Updated: Disney changes 2020-2021 movie release lineup
In moving “The One and Only Ivan” from theater release to Disney+, Disney has made a number of other changes in its film lineup, including moving the Beatles documentary back a year and bringing back the David Copperfield film that was taken off the schedule recently.
While “Mulan,” for now, will continue to be released on July 24, “The Beatles: Get Back” which was scheduled for release this September will now be released on August 27, 2021.
In addition, “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie,” based on the 2017 musical, originally slated for October moves to January 22, 2021, and “The Personal History of David Copperfield, which was taken off the schedule earlier this year now has a release date of August 14.
Here’s the lineup:
2020 Lineup
- July 24, 2020 – Mulan – The live-action adaptation of Disney’s Mulan, the Chinese legend of Hua Mulan. This stars Liu Yifei as Mulan.
- August 7, 2020 – Empty Man – This 20th Century Fox release is based on Boom! Studios graphic novel. On the trail of a missing girl, an ex-cop comes across a secretive group attempting to summon a terrifying supernatural entity.
- August 14, 2020 – The Personal History of David Copperfield – Its written and directed by Armando Iannucci, based on the book David Copperfield by Charles Dickens.
- September 18, 2020 – The King’s Man – Ralph Fiennes stars in this prequel to the Kingsman film series, set in the early 1900s. As a collection of history’s worst tyrants and criminal masterminds gather to plot a war to wipe out millions, one man and his protégé must race against time to stop them.
- October 9, 2020 –Death on the Nile – In this 20th Century Fox film, Hercule Poirot must investigate the murder of a young heiress while on vacation on the Nile.
- October 16, 2020 – The French Dispatch (Searchlight Pictures)
- November 6, 2020 – Black Widow – The film stars Scarlett Johansson, David Harbour, Florence Pugh, O-T Fagbenle, and Rachel Weisz. This Marvel film follows the events of Captain Ameria: Civil War (2016). Here Natasha Romanoff (Johansson) finds herself forced to confront her past.
- November 13, 2020 – Deep Water – This 20th Century Fox film is a psychological thriller based on the novel of the same name by Patricia Highsmith. A married couple who’ve fallen out of love with each other begin playing deadly mind games against one another that begins seeing those around them dying. It stars Ben Affleck.
- November 20, 2020 – Pixar’s Soul – 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. Joe Gardner (Jamie Foxx) is a middle school teacher with a love for jazz music. After a successful gig at the Half Note Club, he suddenly gets into an accident that separates his soul from his body and he is transported to the You Seminar, a centre in which souls develop and gain passions before being transported to a newborn child. Joe must enlist help from the other souls-in-training, including 22 (Tina Fey), a soul who has spent eons in the You Seminar, in order to get back to New York.
- December 11, 2020 – Free Guy – This 20th Century Fox film is a science-fiction, action comedy starring 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.
- December 18, 2020 – West Side Story – Steven Spielberg directs a new adaptation of the Broadway musical.
- December 25, 2020 – (Limited release) The Last Duel – Ben Affleck and Matt Damon team up again to write the screenplay (the last time they wrote something together, “Good Will Hunting,” they won an Oscar for original screenplay. They also star in this 20th Century Fox film based off the non-fiction book “The Last Duel: A True Story of Crime, Scandal and Trial by Combat in Medieval France” by Eric Jager. Set in 14th century, “The Last Duel” is about a woman who claims she’s been raped by her husband’s best friend. But when no one believes her accusation, her husband challenges his friend to a duel, the last legally sanctioned duel in the country’s history.
2021 Lineup
- January 8, 2021 (Wide) – The Last Duel (20th Century Studios)
- January 22, 2021 – Everybody’s Talking About Jamie – This is a feature film adaptation by 20th Century Fox of the musical about a teenager from Sheffield, England who wants to be a drag queen.
