Writer's Room: Our 25 Most Anticipated Movies of 2020
On the January 15, 2020 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall, senior writer Ben Pearson, weekend editor Brad Oman and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to narrow down their 25 most anticipated movies of 2020. Opening Banter: Let’s close the book on 2019 and look ahead to the rest of 2020! In this Edition of The Writer’s Room: What are our 25 most anticipated movies of 2020? Here is the initial list of films we began with: Universal Support - 6 votes A Quiet Place Part II - JH, CE, B, HB, PS, BP Wonder Woman 1984 - JH, CE, B, HB, PS, BP In the Heights - JH, CE, B, HB, PS, BP Tenet - JH, CE, B, HB, PS, BP Last Night in Soho - JH, CE, HB, B, PS, BP West Side Story - JH, CE, B, HB, PS, BP Dune - JH, CE, HB, B, PS, BP The French Dispatch - JH, CE, HB, B, PS, BP Strong Support - 5 votes Soul - JH, CE, B, HB, PS Mank - JH, CE, HB, B, BP Good Support - 4 votes Eternals - JH, B, HB, PS No Time to Die - JH, CE, B, BP Death on the Nile - JH, CE, HB, BP Rebecca - JH, CE, HB, BP Some Support - 3 votes Black Widow - JH, B, HB The Invisible Man - JH, CE, B Bill and Ted Face the Music - JH, B, HB Halloween Kills - JH, CE, B Raya and the Last Dragon - JH, B, PS Antlers - JH, CE, HB Birds of Prey - CE, HB, BP Antebellum - CE, HB, BP Small Support - 2 votes Candyman - JH, CE Malignant - JH, CE Jungle Cruise - JH, PS On the Rocks - CE, B Ghostbusters: Afterlife - B, PS The Personal History of David Copperfield - HB, B The Turning - CE, HB I’m Thinking of Ending Things - CE, BP Top Gun: Maverick - B, BP Coming 2 America - B, PS Fast and Furious 9 PS, BP Outliers - 1 vote Saint Maud - JH Escape Room 2 - JH Gretel and Hansel - CE The Many Saints of Newark - CE The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It - CE Free Guy - B The Trial of the Chicago 7 - B Taylor Swift: Miss Americana - B Emma - HB Mulan - HB Promising Young Woman - HB Minari - HB Chaos Walking - PS Godzilla vs Kong - PS The Way Back - PS Boss Level - PS The Witches - PS BIOS - BP Other Articles Mentioned: All the other stuff you need to know: You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes. /Film Daily is published every weekday, bringing you the most exciting news from the world of movies and television as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (RSS). Send your feedback, questions, comments and concerns to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention the e-mail on the air. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes, tell your friends and spread the word! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo.