The film will be released theatrically by A24 in the United States on August 7, 2026. It received positive reviews from critics.
Premise
In 1975, a 19-year-old Anthony Bourdain wants to be a writer but takes a summer job at a Cape Cod restaurant, learning under the tutelage of a Brazilian-born restaurateur.[3][4]
Late Fame explores the impact of newfound fame on Ed Saxberger, the author of a poetry collection that received little notice upon release but gained appreciation years later among a group of artists, including Gloria, an actress eager to gain his attention.
It’s Girl Scout Cookie season, and four tenacious girls strive to be top-selling “Cookie Queens,” navigating an $800 million business in which innocence and ambition collide.
Sony was developing a fourth MCU Spider-Man film by August 2019, and producer Amy Pascal revealed in November 2021 that it was intended to be the first in a new trilogy starring Holland. Work on the story began that December, with Holland more involved in development than he was for the previous films. McKenna and Sommers returned as writers by February 2023; Cretton was hired to direct by October 2024; and the title—derived from the 2008 comic book storyline “Brand New Day” that reset Spider-Man’s status quo—was announced in March 2025. The producers wanted Holland’s Parker to be a “proper Spider-Man” for the first time, on his own and fighting street-level crime in New York City. Ahead of filming, Bernthal and Ruffalo were revealed to be reprising their MCU roles of Frank Castle / Punisher and Bruce Banner / Hulk. Filming took place from August to December 2025, with location filming in Glasgow, Scotland, and throughout England. Soundstage work occurred at Pinewood Studios in England.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day had its world premiere at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, on July 27, 2026, and is scheduled to be released in the United States on July 31, 2026, as part of Phase Six of the MCU.
Premise
Following Dr. Stephen Strange‘s spell at the end of the film Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), the world has forgotten that Peter Parker exists.[2] Four years later, Parker anonymously protects New York City as the hero Spider-Man and investigates a powerful new threat while his superpowers undergo a surprising and potentially dangerous evolution.[3]
Cast
Tom Holland as Peter Parker / Spider-Man: A former Avenger who received spider-like abilities after being bitten by a radioactive spider.[4] Following Dr. Stephen Strange‘s spell at the end of the film Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), the world has forgotten that Parker exists, and he is now focused on anonymously protecting New York City from street-level crime,[2] with director Destin Daniel Cretton stating that Parker is “dedicating his entire existence” to being Spider-Man.[5] Holland felt this was a unique and “profound” superhero story to tell and said Parker’s dedication to selflessness and sacrifice would have consequences for his personal life and health. He also said the film focuses on Parker’s search for identity as he transitions from youth to adulthood, and Holland took inspiration from his own journey into adulthood.[6] The pressure of fighting crime full-time and seeing his former friends move on without him triggers an evolution in Parker’s superpowers,[7] resulting in changes that include his eyes turning completely black as he temporarily loses control and becomes more aggressive;[8] heightened senses; increased agility;[9] and the ability to generate organic webs from his wrists instead of relying on mechanical web-shooters—similar to Tobey Maguire‘s portrayal of the character in Sam Raimi‘s Spider-Man film series (2002–2007) and in No Way Home.[10]
Jacob Batalon as Ned Leeds: Parker’s former best friend who is attending MIT with MJ.[11] He has created an app called “Spidey Tracker” in the hopes of learning who Spider-Man is to thank him for saving Ned and his classmates while they were in high school.[15][16][17] Batalon stated that Ned and MJ live “really great full lives” despite both feeling that “something’s kind of missing”, and added that the creation of the Spidey Tracker by the former is his way of finding the “missing link” between them and Spider-Man.[18]
Jon Bernthal as Frank Castle / Punisher: A vigilante who, following the brutal murder of his family, aims to fight the criminal underworld by any means necessary, no matter how lethal the results are.[19] The film follows Castle’s role in the Disney+ television special The Punisher: One Last Kill (2026), which explores his “psychological state” going into Brand New Day;[20] Bernthal stated that the character has essentially “sworn off human beings” by the start of the film.[21] Castle operates from a houseboat named Golden Girl,[22] built from a converted industrial barge, which serves as both a command center and a safe house.[23] Producer Kevin Feige said the character would have a “different tonality” in the film compared to his previous Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) appearances, which lean more into his violent actions than this film’s PG-13 rating would allow.[24] Holland said the dynamic between Parker and Castle evolved as he and Bernthal improvised during filming, with their characters going from hating each other to developing a “big brother/little brother rivalry.”[25] Holland also highlighted the similarities between Parker and Castle by stating that both characters are “going through the same thing,”[21] which leads Castle to take on a mentor role for Parker, helping him cope with his troubled state of mind.[26] Castle’s Battle Van from the comics is featured for the first time in live-action.[11]
Tramell Tillman as Bill Metzger: The head of the Department of Damage Control (DODC) who is policing superpowered individuals.[27] Following a breakout at the DODC facility, Metzger enlists Spider-Man’s help in dealing with an invisible threat that only he can sense and to which he is immune thanks to his powers.[28][29]
Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner / Hulk: A founding Avenger and genius scientist who, because of exposure to gamma radiation, transforms into a muscular, green-skinned humanoid when enraged or agitated.[32] Banner is now a professor at Empire State University (ESU), teaching quantum mechanics, and Parker turns to him for help regarding his evolving superpowers.[10][11] Banner wears an inhibitor device to suppress the gamma radiation in his body and appear in his human form; this technology was introduced during the film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021) and explained in the television series She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022).[33] After Banner successfully merged both sides of his personality into “Smart Hulk” in the film Avengers: Endgame (2019), Brand New Day sees him regressing to his uncontrollable, destructive “Savage Hulk” persona, last seen in the film Avengers: Infinity War (2018).[34][35]
The film combines elements of a crime procedural with parody of both contemporary art and BDSM sexual practices.
