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It might be tempting the universe to present you with, well, something to look forward to.
I say that because rereading my list of the most anticipated movies of 2020 is a sort of ironic survey of an industry in turmoil: now we have the hindsight to know of the shooting schedules that would be scrambled, the release dates that were delayed (and then delayed again). We know that theaters would sit dark and empty for months, and billions of dollars would be lost.
Today, in the first week of January, there is still no clear sign of when things will return to normal. But studios have started to adjust. Many of the films near the top of this list are going straight-to-streaming, a pandemic-proof strategy that could have enormous consequences for the industry. The others scheduled for later in the year are full of optimism, with release dates pinned to the belief that widespread vaccinat