These are dark times for your local movie theaters. In a business that is known for never closing its doors, the entire industry is taking a huge hit with the outbreak of the coronavirus.
Currently, numerous theaters are closed, including huge chains like AMC and Regal, and studios have quickly reshuffled the release dates of its upcoming movies.
But what will happen to 2020's biggest blockbusters? In the case of titles like "Mulan" and "Black Widow," the titles were first pulled from the calendar and now are opening in July and November, respectively. "Wonder Woman 1984" has been moved off its June release date and will now open August 14. The next James Bond title, "No Time To Die" will not open until November and "F9," the latest "Fast & Furious" release, won't open until over a year from now, April 2, 2021. Numerous titles from Sony ("Ghostbusters: Afterlife" and "Morbius") and Disney ("Jungle Book" "The Eternals") have also moved to 2021.
While less anticipated movies are going straight to streaming like "The Lovebrids" (Netflix), "Atremis Fowl" (Disney Plus), and "My Spy" (Amazon Prime Video).
Here are 37 movies on the 2020 theatrical release slate that we are still excited about. Also listed are the titles affected by the coronavirus that we will hopefully see before the year is over.
Note: This post was originally published on March 17 and will be updated as movie releases continue to be impacted by the coronavirus.
Read the original article on Insider
The lovable minions were to team again with Steve Carell (who voices the supervillain character, Gru) for a big July 4th weekend release in 2020. Now it will do it in 2021.
Director Antoine Fuqua ("The Equalizer" movies) teams with Mark Wahlberg in which he plays a man who learns that his hallucinations are in fact visions from the past. The movie was originally to open in August 2020.
This is the latest Disney ride to get the movie treatment. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Emily Blunt lead us through this action-comedy. The movie was originally supposed to open on July 24, 2020.
The "Fast and Furious" saga hits movie number nine. This time John Cena is in on the fun. And It will mark the return of Han. But we'll have to wait another year until seeing it.
The latest Marvel character to hit the big screen is this one in which Jared Leto plays the living vampire. The movie was originally to open on July 31, 2020.
This Disney animated movie follows a warrior named Raya who is in search of the last dragon. The movie was originally to open in November
Jason Reitman, whose father Ivan made the original "Ghostbusters" movie, is the latest director to try to relaunch the comedy franchise.
Original Ghostbusters Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, and Ernie Hudson return. The movie also stars Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, and "Stranger Things" star Finn Wolfhard.
The movie was originally supposed to open on July 10, 2020.
This wacky sequel to the surprise original hit had to first move its release date April to August due to the coronavirus. Now it won't open until 2021.
Bob Odenkirk plays a regular guy who takes action when he stands up for a woman being harassed by a group of guys (who turn out to be part of a drug cartel). This is basically Odenkirk's "John Wick" movie. It was originally to open August 14.
Marvel's look at a race of immortal beings stars Angelina Jolie, Kit Harrington, Salma Hayek, Kumail Nanjiani, Richard Madden, and Brian Tyree Henry. The movie was originally to open in November.
Tom Hanks teams once more with director Paul Greengrass ("Captain Phillips") for a western about a man (Hanks) who travels the west bringing news of the world to local towns.
In this movie, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are going to share the same screen for the first time since 1999's "Dogma." The duo also share screenwriting credits. The last time they did that they won Oscars for penning "Good Will Hunting."
Tom Cruise returns to play hotshot pilot "Maverick." The cast also includes Jon Hamm, Jennifer Connelly, Miles Teller, Ed Harris, and Val Kilmer reprising his role as "Ice Man." The movie was originally to open in June.
Steven Spielberg adapts the famous musical, which stars Ansel Elgort.
Eddie Murphy returns for the much-anticipated sequel to "Coming to America."
The latest adaptation of the famous Frank Herbert novel stars Timothée Chalamet, Josh Brolin, Oscar Isaac, Jason Momoa, and Zendaya.
Ryan Reynolds discovers he's an NPC (non-player character) in a video game. Get ready for laughs and action. The movie also stars Taika Waititi, Jodi Comer, and "Stranger Things" star Joe Keery. The movie originally was to open in August.
What is certain to receive Oscar consideration, Will Smith plays Richard Williams, the driven father who made his daughters Venus and Serena Williams into tennis superstars.
Daniel Craig is back one last time to play James Bond. And boy has it been a process to get to the finish line. A director change, on-set injury by Craig, and now the coronavirus changing the movie's release date has kept this movie from audiences.
This romantic comedy follows Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis playing a loving couple who get in a spat when it's revealed at a family party that one of them hasn't yet come out to her parents.
Pixar will try to rebound from the underperformance of "Onward" with this celebration of music and the human spirit. It was originally to open in June.
Woody Harrelson plays the world's deadliest assassin. Kevin Hart plays a guy who is not that at all. But somehow they get mistaken at an Airbnb rental.
It's finally going to happen. After movies showing the might of King Kong and Godzilla, the two will finally face off in an ultimate monster battle.
