The 2020 Movie Release Extravaganza!

The Hollywood Outsider January 15, 2020

This is our 2020 Movie Release EXTRAVAGANZA!

On this year’s episode, we break down the most anticipated releases of the 2020 movie calendar, including ours and listener picks as well. And with the year already in full swing, it’s finally time to look ahead at all of the exciting releases still to come in 2020!

We kick things off with the most anticipated film releases. Titles such as Wonder Woman 84, A Quiet Place 2, Free Guy, Dune, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Tenet, No Time To Die, Top Gun: Maverick, Black Widow, and a whole lot more.

All of those titles are just the tip of the iceberg, as we also review the stunning films 1917 and Just Mercy.

We’re discussing over 35 new movies releasing in 2020 on this episode, so bring a notebook because we’re about to help you plan your entire year in entertainment!

Editor’s Note: Scroll to the bottom of this post for the entire wide release film schedule for 2020.

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Discussed on this episode

(0:00 – 22:43) Opening | Reviews – 1917, Just Mercy | Stump the HO
(22:44 – 1:14:56) The 2020 Most Anticipated Movie Releases
(1:14:57 – 1:29:10) Host Most Anticipated Releases
(1:29:11 – 1:41:24) Closing | Outtakes
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2020 Film Release Schedule (courtesy of The-Numbers.com)

*Release dates are subject to change

Release Date	Movie	Distributor
January, 2020
1/3/20	The Grudge (Wide)	Sony Pictures
	Adoring (Limited)	CMC Pictures
	Advocate (Limited)	Film Movement
	City of Joel (Limited)	Samuel Goldwyn Films
	Inmate Zero (Limited)	Vertical Entertainment

1/5/20	Ivan Tsarevich i Seryy Volk 4 (Limited)	Self Distributed

1/7/20	Mystify: Michael Hutchence (Special Engagement)	Fathom Events

1/10/20	Like a Boss (Wide)	Paramount Pictures
	Underwater (Wide)	20th Century Fox
	1917 (Expands Wide)	Universal
	Just Mercy (Expands Wide)	Warner Bros.
	Afterward (Limited)	Abramorama Films
	The Assent (Limited)	Gravitas Ventures
	Chhapaak (Limited)	FIP
	The Corrupted (Limited)	Saban Films
	Darbar (Limited)	Self Distributed
	The Dawn (Limited)	Vertical Entertainment
	Dhurala (Limited)	Self Distributed
	Diving Deep: The Life and Times of Mike deGruy (Limited)	Adventure Entertainment
	Earth (Limited)	KimStim
	Inherit the Viper (Limited)	Lionsgate
	Les Misérables (Limited)	Amazon Studios
	The Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson (Limited)	Quiver
	Reality Queen! (Limited)	High Octane Pictures
	Sarileru Neekevvaru (Limited)	Self Distributed
	Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (Limited)	Netflix
	Three Christs (Limited)	IFC Films

1/11/20	BanG Dream! Live: Roselia x RAS: Rausch und/and Craziness (Limited)	Self Distributed
	Met Opera: Wozzeck (Special Engagement)	Fathom Events

1/12/20	VHYes (Limited)	Oscilloscope Pictures

1/14/20	2050 (Limited)	Uncork’d Entertainment

1/17/20	Bad Boys For Life (Wide)	Sony Pictures
	Dolittle (Wide)	Universal
	Disturbing the Peace (Limited)	Momentum Pictures
	Extracurricular (Limited)	Samuel Goldwyn Films
	Feedback (Limited)	Blue Fox Entertainment
	The Host (Limited)	Vertical Entertainment
	Intrigo: Death Of An Author (Limited)	Lionsgate
	The Wave (Limited)	Epic Pictures Group
	Weathering With You (Limited)	GKIDS
	Dolittle (IMAX)	Universal

