Alright! Today, in my awesome tradition, I am making a list of the Most Anticipated Movies of 2020 - there's a lot of good movies coming out this year, but not as many big-budget blockbusters as last year. What it is is the year for minorities and females. Movies like Black Widow, WW84, Mulan, Raya and the Last Dragon, and A Quiet Place Part II are all starring females, and movies like In the Heights, Tenet, Fast and Furious 9, and Soul are all starring minorities. And we're getting huge diverse ensembles from movies like The Eternals and Dune.
Also, Merry Christmas.
Before we get started, here are some honorable mentions, because this is a WatchMojo video.
Sonic the Hedgehog - February 14th
F9 - May 22nd
In the Heights - June 26th
Minions: The Rise of Gru - July 3rd
Morbius - July 10th
BIOS - October 2nd
The King's Man - November 15th
The Tomorrow War - December 25th
No Time to Die - April 10th
20. Jungle Cruise - July 24th
A new action-comedy starring the Rock? With Emily Blunt? Sign me up! It seems like a good b-tier movie that'll help Disney+ subscriptions, and that might be what they're going for. More Disney+ bait. Right now it seems like a good but generic mix between Indiana Jones and The Mummy (Which was already a watered-down Indiana Jones).
But it's a lot like The Mummy, where a popular action-adventure movie star takes a scientist and her brother on an ancient adventure that takes place in the early 20th century. Okay, so it's a lot like The Mummy, but I love The Mummy, so who cares? As an original idea? Okay. As a franchise-starter? Sounds good. As a movie? It sounds just okay.
19. The Croods: A New Age - December 23rd
The Croods was a surprisingly good movie. I really liked it. It had a lot of clever jokes and visual gags, but that was 2013. The sequel is coming out 7 years later, and a big gap between films can kill their box office performance (Godzilla: King of the Monsters, The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part), which, while unfair to fans of the brand, I get. People grow up. Anyone who saw the movie as a 7-year-old is now 14 and probably doesn't want to see it.
Right now there are no details on the film's plot. I'm honestly expecting it to be canceled any day now. It's been delayed, canceled, restarted, and then delayed again. But I am excited to see more from the franchise. But not so excited as to see it in theaters.
18. Dune - December 18th
To put it simply, I have no clue what Dune is about. But the A-list cast that includes Timothée Chalamet, Oscar Isaac, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Dave Bautista, Zendaya, David Dastmalchian, Javier Bardem, and Jason Momoa, combined with a dystopian sci-fi epic setting really sell me on it.
This combined with a lack of anything cool coming out in December (The biggest competition is West Side Story) makes it look even more appealing. December has been the launchpad for several big movies like the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy, Rogue One, and Aquaman. Dune is next on the PG-13 epic slate, I guess.
17. Venom: Let There Be Carnage - October 2nd
After the surprising success of Venom (Which I still haven't seen), a sequel was guaranteed. This one, directed by Andy Serkis, will have Venom go against Carnage. Carnage is a way cooler character than whatever Anti-Venom or Grey Venom was in the first once. Especially when he's played by Woody Harrelson.
16. Bill & Ted Face the Music - August 21st
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure was an amazing movie that everyone loves that kind of typecasted Keanu Reeves until John Wick. Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey was... a movie, and this one seems okay. There's been no footage released and barely any plot details, but I am excited. I'm just hoping the long-delayed sequel will capture more of the Tron: Legacy vibe than the Dumb and Dumber To vibe. My biggest fear is that Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter playing idiots will come off a lot sadder and unfunny when they're 50-year-old men.
15. West Side Story - December 18th
I've never seen the original West Side Story, but I plan to. Mostly because this remake is being helmed by Steven Spielberg, and it's Steven Spielberg. I love that guy (Who doesn't?). He makes amazing movies, and this is already looking like prime Oscar bait.
14. A Quiet Place Part II - March 20th
A Quiet Place was good. Really good. Surprisingly so. And now we're getting the obligatory sequel, but with an added bonus: Cillian Murphy. All movies could stand to have a little more Cillian Murphy in them. Not exactly sure how they could extend the storyline and still have it be scary... they know how to defeat the monsters now. They can be beaten. But I'm sure John Krasinski has a lot of tricks up his sleeve.
