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Movies we’d be watching now if not for the pandemic
2020 was supposed to be a big year for big blockbuster films, from a new James Bond to the next chapter in the epic Wonder Woman saga and then it happened. Productions closed down, film releases were pushed out to later in the year and some films disappeared off the radar. Fortunately, most of the big hitters are still coming out at some point but here is a list of the films we already could’ve seen if not for the big C.
Black Widow
In Marvel Studios’ action-packed spy thriller Black Widow, Natasha Romanoff aka Black Widow confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises. Pursued by a force that will stop at nothing to bring her down, Natasha must deal with her history as a spy and the broken relationships left in her wake long before she became an Avenger.
Original Release Date: May 2020
New Release Date: November 2020
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Ghostbusters: Afterlife is the “official” third Ghostbusters movie, continuing the story first told in Ghostbusters (1984) and Ghostbusters II (1990). Set in the modern-day, Ghostbusters: Afterlife follows two teenagers and their single mother who move to Summerville, Oklahoma to live on a farm inherited from their late grandfather. When unexplained phenomena plague the town, the children discover their grandfather was one of the Ghostbusters. The children and their science teacher must learn to use their grandfather’s tools in order to save the town.
Original Release Date: July 2020
New Release Date: March 2021
No Time to Die
Five years after the capture of Ernst Stavro Blofeld, James Bond has left active service. He is approached by Felix Leiter, his friend and a CIA officer, who enlists his help in the search for Valdo Obruchev, a missing scientist. When it becomes apparent that Obruchev was abducted, Bond must confront a danger the likes of which the world has never seen before.
Original Release Date: April 2020
New Release Date: November 2020
F9 (Fast and the Furious 9)
Vin Diesel’s Dom Toretto is leading a quiet life off the grid with Letty and his son, little Brian, but they know that danger always lurks just over their peaceful horizon. This time, that threat will force Dom to confront the sins of his past if he’s going to save those he loves most. His crew joins together to stop a world-shattering plot led by the most skilled assassin and high-performance driver they’ve ever encountered: a man who also happens to be Dom’s forsaken brother, Jakob.
Original Release Date: May 2020
New Release Date: March 2021
A Quiet Place: Part 2
A direct sequel to the box office hit, A Quiet Place Part 2 is a direct sequel that follows the deadly events at home, the Abbott family must now face the terrors of the outside world as they continue their fight for survival in silence. Forced to venture into the unknown, they quickly realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path.
Original Release Date: March 2020
New Release Date: September 2020
The New Mutants
Rahne Sinclair, Illyana Rasputin, Sam Guthrie and Roberto da Costa are four young mutants being held in an isolated hospital for psychiatric monitoring. Dr. Cecilia Reyes, believing the teenagers are a danger both to themselves and to society as a whole, keeps a close eye on them as she struggles to teach them how to rein in their mutant abilities. When newcomer Danielle “Dani” Moonstar joins the other patients in the facility, strange occurrences begin to take place. The hospital’s patients are plagued by hallucinations and flashbacks, and their new mutant abilities–and their friendships–will be tested as they battle to try to make it out alive.
Original Release Date: April 2020
New Release Date: August 2020
Spiral
A sadistic mastermind unleashes a twisted form of justice in SPIRAL, the terrifying new chapter from the book of SAW. Working in the shadow of an esteemed police veteran, brash Detective Ezekiel “Zeke” Banks and his rookie partner take charge of a grisly investigation into murders that are eerily reminiscent of the city’s gruesome past. Unwittingly entrapped in a deepening mystery, Zeke finds himself at the center of the killer’s morbid game.
Original Release Date: May 2020
New Release Date: May 2021
Wonder Woman 1984
The sequel to 2017’s Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman 1984 will drop its protagonist at the end of the Cold War. Pitted against wealthy TV personality Maxwell Lord and an archaeologist turned warrior cheetah, Dr. Barbara Minerva, Wonder Woman rides into action once again, this time in the era of shopping malls, break dancing, and big hair.
Original Release Date: June 2020
New Release Date: October 2020
Top Gun: Maverick
Pete “Maverick” Mitchell is a cocky pilot who has prevented progress in positions to skip a grounded role, and hence, we will see him as an instructor after 30 years of service. There he finds himself coaching a group of extraordinary Top Gun graduates. One of them is his friend’s son Bradley Bradshaw aka Rooster. He now faces his deepest anxieties, fighting ghosts of the past, which will boil down to an ultimate assignment.
Original Release Date: June 2020
New Release Date: December 2020
Morbius
Biochemist Michael Morbius tries to cure himself of a rare blood disease, but he inadvertently infects himself with a form of vampirism instead. Set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Morbius is one of Spider-Man’s greatest enemies and although we won’t be seeing our friendly neighborhood web-slinger in this, it does establish the origin stories of one of Marvel’s most diabolical bad guys.
Original Release Date: July 2020
New Release Date: March 2021
Free Guy
In the open-world video game Free City, an amalgamation of Grand Theft Auto and Fortnite, Guy is a non-player character (NPC) working as a bank teller. Thanks to a code developed by programmers Milly and Keys inserted into Free City by the publisher Antoine, Guy becomes aware of his world being a video game, and takes steps to make himself the hero, creating a race against time to save the game before the developers can shut it down
Original Release Date: July 2020
New Release Date: December 2020