New on HBO Now: All the Movies and TV Coming in January – Paste Magazine

2020 is very nearly upon us, and if HBOhas anything to say about it, well all be kicking off the new year by hunkering down on our couches and watching a whole lot. Here are all the January film and television additions worth noting in these waning days of 2019.

Well begin in movies, where HBOs best incoming title happens to have its most unwieldy title: John Wick: Chapter 3 Parabellum (Jan. 11, 2020), the latest entry in the acclaimed action franchise, starring the one and only Keanu Reevesas its eponymous master assassin. We ranked Parabellum as 2019s best movie to that point in June, praising it as as much a blast of blood and guts as it is an immersive menagerie of pain, a litigation of the ways in which we imbibe and absorb and demand violence, in which we hyperstylize deathin other words, the squeamish need not apply, but Parabellum is a must-see for action junkies. Other theatrical premieres on the way include star-studded creature feature Godzilla: King of the Monsters (Jan. 18, 2020), Nicholas Hoult-led literary biopic Tolkien (Jan. 5, 2020), art heist crime drama American Animals (Jan. 1, 2020), Lenny Abrahamsons (Room) Domhnall Gleeson-starring horror mystery The Little Stranger (Jan. 7, 2020) and The Conjuring Universes The Curse of La Llorona (Jan. 25, 2020). And Jan. 1, 2020, brings us a number of noteworthy older titles, including Martin Scorseses 2010 psychological thriller Shutter Island, Clint Eastwood/Jeff Bridges heist picture Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, Tom Hoopers Oscar-winning 2012 take on Les Miserables, the third Madagascar and Scary Movie films, James L. Brooks Adam Sandler-starring Spanglish, and the extended version of Fast & Furious franchise entry Fast Five.

HBO is putting plenty on the small screen to kick off 2020, as well, including both the premieres of two new series and the returns of two fan favorites. Making their debuts in January are The Outsider (Jan. 12, 2020) and Avenue 5 (Jan. 19, 2020)the former is a 10-episode supernatural drama adapting Stephen Kings 2018 bestseller of the same name, starring Ben Mendelsohn and Jason Bateman (who also directs a handful of episodes), while the former is the new space tourism comedy from Veeps Armando Iannucci, starring Emmy nominee Hugh Laurie as the captain of an interstellar pleasure cruiser. The returning favorites, meanwhile, are The New Pope (Jan. 13, 2020), a new-look follow-up to 2017s Jude Law-led The Young Pope that adds Oscar nominee John Malkovich, and the 10th season of long-running comedy Curb Your Enthusiasm (Jan. 19, 2020), in which the inimitable Larry Davidplays everyones favorite socially singular curmudgeon, this time opposite Jeff Tweedy of Wilco.

Thats the good news. The bad news is plenty of worthwhile films will disappear from HBOin January, including Amelie, The Hate U Give, The Old Man and The Gun, Red Sparrow, Signs, Thoroughbreds and, most importantly of all, the immaculate gift to humankind that is Paddington 2. All of those titles exit on Jan. 31, 2020, so resolve to see them if you havent already especially Paddington 2. Its like a warm blanket for your soul.

Find HBOs January sizzle reel and slate below.

Theatrical Premieres: American Animals (1/1)Breakthrough (1/2)The Aftermath (1/4)Tolkien (1/5)The Little Stranger (1/7)John Wick: Chapter 3 Parabellum (1/11)Godzilla: King of the Monsters (1/18)The Curse of La Llorona (1/25)

Series Premiere: Mamon, Series Premiere (1/6)The New Pope, Series Premiere (1/13)The Outsider, Series Premiere (1/12)Real Time With Bill Maher, Season 18 Premiere (1/18)Avenue 5, Series Premiere (1/19)Curb Your Enthusiasm, Season 10 Premiere (1/19)

Estrenos: Casi famoso (AKA Almost Famous), 2019 (1/1)Vaca, 2018 (1/1)Nia errante (AKA Wandering Girl), 2018 (1/3)Tejano, 2018 (1/17)

Starting January 1: Another Stakeout, 1993Arthur, 1981Arthur 2: On the Rocks, 1988Cat People, 1982College, 2008Fast Five (Extended Version), 2011Filly Brown, 2013Galaxy of Terror, 1981Head Office, 1986The Hitcher, 1986Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer, 2011Les Miserables, 2012Madagascar 3: Europes Most Wanted, 2012Mr. Hollands Opus, 1996Odd Jobs, 1986The Odd Couple II, 1998Rock the Kasbah, 1991The Russia House, 1990Scary Movie 3, 2003Seventh Son, 3015The Shooting, 1967Shutter Island, 2010Spanglish, 2004Stakeout, 1987Sweet Dreams, 1985Switch, 1991Teeth, 2008The Thing About My Folks, 2005Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, 1974

Ending January 17: Getaway, 2013

Ending January 22: Elektra (Directors Cut), 2005

Ending January 31: Amelie, 2001Arachnophobia, 1990Big Business, 1988Bringing Down the House, 2003Calendar Girls, 2003Conan the Barbarian, 1982Conan the Destroyer, 1984Conviction, 2010Deliver Us From Eva, 2003The Dilemma, 2011Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story, 2005Ever After: A Cinderella Story, 1998Going the Distance, 2010The Hate U Give, 2018Honey, 2003In Her Shoes, 2005The Jackal, 1997Just Like Heaven, 2005Kung Fu Panda 2, 2011Life As We Know It, 2010Me, Myself & Irene, 2000The Old Man & The Gun, 2018Out Cold, 2002Paddington 2, 2018Red Sparrow, 2018Rescue Dawn, 2007Robin Hood, 2018Search Party, 2016Signs, 2002Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, 2004Stay Alive, 2006Thoroughbreds, 2018Wild Hogs, 2007

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