In order for del Toro to focus on launching The Shape of Water between now and the last month of 2017, Deadline reports that 20th Century Fox and Lightstorm Entertainment have delayed Fantastic Voyage’s production.
Once The Shape of Water has come and gone, then del Toro will dedicate his full focus into the remake before the studios start spending money on sets.
Now the the delay pushing the preparation period to the spring and the main shoot to the fall (or earlier), it’s possible Fantastic Voyage won’t be seen until 2020.
Fantastic Voyage doesn’t have an official release date yet, but when production was still scheduled to begin in 2018’s first few months, it looked like it was aiming for a 2019 release.