The movie is the first release from director Lyne since Unfaithful in 2002, and it looks like with the theatrical market both in recovery from COVID and becoming quite crowded in terms of film volumes but not so much audience numbers, that the decision makers at Disney have opted not to take the chance on Deep Water taking up valuable cinematic space. If the release had gone ahead as planned, then the relatively small budget thriller would have found itself vying for attention against the highly anticipated return of the Scream franchise, and there could only be one winner in that particular battle.
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Across the board, the more adult-centric movie releases have struggled to hit their expected grosses worldwide, with the older demographic being the more hesitant to come back to cinemas with the Covid pandemic is still very much a key player on the world stage. With the increased uncertainty of the Omicron variant now forcing some countries to reintroduce some temporary precautions, there is nothing to suggest that those who have not ventured out to the cinema in the last year are suddenly going to do it now. While the likes of Spider-Man: No Way Home and The Matrix Resurrections will pull in some strong numbers in the coming weeks, the standard releases such as Deep Water will continue to struggle regardless of which stars appear in them.
Ana de Armas has recently set screens alight starring opposite Daniel Craig in No Time To Die, his final James Bond role, which for the moment is the highest grossing Hollywood movie of the year. Additionally the 33 year old is set to portray Marilyn Monroe in Netflix’s Blonde, and also appears with Chris Evans and Ryan Gosling in the Russo Brothers film The Grey Man, which stands alongside Red Notice as one of Netflix’s most expensive movies to date and is being planned as the first movie in an ongoing franchise.