The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2026, and it is scheduled to be released by Magnolia Pictures in the United States on July 31, 2026.
The movie opens at the luxurious home of Erika Tracy, a contemporary artist. Elliott emerges from the house and discovers the apparently lifeless body of Erika in the pool. Elliott drags the body from the pool and begins desperate attempts at resuscitation.
The movie flashes back 9½ weeks. Elliott is interviewing for the role of studio assistant in Erika’s studio. He is hired and assigned to work with Zap to chew gum that becomes part of one of Erika’s artworks. After Elliot’s first week, he is brought to Erika’s office, where she initiates a sexual relationship with Elliot, instructing him to crawl to her to show his submission. As the film shows the developing BDSM relationship between dominant Erika and submissive Elliot, we see detectives Zem and Zola in a flash-forward, questioning Elliot about Erika’s disappearance.
Elliot breaks up with his girlfriend Minerva because he is consumed by his ardor for Erika.
Erika asks Elliot to bring an additional person to one of their sexual encounters. He brings his best friend and roommate, Apple. Erika handcuffs Elliot to a piece of furniture while she starts to make out with Apple. Elliot’s behavior at the threesome appalls Apple, who asks him to move out.
Elliot moves in to Zap’s apartment, and they attend Erika’s exhibition opening. Erika contrives to start a fight with Elliot and has him ejected from the opening.
Erika summons Elliot to her house, and we see the opening scene play out again. Erika and Elliot drink champagne together, and Erika heads to the pool. When Elliot goes to join her, he finds Erika unconscious. He tries to resuscitate her and calls 911. From Zem and Zola, we learn that when the cops arrive, Erika has disappeared. Elliot explains that he passed out and has no idea what happened to the body. Zem and Zola are clearly skeptical of this explanation but release Elliot because there is no evidence that he has committed a crime.
Zap explains to Elliot that Erika’s studio was in financial trouble, but her apparent disappearance or death has caused the latest exhibition to sell out, rescuing the studio’s finances. Some time later, Erika reappears, visiting Elliot at Zap’s apartment. She explains that the disappearance was a hoax, intended to increase the value of her work. Erika was conscious while Elliot attempted to revive her but was faking unconsciousness. She had drugged Elliot with the champagne to ensure that he passed out so that she could escape from the scene. Elliot is furious, but Erika claims that the infamy associated with the hoax will provide him with a career boost.
The film jumps forward in time two years. Elliot is now a successful podcaster. He interviews Erika about a book she has written describing the hoax. Erika leaves with her new boyfriend Jesus but promises to stay in touch with Elliot.
The film jumps forward again to a time two years from the interview and four years after the hoax. Elliot and Erika are getting married. As Erika says “I do,” she and Elliot both wake up in separate beds as if from a nightmare.
Cast
Gregg Araki, Mason Gooding, Chase Sui Wonders, Olivia Wilde and Cooper Hoffman at the premiere of I Want Your Sex during the 2026 Sundance Film Festival
Olivia Wilde as Erika Tracy, a renowned provocative artist and Elliot’s lover
Cooper Hoffman as Elliot, a naive young man who becomes Erika’s new assistant and muse
When Karlous Miller’s character gets out of jail, he convinces his three best friends, played by Lil Rel Howery, Tiffany Haddish, and King Bach, to celebrate his homecoming at an Airbnb. What they don’t know is that he has a plan to steal a $20 million antique hidden inside the house. What none of them planned for is that the house is haunted. Haunted Heist stars Lil Rel Howery, Tiffany Haddish, King Bach, Karlous Miller, Brett Gelman, Tony Baker, Ari Dayan, and Tara Terry. Written by Carl Reid and directed by Lil Rel Howery.
A Sad and Beautiful World (Arabic: نجوم الأمل و الألم) is a 2025 Arabic-language romantic comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Cyril Aris in his debut feature film. Set in Beirut, it follows childhood sweethearts Nino (Hasan Akil) and Yasmina (Mounia Akl), who had lost sight of one another, reuniting in their 20s against the backdrop of political turmoil and social collapse in present-day Lebanon.[1]
Penny Lane’s latest feature documentary, “Wild Inside,” about the Eurasian eagle-owl named Flaco who escaped from the Central Park Zoo, generating a global following and launching a million memes, will have its world premiere on July 29 in New York’s Central Park at a special outdoor screening.
The event is free and open to the public, and the setting is appropriate since Central Park was the site of the zoo where Flaco lived in captivity and where he was seen after vandals damaged his enclosure, leaving a hole from which he escaped.
The film will open at Manhattan’s IFC Center on July 31 and play at select theaters nationwide, including a series of one-off screenings for International Owl Awareness Day on Aug. 4. HBO Documentary Films is producing the picture.
