2020 Paramount Pictures Preview

Last Updated on August 3, 2021

Paramount did not have a very good 2019. The iconic studio had no films cross the $100 million mark domestically (ROCKETMAN grossed $96 million) and their hope for a franchise resurgence with TERMINATOR: DARK FATE went up in flames. Reboots PET SEMATARY and WHAT MEN WANT failed to connect with audiences and GEMINI MAN turned out to be a colossal disappointment for all involved. Could 2020 bode better for Paramount? With the controversy surrounding the design of SONIC THE HEDGEHOG potentially boding poorly for that film, the studio will hope that sequels like A QUIET PLACE: PART II, TOP GUN: MAVERICK and COMING 2 AMERICA could turn their profits around.

Check out the full slate of films coming in 2020 from Paramount Pictures.

Please note that all release dates are subject to change. Films coming in 2020 that do not have confirmed release dates are not included here.

Premiered January 10th – LIKE A BOSS

Two female friends with very different ideals decide to start a beauty company together. One is more practical, while the other wants to earn her fortune and live a lavish lifestyle. Things take a turn for the worse when their benefactor starts stealing from them.

Starring Tiffany Haddish, Rose Byrne, Salma Hayek, Jennifer Coolidge, Billy Porter and Ari Graynor

Written by Sam Pitman & Adam Cole-Kelly

Directed by Miguel Arteta (THE GOOD GIRL)

January 31st – THE RHYTHM SECTION

the story of Stephanie Patrick, a woman who seeks to uncover the truth behind a plane crash that killed her family three years earlier. Patrick was also meant to be on the flight. After she discovers that the crash was not accidental, she embarks on a mission to track down those responsible by assuming the identity of an assassin.

Starring Blake Lively, Jude Law and Sterling K. Brown

Written by Mark Burnell

Directed by Reed Morano (THE SKELETON TWINS)

February 14th – SONIC THE HEDGEHOG

Sonic is a speedy blue hedgehog from another world, who comes to Earth to escape villains seeking to harness his power of super-speed. After accidentally causing a massive power outage while hiding out in the town of Green Hills, Montana, he is targeted by the government who hire the malevolent roboticist Dr. Robotnik to hunt him down. Meanwhile, ex-SFPD officer-turned-Green Hills sheriff Tom Wachowski meets Sonic and decides to help him evade capture, collect his rings, and stop Robotnik from using Sonic's powers for world domination

Starring James Marsden, Jim Carrey, Tika Sumpter and the voice of Ben Schwartz

Written by Patrick Casey, Josh Miller, and Oren Uziel

Directed by Jeff Fowler (GOPHER BROKE)

March 20th – A QUIET PLACE: PART II

Sequel to the 2018 hit picks up with Evelyn Abbot and her kids fighting back against the sound-sensitive monsters.

Starring Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe, Cillian Murphy, and Djimon Hounsou

Written and Directed by John Krasinski (A QUIET PLACE)

April 3rd – THE LOVEBIRDS

On the brink of breaking up, a couple gets unintentionally embroiled in a bizarre (and hilarious) murder mystery. As they get closer to clearing their names and solving the case, they need to figure out how they, and their relationship, can survive the night.

Starring Kumail Nanjiani, Issa Rae, Anna Camp, Kelly Murtagh, Moses Storm, and Betsy Borrego.

Written by Aaron Abrams, Brendan Gall and Martin Gero

Directed by Michael Showalter (THE BIG SICK)

April 17th – MONSTER PROBLEMS

A young man learns how to survive a monster apocalypse with the help of an expert hunter.

Starring Dylan O'Brien, Jessica Henwick, Michael Rooker

Written by Matthew Robinson (DORA AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD)

Directed by Michael Matthews (FIVE FINGERS FOR MARSEILLES

May 22nd – THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SPONGE ON THE RUN

After SpongeBob's beloved pet snail Gary is snail-napped, he and Patrick embark on an epic adventure to The Lost City of Atlantic City to bring Gary home.

Starring Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, Clancy Brown, Awkwafina, Keanu Reeves

Written by Tim Hill, Michael Kvamme, Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger

Directed by Tim Hill

June 26th – TOP GUN: MAVERICK

The sequen to the 1980s classic finds Maverick facing his own mortality as he helps train a new generation of pilots.

Starring Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman, Ed Harris and Val Kilmer

Written by Peter Craig, Justin Marks, Christopher McQuarrie, and Eric Warren Singer

Directed by Joseph Kosinski (OBLIVION)

August 7th – INFINITE

A man discovers that his hallucinations are actually visions from past lives.

Starring Mark Wahlberg, Jason Mantzoukas, Dylan O'Brien, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rupert Friend, Toby Jones, Wallis Day

Written by John Lee Hancock (THE BLIND SIDE)

Directed by Antoine Fuqua (THE EQUALIZER)

August 28th – SPELL

A father survives a plane crash in rural Appalachia, but becomes suspicious of the elderly couple who take him in to nurse him back to health with the ancient remedies.

Starring Omari Hardwick

Written by Kurt Wimmer (EQUILIBRIUM)

Directed by Mark Tonderai (HOUSE AT THE END OF THE STREET)

September 18th – WITHOUT REMORSE

John Clark, a Navy SEAL, goes on a path to avenge his wife's murder only to find himself inside of a larger conspiracy.

Starring Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Bell, Jodie Turner-Smith, Luke Mitchell, Jacob Scipio, Cam Gigandet, Brett Gelman

Written by Taylor Sheridan (HELL OR HIGH WATER)

Directed by Stefano Sollima (SICARIO: DAY OF THE SOLDADO)

September 25th – THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7

The story of 7 people on trial stemming from various charges surrounding the uprising at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.

Starring Sacha Baron Cohen, Eddie Redmayne, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jeremy Strong, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Alex Sharp, Thomas Middleditch, Frank Langella, William Hurt, Michael Keaton, and Mark Rylance.

Written and Directed by Aaron Sorkin (MOLLY'S GAME, THE SOCIAL NETWORK)