It's the movie where reported couple Ben Affleck and "Bond" star Ana de Armas hit it off.
This was one of the last titles Disney moved off its release schedule due to the coronavirus. The Marvel title was originally to open May.
Legendary horror character Michael Myers returns in this sequel to the latest reboot of the franchise.
Wes Anderson's latest movie surrounds around a group of American journalists living in France.
Elisabeth Moss, Edward Norton, Tilda Swinton, Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Willem Dafoe, Timothée Chalamet, and Saoirse Ronan star. The movie originally was to open July 24.
Kenneth Branagh directs and returns as Agatha Christie's popular detective Hercule Poirot in this whodunit sequel to "Murder on the Orient Express."
This time, stars include Gal Gadot, Armie Hammer, Annette Bening, and "Black Panther" star Letitia Wright.
Tom Hardy returns to play the Marvel villain, and this time Andy Serkis is the director.
This historic tail of seven people involved in the uprising of the 1968 Democratic National Convention gets the Aaron Sorkin treatment.
Jordan Peele co-wrote and produced this "spiritual sequel" to the classic 1992 horror. The movie was originally to open in June.
The latest Hollywood adaptation of a Tom Clancy novel stars Michael B. Jordan as a Navy SEAL out to avenge his wife's murder.
The slick super-spy "Kingsman" franchise now gets a prequel.
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller once more put on their producing hats to team with Sony for another animated movie. This time, they follow a family who needs to save the world after a tech uprising.
Last time Lord, Miller, and Sony worked together they won an Oscar for "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse."
John Krasinski's sequel to his surprise hit movie was originally going to open March 20, but due to the coronavirus, the release was pulled.
According to a tweet by Krasinski, the film will open "once we have a better understanding of the impact of this pandemic." It looks like the hope is by September all will be well.
Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson return for the sequel to the 2017 action-comedy.
Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter return to play the popular time-traveling characters they brought into the world back in the late 1980s.
We meet up with Diana Prince (Gal Gadot) in the 1980s for the sequel. And Chris Pine returns as Steve Trevor! The movie was originally to open June 5, but was moved back a few months due to the coronavirus.
Based on the popular children's novel, a gorilla named Ivan (Sam Rockwell), who lives in a cage at a mall, cares for a baby elephant who shows up.
Yes, things are awful right now, but at least we have SpongeBob to take away the pain. The movie originally had a May release, and then late July.
Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo, who previously teamed on writing the hit "Bridesmaids," are sharing writing credits again for this comedy that they both star in.
The live-action version of the 1998 Disney animated movie had already had its China release pulled due to the coronavirus. Then when it traveled to the states, Disney finally pulled its entire release.
It was set for a March 27 opening.
Christopher Nolan's latest anticipated title is a spy thriller, a time travel movie, and is all set around the possibility of World War 3.
John David Washington, Robert Pattinson and Nolan regular Michael Caine star.
The latest movie in this successful horror franchise from Blumhouse Productions returns this summer.
Pete Davidson teams up with Judd Apatow to write a semi-autobiographical dramedy about Davidson growing up in Staten Island. Apatow also takes the directing reigns.
Reese Witherspoon returns to play Elle Woods. It will be the first time we've seen the character since the sequel in 2003 (we won't count the spin-off "Legally Blondes" in 2009).
Universal announced Monday that this animated movie will not just open in theaters, but also be available On Demand.
This is the first time a movie from a major studio releases a title as a day-and-date.
Chris Pratt plays a man drafted to fight in a war that can only be won in his ability to correct his past. Betty Gilpin and J.K. Simmons also star. The movie was originally to open in December.
Scooby-Doo is timeless, as we see with the latest movie. Zac Efron will voice Fred with Will Forte as Shaggy. And we're going to have to wait a little longer, as the movie's May 15 release date has been scrapped.
My goodness, this movie just can't catch a break.
Preproduction on this began back in 2017 with a release date set in April 2018. After a slew of release date changes, the studio that made the movie, 20th Century Fox, was bought by Disney. The most recent news was this X-Men spin-off was to finally come out on April 3, 2020.
But then the coronavirus happened. It has yet to be rescheduled.
Jon M. Chu, director of "Crazy Rich Asians," brings Lin-Manuel Miranda's play to the screen. But we will have to wait to see it. The movie's June 26 release date was pulled.
Tom Hanks was beloved long before he and his wife, Rita Wilson, were the first celebrities to be tested positive for the coronavirus. He also wrote the screenplay for this movie himself.
So, yes, there's going to be a lot to talk to him about when this World War II drama opens. But what that will be is unknown. Its June 12 release date has been moved to TBD.
This spooky thriller starring Keri Russell and Jesse Plemons being released by Searchlight Pictures was to open on April 17. But the coronavirus stopped those plans.
Average housing prices up 10% in Jan-Mar across the top eight cities
Top visa-on-arrival picks for Indian explorers
451 million voters! First four phases of Lok Sabha elections witness 66.95% voter turnout so far
Next Story