If you were planning to sleep it off in 2020 your prayer was answered. All thanks to you Coronavirus hit us and it did so with a backhand putting movie productions on hold and some completely cancelled. You know the earth is under crisis when men agree to pause sporting and bar activities.
Just to show just how bad the COVID-19 pandemic is below is a list of movies that got their release dates pushed forward. Note that the list is long but we have only compiled a list of major movie franchises.
Below is a table comprising 3 rolls of a movie name followed by the original release date and lastly the date on which it’s set to come out.
MOVIE NAME | ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE | SECOND RELEASE DATE |
Mulan | March 27, 2020 | July 24, 2020 |
Wonder Woman | June 2020 | August 14, 2020 |
Candyman | June 12, 2020 | September 25, 2020 |
Black Widow | July 2020 | November 6, 2020 |
Fast & Furious 9 | May 2020 | April 2, 2021 |
Eternals | June 24, 2020 | Feb. 12, 2021 |
Top Gun: Maverick | July 3, 2020 | December 23, 2020 |
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | June 25, 2021 | Nov. 5, 2021 |
Artemis Fowl | May 2021 | CANCELLED FOR THEATERS |
The New Mutants | March 2020 | N/A |
Minions: The Rise of Gru | May 29, 2020 | N/A |
The Batman | March 5, 2021 | October 1, 2021 |
Jungle Cruise | February 2021 | July 30, 2021 |
Shang-Chi and the Ten Rings | July 31, 2020 | May 7, 2021 |
Uncharted | July 2020 | October 8, 2021 |
Antlers | April 17, 2020 | N/A |
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet | May 15, 2020 | N/A |
Spiral | April 2020 | N/A |
Ghostbusters: Afterlife | November 6, 2020 | March 5, 2021 |
No Time to Die | May 1, 2020 | November 25, 2020 |
Free Guy | April 2020 | December 11, 2020 |
A Quiet Place Part II | July 3, 2020 | N/A |
So we have gone through a list of movies that are coming out late this year and some next year. You must be wondering if there are any movies left to be released in 2020. To find out more click here to read our post on Movies Coming Out In 2020 In-Spite Of The Coronavirus.