2020 Warner Bros Preview

Last Updated on August 3, 2021

2019 was quite a year for Warner Bros. Two of the top ten films of the year were theirs and both happened to be rated R. Both JOKER and IT: CHAPTER TWO crossed the $300 and $200 million marks, respectively, and have shown that mature content and getting away from the Marvel Studios formula has potential. With SHAZAM! and GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS crossing the $100 million mark and POKEMON DETECTIVE PIKACHU doing great business globally, it was a great year despite underwhelming returns for THE LEGO MOVIE 2. 2020 looks to be even better with BIRDS OF PREY and WONDER WOMAN 1984 continuing the DC brand as well as the long anticipated new Christopher Nolan movie TENET and Denis Villeneuve's DUNE. Lots of great things coming from WB in the next twelve months!

Check out the full 2020 slate of films from Warner Bros below.

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.

February 7th – BIRDS OF PREY

Since the events of SUICIDE SQUAD Harley Quinn has left the Joker. When Roman Sionis, a narcissistic crime lord known as Black Mask, places a hit on a young girl named Cassandra Cain, Gotham City turns upside down looking for her. Harley joins forces with Black Canary, Helena Bertinelli, and Renee Montoya to protect the girl and to take Sionis down.

Starring Margot Robbie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Rosie Perez, Chris Messina, Ella Jay Basco, Ali Wong, Ewan McGregor

Written by Christina Hodson (BUMBLEBEE)

Directed by Cathy Yan (DEAD PIGS)

March 6th – THE WAY BACK

A former HS basketball phenom, struggling with alcoholism, is offered a coaching job at his alma mater. As the team starts to win, he may have a reason to confront his old demons. But will it be enough to set him on the road to redemption?

Staring Ben Affleck, Janina Gavankar, Michaela Watkins

Written by Brad Ingelsby

Directed by Gavin O'Connor (WARRIOR)

May 15th – SCOOB!

The story features Scooby-Doo on how he met Shaggy, Fred, Daphne and Velma and formed Mystery Inc., and soon face their biggest challenge yet: a plot to summon the ghost dog Cerberus.

Starring the voices of Kiersey Clemons, Zac Efron, Will Forte, Jason Isaacs, Ken Jeong, Tracy Morgan, Amanda Seyfried

Written by Kelly Fremon Craig

Directed by Tony Cervone

June 5th – WONDER WOMAN 1984

In 1984, Diana Prince comes into conflict with two formidable foes: Maxwell Lord and the Cheetah

Starring Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Kristen Wiig, Pedro Pascal, Robin Wright, and Connie Nielsen

Written by Patty Jenkins, Geoff Johns, David Callaham

Directed by Patty Jenkins (WONDER WOMAN)

June 26th – IN THE HEIGHTS

A feature version of the Broadway musical, in which a bodega owner has mixed feelings about closing his store and retiring to the Dominican Republic after inheriting his grandmother's fortune.

Starring Corey Hawkins, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Anthony Ramos

Written by Quiara Alegria-Hughes

Directed by Jon M. Chu (G.I. JOE: RETALIATION)

July 17th – TENET

Described as an action epic revolving around international espionage, time travel, and evolution.

Starring John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Dimple Kapadia, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Clémence Poésy, Michael Caine, and Kenneth Branagh.

Written and Directed by Christopher Nolan (DUNKIRK)

August 14th – MALIGNANT

Focuses on Alan Gates, a cancer patient with a terminal diagnosis who is resigned to his fate until he discovers that his tumor is actually a mysterious parasite

Starring Annabelle Wallis, Jake Abel, George Young, Maddie Hasson, Michole Briana White, Jacqueline McKenzie

Written by Akela Cooper, J.T. Petty

Drected by James Wan (AQUAMAN)

August 21st – JESUS WAS MY HOMEBOY

The life story of Black Panther Party member Fred Hampton.

Starring Daniel Kaluuya, LaKeith Stanfield, Jesse Plemons, Dominique Fishback

Written by Will Berson, Shaka King

Directed by Shaka King (LAZERCISM)

September 11th – THE CONJURING: THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT

One of the most sensational cases from the files of Ed and Lorraine Warren, it starts with a fight for the soul of a young boy, then takes them beyond anything they'd ever seen before, to mark the first time in U.S. history that a murder suspect would claim demonic possession as a defense.

Starring Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Sterling Jerins, Julian Hilliard, Charlene Amoia, Ruiari O'Connor

Written by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick (AQUAMAN)

Directed by Michael Chaves (THE CURSE OF LA LLORONA)

September 25th – THE MANY SAINTS OF NEWARK

A look at the formative years of New Jersey gangster, Tony Soprano.

Starring Billy Magnussen, Ray Liotta, Jon Bernthal, Vera Farmiga, Corey Stoll, Alessandro Nivola, Leslie Odom Jr,, Michael Gandolfini

Written by David Chase and Lawrence Konner

Directed by Alan Taylor (THOR: THE DARK WORLD)

October 9th – THE WITCHES

A little boy stumbles across a conference of witches while staying with his grandmother at a hotel, and gets transformed into a mouse by the Grand High Witch.

Starring Anne Hathaway, Octavia Spencer, Stanley Tucci, Chris Rock, and Eugenia Caruso

Written by Kenya Barris, Guillermo Del Toro, Robert Zemeckis

Directed by Robert Zemeckis (BACK TO THE FUTURE)

October 23rd – THOSE WHO WISH ME DEAD

A female-driven neo-Western set against a wildfire in the Montana wilderness. A teenage murder witness finds himself pursued by twin assassins in the Montana wilderness with a survival expert tasked with protecting him — and a forest fire threatening to consume them all.

Starring Angelina Jolie, Nicholas Hoult, Tyler Perry, Jon Bernthal, Aidan Gillen, Medina Senghore

Written by Taylor Sheridan and Michael Koryta

Directed by Taylor Sheridan (SICARIO)

November 20th – GODZILLA VS. KONG

In a time when monsters walk the Earth, humanity's fight for its future sets Godzilla and Kong on a collision course that will see the two most powerful forces of nature on the planet collide in a spectacular battle for the ages. As Monarch embarks on a perilous mission into uncharted terrain and unearths clues to the Titans' origins, a human conspiracy threatens to wipe the creatures, both good and bad, from the face of the earth forever.

Starring Alexander Skarsgard, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Shun Oguri, Eiza Gonzalez, Jessica Henwick, Julian Dennison, Kyle Chandler, Demain Bichir

Written by Terry Rossio (PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN)

Directed by Adam Wingard (THE GUEST)

November 25th – KING RICHARD

A look at how tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams became who they are after the coaching from their father Richard Williams.

Starring Will Smith

Written by Zach Baylin (SIDE EFFECTS)

Directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green (MONSTERS AND MEN)

December 18th – DUNE

In the far future of humanity, Duke Leto Atreides accepts stewardship of the dangerous desert planet Arrakis, the only source of the most valuable substance in the universe, “the spice”, a drug which extends human life and provides accelerated levels of thought. Though Leto knows the opportunity is an intricate trap set by his enemies, the Harkonnens, he takes his Bene Gesserit concubine Lady Jessica, young son and heir Paul, and most trusted advisers to Arrakis, also known as Dune. Leto takes control of the spice mining operation, which is made perilous by the presence of giant sandworms. A bitter betrayal leads Paul and Jessica to the Fremen, natives of Arrakis who live in the deep desert.

Starring Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Zendaya, David Dastmalchian, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Charlotte Rampling, Jason Momoa and Javier Bardem.

Written by Eric Roth, Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve

Directed by Denis Villeneuve (BLADE RUNNER 2049)