Best upcoming movies in 2020 and beyond
Black Widow (2020)
- Release Date: 6 November 2020 (US)
- Theatre or streaming premiere: Theatre
- Director: Cate Shortland
- Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh, David Harbour, O-T Fagbenle William, Hurt Ray Winstone, and Rachel Weisz
Marvel fans have been clamoring for a standalone Black Widow film ever since Scarlett Johansson brought the super-spy to the big screen in 2010 with Iron Man 2. Set after Civil War (2016), Black Widow (2020) sees Natasha Romanoff – aka Black Widow – on a journey where she is forced to confront her past””.
An American Pickle (2020)
- Release Date: 6 August 2020 (US)
- Theatre or streaming premiere: Streaming (HBO Max)
- Director: Brandon Trost
- Stars: Seth Rogen, Sarah Snook, Jorma Taccone, and Maya Erskine
Seth Rogan stars as Herschel Greenbaum, an immigrant who falls into a vat of pickle juice in 1920 that perfectly preserves him for 100 years so he can meet his oldest living relative, Ben Greenbaum, who’s also played by Seth Rogan.
Tenet (2020)
- Release Date: 3 September 2020 (US)
- Theatre or streaming premiere: Theatre
- Director: Christopher Nolan
- Stars: John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Dimple Kapadia, Michael Caine, and Kenneth Branagh
The latest film from filmmaker Christopher Nolan is a sci-fi spy film where John David Washington’s character is tasked with saving the world using some type of time-manipulation technology.
The New Mutants (2020)
- Release Date: 28 August 2020 (US)
- Theatre or streaming premiere: Theatre
- Director: Josh Boone
- Stars: Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton, Alice Braga, Blu Hunt, and Henry Zaga
This is the final X-Men film produced by Fox before selling the rights to Disney. The film is expected to be as much a horror movie as it is a superhero film – young mutants who have been imprisoned in some type of asylum begin to experience a supernatural event.
Mulan (2020)
- Release Date: Disney recently announced the film was delayed so they can figure out the best way to bring this film to audiences.
- Theatre or streaming premiere: TBD
- Director: Niki Caro
- Stars: Liu Yifei, Donnie Yen, Jason Scott Lee, Yoson An Gong, and Li Jet Li
The live-action remake of the Disney animated classic Mulan has already seen its release date pushed back four times, with Disney’s latest announcement indicating it might be considering a streaming release for the film.
Dune (2020)
- Release Date: 18 December 2020 (US)
- Theatre or streaming premiere: Theatre
- Director: Denis Villeneuve
- Stars: Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Stephen McKinley, Henderson, and Zendaya
This star-packed adaptation of Frank Herbert’s sci-fi novel features Timothee Chalame as Paul Atreides. He leads a group of people fighting for control of the planet Arrakis and its valuable trade of the spice known as Melange.
- Release Date: 20 November 2020 (US) | 12 November 2020 (UK)
- Theatre or streaming premiere: Theatre
- Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga
- Stars: Daniel Craig, Rami Malek, Léa Seydoux, Lashana Lynch, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Jeffrey Wright, Christoph Waltz, and Ralph Fiennes
Daniel Craig is back. He is a retired James Bond returning to MI6 to help stop Rami Malek’s mysterious villain.
Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)
- Release Date: 2 October 2020 (US)
- Theatre or streaming premiere: Theatre
- Director: Patty Jenkins
- Stars: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Kristen Wiig, Pedro Pascal, Robin Wright, and Connie Nielsen
This Wonder Woman sequel picks up sixty years after the World War One-centered first film. Gal Gadot returns as Wonder Woman, while Kristen Wiig is set to play the villain known as Cheetah.
F9 / Fast and the Furious 9 (2021)
- Release Date: 2 April 2021 (US)
- Theatre or streaming premiere: Theatre
- Director: Justin Lin
- Stars: Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, John Cena, Jordana Brewster, Nathalie Emmanuel, Sung Kang, Helen Mirren, and Charlize Theron
Set after The Fate of the Furious (2017), Dominic Toretto must face his past and save those he loves most from a deadly, skilled assassin and a high-performance driver: Dominic’s own brother, Jakob, who is working with an old enemy, Cipher, harboring a personal vendetta against Dominic.
Halloween Kills (2021)
- Release Date: 15 October 2021 (US)
- Theatre or streaming premiere: Theatre
- Director: David Gordon Green
- Stars: Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, Anthony Michael Hall, Kyle Richards, Robert Longstreet, Nancy Stephens, and Charles Cyphers
The sequel to 2018’s Halloween picks up where the last film left off: Laurie Strode, along with her daughter and granddaughter, escaping Michael Myers by trapping him in a burning house.
Jungle Cruise (2021)
- Release Date: 30 July 2021 (US)
- Theatre or streaming premiere: Theatre
- Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
- Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Edgar Ramírez, Jack Whitehall, Jesse Plemons, and Paul Giamatti
Emily Blunt plays Dr. Lily Houghton. She pays Dwayne Johnson’s Frank Wolff to take her up the Amazon to find a tree with mysterious healing qualities.
Top Gun Maverick (2021)
- Release Date: 2 July 2021 (US)
- Theatre or streaming premiere: Theatre
- Director: Joseph Kosinski
- Stars: Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman, Ed Harris, and Val Kilmer
Tom Cruise returns as the hot-shot flyboy Maverick but must confront past mistakes as he begins to train the next generation of fighter pilots.
Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)
- Release Date: 5 March 2021 (US)
- Theatre or streaming premiere: Theatre
- Director: Jason Reitman
- Stars: Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace, and Paul Rudd
After moving into their deceased grandfather’s old home, a brother and sister discover that their deal ole grandad was one of the original Ghostbusters.
A Quiet Place Part II (2021)
- Release Date: 23 April 2021 (US)
- Theatre or streaming premiere: Theatre
- Director: John Krasinski
- Stars: Emily Blunt, Cillian Murphy, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe, Djimon Hounsou, and John Krasinski
Emily Blunt returns for the sequel to the surprise 2018 hit A Quiet Place that sees her family forced to leave the safety of the compound they’ve been living on.