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SUMMER 2020 MOVIES
With the summer of 2019 or should we call it Disney's summer coming to an end lets look at what we can expect on the big screens next year.
Disney is not slowing down next summer by any means. It will start its summer screenings with a Marvel movie, a long-overdue Black Widow film directed by Cate Shortland and starring Florence Pugh, David Harbour, Rachel Weisz, O-T Fagbenle and Scarlett Johansson in a lead role. Black Widow will kick off Phase 4 and hit theaters on May 2020. It is confirmed that Black Widow takes place after Captain America: Civil War, but before Avengers: Infinity War, and draws comparisons to Captain America: The Winter Soldier for the gritty and grounded approach it has. Marvel Studios unveiled the first Black Widow footage at their San Diego Comic-Con 2019 panel and fans were more than excited. We can expect the first teaser and/or trailer by the end of the year or even earlier so stay tuned for more Black Widow coverage from Mosho soon.
The next movie for Disney will be Artemis Fowl. Artemis Fowl is an upcoming science fantasy adventure film based on the first novel in the series of the same name by Eoin Colfer. Directed by Kenneth Branagh and written by Conor McPherson, the film stars Ferdia Shaw, Lara McDonnell, Tamara Smart, Nonso Anozie, Josh Gad, and Judi Dench. It will be released by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures on May 29, 2020. On November 27, 2018, Walt Disney Studios released a teaser trailer for the movie which was our first glimpse in this adaptation. Not long after Disney announced reshoots for the movie and it was pushed back to May 29, 2020. The plot of the movie as of now is that in order to rescue his criminal father and restore the family fortune, Artemis Fowl II and his trusted servant and bodyguard Butler seek the existence of fairies (believing that it makes a connection to his missing father) in hopes of robbing them. The new trailer will probably come before the end of the year and we will cover any additional news regarding the movie as soon as they are revealed.
Next, we have an original animated movie from Disney Pixar called Soul. Soul is an upcoming computer-animated fantasy comedy-adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. It is directed by Pete Docter and produced by Dana Murray. The film is scheduled to be released on June 19, 2020. Sinopsis of the movie provided by Disney/Pixar states: "Ever wonder where your passion, your dreams, and your interests come from? What is it that makes you … you? The film takes you on a journey from the streets of New York City to the cosmic realms to discover the answers to life's most important questions." The first teaser will probably be released sometime in the beginning of 2020 and we'll be there to cover it.
Next comes Disney's Jungle Cruise. Jungle Cruise is an upcoming adventure film based on the Disney theme park attraction of the same name. Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, the film will star Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Jack Whitehall, Édgar Ramírez, Jesse Plemons and Paul Giamatti, and is set for release on July 24, 2020, by Walt Disney Pictures. Sinopsis reads: "Set during the early 20th century, a riverboat captain named Frank takes a scientist and her brother on a mission into a jungle to find the Tree of Life which is believed to possess healing powers. All the while, the trio must fight against dangerous wild animals and a competing German expedition. The film was originally scheduled to be released on October 11, 2019, but on October 19, 2018, Johnson announced on behalf of Disney that the film had been delayed to 2020.
Next, from Disney, we have The One And Only Ivan. The One and Only Ivan is an American fantasy drama film directed by Thea Sharrock, from a screenplay, was written by Mike White, and based on the children's novel of the same name. Sam Rockwell stars as the voice of the titular Ivan. Angelina Jolie, Bryan Cranston, Ramón Rodríguez, Brooklynn Prince, Ariana Greenblatt, Danny DeVito, and Helen Mirren will also star. Sinopsis for the movie as of right now is: "A gorilla named Ivan lives in a cage at the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade with an aging elephant named Stella and a dog named Bob with no recollection of how they got there. They are owned by Mack, the owner of the Big Top Mall. When an abused baby elephant named Ruby shows up and is taken under Stella's trunk, Ivan starts to care for her as well and along with the janitor's daughter Julia, they help to turn things around at the mall." The One And Only Ivan is scheduled to be released on August 14, 2020, by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.