“Wild Inside” will be the second film directed by Lane to be released theatrically by Sandbox Films. The studio released Lane’s SXSW award-winning “Confessions of a Good Samaritan” in U.S. theaters in 2023. Her other credits include “Listening to Kenny G,” “Hail Satan?” and “Our Nixon.”
Nolan began writing The Odyssey in March 2024, secured the project with Universal Pictures by October, and the film was announced in December. Casting occurred from late 2024 through early 2025, and Damon was confirmed for the lead role in February 2025. Nolan studied several translations of the Odyssey. He depicted a realistic interpretation of Greek mythology, drawing inspiration from the epic historical films Andrei Rublev (1966) and Ran (1985), as well as the films of special effects artist Ray Harryhausen. Filming took place from February to August 2025 in Morocco, Greece, Italy, Scotland, Iceland, Western Sahara, and Malta, as well as at the Universal Studios Lot in Los Angeles. With an estimated budget of $250million, the film is among the most expensive of Nolan’s career and the first to be shot entirely on IMAX‘s 70 mm film cameras. Leading up to the film’s release, the costume and production designs, accents, dialogue, and casting choices sparked critical discussion and scrutiny regarding historical accuracy in the source material and the depicted setting.
The Odyssey premiered on July 6, 2026, at the Empire Leicester Square in London, ahead of a theatrical release by Universal Pictures on July 17 in the United States and the United Kingdom. The film will be available in IMAX and multiple premium large formats.
Premise
The Odyssey follows Odysseus, the legendary Greek king of Ithaca, on his long and perilous journey home after the Trojan War, chronicling his encounters with mythical beings such as the Cyclops Polyphemus, the Sirens, and the nymph Calypso, while he attempts to reunite with his wife, Penelope.[3]
Matt Damon as Odysseus: The legendary Greek king of Ithaca.[4] Director Christopher Nolan described Odysseus as complicated, “an amazing strategist, [and] a very wily person”. He was interested in his cleverness and inventiveness, particularly citing Odysseus’s characterization in the 2017 translation of the Odyssey by British-American classicist Emily Wilson.[5] To prepare for the role, Damon underwent an extensive training regimen and a strict diet to become “lean but strong”, which included no longer consuming gluten and reducing his weight to 167 pounds (76 kilograms).[6] He also grew a full beard for a year, after Nolan declined to use artificial facial hair because he wanted to capture “the physicality of real hair”.[7][6]
Tom Holland as Telemachus, Odysseus’s son and the prince of Ithaca, who is determined to find his father[8][9]: 55
Travis Scott as a bard, whom Nolan included because he wanted to allude to how the Odyssey had been retold through oral poetry, which he analogized to rapping, Scott’s profession[12]
Elliot Page as Sinon, a Greek soldier and Odysseus’s cousin who fought in the Trojan War alongside him[16][17]
In FOOD ROOTS, Emmy Award-winning Chicago restaurateur Billy Dec journeys through his mother’s native 7641 Islands of the Philippines to learn recipes from his last living elders, encountering culinary and cultural treasures and family secrets.
American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez is a 2026 American documentary film directed by David Alvarado. It chronicles the life and career of Luis Valdez, the playwright and director known as the father of Chicano theater.
The documentary utilizes split-screen visuals and is guided by a “Pachuco narrator” (Edward James Olmos) who provides candid commentary on Valdez’s struggle against political resistance and industry skepticism.[3]
As her mother Sandy (Gretchen Mol) grapples with an uncertain diagnosis, autistic 22-year-old Margarita (a revelatory Lillian Carrier) must reluctantly grow up.
The film later became a major streaming success on Disney+, ranking among the most-watched films in the United States during the early 2020s.[8] A sequel, Moana 2, was released in 2024, with a third film in development. A live-action remake was released in 2026.
Plot
On the Polynesian island of Motunui, the inhabitants worship the goddess of nature, Te Fiti: a living island who, long ago, brought life to the ocean using a pounamu stone as her heart and the source of her power. One day, Maui, the shape-shifting demigod of the wind and sea and master of wayfinding, stole Te Fiti’s heart to give humanity the power of creation. This caused Te Fiti to disintegrate, and Maui was attacked by Te Kā, a volcanic demon. Maui lost both the heart and his magic fish hook to the depths of the sea.
A thousand years later, the ocean chooses Moana, the daughter of Motunui’s chief Tui, to return the heart to Te Fiti. Tui and Sina, Moana’s parents, try to keep her away from the ocean to prepare her to become the island’s chief. Sixteen years later, blight strikes the island, killing vegetation and shrinking the fish catch. Moana suggests going beyond the island’s reef with her pet pig, Pua, to find more fish and discover what is happening, but Tui forbids it.
Moana tries to conquer the reef, but is overpowered by the tides and shipwrecked. That afternoon, Moana’s grandmother Tala shows her a secret cavern of ships and reveals Motunui’s people were voyagers until Maui stole Te Fiti’s heart; the ocean was no longer safe without it. Tala explains Te Kā’s darkness is destroying the island, but it can be cured if Moana finds Maui and has him restore the heart of Te Fiti. Having been given the heart by the ocean, Tala gives it to Moana. Tala later becomes gravely ill and tells Moana to find Maui.
