2020 VISION
A Wonderful year at the flicks
10 Birds of Prey Released: February
Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn – the best thing in 2016’s Suicide Squad – returns alongside a gang of female a**-kickers to take on Ewan McGregor’s baddie Black Mask.
Hopefully this will continue the DCEU’s upward turn on the quality scale.
7 Godzilla vs Kong Released: November
The two titans come face-to-face for a seismic clash that has been building since 2014’s Godzilla.
Not that humans tend to matter too much in the MonsterVerse but Millie Bobby Brown and Kyle Chandler reprise their King of the Monsters roles, while Alexander Skarsgard and Rebecca Hall are fresh additions.
4 Ghostbusters: Afterlife Released: July
Dismissing the events of the 2016 all-female reboot, this will instead be a follow-up to the events of the first two Ghostbusters flicks.
Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Ernie Hudson are all confirmed to return but youngsters Finn Wolfhard and Mckenna Grace are set to pick up the spectre-slayers’mantle.
9 Bill & Ted Face the Music Released: August
Excellent! – the world’s favourite slacker duo are finally back following a 29-year wait.
Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter will be looking to recapture the old magic; time travel will surely be back in the fold and cast newbies include Ready or Not’s Samara Weaving.
6 Top Gun: Maverick Released: July
This 34 years in the making sequel sees Tom Cruise’s cocky titular pilot take to the skies once again.
Val Kilmer joins Cruise in a comeback with Miles Teller, Jon Hamm and Jennifer Connelly rounding off an impressive looking ensemble; lets hope we still have the need for speed.
3 Fast & Furious 9 Released: May
Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham may have driven off to star in their own spin-off but the testosterone levels will be maintained with the addition of the former’s fellow wrestler-turned-actor John Cena.
Plot details remain tight-lipped but Charlize Theron’s Cipher is back to torment our heroes.
8 A Quiet Place: Part II Released: March
The sequel to my favourite horror of 2018 once again sees John Krasinski direct his real-life wife Emily Blunt against noise-sensitive creatures.
It will be intriguing to see where the story progresses from the original’s seemingly definitive ending.
5 Black Widow Released: May
Scarlett Johansson’s heroine finally gets a solo movie which, following the dramatic events of Avengers: Endgame, can only be a prequel.
Stranger Things’David Harbour, playing Red Guardian, will hope for better comic book movie fare after 2019 flop Hellboy and Florence Pugh continues her ascent up the Hollywood ladder.
2 Wonder Woman 1984 Released: June
Gal Gadot travels from the trenches of World War I to a world of leg warmers and perms in the 80s for the return of the character the DCEU has arguably nailed best thus far.
Whether this can live up to its predecessor – and offer an adequate explanation for Chris Pine’s Steve Trevor’s return – remains to be seen.