{"id":284730,"date":"2026-01-14T23:08:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T23:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/284730\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T23:08:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T23:08:15","slug":"41-movies-we-cant-wait-to-see-in-2026-empires-must-sees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/284730\/","title":{"rendered":"41 Movies We Can&#8217;t Wait To See In 2026 \u2014 Empire&#8217;s Must-Sees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last year was, by all accounts, a cinematic year filled with wall-to-wall bangers. A quick glance at Empire&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/features\/best-movies-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">best movies of 2025<\/a> throws up the likes of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/reviews\/sinners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sinners<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/reviews\/weapons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Weapons<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/reviews\/28-years-later\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">28 Years Later<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/features\/flow-how-a-latvian-cat-animation-beat-pixar-and-dreamworks-at-the-oscars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Flow<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/reviews\/one-battle-after-another\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">One Battle After Another<\/a> to name just a few. But here&#8217;s the crazy thing: we reckon 2026 may just be even better. Yes, with Christopher Nolan&#8217;s The Odyssey, DC Studios&#8217; Supergirl, and Destin Daniel Cretton&#8217;s Spider-Man: Brand New Day all set to blow up the summer box office, Avengers: Doomsday and Dune both set to face-off in cinemas this Christmas, and new movies from Steven Spielberg, Greta Gerwig, Boots Riley, M. Night Shyamalan, and more well on their way, it&#8217;s shaping up to be one hell of a year at the movies.<\/p>\n<p>And so, with an absolute smorgasbord of cinematic delights heading our way in 2026, Team Empire is here to guide you through 41 of the movies we can&#8217;t wait to see over the next twelve months. So crack open your notebook, your notes app of choice, or trusty ol&#8217; Letterboxd, and get ready to fill your watchlist with the films we&#8217;re all going to be talking about in the weeks and months ahead. See you at the cinema, folks!<\/p>\n<p>41 Must-See Movies Coming Out In 2026<\/p>\n<p>Send Help<\/p>\n<p>(8 February)<\/p>\n<p>Per the genre maestro\u2019s own words, Sam Raimi\u2019s long-awaited return to horror with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/news\/send-help-really-outrageous-sam-raimi-exclusive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Send Help is \u2018really outrageous\u2019<\/a>. The movie, penned by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/reviews\/baywatch-review\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Baywatch<\/a> writing duo Damian Shannon and Mark Swift, sees Rachel McAdams\u2019 downtrodden Linda get to turn the tables on horrible boss Bradley (Dylan O\u2019Brien) when the pair wind up stranded on a desert island together. Eyes peeled for a volleyball called Wilson making a cameo, folks!<\/p>\n<p>Scarlet<\/p>\n<p>(8 February)<\/p>\n<p>Having served up a tech-infused take on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/reviews\/beauty-beast-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Beauty &amp; The Beast<\/a> with his last movie, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/reviews\/belle-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Belle<\/a>, anime auteur Mamoru Hosoda returns this year with a fresh, gender-swapped twist on Shakespeare\u2019s Hamlet. In this telling, a medieval princess finds herself caught in a realm between life and death while questing to avenge her father\u2019s brutal murder.<\/p>\n<p>The Moment<\/p>\n<p>(20 February)<\/p>\n<p>Considering the fact 2026 could be a pivotal moment in Charli XCX&#8217;s transition from global pop megastar to global movie megastar, it&#8217;s somehow apt that the &#8216;Brat&#8217; singer&#8217;s kicking off the year with an A24 movie called, well, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/news\/charli-xcx-goes-back-to-brat-in-meta-teaser-trailer-for-a24s-the-moment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Moment<\/a>. A meta cinematic take on the music industry, filmed in and around Charli&#8217;s Brat tour, Aidan Zamiri&#8217;s film not only stars Charli XCX herself, but a whole host of her famous pals \u2014 including Alexander Skarsg\u00e5rd, Rachel Sennott, Rosanna Arquette, Jamie &#8216;Stath Lets Flats&#8217; Demetriou, and more.<\/p>\n<p>In The Blink Of An Eye<\/p>\n<p>(27 February)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'\/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'\/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'\/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'\/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3C\/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mO8\/B8AAqsB1DKTUZgAAAAASUVORK5CYII='\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;)\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/In-The-Blink-Of-An-Eye.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Andrew Stanton movies are, it seems, like buses \u2014 you wait a decade for one and then two come along at once. Not only will the Pixar veteran\u2019s hotly anticipated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/news\/toy-story-5-nobody-playing-with-toys-anymore-exclusive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Toy Story 5<\/a> be hitting our screens in 2026, but also Disney+ bound <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/news\/andrew-stanton-directing-sci-fi-film-in-the-blink-of-an-eye\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">In The Blink Of An Eye<\/a>, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/reviews\/interstellar-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Interstellar<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/reviews\/2001-space-odyssey-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">2001<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/reviews\/magnolia-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Magnolia<\/a> inspired sci-fi exploring the history of the world through three interconnected (presumably non-toy) stories.<\/p>\n<p>Hoppers<\/p>\n<p>(6 March)<\/p>\n<p>We Bare Bears creator Daniel Chong is saying &#8220;Sequels be dammed&#8221; with his Pixar feature filmmaking debut, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/features\/hoppers-interview-inside-pixar-bonkers-premise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hoppers<\/a>, in which a 19-year-old woman transfers her consciousness into the mind of a mechanical beaver in order to infiltrate the animal kingdom and save the local ecology. Sounds barmy, no? It looks nuts, too. And for that reason, we are seated.<\/p>\n<p>The Bride!<\/p>\n<p>(6 March)<\/p>\n<p>Hot on the heels of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/reviews\/frankenstein-2025\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Guillermo del Toro\u2019s Frankenstein<\/a> comes Maggie Gyllenhaal\u2019s The Bride!, a genre-bending 30s Chicago-set caper primed to revivify horror cinema\u2019s most iconic bride. Starring Jessie Buckley in the titular role and Christian Bale alongside, this one promises \u201cMurder! Possession! A wild and radical cultural movement! And outlaw lovers in a wild and combustible romance!\u201d She\u2019s alive! Again!<\/p>\n<p>Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man<\/p>\n<p>(6 March)<\/p>\n<p>Cillian Murphy\u2019s Tommy Shelby is back in the saddle, by order of Netflix, in Tom Harper and Steven Knight\u2019s eagerly awaited <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/tv\/features\/best-peaky-blinders-moments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Peaky Blinders<\/a> movie, The Immortal Man. Boasting a stacked cast (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/news\/peaky-blinders-immortal-man-rebecca-ferguson-kaulo-exclusive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rebecca Ferguson<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/news\/peaky-blinders-immortal-man-barry-keoghan-leads-new-generation-exclusive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Barry Keoghan<\/a>! Tim Roth!) and the promise of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/news\/peaky-blinders-immortal-man-feels-like-end-of-a-novel-exclusive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a cinematic debut that feels \u2018like the end of a novel\u2019<\/a>, prepare for an explosive return to the cobbled streets of Brum.<\/p>\n<p>Project Hail Mary<\/p>\n<p>(20 March)<\/p>\n<p>Phil Lord and Chris Miller\u2019s first directorial outing in 12 years (!) is a buzzy, Ryan Gosling led adaptation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/reviews\/martian-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Martian<\/a> author Andy Weir\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/news\/project-hail-mary-trailer-ryan-gosling-space-phil-lord-chris-miller\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Project Hail Mary<\/a>. If you\u2019ve read the book, seen the somewhat spoilerific trailer, or watched The Martian, then you\u2019ll already get the hype for this lonely-astronaut-on-an-Earth-saving-mission movie. And even if you haven\u2019t, a Lord and Miller x Ryan Gosling team-up should have us all seated.<\/p>\n<p>They Will Kill You<\/p>\n<p>(27 March)<\/p>\n<p>Zazie Beetz in a chaotic, kinetic, splatty action horror-comedy, pitched somewhere between\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/reviews\/house-devil-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">House Of The Devil<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/reviews\/ready-or-not\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ready Or Not<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/reviews\/re-next-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">You\u2019re Next<\/a>? Yes please! Hailing from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/reviews\/why-don-t-you-just-die\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Why Don\u2019t You Just Die!<\/a> director Kirill Sokolov, They Will Kill You sees Beetz star as a woman who finds herself fighting for survival in a satanic hotel where she has been offered up as a ritual sacrifice. Suffice it to say, Beetz has other ideas \u2014 and they all look like gnarly, wackadoodle, fist-pumping fun!<\/p>\n<p>The Super Mario Galaxy Movie<\/p>\n<p>(3 April)<\/p>\n<p>The last <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/reviews\/the-super-mario-bros-movie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Super Mario Bros. Movie<\/a> grossed a billion dollars at the box office while arguably barely even breaking a sweat. But it seems like someone at Illumination really said \u201cLet\u2019s a-go!\u201d with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/news\/the-super-mario-galaxy-movie-trailer-introduces-brie-larson-as-princess-rosalina-in-animated-sequel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">its sequel<\/a>, an ambitious-looking adaptation of two of the all-time greatest Mario games that\u2019s set to introduce Brie Larson as fan favourite Princess Rosalina and Benny Safdie as Bowser Jr.<\/p>\n<p>Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come<\/p>\n<p>(10 April)<\/p>\n<p>Forgiving the fact it should just be called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/news\/ready-or-not-2-here-i-come-trailer-samara-face-off-sarah-michelle-gellar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ready Or Not: Here I Come<\/a>, Radio Silence\u2019s inbound horror comedy sequel \u2014 which is set to see Samara Weaving\u2019s final girl Grace team up with sister Faith (Kathryn Newton) to take on more of the murderous Le Domas clan \u2014 has us very excited, indeed. Not least because the Sarah Michelle Gellar is in it. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/reviews\/ready-or-not\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ready Or Not<\/a>? Here we come!<\/p>\n<p>California Schemin\u2019<\/p>\n<p>(10 April)<\/p>\n<p>James McAvoy makes his directorial debut this year with music biopic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/news\/james-mcavoy-directorial-debut-scottish-music-biopic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">California Schemin\u2019<\/a>, which tells the darkly comic, remarkably true story of Dundee-born rap duo Gavin Bain and Billy Boyd who, under the name Silibil N&#8217; Brains, tricked the world into believing they were Californian hip-hop savants (and childhood pals of one Marshall Mathers \u2014 as you do.)<\/p>\n<p>Lee Cronin\u2019s The Mummy<\/p>\n<p>(17 April)<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no Rick or Evelyn O\u2019Connell \u2014 no Jonathan or Ardeth \u2014 to be seen in Lee Cronin\u2019s chilling new take on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/news\/lee-cronins-the-mummy-trailer-teases-a-chilling-new-take-on-a-horror-classic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Mummy<\/a>. Framed around the disappearance \u2014 and subsequent return some eight years later \u2014 of a journalist\u2019s young daughter, Cronin\u2019s twisted reimagining of the horror classic looks set to be a truly gnarly affair. Jack Reynor, Laia Costa, May Calamawy, and Natalie Grace star.<\/p>\n<p>Normal<\/p>\n<p>(17 April)<\/p>\n<p>Bob Odenkirk is a sheriff in a shady town in Ben Wheatley\u2019s deceptively titled action-thriller Normal, which may best be described as looking like a chimeric hybrid of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/reviews\/john-wick-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">John Wick<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/reviews\/nobody\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Nobody<\/a>, and the Coen Brothers\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/reviews\/fargo-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fargo<\/a>. And honestly, that sounds like a pretty cool cinematic chimera to us. In Wheatley we trust.<\/p>\n<p>The Devil Wears Prada 2<\/p>\n<p>(1 May)<\/p>\n<p>With sequels in vogue just now, seeing Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep), Andy Sachs (Anne Hathaway), and Emily Charlton (Emily Blunt) back in high fashion dramedy action always seemed somewhat inevitable. And if the 181 million views The Devil Wears Prada 2\u2019s first teaser racked up on release is anything to go by, then this follow-up could (ce)rule(an) the pre-summer box office, yet.<\/p>\n<p>The Mandalorian &amp; Grogu<\/p>\n<p>(22 May)<\/p>\n<p>Almost seven years since our last big-screen Star War, Jon Favreau\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/news\/mandalorian-and-grogu-din-djarin-priorities-exclusive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Mandalorian &amp; Grogu<\/a> is finally taking us back to that galaxy far, far away in May for a cosmic joyride with everyone\u2019s favourite space-dad-and-adoptive-son duo. Sigourney Weaver\u2019s Star Wars debut, Jeremy Allen White as a Hutt, high-octane New Republic missions, and lots of Anzellans await. Wahey!<\/p>\n<p>Masters Of The Universe<\/p>\n<p>(5 June)<\/p>\n<p>Nicholas Galitzine has the power! To play He-Man, in Travis Knight&#8217;s long-gestating, finally almost here Masters Of The Universe live-action movie, that is. Yes, this summer we&#8217;re all heading to Eternia as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/reviews\/bumblebee-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bumblebee<\/a> director \u2014 alongside a cast boasting Idris Elba, Morena Baccarin, Alison Brie, Jared Leto, and Kristen Wiig \u2014 gives the iconic 80s animated series the blockbuster treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Disclosure Day<\/p>\n<p>(12 June)<\/p>\n<p>Steven Spielberg. Sci-fi blockbuster. Emily Blunt, Josh O\u2019Connor, Wyatt Russell, Colin Firth, Eve Hewson, and Colman Domingo. Possibly aliens (hopefully aliens). Honestly, nuff said.<\/p>\n<p>Jackass 5<\/p>\n<p>(26 June)<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Jackass\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'\/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'\/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'\/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'\/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3C\/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mO8\/B8AAqsB1DKTUZgAAAAASUVORK5CYII='\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;)\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/jackass-5.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>As the great Johnny Knoxville himself once said, well a wang dang and a hot damn doodle! Turns out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/reviews\/jackass-forever\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jackass Forever<\/a> wasn\u2019t a goodbye after all: it was a promise. And sure enough, this summer we\u2019ll be seeing Knoxville, Steve-O, Danger Ehren, Dave Englund, Chris Pontius, Wee Man, and co back on our screens, sacrificing their dignity \u2014 and bodies \u2014 for our cringing and lols once again in Jackass 5. Bring. It. On.<\/p>\n<p>Supergirl<\/p>\n<p>(26 June)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/reviews\/cruella\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cruella<\/a> director Craig Gillespie is the man in charge \u2014 and Milly Alcock is the Kryptonian girl in the cape \u2014 in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/news\/supergirl-trailer-sees-milly-alcock-take-a-cosmic-joyride-in-craig-gillespies-dc-blockbuster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Supergirl<\/a>, the second movie from James Gunn&#8217;s burgeoning new-look DCU. Adapted from the fan-beloved Supergirl: Woman Of Tomorrow comic run, this True Grit-in-space cosmic caper has all the makings of a banger&#8230; and Jason Momoa as badass bounty hunter Lobo. What more could you possibly need?<\/p>\n<p>The Odyssey<\/p>\n<p>(17 July)<\/p>\n<p>In a year that\u2019s set to see The Russos return to the MCU for a big ol\u2019 Avengers ding-dong, it\u2019d take nothing short of an Odyssean epic to rival Doomsday as 2026\u2019s most-hyped blockbuster. Enter Christopher Nolan\u2019s literal Odyssean epic, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/news\/the-odyssey-trailer-matt-damon-christopher-nolan-epic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Odyssey<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/news\/christopher-nolan-the-odyssey-epic-to-end-all-epics-cn-exclusive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Shot entirely in IMAX<\/a>, Nolan\u2019s latest \u2014 starring Matt Damon, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/news\/the-odyssey-firstlooks-at-tom-holland-anne-hathaway-and-mia-goth-and-tom-holland-in-christopher-nolans-epic-cno\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland<\/a>, Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Charlize Theron, and many, many more \u2014 is primed and ready to deliver a big-screen spectacle of mythic proportions. It\u2019s got an actual Trojan Horse in it, people. An actual. Trojan. Horse. *Squee*<\/p>\n<p>Evil Dead Burn<\/p>\n<p>(24 July)<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Evil Dead Burn\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'\/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'\/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'\/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'\/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3C\/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mO8\/B8AAqsB1DKTUZgAAAAASUVORK5CYII='\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;)\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768432089_528_Evil-Dead-Burn.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Upon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/news\/evil-dead-burn-wraps-shooting-ahead-of-summer-2026-release\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Evil Dead Burn<\/a>\u2019s announcement, French filmmaker S\u00e9bastien Vani\u010dek (Infested) shared that &#8220;I told the studio that I wanted to make a nasty movie, a movie that hurts, from which you come out tested.&#8221; And even though we still have no idea what Souheila Yacoub and Hunter Doohan starrer Burn is about, that\u2019s still enough to have us fully in the tank for whatever deadite devilry Vani\u010dek has in store.<\/p>\n<p>Spider-Man: Brand New Day<\/p>\n<p>(31 July)<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Spider-Man BND BTS\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'\/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'\/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'\/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'\/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3C\/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mO8\/B8AAqsB1DKTUZgAAAAASUVORK5CYII='\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;)\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768432089_328_Spider-Man-BND-BTS.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Five months before the Multiverse Saga\u2019s ending begins with Doomsday, Destin Daniel Cretton\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/news\/spider-man-brand-new-day-bts-video-sees-tom-holland-back-in-action-and-teases-potential-villains\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Spider-Man: Brand New Day<\/a> will be thwipping into cinemas, bringing with it the return of Tom Holland\u2019s friendly neighbourhood web-slinger for a \u2018street-level\u2019 blockbuster featuring *checks notes* <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/news\/mark-ruffalo-hulk-set-to-return-in-spider-man-brand-new-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mark Ruffalo\u2019s Hulk<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/news\/jon-bernthals-punisher-will-be-in-spider-man-brand-new-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jon Bernthal\u2019s Punisher<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/news\/spider-man-brand-new-day-casts-marvin-jones-iii-as-crime-boss-tombstone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Marvin Jones III\u2019s Tombstone<\/a>, Michael Mando\u2019s Scorpion, and mysterious newcomers played by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/news\/sadie-sink-will-star-opposite-tom-holland-in-mcu-sequel-spider-man-4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sadie Sink<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/news\/spider-man-brand-new-day-cast-adds-severance-star-tramell-tillman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tramell Tillman<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/news\/spider-man-brand-new-day-brings-aboard-the-bear-star-liza-colon-zayas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Liza Col\u00f3n-Zayas<\/a>. Yup, super street-level Destin\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Flowervale Street<\/p>\n<p>(14 August)<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Flowervale Street\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'\/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'\/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'\/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'\/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3C\/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mO8\/B8AAqsB1DKTUZgAAAAASUVORK5CYII='\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;)\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Flowervale-Street.webp.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/reviews\/follows-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">It Follows<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/reviews\/silver-lake-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Under The Silver Lake<\/a> director David Robert Mitchell is back back back this summer with Flowervale Street, a fresh new feature that\u2019s shrouded in near-total mystery. Reportedly centred around a family in the eighties who start noticing \u2018bizarre happenings\u2019 in their neighbourhood, Mitchell\u2019s movie stars Ewan McGregor, Anne Hathaway, Christian Convery, and Maisy Stella. *Whispers* It also might have dinosaurs in it. Lots of dinosaurs.<\/p>\n<p>Clayface<\/p>\n<p>(11 September)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'\/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'\/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'\/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'\/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3C\/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mO8\/B8AAqsB1DKTUZgAAAAASUVORK5CYII='\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;)\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Clayface.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Clayface wasn\u2019t even on DC Studios head honcho James Gunn\u2019s radar until genre master <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/news\/mike-flanagan-will-write-clayface-movie-for-dc-studios\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mike Flanagan turned in a script<\/a> he immediately fast-tracked into production. And now we\u2019re just months out from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/reviews\/speak-no-evil-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Speak No Evil<\/a> director James Watkins\u2019 movie, which follows a B-movie actor (Tom Rhys Harries) who starts taking a mysterious formula to maintain relevance and subsequently finds himself undergoing a monstrous transformation. Clearly somebody never watched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/reviews\/the-substance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Substance<\/a>. Sheesh!<\/p>\n<p>Resident Evil<\/p>\n<p>(18 September)<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Zach Cregger Resident Evil\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'\/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'\/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'\/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'\/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3C\/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mO8\/B8AAqsB1DKTUZgAAAAASUVORK5CYII='\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;)\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Zach-Cregger-Resident-Evil.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p> \u00a9Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>After the one-two punch of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/reviews\/barbarian\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Barbarian<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/reviews\/weapons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Weapons<\/a>, for Zach Cregger\u2019s next trick he\u2019ll be tackling iconic survival horror franchise Resident Evil. Taking its cues from the tone of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/gaming\/reviews\/resident-evil-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Resident Evil 3<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/gaming\/reviews\/resident-evil-4-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">4<\/a> in particular, Cregger\u2019s movie \u2014 a full reboot for the film franchise \u2014 is set to see Austin Abrams, Paul Walter Hauser, Zach Cherry, and Kali Reis taking on zombie hordes in an original Resi story.<\/p>\n<p>Digger<\/p>\n<p>(2 October)<\/p>\n<p>After (seemingly) signing off as Ethan Hunt with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/reviews\/mission-impossible-the-final-reckoning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mission: Impossible \u2014 The Final Reckoning<\/a> last year, Tom Cruise is back this October in Alejandro G I\u00f1\u00e1rritu&#8217;s &#8216;comedy of catastrophic proportions&#8217;, Digger. If the reported premise of Cruise playing the world\u2019s most powerful man as he tries to avert self-made disaster had our curiosity, then the teaser for the movie \u2014 which sees our man TC dancing (and digging) in a fetching pair of cowboy boots\u00a0\u2014 got our attention.<\/p>\n<p>Other Mommy<\/p>\n<p>(9 October)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'\/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'\/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'\/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'\/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3C\/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mO8\/B8AAqsB1DKTUZgAAAAASUVORK5CYII='\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;)\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Other-Mommy.