Moana sets sail on a camakau from the cavern along with her dimwitted pet rooster, Heihei, who stowed away on it. They are caught in a typhoon and shipwrecked on an island, where she finds Maui, who boasts about his achievements. She demands Maui return the heart, but he refuses and traps her in a cave before leaving on her boat. She escapes and confronts Maui, who reluctantly lets her on the camakau. They are attacked by Kakamora, coconut pirates who seek the heart, but Moana and Maui outwit them.
Moana realizes Maui is no longer a hero since he stole the heart and cursed the world, and convinces him to redeem himself by returning the heart. However, Maui first needs to retrieve his fishhook in Lalotai, the Realm of Monsters, from Tamatoa, a giant coconut crab. While Moana distracts Tamatoa, Maui retrieves his hook, only to find himself unable to control his shape-shifting. He is overpowered by Tamatoa, but Moana’s quick thinking allows them to escape with the hook. Maui reveals his first tattoo was earned when his human parents abandoned him as an infant, and the gods, taking pity on him, granted him his powers. After reassurance from Moana, Maui teaches her the art of way-finding, regaining control of his powers, and the two grow closer.
They arrive at Te Fiti’s island, only to be attacked by Te Kā. Moana refuses to turn back, resulting in Maui’s hook being badly damaged. Unwilling to lose his hook again, Maui abandons Moana, who loses hope and tearfully asks the ocean to find someone else to restore the heart. The ocean obliges and takes the heart, but Tala’s spirit appears, inspiring Moana to find her true calling. Moana retrieves the heart and sails back to confront Te Kā. Maui returns, having had a change of heart, and buys Moana time to reach Te Fiti by fighting Te Kā, destroying his hook in the process. Upon being unable to find Te Fiti, Moana realizes Te Kā is Te Fiti, but corrupted without her heart. The ocean clears a path for Moana, allowing her to return the heart to Te Fiti, who heals the ocean and islands of blight. Maui apologizes to Te Fiti, who fixes his hook as well as Moana’s boat before falling into a deep sleep and becoming an island.
Moana bids farewell to Maui and Te Fiti, returning home and reuniting with her parents. After placing a shell on top of the stack of stones placed by all previous chiefs, Moana takes up her role as chieftess and wayfinder, leading her people as they resume voyaging, accompanied by Maui.
Night Nurse is a 2026 American erotic thriller film written, produced, and directed by Georgia Bernstein. It stars Cemre Paksoy, Bruce McKenzie, Eleonore Hendricks, Colleen Rose Trundy, and Mimi Rogers.
At the start of her new job in a luxury retirement community, Eleni is drawn into a series of scam calls targeting the elderly residents. As the community’s strange rhythms close around her, she grows increasingly intimate with her elusive patient, Douglas, until the line blurs between care and desire, devotion and delusion.
Haunted by an accident he caused in high school, a filmmaker is drawn back to his hometown, where he is confronted by former friends and a community that disdains him as he tries to find peace with the hurt he left behind.
A sixth Evil Dead film was announced in February 2024, with Vaniček hired to direct a script he co-wrote with Florent Bernard, while Sam Raimi and Robert Tapert were producers, with Ghost House Pictures producing the project. In December 2024, Vaniček revealed the title to be Evil Dead Burn, with a tentative release scheduled for 2026. Casting began in May 2025, filming began in July, and filming concluded in October that same year in New Zealand.
Evil Dead Burn was theatrically released in France on July 8, 2026, followed by the United States on July 10, in North America by Warner Bros. Pictures, and internationally by Sony Pictures Releasing through its Screen Gems banner. The film received mixed reviews from critics and has grossed $26 million worldwide on a $20 million budget.
Plot
At his family’s lake house, Joseph Price researches his late grandfather Benjamin’s studies of the Necronomicon and Deadites. He uncovers the Kandarian Dagger, which Benjamin claims can destroy Deadites. His discovery attracts Deadite Jessica, who murders a pair of fishermen before making her way towards Joseph. Joseph’s brother Will gets into a fight with his wife Alice and drunkenly drives away, crashing into Jessica. As Will burns to death in the car wreck, Jessica recites a passage from the Necronomicon and passes the Deadite possession to Will.
Some time later, Alice, Joseph, his girlfriend Thya, his parents, Susan and Edgar, and his grandmother, Polly, reunite for Will’s cremation. Alice struggles to bond with Susan and Edgar, who blame her for the crash. After the service, Edgar privately visits Will’s coffin before he is cremated. Will’s Deadite-possessed corpse breaks out of the coffin, burns Edgar, and kills the cremator. The family returns to the lakehouse where Edgar slowly succumbs to possession. During a tense family dinner, Edgar stabs the family dog Max to death and collapses. Joseph and Thya attempt to drive him to the hospital, but he causes the car to crash and murders Thya while Joseph flees. At the house, Alice stumbles upon Benjamin’s research and nearly reads from the Necronomicon before she is attacked by a possessed Max.
Joseph arrives at the house when Thya suddenly appears, now also a Deadite. The family lock her in the basement and try to flee but are forced to retreat when Edgar and Max confront them. While the others barricade the house, Thya tricks Polly into letting her out. Thya brutally attacks the entire family, trying to track down the dagger. Joseph manages to kill Thya. Polly, possessed by a Deadite after her encounter with Thya, manipulates a traumatized Susan into letting Deadite Edgar inside. Susan kisses Edgar and begins to succumb to Deadite possession as she tries to convince Joseph to reveal the dagger’s location.
