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HBO Max

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Scoob!

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Autism: The Sequel

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Looney Tunes Cartoons

Animaniacs 2020

Animaniacs returns on Hulu.

2020 (MMXX) was an leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Many events that were initially planned for 2020 were either cancelled or postponed due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

Theatrical releases[]

Television[]

Streaming[]

Video games[]

Home video releases[]

DVD, Blu-ray, and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray releases[]

DVD-only releases[]

  • January 7
    • Big Little Lies: The Complete Second Season (HBO Studios Home Entertainment)
    • Pokémon: DP Battle Dimension: The Complete Season (OLM, Inc./Viz Media)
  • January 14 - Veep: The Complete Series (HBO Studios Home Entertainment)
  • January 28
    • Ballers: The Complete Fifth Season (HBO Studios Home Entertainment)
    • Ballers: The Complete Series (HBO Studios Home Entertainment)
    • Duck Dodgers: The Complete Third Season (Warner Archive Collection)
    • 4 Kid Favorites: Looney Tunes Movies
  • February 4 - Looney Tunes: Parodies Collection (Warner Archive Collection)
  • February 11 - Swamp Thing: The Complete Series (DC Comics/Warner Bros. Home Entertainment)
  • February 18 - The Twilight Zone (2019): Season One (CBS) (HBO Home Entertainment)
  • February 25 - Years and Years: Season One (StudioCanal) (HBO Home Entertainment)
  • March 3 - Titans: The Complete Second Season (DC Comics/Warner Bros. Television) (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment)
  • March 17 - Crashing: The Complete Third Season (HBO) (HBO Home Entertainment)
  • April 14 - The Righteous Gemstones: The Complete First Season (HBO) (HBO Home Entertainment)
  • April 28
    • Arrow: The Eighth and Final Season (DC Comics/Warner Bros. Television) (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment)
    • Arrow: The Complete Series (DC Comics/Warner Bros. Television) (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment)
    • Shameless: The Complete Tenth Season (Warner Bros. Television) (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment)
  • May 12 - Lucifer: The Complete Fourth Season (DC Comics/Warner Bros. Television) (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment)
  • May 19 - Castle Rock: The Complete Second Season (Warner Bros. Television) (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment)
  • June 2 - Watchmen: The Complete Series (DC Comics/Warner Bros. Television/HBO) (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment)
  • June 9 - The Outsider: The First Season (HBO) (HBO Home Entertainment)
  • July 21 - Jett: The Complete First Season (Warner Archive Collection)
  • August 4
    • The Flintstones: 2 Movies & 5 Specials (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment)
    • Paddington Bear: The Complete Series (Warner Archive Collection)
  • August 25
    • Taz-Mania: The Complete Third Season (Warner Archive Collection)
    • Strike Back: The Seventh and Final Season (Warner Archive Collection)
  • September 29 - DC’s Stargirl: The Complete First Season (DC Comics/Warner Bros. Television) (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment)

Digital streaming releases[]

Events[]

