Last Updated: January 5, 2020
In 2020, Marvel Studios, DC Films, and Sony Pictures will be releasing several superhero movies that could make it one of the biggest years in the genre's history. Over the years, the number of superhero movies (and superhero movie universes) has only grown, and they're now a cornerstone of almost every major movie studio.
Interestingly, a number of superhero movies that studios previouslyplanned to release in 2020 have already been shifted later for a number of reasons, including Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3, Cyborg, and Green Lantern Corps. However, the big players in the superhero market do still have important releases to come.
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While the overall future of 20th Century Fox’s Marvel characters and franchises is unclear, following their 2019 acquisition by Disney, the MCU, DCEU, and Sony’s Spider-Man villain universe are all going to expand in 2020. Fox will also be releasing what could be their final Marvel movie ever.
Birds of Prey (And The Fantabulous Emancipation Of One Harley Quinn) is currently winning the race for most convoluted superhero title of 2020, but it also has a strong cast and premise to boot. There is, of course, Margot Robbie reprising her role as Harley Quinn, while the other part of the movie’s title - the actual Birds of Prey - will be played by Jurnee Smollett-Bell as Black Canary and Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Huntress. Rosie Perez, meanwhile, will play Gotham City detective Renee Montoya, with Ella Jay Basco taking on the role of Cassandra Cain.
Cathy Yan is directing from a script by Christina Hodson, and Birds of Prey wiill see Gotham’s (anti-)heroines teaming up against Black Mask, who’ll be portrayed by Ewan McGregor. Birds of Prey (And The Fantabulous Emancipation Of One Harley Quinn) will release February 7, 2020.
Based on the Valiant Comics character of the same name, Bloodshot is the only superhero movie currently set for 2020 that's not Marvel or DC related. Vin Diesel stars as the titular character, known prior his death as Ray Garrison, a U.S. Marine. Ray and his wife are both assassinated, but a team of scientists are able to resurrect him, upgrading him with nanotechnology designed to create a super-soldier. That strategy seems to work, until Ray remembers his past life, and sets out for revenge.
Bloodshot is being distributed by Sony, with first time director David Wilson at the helm. with Jeff Wadlow (Kick-Ass 2) and Eric Heisserer (Bird Box) co-writing the script. Bloodshot releases on March 13, 2020.
The New Mutants was shot in 2017 for a planned April 13, 2018 release. However, after the first trailer hit, the movie was pushed back, first to February 22, 2019, then August 2 of the same year. The reasons were unclear, but reports suggest reshoots to alter the horror tone of the film. With the purchase of Fox by Disney, the film got one final release date move to April 3, 2020.
The last Fox X-Men movie to be released, The New Mutants is a horror offshoot that was intended to be the start of a new trilogy, but now will be a smaller scale standalone. Despite the prior reports of extensive reshoots happening, director Josh Boone recently insisted the released version will be his original cut.
Marvel has only two movies releasing in 2020, due to the delays on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. The first is a long-awaited solo film for original MCU heroine Black Widow.
A decade after Scarlett Johansson first appeared in Iron Man 2, Natasha Romanoff is finally getting her own movie, to the delight of fans. Johansson will be reprising her role as Black Widow, and she'll be getting a significant boost in salary thanks to reworking her contract. Berlin Syndrome’s Cate Shortland is set to direct, with Jac Schaeffer writing the script. The story is planned to explore Black Widow's origins, including the Red Room, Budapest, and the red in her ledger. The time between Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Infinity War is also set to be a major focus. Other MCU characters could appear as well, with a suggestion of a cameo from Sebastian Stan’s Bucky Barnes. as well as an appearance by Robert Downey Jr.'s Tony Stark reportedly on tap.
The sequel to 2017’s Wonder Woman was supposed to arrive on November 1, 2019, before being pushed back to June 5, 2020. That puts Wonder Woman 1984's release date on the same weekend that the first movie released on in 2017. Given just how well Wonder Woman performed at the box-office, it’s a smart strategic move from Warner Bros.
Wonder Woman 2, now known as Wonder Woman 1984, will once again be directed by Patty Jenkins and star Gal Gadot as Diana Prince. The story will take a giant leap forward to the 1980s, but Wonder Woman will still be involved in warfare - this time swapping World War I for the Cold War. Intriguingly, Chris Pine is also going to return, although exactly how Steve Trevor manages to come back remains to be seen. However, there are some rumors suggesting Diana will make a deal with a deity to resurrect Steve. Pedro Pascal, meanwhile, has been cast as bad guy Maxwell Lord, with Kristen Wiig appearing as Cheetah, the classic Wonder Woman villain from DC Comics.
The first 2020 entry into Sony’s Spider-Man Villain Universe is Morbius, based around Marvel Comics character Morbius the Living Vampire. In the comics, Morbius was a biochemist who was imbued with vampiric abilities and physical traits after an experiment went wrong. Initially a villain, he's since become more of a tragic anti-hero.
Jared Leto, no stranger to comic book villains after his performance as the Joker in Suicide Squad, has been cast in the lead role of Morbius. The villain will be Loxias Crown, one of Morbius' friends who is a new creation but may be based on the comics villain Crown. Safe House's Daniel Espinosa will direct Morbius.
Venom was an unexpectedly massive hit for Sony Pictures, grossing over $800 million worldwide and passing every X-Men movie at the box office, which has been a massive boost for their burgeoning Spider-Villains universe. Considering how much money it's made already, it stands to reason that Sony's spinoff universe is only going to get bigger from here.
And that means Venom 2 is understandably central to those plans, with a release date of October 2, 2020. Tom Hardy is unsurprisingly set to return, considering that he's contracted for multiple sequels. Plus, Venom already teased what Venom 2's story will be: Venom's post-credits scene revealed Woody Harrelson as symbiotic Carnage, thus setting him up as the antagonist of Venom 2. There's also been recent reports that Tom Holland's MCU Spider-Man may cameo in the sequel, which Sony won't deny.
Eternals, the other MCU movie slated for 2020 release, is expected to tell the story of some of the universe’s oldest beings: the titular Eternals, an alien race created by Jack Kirby as Marvel’s answer to DC’s New Gods (who were also created by Kirby). Eternals will be made up of a team including Sersi, Ikaris, Gilgamesh, Makkari, Elysius, Thena, Zuras, and Starfox. Ancient beings with great powers, who were initially created to be the defenders of Earth and are even related to Thanos, their story could effectively serve as a prequel to the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Eternals is being written by Matthew and Ryan Firpo, and will be directed by Chloé Zhao. Plot details are still mostly unknown, but the story will span more than 7000 years, and see the Eternals fight their evil counterparts the Deviants. Angelina Jolie, Richard Madden, Salma Hayek, Gemma Chan, Kit Harington and more make up Eternal large ensemble cast, including a newly ripped Kumail Nanjiani.
These are all the confirmed superhero movies coming in 2020, although more could be added and others removed. And, of course, 2020 is just the start of the decade. There's a many more superhero films to come:
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