Edgar attacks the family, breaking his promise to Susan to leave Joseph alone. Alice hides during the chaos and has flashbacks to being abused by Will during their marriage. She arms herself with a rotary saw and finds Susan, only to be ambushed by Polly. Polly deafens Alice’s right ear, but Alice manages to subdue Polly with a stair lift. Joseph succumbs to his wounds at the hands of Edgar and dies while Alice and Susan flee to the bathroom. Alice ties Susan up and confronts her about Will’s abusive past. Susan admits her hatred of Alice and becomes fully possessed. Alice fends her off and escapes to the attic, where she finds the Kandarian dagger. Deadite Joseph attacks her, but she manages to kill him, releasing his body from possession.
Alice flees to the roof pursued by Susan and Edgar but drops the dagger. Climbing back into the house via the chimney, she manages to decapitate Susan and fatally wound Edgar with the saw before setting the house on fire. Alice kills Max with the dagger before collapsing. Will arrives at the burning house and pursues Alice to a building site. After a lengthy struggle, Alice manages to trap Will in a pit filled with tar and kill him with a jackhammer and the dagger. Paramedics arrive as the sun rises and rescue Alice.
In a mid-credit scene, the still-possessed Polly is revealed to have escaped the house and is found by a motorist crawling away. Polly scratches the motorist’s leg, passing on the Deadite possession.
In a post-credit scene, the daughter of the crematorium’s manager finds Ellie Bixler‘s unclaimed ashes before Deadite Ellie appears and kills her.
The film was announced in July 2024, after the release of Despicable Me 4, with Coffin and Lynch returning to direct and write, respectively, and Chris Meledandri producing alongside Bill Ryan.[5]John Powell is set to compose the score, marking his third collaboration with Illumination following The Lorax (2012) and Migration (2023) and the first Despicable Me installment not to be scored by Heitor Pereira.
Minions & Monsters premiered at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival on June 21, 2026, and will be theatrically released in the United States on July 1 by Universal Pictures. The film has received generally positive reviews and has grossed $10.3 million.
Plot
At a film history museum, as a group of people was being given a tour of the building, a little girl spots two statues of Minions. The tour guide reveals their names as James and Henry and begins telling their story.
A different tribe of Minions from the one that would go on to serve Gru is on a hunt to serve the world’s greatest villains but, in many different ways, winds up killing their masters by mistake. James, who is more artistic with a passion for painting and drawing, quickly develops a close friendship with two other minions, Henry and Ed. Among the many masters the Minions served was a wicked warlock, who was killed by a monster after Henry summoned it from his spellbook, which he then takes along with him.
While fighting each other in the desert, the Minions stumble across a train robbery, deciding to chase after the robber to become his henchmen. However, it was revealed that the robbery was all a staged performance meant for a Hollywood film production. Though the film’s director, Max, was furious with the Minions, film executives Frank and Elwood became enamored of their antics, so Max hired the Minions to star in his films. The Minions soon became a global phenomenon, appearing in several silent films and living a life of Hollywood stardom.
When sound film came along, the Minions were unable to adapt to the new technology because their language was incomprehensible. Having cost the studio millions in failed film material, the Minions were banned from Hollywood. Not wanting to give up on his passion, James comes up with the idea of making his own movie titled Minions and Monsters, in which the Minions would fight giant creatures. The tribe’s leader, Dick, rejects James’ idea and leads the rest of the Minions back to find a new evil master, but Henry and Ed break away to help James make his film a reality. When it was pitched to Max, he allowed James to work on the movie. Ed gets the idea to use the warlock’s old spellbook to summon a squid monster to use for the film, but is surprised that it is much smaller than expected. The monster, Goomi, sees James’ idea and offers to help him find the perfect monsters for the movie.
Meanwhile, Dick and the other Minions decide to work for a futuristic alien robot named Dort, who is determined to invade Earth. Even when Dort’s cracks begin to show, Dick believes that he is the one to lead them. While trying to start his conquest for world domination, he ends up falling in love with women’s rights activist Debbie, forcing the Minions to help Dort and Debbie become a couple instead.
Goomi leads James, Henry, and Ed to a frozen fortress and frees the sea monsters Phillip and Howard, from them to star in James’ movie, secretly using it as a front to summon Irene, a large orange blob monster. Henry overhears this and tries to alert James, but Phillip and Howard kidnap him and use him in a scene in the movie where Goomi summons Irene, and James consents. Just as shooting begins, Irene breaks out and begins wreaking havoc, with Goomi revealing his true nature.
While on a date in the park with Debbie, Dort and the other Minions oversee Irene. Dort cowardly refuses to fight the monster, forcing the Minions to fight Irene themselves. Irene succeeds in swallowing Henry, with James entering her to rescue him, while the Minions take over from the military in holding her off. At first they succeed in tearing her apart, but Irene reconstructs herself. However, a redeemed Dort re-emerges with the other minions in a spacecraft, then petrifies Irene; Henry and James cast a spell to send Goomi, Phillip, and Howard back to where they were once trapped. The public hails the Minions as heroes.
As Ed had captured the entire battle on film, James’ movie had its world premiere months later and received a standing ovation from the audience. The tour guide finishes telling the story, revealing that James and Henry directed the film.