- February 12, 2021 – The Eternals (Marvel Studios) -This Marvel movie focuses on The Eternals, who were created by Jack Kirby in the 1970s. They are a race of god-like beings locked in a conflict with the less evolved Deviants and their originators, the Celestials. Each of the immortals has various powers. The movie will star Angelina Jolie, Richard Madden, Kumail Nanjiani, Lauren Ridloff, Brian Tyree Henry, Salma Hayek, Lia McHugh and Don Lee. The movie is being directed by Chloé Zhao.
- February 26, 2021 – Ron’s Gone Wrong (20th Century Studios) – From 20th Century Fox Animation, the story is about story of the walking, talking, digitally connected bot that sweeps the world becoming every kid’s new Best Friend. But when an 11-year-old boy ends up with one that doesn’t work, his attempts to teach it shows what real friendship means.
- March 12, 2021 – Raya and the Last Dragon – This Walt Disney Animtion film is written by Adele Lim, who wrote the popular “Crazy Rich Asians.” The film follows Raya, a lone warrior from the fantasy kingdom of Kumandra who teams up with a crew of misfits in her quest to find the Last Dragon and bring light and unity back to their world. Awkwafina lends her voice to Sisu, the Last Dragon, who was left on Earth in case dark forces return to the world, and Cassie Steele voices the lead character, Raya.
- April 9, 2021 – Bob’s Burgers (20th Century Studios) – This 20th Century Fox Animation film is based on the animated series.
- April 23, 2021 Untitled 20th Century
- May 7, 2021 –Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (Marvel Studios) This movie focuses on Master of Kung Fu Shang-Chi. Simu Liu, Awkwafina, and Tony Leung star in the film being directed by Destin Daniel Cretton.
- May 28, 2021 – Cruella (Disney)
- June 18, 2021 –Untitled Pixar Animation
- July 30, 2021 – Jungle Cruise (Disney)— Based on the popular theme park ride, the film stars Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt. A riverboat takes a group of travelers through a jungle filled with dangerous animals and reptiles, but with a supernatural element.
- August 13, 2021 – Untitled 20th Century
- August 27, 2021 – The Beatles: Get Back (Disney) – This documentary film directed by Peter Jackson covers the making of the Beatles’ 1970 album “Let It Be.”
- September 10, 2021 – Untitled 20th Century
- October 1, 2021 – Untitled 20th Century
- October 15, 2021 – Hamilton (Disney)
- October 22, 2021 –Untitled 20th Century
- November 5, 2021 – Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (Marvel Studios)
- November 19, 2021 – Untitled Disney Live Action
- November 24, 2021 – Untitled Disney Animation
- December 3, 2021 –Untitled 20th Century
- December 17, 2021 – AVATAR 2 (20th Century Studios)
2022 Lineup
- January 7, 2022 – Untitled 20th Century
- January 14, 2022 – Nimona (20th Century Studios)
- February 18, 2022 – Thor: Love and Thunder (Marvel Studios)—Natalie Portman returns and will taking over Thor’s mantle. Tessa Thompson will also return with Chris Hemsworth. Taika Waititi returns as director.
- March 11, 2022 – Untitled Pixar Animation—
- March 25, 2022 – Untitled Disney Live Action—
- April 8, 2022 – Untitled 20th Century—
- May 6, 2022 – Black Panther 2 (Marvel Studios)
- May 27, 2022 – Untitled Disney Live Action
- June 10, 2022 – Untitled 20th Century
- June 17, 2022 – Untitled Pixar Animation
- July 8, 2022 – Captain Marvel 2 (Marvel Studios)
- July 29, 2022 – Untitled Indiana Jones (Disney)
- August 12, 2022 – Untitled Disney Live Action
- September 16, 2022 – Untitled 20th Century
- October 7, 2022 – Untitled Marvel
- October 21, 2022 – Untitled 20th Century
- November 4, 2022 – Untitled Disney Live Action
- November 11, 2022 – Untitled 20th Century
- November 23, 2022 – Untitled Disney Animation
- December 16, 2022 – Untitled Star Wars (Lucasfilm)
- December 23, 2022 – Untitled 20th Century