  • January 7 - There is a new Batman and he has a new vehicle of choice, as these images captured during filming of The Batman in London reveal. The Batman will star Robert Pattinson in the lead role alongside Andy Serkis, Alfred Pennyworth, Zoe Kravitz, Jeffrey Wright, and Colin Farrell, among others. A series of images show Pattinson (or one of his stunt doubles) sitting on a blacked-out motorbike that looks likely to be featured prominently throughout the film. Limited details about The Batman are known, but it has been in the works for almost five years. Ben Affleck was originally set to reprise his role as Batman in the new film and also help direct it. However, in January 2019, it was revealed that this wouldn’t be the case and Affleck would no longer be involved in the project. In late May 2019, Robert Pattison was officially cast in the leading role and, for now, filming locations outside of London remain unknown. For us car enthusiasts, it will be particularly interesting to see what kind of Batmobile will be featured in the new film. It is claimed that a man by the name of Ash Thorps has been tasked with designing a new Batmobile. Thorps has previously worked on Assassin’s Creed, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Total Recall, Person of Interest, RoboCop, and others. As The Batman isn’t expected to be set in the current day but rather the 1990s, something retro-inspired is possible – preferably with lots of “toys” onboard too.[1]
  • January 15 - Universal Pictures and Warner Bros. are entering into a North America ten-year joint venture with regard to their home entertainment arms. Separate from that deal, both studios are committing to license each other’s disc products in certain offshore markets.[2][3][4][5]
  • January 28 - It is being reported that Warner Bros. and Sony are skipping out on this year’s Super Bowl, while Universal and Disney are expected to have a presence during the big game.[6]
  • February 5 - Warner Bros. and HBO Max announced Wednesday the launch of Warner Max, a new film label that will serve as a production arm for its streaming service that’s launching in May.[7]
  • March 4 - A handful of images showing the all-new Batmobile from the forthcoming film The Batman have been shared online by filmmaker and director Matt Reeves. The Batman starring Robert Pattinson will chronicle Batman in his early years. Last month, clips from the set of the new film revealed a retro-styled motorbike will also feature in the film. It’s fitting then that the latest Batmobile isn’t a wild, futuristic creation like the Tumbler from The Dark Knight Trilogy, nor the Batmobile as featured in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Instead, Batman’s new whip looks like a classic American muscle car and is relatively docile compared to some other Batmobiles. However, it is definitely eye-catching thanks to a matte black finish and striking body panels. Of particular interest to us is the massive engine that can be seen mounted directly behind the passenger compartment. While many online seem to love this muscular Batmobile, others don’t seem quite so fond of it. Some have compared it to a vehicle you’d expect to see in a Mad Max film or something driven by Vin Diesel in the Fast and Furious franchise. Robert Pattinson was officially cast for the leading role in The Batman in late May 2019 after years of talk about Ben Affleck reprising his role as Batman. The new Batmobile was designed by Ash Thorps who’s previously worked on The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Total Recall, Person of Interest, Assassin’s Creed, and others.[8]
  • April 7
    • Europe's antitrust watchdog has cleared the creation of a home entertainment joint venture between Warner Bros. (T +3.7%) and Universal (CMCSA +3.1%). In terms of business, home entertainment - particularly physical discs like DVDs, Blu-rays and 4K UHD discs - has dwindled to a shell of itself over the past 10 years, which has led media companies to look to share costs while not giving up the revenue stream. Universal and Warner proposed their venture in January. The European Commission examined the deal under a simplified merger review procedure. The new venture will be active in manufacturing and distributing physical media in the U.S. and Canada.[9]
    • The European Commission April 7 formally cleared creation of a previously announced home entertainment joint venture between Warner Bros. Home Entertainment and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Regulators approved the deal under an expedited merger review process. The 10-year pact helps the two studios cut overhead costs involving the distribution of DVDs, Blu-rays and 4K UHD Blu-ray Discs in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Japan, in addition to manufacturing and distributing packaged media in the U.S. and Canada. The JV is projected to begin later this year.[10]
  • April 21 - NEW YORK (AP) — The animated Scooby-Doo film “Scoob!” would bypass theaters and premiere directly on digital platforms, Warner Bros. said Tuesday, making it the latest studio to experiment with an on-demand release during the Coronavirus pandemic shutdown. “Scoob!” had originally been set to open in theaters on May 15. But instead, on the same date, it will be available for a $20 digital rental and $25 digital purchase. Warner Bros. joins Universal Pictures and the Walt Disney Co. in testing the video on demand waters while theaters remain shuttered and moviegoers are locked down at home. So far, the largest movies to make the movie have been family films. Universal earlier this month sent “Trolls World Tour” to on-demand. Disney has said “Artemis Fowl” will go straight to streaming on Disney Plus in June. "While we’re all eager to be able to once again show our films in theaters, we’re navigating new, unprecedented times which call for creative thinking and adaptability in how we distribute our content,” said Ann Sarnoff, Warner Bros. chief executive, in a statement. Universal claimed “Trolls World Tour” set a new high mark for digital rentals, though it declined to share how much the film made. Paramount Pictures also sold one of its upcoming releases, the romantic comedy “Lovebirds," to Netflix. The major studios have otherwise postponed their top releases to late summer, the fall or next year. Warner Bros. on Monday reshuffled its release schedule for films including “The Batman” and a “Sopranos” prequel. The studio's next scheduled theatrical releases are Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet" on July 17 and “Wonder Woman 1984” on Aug. 14. Warner Bros. on Tuesday also moved the adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda's “In the Heights," originally planned for this summer, to summer 2021. “Scoob,” which features a voice cast including Will Forte, Gina Rodriguez, Zac Efron and Amanda Seyfried, follows how Scooby and Shaggy first met. Warner Bros. opted not to send “Scoob!” straight to its streaming service, HBO Max, even though the timing nearly lines up. HBO Max launches on May 27.[11]
  • May 17 - If you start a conversation about iconic movie/TV cars, the likes of KITT or General Lee will immediately come up. However, neither of the two has endured as long a career as the iconic Batmobile. Don’t believe us? Check out Warner Bros’ Batmobile Documentary, which the studio streamed live on YouTube earlier this week. You get behind-the-scenes footage, as well as a close look at the design process and everything that went into building these cars. Going by popularity alone, WB singled out five designs, starting with the Batman: The Movie (1966) car, the one from the Adam West show. It was based on a 1955 Lincoln Futura and featured a jet black exterior with red trim, rocket blaster at the back and weird Jetsons-like dome windows. Strangely enough, this design withstood the test of time up until the late 1980s when Tim Burton signed on to do a couple of Batman films. Burton’s take on the matter makes for arguably the quintessential Batmobile. This design was used in Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (1992), and influenced the car from Batman: The Animated Series too, which was another very popular concept. Then you’ve got the Batman Forever (1995) car, which never really caught on in popularity – not even as much as Batman Begins (2005) and The Dark Knight’s (2008) so-called Tumbler, which was more of a military-grade vehicle. The same can be said for Batman v Superman’s Batmobile, although the Documentary only went as far as Nolan’s films. As for the latest live-action Batmobile from The Batman, we’ll have to wait for the movie to come out (in 2021, hopefully) in order to pass judgement. From what we can tell though, it will at least look more like a car again, as opposed to a tank.[12]
  • July 27 - Bugs Bunny celebrates his 80th birthday as part of WarnerMedia's 80 Years of Bugs Bunny campaign.

In fiction[]

  • August 30 - Hermione Granger (now Minister for Magic) discusses with Harry the raid that he conducted on Theodore Nott's home. During which they found another new, improved Time-Turner.
  • August 31
    • Amos Diggory visits Harry Potter in his house, having heard rumours of Nott's Time-Turner, and begging to go back 25 years and save his son Cedric. Albus, sitting on the stairs and listening in, meets Delphi Diggory, Amos' niece and carer. The two come up with a plan to save Cedric.
    • Harry Potter has an argument with his son Albus. Albus rejects the gift he offers of the blanket Harry's mother wrapped it in. The blanket is thrown across the room in the argument, and hits a Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes love potion Ron had given, spilling it on the blanket.
    • Delphi goes to Hogwarts to steal ingredients for Polyjuice Potion.
  • September 1
    • On the way to Hogwarts for their fourth year, Albus convinces his best friend Scorpius Malfoy to jump off the Hogwarts Express and help Delphi to save Cedric. The Trolley witch attempts to stop them leaving, but they make it out.
    • Albus and Scorpius visit Amos Diggory at St Oswald's Home for Old Witches and Wizards. They tell him their plan to save Cedric. Delphi agrees to help them.
  • September 2
    • Harry and Hermione call a meeting at the Ministry of Magic about the disappearance of the two boys, and the new movements of Lord Voldemort's old forces.
    • Albus, Scorpius and Delphi use Polyjuice Potion to become Ron, Harry and Hermione. They break into the Minister for Magic's office and steal the Time-Turner.
    • In the night, Harry has a nightmare of his son Albus in Durmstrang robes.
  • September 3 - In the Forbidden Forest, Albus and Scorpius dress in Durmstrang robes to fit in when they arrive at the First Task. They turn back to 24 November, 1994, hoping to disarm Cedric in the First Task and thereby affect his chances in the Third Task, so that he does not win, and therefore is not killed by Voldemort. However, they create a new timeline.
  • September-October
    • Harry tells his son Albus to keep away from Scorpius Malfoy, and to stay in Gryffindor Common Room. He is surprised to hear that he is in Gryffindor, having been sorted into Slytherin in the original timeline he came from.
    • Albus discovers that Ron is married to Padma and Hermione if the Defence Against the Dark Arts professor, and is worried to find out that because Hermione and Ron are not married in this timeline their children Rose and Hugo do not exist. He is also disappointed to find out that Cedric Diggory is still dead.
    • Albus reluctantly avoids Scorpius. They discover when they changed things, Hermione thought Durmstrang were cheating and went to the Yule Ball with Ron instead.
  • October 22
    • Albus and Scorpius talk to each other despite Harry's warnings. Albus believes that they can still save Cedric if they use an Engorgement Charm at the Second Task to make him fail that task. They use Moaning Myrtle's Bathroom to get into the lake. They turn back to 24 February, 1995 to engorge Cedric and thereby affect his chances in the Second Task even further, so that he does not win, and therefore is not killed by Voldemort. However, they create another new timeline.
    • In the Black Lake, Scorpius returns from 24 February, 1995 of this new second changed timeline. He keeps his memories from the other two timelines he came from. He is now alone, due to Albus having never been born in this timeline. Harry died at the Battle of Hogwarts and Voldemort won. Scorpius still has the time-turner. He is found at the lake by Headmistress Dolores Umbridge, telling him he is ruining Voldemort Day.
  • October 29
    • A week after being found in the lake, Scorpius decides he needs to find a way to fix the timeline. He finds Professor Snape, who is still alive and teaching at Hogwarts. He confronts him about his true nature, proving that he is from an alternate timeline. Snape is still secretly a member of Dumbledore's Army and takes him to Ron and Hermione, who were in hiding. Snape tells Scorpius they need to go back in time and stop his other self from ever intervening. They go to the Forbidden Forest to go back in time to the First Task on 24 November, 1994 and cast a Shield Charm to stop Albus and Scorpius from interfering.
    • Snape, Ron, Hermione and Scorpius return to a future where Cedric still lost the second task. However, the world is still similar to the one where Voldemort won.
    • Ron suffers a bad leg injury.
    • They are attacked by Dementors, so Ron and Hermione sacrifice their souls so Snape and Scorpius could flee.
    • Snape and Scorpius are found by Umbridge. Snape kills Umbridge. They get attacked by Dementors again, so Snape sacrifices his life so Scorpius could have space to go back in time.
    • Scorpius goes back to the First Task and casts a Shield Charm to stop Albus and Scorpius from interfering.
    • Scorpius turns back to the day of the Second Task February 24, 1995, to stop Albus' Engorgement Charm. This was the second of the two necessary things he had to do to return things to how they were in the original timeline, with some minor changes.
    • Harry visits Albus in his dorm room and they begin to repair their relationship.
    • Scorpius merely tells their parents that they have lost the Time Turner. Scorpius explains to Albus what happened in the third and fourth timelines.
  • October 30
    • In the night, Scorpius wakes Albus. They decide to destroy the Time Turner. Scorpius says the last thing he saw it was when he went to the second task in the lake. They go to the lake and retrieve. Albus sends an owl to Delphi to join them at the Owlery.
    • As they prepare to destroy Nott's Time Turner, Delphi turns up. Scorpius works out that she is secretly evil when she reveals her tattoo is of an Augurey, recognising the name of the title she had in the second and third revised timelines for Lord Voldemort. She kidnaps them, taking them down to the Quidditch Pitch, and reveals herself to be the secret daughter of Lord Voldemort.
    • When their parents find out they have gone missing again, the visit Amos Diggory to find out what his niece is up to and why he sent the children owls. Amos says he does not have a niece. Draco Malfoy reveals to Harry that he has another Time Turner. Since they don't know where the children have travelled in time to, they can only wait for a clue.
    • Delphi takes Albus and Scorpius back to June 24, 1995 to humiliate Cedric and make him fail the Third Task, hoping it will make him turn into a Death Eater, like in the second and third revised timelines.
    • Albus and Scorpius are careful, however, to ensure that their actions do not create a new timeline. They manage to apprehend Delphi for a moment, and she gives up trying to humiliate Cedric. She takes them further back in time to an event that still takes place in this timeline.
    • She leaves Albus and Scorpius who soon realise they have travelled to October 30, 1981. They think Delphi means to kill baby Harry the next day instead of Voldemort so his downfall never happens. They go to Godric's Hollow where they see baby Harry with his parents, and decide to get the blanket to send a message to the future, to warn their parents.
  • October 31
    • On Hallowe'en, as it is the anniversary of Harry's parent's deaths, as usual, Harry returns to Albus' room to hold his blanket once again. He finds the burned message due to the love potion, that Albus left for him 39 years prior in the timeline.
    • Harry, Ron, Hermione and Draco turn back to October 31, 1981, which is the root timeline before the points of divergence of all the other timelines, using the Malfoy Time Turner, so as to save Albus and Scorpius. They are careful, however, and ensure that they don't create a diverging timeline, so that their actions take place in the same timeline. The fourth revised/original timeline continues.
    • They all return from October 31, 1981, and put Delphi in Azkaban.

People[]

Deaths[]

Character debuts[]

  • July 9 - Josh Singleton Emily Ramirez Candace Ramirez Alex Dorpenberger Bridgette Hashima

Trivia[]

  • Unproduced projects:

References[]

  1. ↑ The Batman, Starring Robert Pattinson, Gets A Retro-Styled, Blacked-Out Motorbike
  2. ↑ Universal & Warner Bros. Form Home Entertainment
  3. ↑ Breaking: Warner Bros. and Universal Pictures announce the merger of their home entertainment disc operations
  4. ↑ Universal Pictures, Warner Bros. partner to save DVDs
  5. ↑ Universal Pictures, Warner Bros. announce merger
  6. ↑ Warner Bros. & Sony Will Reportedly Not Have Any Super Bowl LIV Ads
  7. ↑ Warner Bros., HBO Max Set New Film Division for Streaming Service
  8. ↑ The Batman’s New Batmobile Looks Part Fast And Furious, Part Hot Wheels
  9. ↑ Europe clears home entertainment venture of Warner, Universal
  10. ↑ European Commission Approves Warner, Universal Home Entertainment Joint Venture
  11. ↑ Warner Bros. sends 'Scoob!' straight to on-demand
  12. ↑ Warner Bros’ Batmobile Documentary Shines Light On The Dark Knight’s Rides
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