Movie Sequels Coming in 2020 – 2021

Movie Sequels Coming in 2020 – 2021

Alien: Covenant 2 & 3 or Prometheus 3 & 4

After Alien: Covenant, there will be "another one and then another one which will gradually drive into the back entrance of the film in 1979," Ridley Scott was once quoted as saying. "The whole point of it is to explain the Alien franchise and to explain the how and why of the creation of the alien itself," he mentioned in a different interview.  

Avatar sequels 2 - 5

James Cameron is currently planning one massive shoot that will see four Avatar sequels filmed at the same time (filming has finally begun). Avatar 2 was once expected around Christmas 2018, with Avatar 3, Avatar 4 and Avatar 5 following on every second Christmas after that, but now it isn't. Avatar 2 (at least) is now finally finished filming, and the release date is currently slated for Dec 18, 2020. We also now know that the films are going to be called Avatar: The Way of Water, Avatar: The Seed Bearer, Avatar: The Tulkun Rider and Avatar: The Quest for Eywa.

Baby Driver 2

Edgar Wright looks set, for the first time, to make a direct sequel to one of his movies. He's putting together a deal with Sony Pictures that'd see him write and probably direct Baby Driver 2. Furthermore, he's looking to fast-track his next movie, and another Baby Driver adventure might be it.

Bad Boys For Life and Bad Boys 4

Sony’s planned Bad Boys sequel, Bad Boys for Life, looks like it could be emerging from its most recent coma. After the project lost director Joe Carnahan earlier this year, a November 2018 release date (the latest of many) looked in doubt... and for good reason as it turned out. But now with Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah on board to direct, the studio has announced a U.S. release date of Jan. 17, 2020. Whether the rumored Bad Boys 4 will follow surely depends on the success of part 3.

Beverly Hills Cop 4

Here's what we know so far. Eddie Murphy was keen to make another Beverly Hills Cop film. Brett Ratner was likely to reunite with him after Tower Heist to direct it. Jerry Bruckheimer was back as producer.However, the film had been tentatively earmarked for March 2016, but Paramount is believed to have put the movie on hold indefinitely. It's still likely to happen, just not yet. Andre Nemec and Josh Appelbaum have penned the script, which will see Axel Foley head back to his Detroit roots. Ratner also got ditched from every project in development, and Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah have been attached for about a year now, and names like Channing Tatum and Tom Hardy have even been floating about.

Bond 25

The 25th James Bond movie will get a release on Feb. 14 2020, five years after the release of Spectre. Long time Bond screenwriters Robert Wade and Neal Purvis, who have been involved with 007 since the Pierce Brosnan era, are back to write the next adventure. Daniel Craig will return, Cary Fukunaga is on board to direct (replacing Danny Boyle) and Saïd Taghmaoui has been linked to the villain role.

Coming to America 2

It had been suggested that Eddie Murphy is indeed in the early stages of putting a sequel to Coming to America together, titled Coming 2 America (do you see what they did there?), and in October 2017, we learned who was directing. Jonathan Levine has landed the job (Warm Bodies), with Kenya Barris writing the script. Eddie Murphy is involved in the film's development. Apparently, it will be about Murphy's now King Akeem having a son with oats to sow, so to America we go!

Crazy Rich Asians 2

As soon as the first film started breaking records, the sequel to Jon M. Chu's romcom was announced. There are already two more books in the Kevin Kwan series on which the film is based just waiting to be adapted, and the second is called China Rich Girlfriends--following Nick's cousin Astrid (Gemma Chan, in the film) as she reconnects with her first love Charlie Wu (Harry Shum Jr.).

Edge of Tomorrow 2

With the tentative working title listed as Live Die Repeat and Repeat, the sequel to the Tom Cruise-starring Edge of Tomorrow looks like a definite possibility. Director Doug Liman is attached to direct again, and Emily Blunt is keen to revisit her role as Rita Vrataski though she's been busy with A Quiet Place and Mary Poppins this year. Liman told IGN that the film will "revolutionize how people make sequels".