1/19/20	An American in Paris (Special Engagement)	Fathom Events

1/20/20	Liberation (Limited)	China Lion Film Distribution
	Speed of Life (Limited)	Self Distributed

1/21/20	D-Love (Limited)	Self Distributed

1/23/20	Blind Eyes Opened (Special Engagement)	Fathom Events

1/24/20	The Gentlemen (Wide)	STX Entertainment
	Run (Wide)	Lionsgate
	The Turning (Wide)	Universal
	Assassin 33 A.D. (Limited)	Self Distributed
	Color Out of Space (Limited)	RLJ Entertainment
	Elsewhere (Limited)	Freestyle Releasing
	Get Gone (Limited)	Cleopatra Films
	Panga (Limited)	FIP
	Zombi Child (Limited)	Film Movement

1/25/20	The Rescue (Limited)	CMC Pictures

1/26/20	Bolshoi Ballet: Giselle (Special Engagement)	Fathom Events

1/29/20	Beanpole (Limited)	Kino Lorber

1/31/20	Gretel & Hansel (Wide)	United Artists
	The Rhythm Section (Wide)	Paramount Pictures
	2020 Oscar Shorts (Limited)	ShortsHD
	The Assistant (Limited)	Bleecker Street
	Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words (Limited)	Self Distributed
	Gul Makai (Limited)	PackYourBag Films
	Incitement (Limited)	Greenwich
	José (Limited)	Outsider
	The Traitor (Limited)	Sony Pictures Classics
	The Wonderland (Limited)	Eleven Arts
February, 2020
2/7/20	Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (Wide)	Warner Bros.
	And Then We Danced (Limited)	Music Box Films
	Cane River (Limited)	Oscilloscope Pictures
	Come to Daddy (Limited)	Saban Films
	Legend of Deification (Limited)	Well Go USA
	The Lodge (Limited)	Neon
	The Son of a Prominent Journalist (Limited)	Carl Jackson Entertainment
	Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (IMAX)	Warner Bros.

2/9/20	Love Story (Special Engagement)	Fathom Events

2/12/20	The Doors: Break on Thru — A Celebration of Ray Manzarek (Special Engagement)	Trafalgar Releasing

2/14/20	Fantasy Island (Wide)	Sony Pictures
	The Photograph (Wide)	Universal
	Sonic The Hedgehog (Wide)	Paramount Pictures
	What About Love (Wide)	XLI41
	After Midnight (Limited)	Self Distributed
	Buffaloed (Limited)	Magnolia Pictures
	Come As You Are (Limited)	Samuel Goldwyn Films
	Downhill (Limited)	Fox Searchlight
	First Lady (Limited)	ArtAffects
	The Innocent (Limited)	Film Movement
	Olympic Dreams (Limited)	IFC Films
	Ordinary Love (Limited)	Bleecker Street
	The Times of Bill Cunningham (Limited)	Greenwich
	You go to my Head (Limited)	First Run Features

2/19/20	Corpus Christi (Limited)	Film Movement
	Just Don’t Think I’ll Scream (Limited)	KimStim
	Ride the Wave (Limited)	GKIDS

2/21/20	Brahms: The Boy II (Wide)	STX Entertainment
	Call of the Wild (Wide)	20th Century Fox
	Acquitted by Faith (Limited)	20th Century Fox
	Conundrum: Secrets Among Friends (Limited)	Unmanned Media
	Emma (Limited)	Focus Features
	Goldie (Limited)	Film Movement
	Greed (Limited)	Sony Pictures Classics
	Impractical Jokers: The Movie (Limited)	Warner Independent
	My Boyfriend’s Meds (Limited)	Lionsgate
	The Night Clerk (Limited)	Saban Films
	Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band (Limited)	Magnolia Pictures
	Premature (Limited)	IFC Films
	Vitalina Varela (Limited)	Grasshopper Film
	Young Ahmed (Limited)	Kino Lorber