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Right on time for Halloween, Rob Savage (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/reviews\/host-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Host<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/reviews\/dashcam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dashcam<\/a>) is here to scare our pants off again with Other Mommy. Based on Josh Malerman\u2019s 2024 book Incidents Around the House, Savage\u2019s latest \u2013 starring Jessica Chastain, Jay Duplass, Karen Allen, and Arabella Olivia Clark \u2014 follows a young girl and her family as their home comes under threat from a supernatural entity.<\/p>\n<p>The Social Reckoning<\/p>\n<p>(9 October)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'\/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'\/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'\/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'\/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3C\/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mO8\/B8AAqsB1DKTUZgAAAAASUVORK5CYII='\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;)\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The-Social-Reckoning.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019d have told us this time last year we\u2019d be getting a sequel to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/reviews\/social-network-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Social Network<\/a> written and directed by Aaron Sorkin, then\u2026 well, actually, in the current climate we\u2019d probably believe it, honestly. Still, we are very intrigued to see how Sorkin\u2019s movie \u2014 led by Jeremy Strong, Jeremy Allen White, Mikey Madison, and Betty Gilpin \u2014 tackles The Wall Street Journal&#8217;s 2021 &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/the-facebook-files-11631713039\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Facebook Files<\/a>&#8216;.<\/p>\n<p>Remain<\/p>\n<p>(23 October)<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Remain\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'\/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'\/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'\/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'\/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3C\/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mO8\/B8AAqsB1DKTUZgAAAAASUVORK5CYII='\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;)\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Remain.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>M. Night Shyamalan and Nicholas Sparks may seem like a bit of an odd pairing on paper, but Remain \u2014 the duo\u2019s ambitious multimedia supernatural romantic mystery thriller \u2014 may wind up being the cinematic equivalent of hot honey\u2026 a sweet treat with a twist and a kick. Jake Gyllenhaal and Phoebe Dynevor star in the movie, which explores the strange connection a grieving architect forms with a mysterious woman staying at the same B&amp;B as him.<\/p>\n<p>The Hunger Games: Sunrise On The Reaping<\/p>\n<p>(20 November)<\/p>\n<p>Ever since we first learned that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/reviews\/hunger-games-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hunger Games<\/a> prequel novel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/news\/the-hunger-games-sunrise-on-the-reaping-trailer-teases-haymitchs-games-in-dystopian-prequel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sunrise On The Reaping<\/a> would be getting the Francis Lawrence adaptation treatment, anticipation has been building to see Haymitch Abernathy\u2019s infamously brutal Games play out on screen. And with a constellation of stars assembled, from newcomer Joseph Zada&#8217;s Haymitch, to Ralph Fiennes&#8217; Coriolanus Snow, to Jesse Plemons&#8217; Plutarch Heavensbee, we reckon the odds may ever be in Lawrence\u2019s favour here.<\/p>\n<p>Hexed<\/p>\n<p>(27 November)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'\/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'\/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'\/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'\/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3C\/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mO8\/B8AAqsB1DKTUZgAAAAASUVORK5CYII='\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;)\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Hexed.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Josie Trinidad (Zootropolis+) and Jason Hand (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/reviews\/moana-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Moana 2<\/a>) share the directors\u2019 hotseat on Hexed, an original animation that follows an awkward teenage boy as he and his mother \u201cdiscover that what makes him unusual might just be magical powers that will turn their lives and a secret world of magic, upside down.\u201d If the Mary Blair inspired concept art is anything to go by, this may be a sleeper banger.<\/p>\n<p>Avengers: Doomsday<\/p>\n<p>(18 December)<\/p>\n<p>The Russo Brothers. Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom. A cast so insane it took <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/news\/avengers-doomsday-cast-unveiled-marvel-live-stream\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a five-hour livestream<\/a> to reveal it. The beginning of the Multiverse Saga\u2019s grand finale, Avengers: Doomsday is aiming high, gunning for a cinematic event the likes of which we haven\u2019t really seen since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/reviews\/avengers-infinity-war-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Infinity War<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/reviews\/avengers-endgame-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Endgame<\/a>. And based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/news\/avengers-doomsday-teaser-trailer-reveals-first-look-at-chris-evans-captain-america-comeback\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Steve Rogers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/news\/thor-is-ready-to-fight-for-love-in-avengers-doomsday-teaser-trailer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Thor<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/news\/avengers-doomsday-x-men-trailer-professor-x-magneto-cyclops-mcu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X-Men<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/news\/avengers-doomsday-teaser-black-panther-namor-fantastic-four\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fantastic Four\/Wakanda<\/a> teasers dropped already, those crazy guys may well pull it off. Avengers fans\u2026 assemble!<\/p>\n<p>Dune: Part Three<\/p>\n<p>(18 December)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'\/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'\/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'\/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'\/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3C\/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mO8\/B8AAqsB1DKTUZgAAAAASUVORK5CYII='\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;)\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Dune-Part-Three.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Unless slates shift, 18 December won\u2019t just be Doomsday \u2014 it\u2019ll also be _Dune_sday. Yes, Denis Villeneuve\u2019s time on Arrakis is set to come to a head with the Quebecois filmmaker\u2019s adaptation of Dune: Messiah, which will continue to tell the story of Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet\u2019s Paul \u201cMuad\u2019Dib\u201d Atreides, now Emperor, as he navigates a Holy War and seeks to consolidate power across the universe. Oh, and Robert Pattinson is playing a shapeshifting transhuman Face Dancer baddie called Scytale, so there\u2019s that too.<\/p>\n<p>Godzilla Minus Zero<\/p>\n<p>(2026 TBA)<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Godzilla Minus Zero\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'\/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'\/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'\/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'\/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3C\/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mO8\/B8AAqsB1DKTUZgAAAAASUVORK5CYII='\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;)\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/godzilla-minus-zero.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>With 2023&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/reviews\/godzilla-minus-one\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Godzilla Minus One<\/a>, writer-director Takashi Yamazaki gave everybody&#8217;s favourite atomic lizard a grounded, humanist reboot that took the legendary kaiju back to his post-war Japan roots. It was, by all metrics, a monster-sized \u2014 not to mention Oscar-winning \u2014 success. And this is the sequel to that, so we can&#8217;t bloody wait to see it.<\/p>\n<p>Greta Gerwig&#8217;s Narnia<\/p>\n<p>(2026 TBA)<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Narnia\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'\/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'\/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'\/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'\/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3C\/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mO8\/B8AAqsB1DKTUZgAAAAASUVORK5CYII='\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;)\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Narnia.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Officially, all we actually know about Greta Gerwig&#8217;s Narnia is that it&#8217;s releasing in IMAX cinemas on 26 November and due to start streaming on Christmas Day \u2014 which, in fairness, is enough to have us seated already. We also are however fairly sure that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/news\/emma-mackey-lands-white-witch-role-in-greta-gerwigs-netflix-narnia-movie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Emma Mackey<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/news\/carey-mulligan-in-talks-for-pivotal-role-in-greta-gerwigs-netflix-narnia-movie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Carey Mulligan<\/a>, Daniel Craig, and Denise Gough will star in Gerwig&#8217;s take on C.S. Lewis&#8217; first Chronicle of Narnia, The Magician&#8217;s Nephew, with rumours of Meryl Streep voicing magical lion Aslan still not officially debunked just yet. So, again, very much seated. Turkish Delight, anyone?<\/p>\n<p>I Love Boosters<\/p>\n<p>(2026 TBA)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'\/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'\/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'\/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'\/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3C\/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mO8\/B8AAqsB1DKTUZgAAAAASUVORK5CYII='\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;)\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/I-Love-Boosters.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Boots Riley\u2019s latest provocation \u2014 a sci-fi comedy about a band of shoplifters with a ruthless fashion guru in their crosshairs \u2014 will be dropping in 2026. And while we know very little else about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/reviews\/sorry-bother-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sorry To Bother You<\/a> filmmaker\u2019s latest, its banging ensemble has us all kinds of locked in. Demi Moore! Keke Palmer! Naomi Ackie! Lakeith Stanfield! Will Poulter! You get the gist\u2026 we love I Love Boosters already.