Gladiator 2

Ridley Scott confirmed to EW that as well as the possibility of more Alien sequels, he’s back on the Gladiator 2 case. “I know how to bring him back,” Scott said of Maximus. “I was having this talk with the studio, ‘but he’s dead.’ But there is a way of bringing him back. Whether it will happen, I don’t know. Gladiator was 2000, so Russell’s changed a little bit. He’s doing something right now but I’m trying to get him back down here."

Mad Max 5

During the delay in getting Mad Max: Fury Road made, director George Miller mapped out further follow-ups to the movie. Up to two more films are planned and following the ecstatic reaction to Mad Max: Fury Road, Warner Bros. is likely to allow Miller to make them. The fifth Mad Max movie is to go by the name of Mad Max: The Wasteland.

The Matrix

Although Warner Bros. have used the word reboot to describe their intentions with The Matrix franchise in a recent report, we're a little dubious. In our eyes, their plans may be more akin to sequels and expansions. To add fuel to the fire about this not really being a "reboot" but rather some kind of revisiting or continuation of the franchise, that same report indicates that within the last few months a Matrix TV series was floated and shot down, and that Warner Bros. thinks they can take a "Star Wars" approach to the franchise, by branching off and telling untold stories within the world.

The Passion Of The Christ 2 (aka The Resurrection)

Mel Gibson will return to his hugely popular film to check in with Jesus Christ after his death. For a spoiler-y explanation of how that could happen, pick up a Bible today! This is actively moving forward with Jim Caviezel reprising his role as the titular Christ.

A Quiet Place 2

THR has confirmed that Paramount is definitely moving forward with A Quiet Place 2. A lot of elements in A Quiet Place remain unexplored, like the origin of the creatures, how much of the rest of the Earth is affected by them and other such story points. John Krasinski teased in late 2018 how he was "Jedi mind tricked" by Paramount into writing the sequel and how he has become increasingly invested in it (although it is not clear if he will direct again). The idea does seem to be to focus on the family from the first film, which again includes Krasinski's real-life wife, Emily Blunt.

Riddick 4

The ever-busy Vin Diesel still has Riddick 4 to slot into his schedule somewhere. The success of Riddick 3 (aka Riddick) left both Diesel and Universal keen to make another--tentatively titled Furia it will explore what happens when Riddick finally finds his home planet. Vin's in demand though with multiple Fast & Furious sequels and that Dwyane Johnson feud to maintain so Riddick may end up taking a back seat. Last we heard there was also talk of turning it into a Riddick TV series.

Stargate 2 - 4

Nicolas Wright and James A. Woods are penning what's going to be the first in a new trilogy of Stargate movies. Effectively a franchise reboot, the new films involve original writer and director Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich. It's unclear so far whether the new films will pick up from the original movie, the TV show, or be its own things. The new Stargates are likely to be far back in the queue.

Star Trek 4

Justin Lin's Star Trek Beyond did decent enough box office business. A fourth film in the rebooted franchise was in development and was set to return Chris Hemsworth's George Kirk to the fold in spite of dying in the first movie's prologue. S.J. Clarkson is supposed to direct the movie , which would make her the first female director in the movie franchise. BUT... with the news that Chris Pine might be stepping away from the captain's chair, the whole thing seems to have stalled at the moment.

 

Top Gun: Maverick

Producer Jerry Bruckheimer and star Tom Cruise seem to remain committed to pressing ahead with Top Gun 2 in spite of the death of director Tony Scott back in 2012. The plot for the new film will center on whether drones have made pilots obsolete. You can pretty much guess the answer that the film will come up with. Joseph Kosinski reunites with Tom Cruise following Oblivion to direct. Miles Teller is also starring as Goose's son. Filming has now started on this and Val Kilmer is now confirmed to be returning as Iceman. It's due out in June 2020, after a pretty hefty delay.

Wedding Crashers 2

Evan Susser and Von Robichaux--who co-wrote the 2017 comedy Fist Fight and have worked on the planned Sonic The Hedgehog movie--have stepped in to pen a script for Wedding Crashers 2. David Dobkin is believed to be returning to the director's chair, and the studio very much want Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, and Isla Fisher to come back as well. They've not signed up yet, though, as far as we know.