Elle and Dakota Fanning’s The Nightingale release date postponed

The release date for Elle and Dakota Fanning’s The Nightingale has been pushed back by a month in order to compete with Sonic 4.

The release date for Elle and Dakota Fanning’s The Nightingale has been pushed back.

The upcoming World War II-set movie The Nightingale will be the first time the siblings have starred together in a film and its release date has been moved from February 2027 to March 2027.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Sony’s TriStar believes the leadup to Easter Weekend will be a good time for the film’s release.

Executives are also said to be hoping the moving will provide a “female-centric counter programming” against Paramount’s Sonic the Hedgehog 4.

Meanwhile, Dakota previously revealed her hopes that collaborating with her sibling on a film role would make their bond “totally unbreakable”.

She told Extra: “It’s almost like we’re sharing that last little piece of ourselves with each other of how we are on a set and how we are as actors and getting to share that with each other…

“So, I think we’ll be totally unbreakable after.”

However, the 32-year-old actress was worried that she might slip into the “bossy older sister” role on set with her 28-year-old sibling.

She said: “I have to already work on not being a bossy older sister on set. I’ve already been thinking about that. I have to treat her like I would treat anyone else.”

Elle previously described Dakota as her “best friend” whom she goes to for advice on everything, especially as they go into business together.

She told Extra in 2024: “I lean on her the most. She is my best friend, she is my number-one person I go to her for all the advice, for everything, and so I’m very lucky that I have a sister like that.

“We both understand what each other does and we understand the business, and to have that person, it’s very special.

“We created a production company together called Lewellen Pictures where we produce projects together, and we’re going to get to be on a panel to answer questions and to talk about our production company and to talk about the power of sisterhood.”