Fox, which is basically still Disney, is coming to Summer 2020 with only two movies. The first one is Free Guy, a mix of Wreck-It Ralph and The Truman Show. Free Guy is an upcoming science fiction action comedy film directed by Shawn Levy and written by Matt Lieberman. It stars Ryan Reynolds as a bank teller who discovers he is a background character in an open world video game called Free City that will soon go offline. The film started principal photography in Boston on May 2019. According to Reynold’s Instagram, filming wrapped in early August of 2019. The film will be released on July 3, 2020.
Bob’s Burgers: The Movie will premiere on July 17, 2020. Featuring the voices of H. Jon Benjamin, Dan Mintz, Eugene Mirman, Larry Murphy, John Roberts, and Kristen Schaal, the adventures of a hardscrabble family running a small burger restaurant has been a cornerstone of the Fox animation lineup since 2011. Based on its success, the “Bob’s Burgers” movie was officially ordered in 2017, with series creator Loren Bouchard saying then: “We’re thrilled to be invited to bring Bob’s Burgers to the big screen. We know the movie has to scratch every itch the fans of the show have ever had, but it also has to work for all the good people who’ve never seen the show. We also know it has to fill every inch of the screen with the colors and the sounds and the ever so slightly greasy texture of the world of Bob’s – but most of all it has to take our characters on an epic adventure. In other words, it has to be the best movie ever made. But no pressure, right?!”
Finally, we're done with Disney for the Summer of 2020 and now comes Universal. Their first movie for the Summer of 2020 is nonother than Fast & Furious 9. Fast & Furious 9 is an upcoming action film directed by Justin Lin and written by Daniel Casey. It will be the ninth installment in The Fast and the Furious franchise. The film will star Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Nathalie Emmanuel, John Cena, Helen Mirren, and Charlize Theron. It is scheduled to be released on May 22, 2020, by Universal Pictures. On November 13, 2014, Universal Pictures announced that there would be at least three more films in the franchise after Furious 7. In February 2016, Vin Diesel announced initial release dates for the ninth and tenth films, with the ninth film initially set would be released on April 19, 2019. After a spin-off was announced featuring Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham's characters, the release date for the ninth film was pushed back to April 10, and then to May 22 of 2020.
Then, we have Jordan Peele's Candyman slated for June 12, 2020. In September 2018, it was announced Jordan Peele was in talks to produce a sequel of the 1992 film through his Monkeypaw Productions. In November 2018, it was confirmed that Peele would produce the film with Universal and MGM and Nia DaCosta signed on as director. The film will serve as a "spiritual sequel", taking place back in the new gentrified Cabrini Green, where the old housing projects development once stood in Chicago. Filming was due to commence in spring 2019. Lakeith Stanfield will star in the film but not as the main titular character, rather as a visual artist named Anthony who takes on an interest seeking the legend of the Candyman. In February 2019, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II was in talks to play the titular character. Teyonah Parris was cast opposite in playing Stanfield's character Anthony's girlfriend.
Illumination will come to Summer 2020 with another Minions movie, Minions: The Rise of Gru. It is an upcoming computer-animated comedy film produced by Illumination. A sequel to the 2015 film Minions and spin-off/prequel to the main Despicable Me film series, it will be directed again by Kyle Balda, with co-direction by Brad Ableson. It is scheduled to be released in the United States on July 3, 2020, by Universal Pictures. The film will tell an origin story of the adventures of the Minions, working for a then-tyrannical leader, Gru. On January 25, 2017, Universal Pictures and Illumination announced a sequel to its 2015 animated film Minions. It began production on July 19, 2017, with Good Vibes and Legends of Chamberlain Heights creator Brad Ableson added as co-director. On May 21, 2019, the film's title was revealed as Minions: The Rise of Gru.
The Purge franchise is coming to an end in the Summer of 2020. The Purge 5 was announced on October 2018, by the Purge creator James DeMonaco who stated that the fifth film will be the last in the series. "I think I'm going to write it," Monaco said. "I think it's a great way to end it all. We want to end it all, I think, in this one, and I'm very excited. When I came up with the idea and pitched it to everybody, they seemed psyched, and I think it will be a really cool ending, how we take this one home." The Purge television series showrunner Thomas Kelly stated that a heist film set on Purge Night has been considered. It was announced that Everardo Gout will direct the film. Purge 5 is scheduled to be released in the United States on July 10, 2020, by Universal Pictures.
