True, but that wouldn't have a bearing in its release. Since the movie is in its final stages it seems like a colossal waste to not release it now.
my previous post was done quickly from my phone just before a movie in the theater started.... let me elaborate now that I'm home.The movie is a disaster. Has had major reshoots for large parts of the movie. Has 0 (zero) hype, and is likely way over budget with no money left for marketing.
I feel at best this gets a limited release as it is probably contractually obligated to release, and Disney takes the write-down on it.
I wouldn't even be surprised if Disney strikes a deal with Netflix to buy it (and New Mutants.... which I believe may have even gotten a name change) for an extension of Marvel Netflix releases, granting them a new "mature" character/series to air. Just so Disney doesn't have to taint Hulu or The Vault with it's release.
of course that's all speculation, but a lot can happen in 9 months.
(Yes, 9 months, as the date was just pushed back again
https://deadline.com/2018/09/dark-phoenix-alita-battle-angel-deadpool-gambit-release-date-changes-1202473229/)
It'll see it's release day, I just don't think it will be in the theaters in the US.
Disney will likely have full assimilation of Fox by then, and therefore full control of their release schedule. Fox has to keep pretending like it's business as usual, and all projects in production are still planned for release, but I think we all see the writing on the wall with this one, and I didn't need to watch the trailer to know the **** they flung, did not stick.