<\/p>\n<p>Mayday<\/p>\n<p>(2026 TBA)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'\/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'\/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'\/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'\/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3C\/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mO8\/B8AAqsB1DKTUZgAAAAASUVORK5CYII='\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;)\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Mayday.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/reviews\/dungeons-dragons-honour-among-thieves\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dungeons &amp; Dragons<\/a> duo Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley are switching gears for Apple Original action-adventure Mayday. Led by Ryan Reynolds (and co-starring Kenneth Branagh and Maria Bakalova), the duo\u2019s movie centres around an American soldier who, while flying over Soviet Russia, crashlands and finds himself fighting for survival. If this comes anywhere close to Reynolds\u2019 last survival movie, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/reviews\/buried-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Buried<\/a>, then we\u2019ll be in for a treat.<\/p>\n<p>Ray Gunn<\/p>\n<p>(2026 TBA)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'\/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'\/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'\/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'\/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3C\/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mO8\/B8AAqsB1DKTUZgAAAAASUVORK5CYII='\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;)\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ray-Gunn.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>For over thirty years, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/news\/brad-bird-directing-ray-gunn-for-skydance-animation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ray Gunn<\/a> has been little more than a dream \u2014 an unblinking twinkle in writer-director Brad Bird\u2019s eye. But this year, finally, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/reviews\/incredibles-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Incredibles<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/reviews\/ratatouille-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ratatouille<\/a> auteur\u2019s passion project \u2014 a hardboiled, animated sci-fi noir centred around the world\u2019s last human PI, Raymund Gunn \u2014 is finally coming to our screens courtesy of Skydance and Netflix. Dreams do come true, folks\u2026 they really do.<\/p>\n<p>The Adventures Of Cliff Booth<\/p>\n<p>(2026 TBA)<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"The Adventures Of Cliff Booth\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'\/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'\/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'\/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'\/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3C\/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mO8\/B8AAqsB1DKTUZgAAAAASUVORK5CYII='\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;)\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The-Adventures-Of-Cliff-Booth.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Talking of dreams coming true courtesy of Netflix, 2026 is also about to deliver David Fincher\u2019s Quentin Tarantino penned The Adventures Of Cliff Booth, which \u2014 you guessed it! \u2014 continues the adventures of Brad Pitt\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/reviews\/once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Once Upon A Time In Hollywood<\/a> stuntman. Elizabeth Debicki, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Carla Gugino, and Holt McCallany are among the stars aligned for Fincher\u2019s 70s-set caper.<\/p>\n<p>Wildwood<\/p>\n<p>(2026 TBA)<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Wildwood\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'\/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'\/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'\/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'\/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3C\/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mO8\/B8AAqsB1DKTUZgAAAAASUVORK5CYII='\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;)\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/wildwood-landscape.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Laika is heading back to Portland this year with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/tv\/news\/wildwood-teaser-laika-shows-off-upcoming-stop-motion-fantasy-epic-in-new-first-look-featurette\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wildwood<\/a>, the Oregon-based animation studio\u2019s self-proclaimed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/news\/wildwood-first-look-hardest-film-laika-studios-exclusive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018hardest film yet\u2019<\/a> An adaptation of Colin Meloy\u2019s wildly popular YA fantasy book, a sort-of American Narnia in which a plucky teen heads into an enchanted forest to save her kidnapped baby brother, Travis Knight\u2019s Wildwood could be a real stop-motion gamechanger. Also! Its voice cast is remarkable, featuring the likes of Jacob Tremblay, Carey Mulligan, Mahershala Ali, Angela Bassett, and actual Tom Waits!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Last year was, by all accounts, a cinematic year filled with wall-to-wall bangers. 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