Warner Bros. is coming to Summer 2020 with Scoob!. Scoob! is an upcoming 2020 computer-animated adventure comedy film featuring characters from the Scooby-Doo franchise. The film is directed by Tony Cervone, from a screenplay by Kelly Fremon Craig and a story by Matt Lieberman. It stars the voices of Frank Welker, who is the only member of the original cast to reprise his role of the title character, Zac Efron, Gina Rodriguez, Will Forte, and Amanda Seyfried as the rest of the Scooby gang, with Tracy Morgan, Ken Jeong, Kiersey Clemons, Mark Wahlberg and Jason Isaacs as other classic animated characters. It is a reboot of the Scooby-Doo film series and is intended to be the first film of a proposed Hanna-Barbera Cinematic Universe. The film is scheduled to be released in the United States on May 15, 2020, by Warner Bros. Pictures.
Then, Wonder Woman 1984 will finally hit theaters on June 5, 2020. It is a sequel to 2017's Wonder Woman and is the ninth installment in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). The film is directed by Patty Jenkins, who wrote it with Geoff Johns and David Callaham from a story written by Johns and Jenkins. It stars Gal Gadot in the title role, with Chris Pine, Kristen Wiig, Pedro Pascal, Connie Nielsen, and Robin Wright in supporting roles. It is the fourth live-action theatrical film featuring the titular character, following Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), Wonder Woman and Justice League (2017); it will be the second full-length feature film centered around the character. The discussion of a sequel began shortly after the release of the first film in June 2017, and the decision to proceed was confirmed the following month. It was reported that Gal Gadot would be attending Warner Bros' DC presentation at San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) 2018, and some footage from the film would be shown to promote it. Director Patty Jenkins and actors Gadot and Chris Pine attended the Wonder Woman 1984 panel at SDCC 2018, where a short clip of the film was shown. A teaser poster debuted on June 5, 2019. Wonder Woman 1984 is scheduled to be released on June 5, 2020. It was previously set for December 13, 2019, and then moved to November 1, 2019, before settling on its mid-2020 release date.
Christopher Nolan's Tenet is coming to theaters on July 17, 2020. Tenet, TENÆŽê“•, is an upcoming action thriller film written and directed by Christopher Nolan and produced by Nolan and Emma Thomas. It stars John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Dimple Kapadia, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Clémence Poésy, Michael Caine, and Kenneth Branagh. Ludwig Göransson will compose the score as Nolan's frequent collaborator Hans Zimmer was committed to the 2020 film Dune. Tenet movie trailer debuted in front of Hobbs & Shaw and here's a complete description of what happens in the teaser trailer. The Tenet movie trailer begins by focusing on a bullet hole on what appears to be bullet-proof glass, with John David Washington's character - who, all the other cast members, remains unnamed at the moment - standing on the other side of the glass. As he starts walking towards the bullet hole, the screen cuts to black and the following tagline appears on-screen: "Time has come for a new protagonist." The trailer returns to Washington's character walking towards the bullet hole, but when the camera returns from the black screen, Washington seems to have moved back a little. Again, the trailer cuts to black, but this time a new message appears: "Time has come for a new kind of mission." It returns to Washington, who once again seems to have started from a little further behind, walking up to the bullet hole and touching it. Cut to black, with the trailer announcing "From Christopher Nolan" before showing Washington move from the first bullet hole to another one off to the right. Once again, the Tenet trailer cuts to black and announces John David Washington. But what's interesting is that, when it returns to Washington's character, he repeats his movement towards the second bullet, almost like it was a time loop. When he finally touches the second bullet hole, the movie's logo appears - upside down and rotating counterclockwise - and the trailer begins to cut back-and-forth between showing the logo and showing snippets of Washington in a new environment, running with armored/riot gear on outside, punching someone in the face while wearing a suit, and being taken captive somewhere (with two other men holding onto him). The Tenet trailer ends with Washington standing with an oxygen mask on while a door in front of him opens. This trailer will probably not be shown online and we can expect a new teaser/trailer which will be online to be released soon.
