Although the summer movie season is all streaming [1] due to the coronavirus pandemic, fall movies are still planning for releases this year! The last few months of 2020 are packed with preexisting releases, as well as the postponed release dates [2] for several movies that were originally scheduled to open earlier in the year [3]. Of course, everything is still very much in flux right now, and it's entirely possible some or all of these movies will also have to postpone (again, in some cases) to dates in 2021 and beyond. For now, though, we're being hopeful and looking forward to seeing these movies as soon as it's safe to do so [4]. As of right now, there are 18 major movies that are still planning on 2020 release dates — which ones are on your must-see list?
A Quiet Place Part II
- What it's about: This sequel picks up right where the 2018 breakout hit left off, with a woman and her children fighting for survival in a post-apocalyptic world where a single sound can spell doom. Forced to venture into unknown territory, they soon learn that the sound-hunting creatures aren't the only danger they have to face.
- Who's starring: Emily Blunt [7], Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe, Cilian Murphy, Djimon Hounsou [8]
- Release date: Sept. 4
The King's Man
- What it's about: Set nearly a century before the Kingsman series so far, this movie follows an elite spy and his young apprentice as they set out to stop an alliance of criminal masterminds from starting a war that could kill millions of people.
- Who's starring: Ralph Fiennes [9], Gemma Arterton, Rhys Ifans, Matthew Goode, Tom Hollander, Harris Dickinson, Daniel Brühl, Djimon Hounsou [10], Charles Dance
- Release date: Sept. 18
Candyman
- What it's about: Director and co-writer Nia DaCosta takes the reins in the fourth instalment of the Candyman horror franchise. An artist and his girlfriend move into a new building on the site of an old haunted neighbourhood, but when he starts incorporating the legend of Candyman into his art, things get spooky fast.
- Who's starring: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Colman Domingo, Tony Todd, Vanessa Estelle Williams
- Release date: Sept. 25
Wonder Woman 1984
- What it's about: Diana Prince, aka Wonder Woman, fights a new baddie in — you guessed it — 1984. She's up against two new baddies and a series of inexplicable events — the strangest of which is the apparent resurrection of her presumed-dead love, Steve Trevor.
- Who's starring: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine [11], Kristen Wiig, Pedro Pascal, Robin Wright, Connie Nielsen
- Release date: Oct. 2
Black Widow
- What it's about: Natasha Romanoff finally gets her own movie, a decade after she was first introduced in Iron Man 2. Set in the aftermath of Captain America: Civil War, Nat reunites with some of her old team from the Soviet "Red Room" to take down a dangerous conspiracy that's threatening them all.
- Who's starring: Scarlett Johansson [16], David Barbour, Florence Pugh, Rachel Weisz [17], William Hurt, Ray Winstone
- Release date: Nov. 6
No Time to Die
- What it's about: Daniel Craig [18]'s final film as James Bond has largely been shrouded in secrecy. What we do know: five years after defeating Blofeld and leaving active service, Bond is called in once more to search for a missing scientist whose disappearance leads to a much darker threat.
- Who's starring: Daniel Craig, Léa Seydoux, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Jeffrey Wright, Christoph Waltz, Ralph Fiennes [19], Rami Malek, Lashana Lynch, Ana de Armas
- Release date: Nov. 20
Soul
- What it's about: Disney/Pixar's latest focuses on a junior high music teacher who's finally getting a shot at the jazz career he's always wanted. His dreams hit a snag when his soul is accidentally separated from his body, and he has to journey through the soul plane to get back to his body in time.
- Who's starring: Jamie Foxx [20], Fey, Questlove, Phylicia Rashad, Daveed Diggs, Angela Bassett
- Release date: Nov. 20
Free Guy
- What it's about: This sci-fi comedy takes place "inside" the world of an interactive video game. When a background character becomes aware that his life is actually a video game, he tries to take charge and become the hero himself.
- Who's starring: Ryan Reynolds [21], Jodie Comer, Joe Keery, Lil Rel Howery, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Taika Waititi
- Release date: Dec. 11
Dune
- What it's about: It's the first half of the long-awaited adaptation of the classic sci-fi novel. Set long into the future, an aristocrat and his family are assigned the care of a planet where the universe's most valuable substance comes from. It's not just an ordinary mission, though, and dangerous both human and alien lead the family to form unexpected alliances.
- Who's starring: Ryan Reynolds [22], Jodie Comer, Joe Keery, Lil Rel Howery, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Taika Waititi
- Release date: Dec. 18
West Side Story
- What it's about: A pair of racially-divided New York gangs face off in battles to the death, but their long-held enmity hits a snag when the sister of one gang's leader falls in love with an escaping member of the other gang. Romance, tragedy, and a lot of dancing ensue.
- Who's starring: Rachel Zegler [23], Ansel Elgort, Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez, Mike Faist, Corey Stoll, Brian D'Arcy James, Rita Moreno
- Release date: Dec. 18
The Croods 2
- What it's about: The lovable prehistoric Croods clan meet the "Bettermans," a more advanced family of humans.
- Who's starring: Ryan Reynolds [27], Nicolas Cage [28], Emma Stone [29], Leslie Mann, Peter Dinklage, Joanna Lumley, Cloris Leachman, Kelly Marie Tran
- Release date: Dec. 23