Rajinikanth-Akshay Kumar’s ‘2.0’ Has a New Release Date

It’s the VFX that’s taking the extra time, guys.

One of the most awaited films of the year, 2.0, starring Rajinikanth and Akshay Kumar and directed by Shankar, has a new release date. It will now release on January 25, 2018 instead of this Diwali. The reason? Post-production. The creative head of Lyca Productions, which is making the film, took to Twitter to make the announcement. The time is needed to make sure that the VFX of the film is “world class”, he says.

Our most ambitious project, Shankar's 2.0,shifts to 25Jan2018.It moves from earlier Diwali release to achieve world class standards in VFX.

— Raju Mahalingam (@rajumahalingam) April 21, 2017

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Big news that #2PointO release postponed from Diwali 2017 to Republic Day weekend - Jan 25, 2018. The post production is time consuming.

— Sreedhar Pillai (@sri50) April 21, 2017

Rajini and Akshay fans, just hang on there!