were made available internationally on January, 2022 on Creator/DisneyPlus, though the service is unavailable in the two mentioned countries.

[[caption-width-right:300:Original September 27, 2019 release date crossed out[[note]] This was due to the mass shootings that took place in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_El_Paso_shooting El Paso]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Dayton_shooting Dayton]] [[/note]]. [[UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic Good luck seeing it in theaters, though.]]]]

* The 39th film, ''[[Manga/{{Doraemon}} Doraemon:]] [[Anime/DoraemonNobitasChronicleOfTheMoonExploration Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon Exploration]],'' is having a rough history in attempt to get into South Korea after the anti-Japanese protest occurred in July of the same year. After the movie were postponed from August to October and instead have the movie withheld indefinitely and never has released in South Korean theaters since, and the movie instead put on South Korean streaming website instead and then later received a television airing in Champ TV in 2020.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'''s season two finale, "True Colors", was pulled from its original airdate of May 1, 2021 less than eighteen hours before its planned airing due to a "scheduling shift". In actuality, according to [[https://archive.ph/jemLc creator Matt Braly]] and other showrunners at [[Creator/DisneyTelevisionAnimation Disney TVA]], this was purely because Disney had reneged on its approval of the episode's final scene (when King Andrias stabs Marcy in the chest with his sword). When the episode received its new airdate of May 22nd, it ultimately wasn't edited, but instead came with a ContentWarning and a shift to primetime from the show's usual morning slot with the addition of the show's Season 3 intro after the end credits.

** The final episode, "Turnabout Intruder" was originally scheduled to air on March 29, 1969, however newscasts of the death of former President Dwight D. Eisenhower changed this. The episode was not broadcast until June 3, 1969.

* ''[[Series/WaltDisneyPresents The Disney Sunday Movie]]'': The series was to have presented ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood'' on March 16, 1986, but was postponed to April 27 to make way for a scheduled speech by UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan about the situation in Nicaragua. Instead, the show aired in a 1-hour format and presented ''[[WesternAnimation/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree]]'' along with a couple of classic cartoons.

* ''[[Series/WaltDisneyPresents The Disney Sunday Movie]]'': The series was to have presented ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood'' on March 16, 1986, but was postponed to April 27 due to make way for a scheduled speech by UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan about the situation in Nicaragua. Instead, the show aired in a 1-hour format and presented ''[[WesternAnimation/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree]]'' along with a couple of classic cartoons.