Based on the true story of one courageous woman’s journey from stardom as a gifted artist in glamorous 1930s Shanghai through war and revolution and back again, sustained by her gift for beauty and an epic love that would not die.
Overview
Attractive, intelligent, and gifted, and one of China’s most famous female painters and poets, Lianxia “Ziyi” Zhou and her talented husband, Wanping Xu, took Shanghai by storm in the 1930s as part of an iconic circle of famous artists and writers that included the world-famous Chang Dai-chien, Xu Beihong, Xu Zhimo, Jiang Biwei, Lu Xiaoman, Wu Hufan, Bertrand Russell, and Pearl Buck. They redefined the conventions of the time and shaped the cultural path China has followed to this day. But when the world around them erupted into war, a cruel twist of fate tears Ziyi and Wanping apart and plunges her and their five children into dire straits that left them struggling to survive. Walking in beauty, with a heart inspired by art and by the love for her country and her missing husband, Ziyi kept her family and her dreams alive in a nation ravaged by war and political strife. Until a miracle happened.
The documentary is being advertised, in part, as unearthing the enigma—a boast emboldened by never-before-seen photographs, excerpts from notebooks, and personal correspondences. But while “Saved by the Beauty of the World” captivates the senses and moves the heart, it fails to meaningfully mine the deeper layers of the poet’s elusive life.
If poetry had a pop icon, Mary Oliver would be it. Celebrated best-selling poet, Pulitzer Prize winner, lover of dogs and long walks in the woods, openly queer but intensely private, Oliver was America’s unlikely contemporary mystic, stalking the ponds and forests of Cape Cod for nearly fifty years in order to open herself—and her readers—to the known and unknowable world. From a lonely childhood to literary fame, Oliver’s life was shaped by devotion to nature, paying attention, and the long journey toward learning to love and to be loved. Her poems inspire liberals and conservatives, atheists and believers, naturalists and urbanites, speaking directly to contemporary anxieties about attention, presence, and the human relationship with the natural world—issues that feel especially pressing in an era of climate crisis, digital distraction, and social fragmentation.
Featuring interviews with her close friends, including John Waters, never-before-seen personal photos, notebooks, and correspondence from her archive, and recitations of her work by Stephen Colbert, Lucy Dacus, Steve Buscemi, and Oprah Winfrey, Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World considers the poet’s long lifetime of work in context, capturing the uniqueness of her world and the natural beauty that inspired her.
Commentators brood about Oliver’s “dark and broken” childhood; friends speak in ominous but vague tones about her second partner; in an archival interview with journalist Maria Shriver, Oliver speaks of being a victim of childhood sexual assault. This is about the extent of what we learn about her upbringing, which Oliver desperately wanted to leave behind. All the blank spaces suggest that perhaps she succeeded.
As the poet Nick Flynn put it, “I know there’s a lot more to her life than just waking up in the morning and going up for a walk. What is the storm?” This is a common critique of Oliver’s poems, but it could also apply to this film.
The most intimate access made available to the audience is Oliver’s 40-year-long romantic partnership with the photographer Molly Malone Cook, affectionately called “M,” whom she met while living at Edna St. Vincent Millay’s home, Steepletop, in New York. The couple later moved to Provincetown, Massachusetts, the chilly, oceanside landscape that inspired so much of the poet’s work.
A film featuring Supergirl entered development as part of the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) franchise in August 2018, and the character was introduced in the 2023 film The Flash, portrayed by Sasha Calle. Plans for the standalone project were altered when Gunn and Safran became co-CEOs of DC Studios in October 2022. A new Supergirl film was announced in January 2023 as an adaptation of the 2021–22 comic book miniseries Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow by Tom King and Bilquis Evely. Nogueira was hired by November 2023; Alcock was cast in January 2024 to debut in the first DCU film, Superman (2025); and Gillespie joined that May. Filming took place from January to May 2025 at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden and in London and Scotland, England.
Kara Zor-El celebrates her 23rd birthday by traveling across the galaxy with her dog Krypto. Along the way, she meets the young Ruthye Marye Knoll and encounters a tragedy that leads her on a “murderous quest for revenge.”[3][4][5]
Cast
Milly Alcock as Kara Zor-El / Supergirl:
The cousin of Superman who was raised on a chunk of the destroyed planet Krypton and watched everyone around her die, making her a more jaded person than her cousin, who was raised on Earth by loving parents.[6][7][8] Because Kryptonians are healed and gain powers from yellow suns, Supergirl likes to party on planets with red suns, where she can get drunk.[4] Producer James Gunn envisioned Supergirl as a “pixie-ish, but very attitudinal character”.[9] Both Gunn and Gillespie described her as an antihero.[10]
David Corenswet as Kal-El / Clark Kent / Superman:
Supergirl’s cousin is a Kryptonian survivor who lives on Earth as a superhero.[13][5] Gillespie stated that his relationship with Kara can sometimes be “this almost older-sibling dynamic, and that can be adversarial,” and noted that whereas Superman is gentle and patient, Kara is uncertain.[14]
The Invite is a sharp, funny, and emotionally honest chamber comedy-drama about a married couple whose tense relationship takes an unexpected turn during an evening with their neighbors. Set almost entirely in one apartment, it blends biting humor with raw explorations of love, sex, and commitment. Critics praise Olivia Wilde’s direction, stellar performances, and witty script, calling it both entertaining and surprisingly moving, making it well worth watching.
