LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) — Universal’s The King of Staten Island — a semi-autobiographical comedy starring Pete Davidson and directed by Judd Apatow — is going straight to video on demand, making it the latest film to forgo a traditional theatrical release as cinemas remain closed due to the coronavirus outbreak.The King of Staten Island will premiere on home entertainment June 12, a week before it was scheduled to debut on the big screen.
Davidson and Apatow announced the news in a video posted to Twitter, in which they joked about the status of their film before opting to call Universal and ask them to put it on demand early.