2/23/20	The Color Purple (Special Engagement)	Fathom Events

2/24/20	Free Burma Rangers (Special Engagement)	Fathom Events

2/28/20	The Invisible Man (Wide)	Universal
	10 Things We Should Do Before We Break Up (Limited)	Vision Films
	Burden (Limited)	101 Studios
	Ride (Limited)	Roadside Attractions
	Saint Frances (Limited)	Oscilloscope Pictures
	Wendy (Limited)	Fox Searchlight
	The Whistlers (Limited)	Magnolia Pictures
	A White, White Day (Limited)	Film Movement
March, 2020
3/6/20	Onward (Wide)	Walt Disney
	The Way Back (Wide)	Warner Bros.
	Bacurau (Limited)	Kino Lorber
	The Burnt Orange Heresy (Limited)	Sony Pictures Classics
	Extra Ordinary (Limited)	Cranked Up Films
	First Cow (Limited)	A24
	Go Back to China (Limited)	Gravitas Ventures
	Hope Gap (Limited)	Roadside Attractions
	Sometimes Always Never (Limited)	Blue Fox Entertainment
	Sorry We Missed You (Limited)	Zeitgeist
	Swallow (Limited)	IFC Films
	The Wild Goose Lake (Limited)	Film Movement

3/13/20	Bloodshot (Wide)	Sony Pictures
	I Still Believe (Wide)	Lionsgate
	My Spy (Wide)	STX Entertainment
	The Informer (Limited)	Aviron Pictures
	Inside the Rain (Limited)	Sky Island
	Misbehaviour (Limited)	BBC Worldwide North America
	Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Always (Limited)	Focus Features
	The Roads Not Taken (Limited)	Bleecker Street
	Slay the Dragon (Limited)	Magnolia Pictures

3/15/20	Untitled Blumhouse Horror Project (Wide)	Universal
	King Kong (Special Engagement)	Fathom Events

3/17/20	I am Patrick (Special Engagement)	Fathom Events

3/20/20	A Quiet Place: Part II (Wide)	Paramount Pictures
	Bull (Limited)	Samuel Goldwyn Films
	The Climb (Limited)	Sony Pictures Classics
	Deerskin (Limited)	Greenwich
	The Truth (Limited)	IFC Films

3/27/20	Mulan (Wide)	Walt Disney
	Military Wives (Limited)	Bleecker Street
	Saint Maud (Limited)	A24
	Mulan (IMAX)	Walt Disney


March TBD	On A Magical Night (Limited)	Strand
	The Education of Fredrick Fitzell (Limited)	Endeavor Content

Winter 2020	The Jesus Rolls (Limited)	Screen Media Films
April, 2020
4/3/20	The Lovebirds (Wide)	Paramount Pictures
	The New Mutants (Wide)	20th Century Fox
	Peter Rabbit 2 (Wide)	Sony Pictures
	Capital in the Twenty-First Century (Limited)	Kino Lorber
	Our Mothers (Limited)	Outsider

4/10/20	No Time to Die (Wide)	United Artists
	Charm City Kings (Limited)	Sony Pictures Classics
	Rise (Limited)	Self Distributed

4/17/20	Monster Problems (Wide)	Paramount Pictures
	Trolls: World Tour (Wide)	Universal
	Charm City Kings (Expands Wide)	Sony Pictures Classics
	Antlers (Limited)	Fox Searchlight
	Promising Young Woman (Limited)	Focus Features
	The Secret: Dare to Dream (Limited)	Roadside Attractions
	Y Como Es El (Limited)	Lionsgate

4/20/20	Green Fever (Limited)	Lionsgate

4/24/20	Bad Trip (Wide)	United Artists
	Antebellum (Limited)	Lionsgate

4/26/20	A League of Their Own (Limited)	Fathom Events
May, 2020
5/1/20	Black Widow (Wide)	Walt Disney
	Dream Horse (Limited)	Bleecker Street