Allen expressed interest in doing a fifth main Toy Story film in February 2019, and while Hanks said in May that Toy Story 4 was the final film in the series, the possibility of a fifth film had not been ruled out. Development on a fifth film was confirmed in February 2023, with Hanks and Allen set to return. Stanton was announced as the director in June 2024 and was confirmed to be writing it two months later. It is the first main film in the series without any involvement from co-creator John Lasseter, who left Pixar in late 2018. The franchise’s composer, Randy Newman, returned to score the film, marking his tenth collaboration with Pixar, joined by Taylor Swift, who contributed the single “I Knew It, I Knew You” to the soundtrack. Toy Story 5 had its world premiere in Los Angeles on June 9, 2026, and is scheduled for theatrical release in the United States on June 19.
Premise
After Woody left Bonnie to stay with Bo Peep and help abandoned toys find owners,[b]Jessie became the leader of Bonnie’s room, with Buzz Lightyear as her second-in-command. However, a now-eight-year-old Bonnie has become enamored with her new favorite plaything, a frog-like tablet named Lilypad. Now Buzz must have Woody return to help them overcome Lilypad.[2][3]
In addition, Krys Marshall is cast in an undisclosed role.[15] Additionally, Capital Breakfast presenters Jordan North and Siân Welby have a cameo in the UK version of the film as a garden gnome and an inflatable flamingo, respectively.[16]
The film premiered at the 73rd Sydney Film Festival on June 12, 2026, and will be released in the United States on June 19, 2026, by A24. The film received generally positive reviews from critics.
Premise
An aged Robin Hood grapples with his past life of crime and murder while in the hands of a mysterious woman after being critically injured.
Shoot The People is a documentary capturing photographer and activist Misan Harriman’s journey documenting global protest movements that drive social change. Renowned for his wide-ranging work — including powerful breakthrough images from the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests and capturing the Palestinian liberation movement on film — Harriman also made history as the first Black man to photograph a British Vogue cover.
A traveler documenting global activists fighting for equality, LGBTQ+ rights, and more. Gain insights into their challenges and strategies for change through interviews and frontline photography.
The film follows Harriman as he highlights the resilience of grassroots activists fighting for equality, civil rights, and social justice. The film showcases the intersectionality of these movements and their collective power. With historical context, interviews with activists, and explorations of digital activism, the documentary reveals how Harriman’s lens brings the world’s activism to light, inspiring viewers to recognize their own power in shaping a more just society.
Girls Like Girls is a 2026 coming-of-age romance from Hayley Kiyoko, adapted from her song and novel, following new-girl-in-town Coley over one transformative summer as she experiences first love and learns self-acceptance. With heartfelt themes of identity and emotional growth, new music from Kiyoko, and a focus on LGBTQ+ representation, it promises a tender, inspiring watch for fans of romantic and personal discovery stories.
In April 2024, it was reported that Spielberg’s next project would be a UFO film, with Koepp writing the screenplay. Within the next few months, Universal Pictures was announced as distributor, and Blunt was cast in the lead role. Filming took place from February to May 2025 in Atlanta, New Jersey, and New York.
Disclosure Day premiered at Le Grand Rex in Paris on June 2, 2026,[3] and will be theatrically released in the United States on June 12, 2026.[4] The film received positive reviews from critics, with particular praise for Spielberg’s direction, Blunt’s performance, John Williams‘ musical score, storytelling, and visuals.[5]
Premise
As a massive government conspiracy unravels, a targeted whistleblower races against time to bring about the extraordinary event that will change human history forever: the day of ultimate alien disclosure.[6]
The Furious (Chinese: 火遮眼[5]) is a 2025 English-language Hong Kong action film directed by Kenji Tanigaki. Starring Xie Miao, Joe Taslim, Yang Enyou, Jeeja Yanin, Brian Le, Joey Iwanaga, and Yayan Ruhian, the film follows an ordinary tradesman Wei (Xie) whose daughter is kidnapped, and with journalist Navin’s (Taslim) help, he has to fight a criminal empire on his way to rescue.
The film had its world premiere at the 50th Toronto International Film Festival on 6 September 2025 and will be theatrically released in Hong Kong on 12 June 2026.
Cast
Xie Miao as Wang Wei, an ordinary tradesman whose daughter is kidnapped[6][7]
Set in the small farming community of Three Oaks, Michigan—home to the nation’s largest Flag Day parade—FLAG DAY is a verité portrait of ritual, identity, and belonging in an era of deep political division. Somewhere between tradition and transformation lies this village, whose annual parade has become a pageant of American aspiration and memory. Over the course of Flag Day weekend, the film immerses viewers in the lives of a diverse cross-section of townspeople: veterans, local business owners, marching bands, and volunteers who, for one weekend each June, create an event that is at once nostalgic and reflective of the tensions of our time. Their stories reveal both the beauty and the fragility of community life in a time of polarization. FLAG DAY was filmed in an observational, verité style, capturing moments of humor, conflict, and grace as the community prepares for its defining ritual.
