Before the Fire

 

Genre: Action, Sci Fi

Original Language: English

Director: Charlie Buhler

Producer: Jenna Lyng Adams, Charlie Buhler, Kristen Murtha

Writer: Jenna Lyng Adams

Release Date (Theaters): Aug 14, 2020  Limited

Release Date (Streaming): Aug 14, 2020

Runtime: 1h 31m

Production Co: Madfire

Before the Fire is a 2020 American thriller film directed by Charlie Buhler.

A TV actress escapes to her rural hometown following a global pandemic.

2067

 

Initial release: October 1, 2020 (Ukraine)

Director: Seth Larney

Screenplay: Seth Larney, Dave Paterson

Producers: Lisa Shaunessy, Kate Croser, Jason Taylor

When Earth's air becomes unbreathable, a message from the future sends a man on a dangerous mission to an unknown world to save the human race.

Greyhound (2020)

Initial release: July 10, 2020

Director: Aaron Schneider

Adapted from: The Good Shepherd

Budget: 50.3 million USD

Production companies: Bron Studios, Playtone,

U.S. Navy Cmdr. Ernest Krause is assigned to lead an Allied convoy across the Atlantic during World War II. His convoy, however, is pursued by German U-boats. Although this is Krause's first wartime mission, he finds himself embroiled in what would come to be known as the longest, largest and most complex naval battle in history: The Battle of the Atlantic.

Underwater (2020)

Initial release: January 8, 2020 (Indonesia) Director: William Eubank Budget: $50–80 million Box office: 40.9 million USD Production companies: 20th Century Studios, Chernin Entertainment, TSG Entertainment Disaster strikes more than six miles below the ocean surface when water crashes through the walls of a drilling station. Led by their captain, the survivors realize that their only hope is to walk across the sea floor to reach the main part of the facility. But they soon find themselves in a fight for their lives when they come under attack from mysterious and deadly creatures that no one has ever seen.

Peninsula

Initial release: July 15, 2020 (South Korea)
Director: Yeon Sang-ho
Production company: Next Entertainment World
Box office: $4.9 million
Screenplay: Yeon Sang-ho, Joo-Suk Park, Yong-jae Ryu

A soldier and his team battle hordes of post-apocalyptic zombies in the wastelands of the Korean Peninsula.

The High Note (2020)

Initial release: May 7, 2020 (Slovakia)
Director: Nisha Ganatra
Screenplay: Flora Greeson
Producers: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner
Production companies: Working Title Films, Perfect World Pictures

The High Note (2020) streaming. A superstar singer and her overworked personal assistant are offered a choice that could change the course of their respective careers.

Set in the dazzling world of the LA music scene comes the story of Grace Davis, a superstar whose talent, and ego, have reached unbelievable heights. Maggie is Grace's overworked personal assistant who's stuck running errands, but still aspires to her childhood dream of becoming a music producer. When Grace's manager presents her with a choice that could alter the course of her career, Maggie and Grace come up with a plan that could change their lives forever.

Artemis Fowl

Initial release: May 29, 2020 (USA)
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Budget: 125 million USD
Screenplay: Conor McPherson, Michael Goldenberg, Hamish McColl, Adam Kline
Producers: Kenneth Branagh, Judy Hofflund

Artemis Fowl is a 12-year-old genius and descendant of a long line of criminal masterminds. He soon finds himself in an epic battle against a race of powerful underground fairies who may be behind his father's disappearance.

Mulan

Initial release: March 2020 (United Arab Emirates)
Director: Niki Caro
Budget: 200 million USD
Costume design: Bina Daigeler
Producers: Jake Weiner, Jason Reed, Tendo Nagenda, Chris Bender

When the Emperor of China issues a decree that one man per family must serve in the Imperial Army to defend the country from Northern invaders, Hua Mulan, the eldest daughter of an honored warrior, steps in to take the place of her ailing father. Masquerading as a man, Hua Jun, she is tested every step of the way and must harness her inner-strength and embrace her true potential. It is an epic journey that will transform her into an honored warrior and earn her the respect of a grateful nation…and a proud father. “Mulan” features a celebrated international cast that includes: Yifei Liu as Mulan; Donnie Yen as Commander Tung; Jason Scott Lee as Böri Khan; Yoson An as Cheng Honghui; with Gong Li as Xianniang and Jet Li as the Emperor. The film is directed by Niki Caro from a screenplay by Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver and Elizabeth Martin & Lauren Hynek based on the narrative poem “The Ballad of Mulan.”

Free Guy

Initial release: July 1, 2020 (France)
Director: Shawn Levy
Screenplay: Matt Lieberman, Zak Penn
Producers: Ryan Reynolds, Shawn Levy, Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Adam Kolbrenner
Production companies: 21 Laps Entertainment, TSG Entertainment

In Free Guy, a bank teller who discovers he is actually a background player in an open-world video game, decides to become the hero of his own story...one he rewrites himself. Now in a world where there are no limits, he is determined to be the guy who saves his world his way...before it is too late. Starring Ryan Reynolds, Jodie Comer, Joe Keery, Lil Rel Howery, Utkarsh Ambudkar and Taika Waititi.

