Movies coming in 2021 and 2022 from Netflix, Marvel, HBO and more – CNET

Release date: July 15, 2022

Blockbusters of 2021 (and 2022)

Tom Hanks is the last man on Earth and Caleb Landry Jones is his faithful robot in this post-apocalyptic drama. Originally titled Bios, it was renamed Finch and will be released on streaming service Apple TV.

Dune (Oct. 21, 2021)

Pixar’s next animated film follows a young boy with a fishy secret on the sun-dappled Italian Riviera. It’s released exclusively on Disney Plus.

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Yeah, we’re thinking he’s back.

The French Dispatch (Oct. 22, 2021)

Release date: Nov. 5, 2021

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Several movies have been released already. They include Eddie Murphy’s long-awaited sequel to an ’80s classic. Originally set for a theatrical release, Coming 2 America is available to stream on Amazon Prime Video now.

Tom Cruise feels the need for speed in belated sequel Top Gun: Maverick.

Finch (Nov. 5, 2021)

Release date: Unspecified (moved from March 2021)

Release date: March 12, 2021

Eternals (Nov. 5, 2021)

Steven Spielberg directs Ansel Elgort and singing legend Rita Moreno in a new version of classic musical West Side Story.

Ghostbusters: Afterlife (Nov. 19, 2021)

In Nine Days, Winston Duke and Zazie Beetz take us to a strange house where a reclusive man interviews prospective candidates for the privilege to be born.

After Avengers: Endgame brought things to a close, Scarlett Johansson flashes back to a prequel about the background of her troubled Marvel antihero, Black Widow, with some help from Florence Pugh. The movie will stream on Disney Plus the same day it opens in theaters.

Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (Nov. 24, 2021)

Serial slasher and mask fan Michael Myers returns for yet another sequel, following the 2018 reboot starring Jamie Lee Curtis. Halloween Kills will stream on Peacock on the same day as the big screen.

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Dev Patel is mythic knight Sir Gawain, King Arthur’s headstrong nephew, in this medieval fantasy epic from A24.

Release date: Oct. 21, 2021 (moved from December 2020)

Spider-Man: No Way Home (Dec. 17, 2021)

Release date: Jan. 15, 2021

The Belcher family members flip out as they flip burgers in a Bob’s Burgers animated movie.
Release date: March 18, 2021

Tom Holland plays a troubled war veteran in Cherry, re-teaming with his Marvel Avengers directors the Russo Brothers on Apple TV Plus.
Release date: March 5, 2021 (originally December 2020)

Release date: June 25, 2021 (moved from May 2020)

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Release date: July 9, 2021 (moved from April 2020)
Zack Snyder brings the zombie genre back from the dead with an all-action heist film streaming on Netflix.

Release date: June 18, 2021

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Marvel’s Doctor Strange, played by Benedict Cumberbatch, faces a slight delay before entering the Multiverse of Madness.

Paul Rudd gets a dose of freaky ghosts in Stranger Things-style reboot Ghostbusters: Afterlife.

The 355 (Jan. 14, 2022)

Ana de Armas was due to makes two big appearances in November 2020, in James Bond adventure No Time to Die and alongside Ben Affleck in steamy drama Deep Water, based on the Patricia Highsmith novel. But in September, Disney pushed the film back to late summer 2021.

Deep Water (Jan. 14, 2022)

Buckle up for Fast and Furious 9, starring Vin Diesel, Charlize Theron and Helen Mirren, pushed back a year from its original release date.

Uncharted (Feb. 18, 2022)

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Emma Stone stars as a young Cruella De Vil in Disney’s live-action 101 Dalmatians prequel. It’s streaming now on Disney Plus, from the same day it opened in theaters.

Release date: Dec. 16, 2022 (moved from December 2021)

The Batman (March 4, 2022)

Don’t make a sound as director John Krasinski and star Emily Blunt return to a world where sound summons monsters, in A Quiet Place 2.

Release date: Aug. 27, 2021 (moved from June 2020)

Morbius (Jan. 28, 2022)

Release date: April 30, 2021
The sequel to the 2018 supervillain caper Venom once again stars Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock, a hapless journalist whose body bonds with a viscous alien. Joining him for Venom 2 are Woody Harrelson, Michelle Williams and Naomie Harris. Andy Serkis directs.

Chris Rock reinvents the Saw franchise with horror movie Spiral, which is torturing fans with an indefinite delay.