5/8/20	Covers (Wide)	Focus Features
	Greyhound (Wide)	Sony Pictures
	Legally Blonde 3 (Wide)	United Artists
	P31 (Wide)	Carl Jackson Entertainment
	The Personal History of David Copperfield (Limited)	Fox Searchlight

5/15/20	Scoob (Wide)	Warner Bros.
	Untitled Saw Film (Wide)	Lionsgate
	The Woman in the Window (Wide)	20th Century Fox

5/17/20	Airplane! (Special Engagement)	Fathom Events

5/22/20	Fast and Furious 9 (Wide)	Universal
	The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (Wide)	Paramount Pictures
	Fast and Furious 9 (IMAX)	Universal

5/29/20	Artemis Fowl (Wide)	Walt Disney
	Artemis Fowl (IMAX)	Walt Disney


May TBD	Nothing Fancy: Diana Kennedy (Limited)	Greenwich
June, 2020
6/5/20	Wonder Woman 1984 (Wide)	Warner Bros.
	Wonder Woman 1984 (IMAX)	Warner Bros.

6/12/20	Candyman (Wide)	Universal

6/14/20	Annie (Special Engagement)	Fathom Events

6/19/20	King of Staten Island (Wide)	Universal
	Soul (Wide)	Walt Disney

6/24/20	Garfield (Limited)	Walt Disney

6/26/20	In The Heights (Wide)	Warner Bros.
	Top Gun: Maverick (Wide)	Paramount Pictures


June TBD	Crescendo (Limited)	Menemsha Entertainment
	The Phenomenon (Limited)	1091 Media

Spring 2020	John Lewis: Good Trouble (Limited)	Magnolia Pictures
	Straight Up (Limited)	Strand
July, 2020
7/3/20	Free Guy (Wide)	20th Century Fox
	Minions: The Rise of Gru (Wide)	Universal

7/10/20	Ghostbusters: Afterlife (Wide)	Sony Pictures
	Untitled Next Purge Chapter (Wide)	Universal

7/17/20	Bob’s Burgers (Wide)	20th Century Fox
	Tenet (Wide)	Warner Bros.
	Tenet (IMAX)	Warner Bros.

7/19/20	Ghost (Special Engagement)	Fathom Events

7/24/20	Jungle Cruise (Wide)	Walt Disney

7/31/20	Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar (Wide)	Lionsgate
	Morbius (Wide)	Sony Pictures
August, 2020
8/7/20	Infinite (Wide)	Paramount Pictures
	Untitled Warner Brothers Event Film 2 (Wide)	Warner Bros.

8/9/20	Babe (Special Engagement)	Fathom Events

8/14/20	Escape Room 2 (Wide)	Sony Pictures
	Malignant (Wide)	Warner Bros.
	Nobody (Wide)	Universal
	The One and Only Ivan (Wide)	Walt Disney

8/20/20	The Empty Man (Wide)	Walt Disney

8/21/20	Bill & Ted Face the Music (Wide)	United Artists
	Let Him Go (Wide)	Focus Features

8/28/20	Spell (Wide)	Paramount Pictures
	Unhinged (Wide)	Solstice Studios
September, 2020
9/4/20	Monster Hunter (Wide)	Sony Pictures

9/11/20	The Conjuring 3 (Wide)	Warner Bros.

9/18/20	The King’s Man (Wide)	20th Century Fox
	The Mitchells vs. The Machines (Wide)	Sony Pictures
	Without Remorse (Wide)	Paramount Pictures

9/25/20	The Many Saints of Newark (Wide)	Warner Bros.
	Praise This (Wide)	Universal
	Last Night in Soho (Limited)	Focus Features
	The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Limited)	Paramount Pictures


Summer 2020	Harder Than You Think (Limited)	Self Distributed
	The Trip to Greece (Limited)	IFC Films
October, 2020
10/2/20	Venom 2 (Wide)	Sony Pictures
	The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Expands Wide)	Paramount Pictures
	BIOS (Limited)	Universal

10/9/20	Death on the Nile (Wide)	20th Century Fox
	Fatale (Wide)	Lionsgate
	Respect (Wide)	United Artists
	The Witches (Wide)	Warner Bros.

