Despite the United States' progress on vaccination, spread of Delta variant intensified across the country in July 2021. As there was not yet a COVID-19 vaccine authorized for children younger than 12, a number of studios announced plans to delay films targeting families or pursue hybrid premium video on-demand (PVOD)/streaming releases;[143][144] on July 31, Paramount Pictures cancelled the release of Clifford the Big Red Dog initially scheduled for September,[145] and later rescheduled it for November with a hybrid release on Paramount+,[146] while United Artists Releasing's The Addams Family 2 was also shifted to a hybrid PVOD release.[144][147] On August 12, Sony Pictures delayed the release of Venom: Let There Be Carnage by three weeks to October 15, citing Delta variant, while it was also reported that Sony was planning to sell the distribution rights to Hotel Transylvania: Transformania to a streaming service.[148][149] On September 1, 2021, Paramount announced that the releases of Jackass Forever, Top Gun: Maverick, and Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One would be delayed to February 2022, May 2022, and July 2023, respectively, amid surging cases of Delta variant. Voir plus