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (May 6, 2022)

Release date: July 23, 2021
The sequel to James Cameron’s record-breaking sci-fi movie has already kept us waiting over a decade. And it’s been bumped back a year from its Christmas 2021 release date. On the plus side, there will be four Avatar sequels and they’ll alternate with new Star Wars movies every holiday season up to 2028.

Taika Waititi returns to direct the fourth Thor movie, starring Chris Hemsworth as Thor, alongside Tessa Thompson, Natalie Portman, Christian Bale, Chris Pratt, Jaimie Alexander, Pom Klementieff, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Sean Gunn, Jeff Goldblum and Vin Diesel.

Top Gun: Maverick (May 27, 2022)

Amy Adams plays an agoraphobic child psychologist who witnesses a brutal crime through her window. Based on the bestseller by Tracy Letts, this Netflix film also stars Gary Oldman, Anthony Mackie, Wyatt Russell, Brian Tyree Henry, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Julianne Moore.

Release date: April 23, 2021

John Wick: Chapter 4 (May 27, 2022)

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Release date: Oct. 29, 2021
A star-studded cast leads Marvel’s ensemble Eternals adventure. Richard Madden, Angelina Jolie, Kumail Nanjiani, Salma Hayek, Kit Harington and Brian Tyree Henry star in this tale of immortal aliens who first appeared in comics in 1976.

Ryan Reynolds, Taika Waititi and Killing Eve star Jodie Comer press start on Free Guy, the story of a video game’s nonplayable character coming to life.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 3 (July 15, 2022)

Release date: June 16, 2021

Guardians of the Galaxy star Chris Pratt faces down aliens again in The Tomorrow War. He plays a time-traveling teacher day drafted to fight battles of the future in this Amazon Prime Video sci-fi action movie.

Mission: Impossible 7 (Sept. 30, 2022)

Release date: Oct. 1, 2021

Chilling 1992 horror movie Candyman gets a hook-handed reboot thanks to Nia DaCosta, written by Get Out and Us creator Jordan Peele. It was moved around the schedule a few times before being set for August 2021.

Avatar 2 (Dec. 16, 2022)

The Black Panther sequel stars Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Martin Freeman, Letitia Wright, Winston Duke, Angela Bassett and Dominique Thorne.

Salma Hayek joins Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L Jackson for this action comedy sequel.

Locked Down (Jan. 14, 2021)

Premiere date: Jan. 22, 2021 (Sundance Film Festival)
Release date: July 8, 2022 (moved from May 6, 2022)

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Jared Leto sinks his teeth into the role of Marvel’s vampire Morbius in this comic-inspired adventure from Sony, the studio behind Venom.

Release date: Dec. 10, 2021 (moved from December 2020)

Nine Days (Jan. 22, 2021)

Release date: Jan. 28, 2022 (moved from July 2020)
Release date: Oct. 15, 2021 (moved from Dec. 25, 2020)

Release date: March 31, 2021

Coming 2 America (March 5, 2021)

DC Comics fans are getting another version of the Caped Crusader in The Batman, this time from Planet of the Apes director Matt Reeves. Robert Pattinson will play Batman in the upcoming film, originally scheduled for June 2021.
Release date: May 21, 2021 (moved from May 2020)

Release date: June 30, 2021

Chaos Walking (March 5, 2021)

Former Spider-men Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield could join current webslinger Tom Holland in No Way Home, Marvel’s spider-sequel to Homecoming and Far From Home.

Raya and the Last Dragon (March 5, 2021)

Release date: June 4, 2021

Release date: Oct. 15, 2021

Cherry (March 12, 2021)

Release date: Dec. 17, 2021
Jason Statham kicks ass as a security guard with a secret in a remake of French action flick Cash Truck, directed by Guy Ritchie.

Release date: March 5, 2021 (moved from November 2020)

Zack Snyder’s Justice League (March 18, 2021)

The legendary fighting game comes to HBO Max in a new movie produced by James Wan.
Release date: July 30, 2021 (moved from July 2020)

Release date: May 6, 2022 (moved from Nov. 5, 2021, after being moved from May 2021 and March 2022)
Release date: May 28, 2021

A riotous story told through a series of viral tweets inspired this tale of a wild weekend in Florida.

Mortal Kombat (April 23, 2021)

Release date: Oct. 8, 2021 (moved from April 2020)

Release date: May 14, 2021