10/16/20	Halloween Kills (Wide)	Universal

10/23/20	Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (Wide)	20th Century Fox
	Snake Eyes (Wide)	Paramount Pictures
	Untitled Universal Event Comedy (Wide)	Universal
November, 2020
11/6/20	The Eternals (Wide)	Walt Disney
	Stillwater (Limited)	Focus Features

11/8/20	Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Special Engagement)	Fathom Events

11/13/20	Clifford the Big Red Dog (Wide)	Paramount Pictures
	Red Notice (Wide)	Netflix
	Universal Event Film (Wide)	Universal
	Deep Water (Limited)	Self Distributed

11/20/20	Godzilla vs. Kong (Wide)	Warner Bros.
	Untitled Amblin Project (Wide)	Universal
	Untitled Warner Brothers Event Film #2 (Wide)	Warner Bros.
	Fang (Limited)	Carl Jackson Entertainment
	Happiest Season (Limited)	Sony/TriStar
	Godzilla vs. Kong (IMAX)	Warner Bros.

11/25/20	King Richard (Wide)	Warner Bros.
	Untitled Disney Animation 3D (Wide)	Walt Disney


November TBD	The Truth About Santa Claus (Limited)	Self Distributed
December, 2020
12/11/20	Samaritan (Wide)	United Artists

12/13/20	Fiddler on the Roof (Limited)	Fathom Events

12/18/20	Coming to America 2 (Wide)	Paramount Pictures
	Dune (Wide)	Warner Bros.
	Uncharted (Wide)	Sony Pictures
	West Side Story (Wide)	20th Century Fox
	Dune (IMAX)	Warner Bros.

12/23/20	The Croods 2 (Wide)	Universal
	Tom & Jerry (Wide)	Warner Bros.

12/25/20	News of the World (Wide)	Universal
	Untitled Paramount/Skydance Event Movie (Wide)	Paramount Pictures
	The Last Duel (Limited)	20th Century Fox

12/31/20	American Skin (Limited)	Self Distributed

During 2020	All Rise (Wide)	Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures
	Chaos Walking (Wide)	Lionsgate
	Fear Street (Wide)	20th Century Fox
	Fyre Festival (Wide)	Warner Bros.
	Mosul (Wide)	101 Studios
	Wish Dragon (Wide)	Sony Pictures
	American Fighter (Limited)	Forrest Films
	Anastasia (Limited)	Conglomerate Media
	Black Woodstock (Limited)	Self Distributed
	The Bobot (Limited)	High Octane Pictures
	The Boys in the Band (Limited)	Netflix
	The Capote Tapes (Limited)	Greenwich
	Children of the Sea (Limited)	GKIDS
	Cut Throat City (Limited)	Well Go USA
	Death of Me (Limited)	Saban Films
	The Devil all the Time (Limited)	Netflix
	Dreamkatcher (Limited)	Screen Media Films
	Dreamland (Limited)	Endeavor Content
	Extinct (Limited)	Well Go USA
	The Eyes of Tammy Faye (Limited)	Fox Searchlight
	French Exit (Limited)	Sony Pictures Classics
	How to Build a Girl (Limited)	IFC Films
	Human Nature (Limited)	Greenwich
	A Rainy Day in New York (Limited)	Amazon Studios
	Resistance (Limited)	IFC Films
	Sound of Freedom (Limited)	AMBI
	Synchronic (Limited)	Well Go USA
	Tokyo Godfathers (Limited)	GKIDS
	The War with Grandpa (Limited)	Dimension Pictures
	The Willoughbys (Limited)	Netflix

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