Following the cancellation of a sequel to the 1987 film, Sony Pictures Entertainment announced another live-action film in September 2009, with Escape Artists producing. Following multiple changes to the writer and director roles and the casting of Noah Centineo, the rights were transferred to Netflix in January 2022, with Kyle Allen cast as He-Man and the Nee Brothers announced as directors and co-writers with Callaham. In May 2024, the rights were bought by Amazon MGM Studios, with Knight replacing the Nee brothers. The same month, Galitzine was cast to replace Allen, while the rest of the cast was announced throughout the year. Principal photography occurred in London, England, from January to June 2025.
Masters of the Universe premiered at the TCL Chinese Theatre on May 18, 2026, and is scheduled to be released in the United States on June 5, 2026, by Amazon MGM Studios and internationally by Sony Pictures Releasing International. [a]
Plot
After being separated for 15 years, the Sword of Power of King Grayskull leads Prince Adam Glenn back from his mother’s home planet, Earth, to his father’s home planet, Eternia, where he discovers his home has been destroyed and is now under the rule of the powerful warlord and sorcerer Skeletor. In order to reclaim his family legacy and save the world, Adam must join forces with his closest allies, Teela and Man-At-Arms, and embrace who he is truly meant to be: He-Man, the most powerful man in the universe.
Camila Mendes as Teela, Duncan’s adoptive daughter and captain of the guards of Eternia, who serves as Adam’s lieutenant and love interest.
Eire Farrell as young Teela.
Jared Leto as Keldor / Skeletor, a skull-headed, blue-skinned warlock and the tyrannical ruler of Eternia whose fiendish grip on the planet forces Prince Adam to embrace his true destiny as He-Man.
Alison Brie as Evil-Lyn, a sorceress who betrayed Eternia for Skeletor’s cause. On Earth, she poses as Adam’s former college professor and mentor, Evelyn Powers.
James Purefoy as King Randor, the ruler of Eternia, Marlena’s husband, and Adam’s father, who was usurped by Skeletor.
Charlotte Riley as Queen Marlena Glenn, an ex-astronaut from Earth, co-ruler of Eternia, Randor’s wife, and Adam’s mother, who was usurped by Skeletor.
Idris Elba as Duncan / Man-At-Arms, Teela’s adoptive father and King Randor’s trusted general, who fights with his vast array of weapons and gadgets as one of Adam’s heroic warriors.
Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson as Malcolm / Fisto, Duncan’s younger brother and Teela’s adoptive uncle, who fights with his distinctive metal right hand as a heroic warrior.
Kristen Wiig as the voice of Roboto, one of the Heroic Warriors who possesses great strength and resilience with her mechanical body.
Sasheer Zamata as Suzie, Adam’s friend and co-worker on Earth.
Gary Martin as the voice and motion capture of Beast Man, one of Skeletor’s top lieutenants, who has the power to mind-control creatures.
Christian Vunipola as Hussein, Adam’s roommate.
James Wilkinson as Mekaneck, a heroic warrior who can extend his mechanical neck to great lengths.[3]
A sixth Scary Movie film was announced in 2024, and later that same year, it was revealed to involve the Wayans family for the first time since their departure from the franchise following the release of Scary Movie 2 (2001), due to creative conflicts with the original producers.
Scary Movie is scheduled for release in the United States by Paramount Pictures on June 5, 2026.
Premise
A group of friends reunites when a masked killer they encountered 26 years ago returns.[3]
Additionally, Jon Abrahams reprises his role as Bobby Prinze, Cindy’s ex-boyfriend from the first film, while Anthony Anderson—who appeared in Scary Movie 3 (2003) and Scary Movie 4 (2006)—and Felissa Rose have also been cast.
The Last Whale Singer is a 2025 animated fantasy film written and directed by Reza Memari. The film follows Vincent, an orphaned humpback whale who is the son of the legendary last Whale Singer. It premiered at Schlingel International Filmfestival in Chemnitz, Germany, on September 28, 2025.
Plot
Vincent, a teenage humpback whale, is the orphaned son of Humphrey, the last Whale Singer, whose magical song once protected the oceans. Burdened by the loss of his parents, Vincent doubts his own abilities. When the monstrous Leviathan escapes from a melting iceberg, threatening all marine life with its deadly ink, Vincent must go on an adventurous journey to find his own song to save the oceans, joined by Walter, his finicky suckerfish nanny, and Darya, a brave, deaf orca.
The film began under the working title RC16 in March 2024, with the official title announced as Peddi in March 2025. Principal photography commenced in Mysuru on 22 November 2024, with filming in Hyderabad, Colombo, Kanyakumari, and Pune continuing until November 2025. The original score and soundtrack are composed by A. R. Rahman.
The film is scheduled to be released theatrically on 4 June 2026 in standard Dolby Cinema, IMAX, D-Box, 4DX, ScreenX, ICE, MX4D, PXL, PCX, 2D, 3D, and EPIQ formats.
Plot
Peddi is a 2026 Telugu-language sports action drama set in 1980s rural Andhra Pradesh, where a determined villager uses sport to safeguard his community’s dignity against a powerful rival. Featuring Ram Charan in a rugged, transformative role alongside Janhvi Kapoor, the film blends intense action, emotion, and social themes, underscored by A. R. Rahman’s music. With grand production values and strong early buzz, it’s positioned as a major pan-India entertainer worth watching.