The Lovebirds

Initial release: April 24, 2020 (United Kingdom)
Director: Michael Showalter
Budget: $16 million
Screenplay: Aaron Abrams, Brendan Gall, Martin Gero
Producers: Brendan Gall, Tom Lassally, Jordana Mollick

On the brink of breaking up, a couple gets unintentionally embroiled in a bizarre 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.

Scooby!

Initial release: May 13, 2020 (France)
Director: Tony Cervone
Music composed by: Junkie XL
Production companies: Atlas Entertainment, 1492 Pictures, Warner Animation Group
Screenplay: Kelly Fremon Craig, Matt Lieberman, Adam Sztykiel, Derek Elliot, Jack Donaldson

Scooby! in streaming. Since childhood, Sammy Rogers, Fred Jones, Vera Dinkley and Daphne Blake have been friends and solve mysterious investigations with Sammy's dog, Scooby-Doo. They form the Mystère et Cie team. After hundreds of resolved cases and a multitude of adventures, Scooby-Doo and his friends are investigating a global plot intended to unleash the forces of a ghost dog named Cerberus. They will also discover that Scooby has a heavy inheritance and that he is promised a destiny that no one has envisaged.

Mermaid Down

Initial release: November 22, 2019 (Vietnam)
Director: Jeffrey Grellman
Producer: Mem Ferda

Mermaid Down streaming. A mermaid was caught in the Pacific, her tail cut off, and she is locked up in a women's psychiatric hospital where no one believes she is a mermaid.

The Wrong Missy

Initial release: May 13, 2020
Director: Tyler Spindel
Music composed by: Mateo Messina
Cinematography: Theo Van de Sande
Producers: Adam Sandler, Allen Covert, Kevin Grady, Judit Maull

The Wrong Missy streaming. While Tim believes he has invited the Missy of his dreams to Hawaii, he realizes too late that the happy guest is a woman with whom he had had a nightmare date.

Encounter

Initial release: December 9, 2018

Director: Paul Salamoff

Encounter in streaming. The story is about a group of friends making an incredible discovery: a spaceship crashed in a field with a survivor on board ...

Dangerous Lies

Initial release: April 30, 2020
Director: Michael Scott
Music composed by: James Jandrisch
Language: English Language
Production companies: Netflix


When a wealthy elderly man dies and unexpectedly leaves his estate to his new caregiver, she's drawn into a web of deception and murder. If she's going to survive, she'll have to question everyone's motives — even the people she loves.

A caregiver is drawn into a web of lies and murder after a wealthy elderly man dies and leaves his estate to her.

All Day and a Night

Initial release: May 1, 2020
Director: Joe Robert Cole
Screenplay: Joe Robert Cole
Production company: Color Force
Producers: Jared Ian Goldman, Nina Jacobson

A young man embarks on a journey of self-discovery after landing in the same prison as his father.

A powerful, unflinching drama from Black Panther co-writer Joe Robert Cole, starring Ashton Sanders (Moonlight), Jeffrey Wright (Westworld), Isaiah John (Snowfall) and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (Watchmen).

Foxter And Max

Initial release: September 19, 2019
Director: Anatoli Mateshko
Screenplay: Anastasiia Mateshko, Scott Parisien, Katia Tsiluiko
Producers: Maksym Asadchyi, Kateryna Kopylova

Foxter and Max streaming. A teenager, who has created a super dog without knowing it, finds himself chased by a criminal. The very intelligent animal immediately comes to his aid.

Latte and the Magic Waterstone

Initial release: December 11, 2019 (France)
Directors: Nina Wels, Regina Welker
Producers: Lilian Klages, Thomas G. Müller, Mark Mertens
Story by: Sebastian Lybeck, Veronica Leo
Screenplay: Martin Behnke, Andrea Deppert

Latte and the Magic Waterstone streaming. There is a Magic Waterstone, which has the power to return water to the forest. But it was stolen by Latte, the king of bears. Only a brave hero can bring it back and avoid drought. Amy the little hedgehog and her friend Tom the squirrel then decide to go on an adventure to save nature! It is sometimes the smallest who are the most courageous.

Onward

Initial release: February 29, 2020 (Denmark)
Director: Dan Scanlon
Box office: $103.2 million
Budget: $175–200 million
Screenplay: Dan Scanlon, Jason Headley, Keith Bunin

Teenage elf brothers Ian and Barley embark on a magical quest to spend one more day with their late father. Like any good adventure, their journey is filled with cryptic maps, impossible obstacles and unimaginable discoveries. But when dear Mom finds out her sons are missing, she teams up with the legendary manticore to bring her beloved boys back home.

Extraction

Initial release: April 24, 2020
Director: Sam Hargrave
Based on: Ciudad; by Ande Parks; Joe Russo; Fernando León González
Language: English
Producer: Chris Hemsworth

A black-market mercenary who has nothing to lose is hired to rescue the kidnapped son of an imprisoned international crime lord. But in the murky underworld of weapons dealers and drug traffickers, an already deadly mission approaches the impossible.