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 votesA Quiet Place Part II – JH, CE, B, HB, PS, BPWonder Woman 1984 – JH, CE, B, HB, PS, BPIn the Heights – JH, CE, B, HB, PS, BPTenet – JH, CE, B, HB, PS, BPLast Night in Soho – JH, CE, HB, B, PS, BPWest Side Story – JH, CE, B, HB, PS, BPDune – JH, CE, HB, B, PS, BPThe French Dispatch – JH, CE, HB, B, PS, BPStrong Support – 5 votesSoul – JH, CE, B, HB, PSMank – JH, CE, HB, B, BPGood Support – 4 votesEternals – JH, B, HB, PSNo Time to Die – JH, CE, B, BPDeath on the Nile – JH, CE, HB, BPRebecca – JH, CE, HB, BPSome Support – 3 votesBlack Widow – JH, B, HBThe Invisible Man – JH, CE, BBill and Ted Face the Music – JH, B, HBHalloween Kills – JH, CE, BRaya and the Last Dragon – JH, B, PSAntlers – JH, CE, HBBirds of Prey – CE, HB, BPAntebellum – CE, HB, BPSmall Support – 2 votesCandyman – JH, CEMalignant – JH, CEJungle Cruise – JH, PSOn the Rocks – CE, BGhostbusters: Afterlife – B, PSThe Personal History of David Copperfield – HB, BThe Turning – CE, HBI'm Thinking of Ending Things – CE, BP Top Gun: Maverick – B, BPComing 2 America – B, PSFast and Furious 9 PS, BPOutliers – 1 voteSaint Maud – JH Escape Room 2 – JHGretel and Hansel – CEThe Many Saints of Newark – CE The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It – CE Free Guy – BThe Trial of the Chicago 7 – BTaylor Swift: Miss Americana – BEmma – HBMulan – HBPromising Young Woman – HBMinari – HBChaos Walking – PSGodzilla vs Kong – PSThe Way Back – PSBoss Level – PSThe Witches – PSBIOS – BPAll the other stuff you need to know:

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