13. Soul - June 19th
Pixar's Soul looked really good. Really, really good. The first mature Pixar movie with basically no appeal to children, an existential question mark on human purpose. Then they took their first African-American lead and turned him into an Inside Out reject. This sentiment was shared by a lot of people online, but I think it'll be amazing anyways. They marketed this as being "Made by the people who made Up and Coco," so high expectations are apparently the bar for this.
I think this is a crying movie. As an original-ish idea, I'm excited. As an animated film and Oscar bait, I'm excited. As a lesson in how much animation has approved since Toy Story, I'm excited. But as a movie? Nah.
12. Raya and the Last Dragon - November 25th
Raya and the Last Dragon is the new Disney flick. It doesn't appear to be a musical right now, but if it is that's cool. Whatever. Right now we have no footage, but it sounds like an epic action-adventure akin to Tomb Raider. The film is about Raya, a girl looking for the last dragon, named Sisu. It sounds neat, and the concept art looks dope.
11. Top Gun: Maverick - June 26th
I just recently saw the first Top Gun, and that movie was okay. This one looks pretty awesome as well. I am very excited to see the story of Maverick expand, as well as the legacy aspect of all the original Top Gun characters. But what I'm most excited about is seeing Val Kilmer in a high-profile movie again.
10. Artemis Fowl - May 29th
Originally set for 2019, this Artemis Fowl is a long, long, long-awaited film adaptation of the novel. So, this begs the question: Why? We've gotten a single teaser trailer already and you can already tell the entire plot of a generic movie and that it's ruining the source material.
Well, be that as it may, this Artemis Fowl looks like it has some good (?) casting going on. Ferdia Shaw is Artemis Fowl, who will probably be agreeable or just a bad child actor. Nonso Anozie's Butler took some really strange design choices like a white wig and cataracts, and Jude Dench as Commander Root destroys an entire character's backstory and goal, but whatever. Everyone likes Judi Dench.
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9. Scoob! - May 15th
The first film in the Hannah-Barbara Cinematic Universe, which for some reason exists, Scoob! looks like a fun reboot of the franchise (Sadly without Matthew Lillard). This movie is introducing Dynomutt and Blue Falcon, so that's neat. I just hope the movie's more about the gang than Blue Falcon. Breaking up the gang never leads to a good Scooby-Doo movie, guys. Let them stay together.
And R.I.P. Fred's ascot.
8. Mulan - March 27th
When I first heard about the reboot of Mulan, my knee-jerk reaction was to declare it awful due to a lack of songs and Mushu. But then the teaser trailer came out and it looks amazing!
The production design and cinematography are the two wins right now, and if they can come up with enough good action and a story to match, then we'll be on course with our billion-dollar Disney remake.
7. Ghostbusters: Afterlife - July 10th
Alright! After a good movie, a bad sequel, and a shaky reboot, the Ghostbusters franchise is back on track with Ghostbusters: Afterlife, directed by Ghostbuster director Ivan Reitman's son Jason Reitman, so expect a lot of care and respect for the original Ghostbusters movie.
Right now it's not looking half bad. Introducing Finn Wolfhard and Paul Rudd to the Ghostbusters universe seems like a good call. And bringing back the OG cast will most definitely endure this movie to fans. And, after an extremely cool trailer, I am really excited to see this. It looks more horror than comedy.
6. Wonder Woman 1984 - June 5th
Wonder Woman 1984, the long-awaited sequel to the critically acclaimed Wonder Woman (Which I believe is firmly just "Okay"), WW84 was supposed to come out in 2019 but was delayed to avoid competition from Disney's big hits. 1984 looks pretty awesome and Cold War undertones are always fun.
Chris Pine is returning, somehow, and the movie is introducing Cheetah (In a cool updated costume), as well as Maxwell Lord. Right now it looks like Pedro Pascal is stealing the show as Lord. I can't wait to see this.