Sony kicks off Summer 2020 with Ghostbusters. Ghostbusters 2020 is an upcoming American fantasy comedy film directed by Jason Reitman from a screenplay co-written by Reitman and Gil Kenan. The film is set to star Mckenna Grace, Finn Wolfhard, Logan Kim, Celeste O'Connor, Carrie Coon, and Paul Rudd. It will be the fourth feature film in the Ghostbusters franchise and will serve as a direct sequel to 1984's Ghostbusters and 1989's Ghostbusters II. Ivan Reitman, director of the first two films and father of Jason, returns as a producer for the project. Ghostbusters 2020 entered production on July 12, 2019, and is scheduled to be released in the United States on July 10, 2020, by Sony Pictures Releasing. This film will pay tribute to Harold Ramis who played Egon Spengler and co-wrote the first two films.
Then, Sony and Jared Leto will bring us Morbius. Morbius is an upcoming superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, produced by Columbia Pictures in association with Marvel and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. It is intended to be the second film in Sony's Marvel Universe, an adjunct to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film is being directed by Daniel Espinosa and stars Jared Leto in the title role alongside Adria Arjona, Matt Smith, Jared Harris, and Tyrese Gibson. After announcing plans for a new shared universe of films inspired by Spider-Man characters beginning with Venom, Sony was revealed to be developing one based on Morbius. Sharpless and Sazama had written a script with Leto and Espinosa officially joining in June 2018. Work began in earnest at the end of the year with further casting, ahead of a filming start. Morbius is scheduled to be released in the United States on July 31, 2020. It had previously been set by Sony for release on July 10.
Paramount brings us Top Gun: Maverick in Summer 2020. Top Gun: Maverick is an upcoming action drama film directed by Joseph Kosinski. It is the sequel to Top Gun (1986) and stars Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman, and Ed Harris, with Cruise and Val Kilmer reprising their roles from the first film. The film's synopsis says: "Top Gun: Maverick takes place 34 years after the events of the original film. Captain Pete "Maverick" Mitchell is relieved of duty as an active pilot and is sent to Top Gun as a combat flight instructor. When he arrives, he must confront his past when Rooster, his late best friend, and RIO Goose's son, seeks to become an aviator as his father was." We got our first glimpse at the movie at San Diego Comic-con when they released the first trailer which you can watch here. Top Gun: Maverick is scheduled to be released on June 26, 2020, by Paramount Pictures. It was originally scheduled to be released on July 12, 2019, but was moved back a year in August 2018.
Then we have Infinite. Antoine Fuqua is directing Infinite, produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Mark Vahradian at Di Bonaventura Pictures, and John Zaozirny. John Lee Hancock and Ian Shorr are adapting D. Eric Maikranz’s novel The Reincarnationist Papers, which is centered on the Cognomina, a secret society of people who possess total recall of their past lives. A troubled young man haunted by memories of two past lives stumbles upon the centuries-old secret society. It was first reported that Chris Evans would be starring in the movie but later he was replaced with Mark Wahlberg. Paramount has dated past-lives drama Infinite for August 7, 2020.
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Lionsgate and Chris Rock are coming to Summer 2020 with Saw. Production has officially begun on the film, in which Rock will play a police detective investigating a series of grizzly crimes. Samuel L. Jackson will portray Rock’s father. Max Minghella also joins the cast as the partner of Rock’s character. Riverdale actress Marisol Nichols will play a police captain. Lionsgate is keeping details of the plot under wraps other than saying it will offer deviously treacherous traps, clever clues, and the edge-of-the-seat suspense that fans expect. “We think Samuel L. Jackson and Chris Rock along with Max Minghella and Marisol Nichols make this film completely special in the Saw canon and we can’t wait to unleash this unexpected and sinister new story on fans of this franchise. This is the next level of Saw on full tilt,” said Joe Drake, chairman of the Lionsgate Motion Picture Group. The upcoming Saw will be released on May 15, 2020.
And finally, we have Legally Blonde 3. Confirmed by Reese Witherspoon she said that there is a script but shooting hasn't begun. Marc Platt, Adam Siegel, and Reese Witherspoon will star with the director not yet confirmed. Legally Blonde 3 is set to release on May 8, 2020.
And there you have it. The biggest movies of Summer 2020. Disney's summer is coming to an end and it looks like Disney won't back down next year. But we have other studios that are willing to fight for the box office against Disney which they probably don't care for, especially after how easy they had it this year in regards to the competition but all that competition means more movies for us. Which studio will come on top next summer, which movies will dominate the box office and which will flop? It all remains to be seen and we will cover all of it right here at Mosho.
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