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The Green Knight (July 30, 2021)
Dev Patel is mythic knight Sir Gawain, King Arthur's headstrong nephew, in this medieval fantasy epic from A24. Following its theater release, you can see the film on A24's streaming service for one night only on Aug. 18.
Original release date: May 2020
The Suicide Squad (Aug. 5, 2021) Harley Quinn takes aim at Suicide Squad 2.
Warner Bros. Pictures Supervillains steal the spotlight in James Gunn's anarchic DC comics sequel starring Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, and John Cena. It's streaming on HBO Max this summer.
Free Guy (Aug. 13, 2021)
This video game-themed action-comedy starring Ryan Reynolds was slated for 2020 but will now open this summer.
Original release date: July 3, 2020
Don't Breathe 2 (Aug. 13, 2021)
This horror sequel sees the return of The Blind Man.
Candyman (Aug. 27, 2021)
This horror remake directed by Nia DaCosta and written by Jordan Peele has been moved a few times, but the hook-handed slasher looks like it's filled with chills.
Original release date: June 12, 2020
The Beatles: Get Back (Aug. 27, 2021)
Peter Jackson charts the making of the Beatles' 1970 album Let It Be in a documentary set to be released by Disney.
Original release date: September 2020
Shang-Chi and the Legend of Ten Rings (Sept. 3, 2021)
Marvel's martial arts action movie starring Simu Liu as mystical fighter Shang-Chi has been kicked back a few months by Disney.
Original release date: February 2021
The Many Saints of Newark (Sept. 24, 2021)
Michael Gandolfini (left) plays a young Tony Soprano in The Many Saints of Newark.
Bobby Bank/GC Images The Many Saints of Newark is a '60s-set prequel to classic TV series The Sopranos, in which Michael Gandolfini takes on the role of Tony Soprano made famous by his father, James Gandolfini. The original series ushered in the era of prestige TV and enshrined HBO's reputation, so it's appropriate the new film will stream on HBO Max.
Original release date: Sept. 25, 2020
No Time to Die (Oct. 8, 2021) Bond is back, eventually.
Universal Daniel Craig's final outing as 007, directed by Cary Fukunaga and co-written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, was the first major movie to delay release back in March 2020. Craig's final turn as superspy James Bond will now open more than a year later than originally expected.
Original release date: April 2020
Venom: Let There Be Carnage (OHsct. 15, 2021)
The sequel to the 2018 supervillain caper stars Tom Hardy and Woody Harrelson as Marvel bad guys Venom and Carnage. Andy Serkis directs.
Original release date: October 2020
Halloween Kills (Oct. 15, 2021)
This slasher sequel is in the awkward situation that the release date is sort of in the title. You can't really bump a movie named "Halloween" to February, can you? So Universal pushed it back a whole year to 2021 -- which has a knock-on effect for planned threequel, Halloween Ends, now expected in October 2022.
Original release date: Oct. 16, 2020
Dune (Oct. 21, 2021)
Chiabella James As other blockbusters fell away, it felt like Denis Villeneuve's star-studded new adaptation of the classic Dune sci-fi novels would be the only hope for 2020. But we have to wait to spice things up with Timothée Chalamet, Oscar Isaac, Zendaya, Charlotte Rampling, Dave Bautista, Jason Momoa, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Rebecca Ferguson and Stellan Skarsgård. It'll also stream on HBO Max.
Original release date: Dec. 18, 2020
The French Dispatch (Oct. 22, 2021)
Wes Anderson returns with more idiosyncratic art-housery in The French Dispatch, starring Timothée Chalamet, Bill Murray, Saoirse Ronan, Tilda Swinton and Frances McDormand. At first, Disney bumped this Fox Searchlight film to October 2020, but then in July took it off the schedule. It will premiere at this year's Cannes film festival before sauntering into theaters in October.
Original release date: July 2020
Last Night in Soho (Oct. 29, 2021)
Edgar Wright's new film is a '60s-set horror flick featuring Queen's Gambit star Anya Taylor-Joy and former Doctor Who Matt Smith.
Original release date: Sept. 25, 2020
Antlers (Oct. 29, 2021)
When Disney postponed Mulan and New Mutants, it also shelved small-town horror chiller Antlers, produced by Guillermo del Toro.
Original release date: April 17, 2020
Eternals (Nov. 5, 2021)
Marvel's otherworldly ensemble was intended to open in November 2020, but was bumped a year to make way for Black Widow, et al., to come first.
Original release date: Nov. 6, 2020
Finch (Nov. 5, 2021)
Tom Hanks is the last man on Earth, hanging out with his faithful robot in this post-apocalyptic drama. Previously titled Bios, it'll stream on Apple TV Plus.
Original release date: October 2020
Ghostbusters: Afterlife (Nov. 11, 2021)
Paul Rudd breathes new (after) life into the Ghostbusters series.
Sony Pictures Jason Reitman's small town-set Ghostbusters resurrection stars Paul Rudd. I ain't afraid of no postponement!
Original release date: July 10, 2020
Top Gun: Maverick (Nov. 19, 2021)
Tom Cruise feels the need for speed. We've waited over 30 years for a sequel to the original 1986 Top Gun, so what's a few more months?
Original release date: June 2020
King Richard (Nov. 19, 2021)
How do you tell the story of perhaps the greatest ever women athletes? Make it about their dad! Will Smith plays the father of real-life tennis legends Venus and Serena Williams in this HBO Max film.
Original release date: November 2020
Tick, Tick... Boom! (Nov. 19, 2021)
Lin-Manuel Miranda makes his movie directorial debut with an adaptation of the autobiographical musical by Rent creator Jonathan Larson. Andrew Garfield stars as a young theater composer who isn't gonna miss his shot in a New York ravaged by the AIDS epidemic in 1990. The film is scheduled to open in theaters in November before streaming on Netflix Nov. 19.
Encanto (Nov. 24, 2021)
Disney's magical musical from Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda will cast a spell on Thanksgiving.
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (Nov. 24, 2021)
A new movie version of the chilling survival horror game (nothing to do with the enormously successful but not very faithful previous Resident Evil movies movies. Or the rumored Netflix series).
Original release date: September 2021
West Side Story (Dec. 10, 2021)
Steven Spielberg's remake of the legendary musical was originally supposed to fill Disney's traditional big-money holiday movie slot in 2020, plugging the fallow year between the last Star Wars trilogy ending in 2019 and the Avatar sequels kicking in. Now everything's been pushed back a year, West Side Story will be Disney family blockbuster for the holidays in 2021.
Original release date: Dec. 18, 2020
Spider-Man: No Way Home (Dec. 17, 2021)
Rumors say this sequel to Homecoming and Far From Home will see former Spider-men Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield join current incumbent Tom Holland for a multiverse-based web-slinging adventure.
Original release date: July 2020
The Matrix 4 (Dec. 22, 2021)
Keanu Reeves returns to the Matrix in a new cyberpunk action thriller from one of the creators behind the original trilogy, Lana Wachowski. The film will stream on HBO Max too.
Original release date: May 2020
The King's Man (Dec. 22, 2021)
Ralph Fiennes suits up for The King's Man, a World War I-era prequel to the sharp-dressed Kingsman series.
Original release date: Sept. 18, 2020