5. Tenet - July 17th
We know literally nothing about Christopher Nolan's next film, Tenet. It has a cast, we know that much. John David Washington is starring as the as of yet unnamed protagonist, alongside Robert Pattinson, Kenneth Branaugh, Elizabeth Debicki, and Michael Caine.
The teaser trailer for Tenet came out and I just have even more questions. It looks like a spy thriller but with time travel? What is inversion? How insane will the action scenes be? Is it Terminator meets Mission: Impossible meets Inception? I'm excited about the unknown factor.
Sadly, however, Hans Zimmer is not composing the score for this (He's busy with Dune). But, Nolan got another A-list composer, Ludwig Göransson (Black Panther, The Mandalorian).
4. Black Widow - May 1st
While I love the MCU and Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow, I don't see the need for a prequel. She died, we know where her story goes. I'm sure it'll be a great approximation of the spy thriller genre like Winter Soldier was. This probably should've been the first female-led MCU movie, but it let Captain Marvel take all of the "The hero is her" marketing.
Well, I'm pretty sure Kevin Feige has a plan here. Perhaps they're introducing Yelena Belova as the new Black Widow? Nevertheless, I am excited to see what unfolds. And it has Taskmaster. Taskmaster is awesome. It's also bringing back RDJ as Tony Stark, which is... fine... I wish his last appearance was in Endgame, but I won't complain about it.
3. Godzilla vs. Kong - November 20th
Oh yeah. Godzilla vs. Kong. The sequel to Godzilla: King of the Monsters and Kong: Skull Island, the finale of the MonsterVerse, and a six-year build-up involving the two greatest monsters in the world.
I noted that one of the major problems with King of the Monsters was that it didn't really have any good human characters or big-name stars other than Millie Bobby Brown and Ken Watanabe (Who they killed off). This one is bringing in a bunch of relatively unknown actors on the verge of breaking out. Alexander Skarsgård and Brian Tyree Henry seem like good additions to the MonsterVerse. Actually, anything would be a step up from King of the Monsters' human characters.
Sadly, this movie could end up being delayed to 2021. Hopefully, it isn't, but the competition from The Eternals might be too much. But I think I speak for all Godzilla fans when I say this should come out as soon as it's ready.
2. Onward - March 6th
That's right. Onward. From the man who directed Mater and the Ghostlight and Monsters University - The latter of which I absolutely love - comes Pixar's next movie, Onward, the buddy adventure movie starring Chris Pratt and Tom Holland. Those two in a Pixar movie alone makes me want to see this. From the teaser trailer, it looks awesome. It looks funny (And it better be), touching (Think Coco), and it looks amazing.
A lot of people have been saying it doesn't "Feel like a Pixar movie." Well, that's because it doesn't involve John Lasseter, Brad Bird, Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton, or Lee Unkrich, who have directed 16 of the 21 Pixar movies. You have a group of people making extremely similar emotional masterpieces, and of course, anything breaking the mold will feel different.
If they can make Onward like Brave or Monsters University, and those two are honestly the vibe I've been getting from it, then good on Pixar. Another b-list classic, but wholly original.
1. The Eternals - November 6th
The Eternals is Marvel's second film coming out next year, and I am extremely excited about it. I have no clue who or what the Eternals are, but I am super excited for this just from the plot description: "In a story spanning thousands of years, the Eternals, an immortal alien race created by the Celestials, protect humanity from their evil counterparts, the Deviants."
It just sounds epic! So much world-building and mythology to introduce! And spanning thousands of years... that sounds awesome.
And the cast is super legit. It's extremely diverse and I'm digging it. Angelina Jolie, Richard Madden, Kumail Nanjiani, Gemma Chan, Brian Tyree Henry, Ma Dong-Seok, Salma Hayek, and Kit Harington. That is an extremely impressive cast list, one of the finest ensembles I've seen. It's also introducing Black Knight, a super awesome comic book character. I can't wait to see the MCU's interpretation of him.
The Eternals looks big. It looks epic. It looks exciting.
And there you have it, The 20 Most Anticipated Movies of 2020.
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