When a Syrian doctor is forced to flee Aleppo with her young daughter, one desperate choice sets off a chain of events that ripples across borders and pulls five strangers into the same storm. A smuggler trying to save his son. A soldier wrestling with his conscience. A poet searching for home. A Greek coast guard captain caught between duty and mercy. Their paths collide on a night in the Mediterranean, where survival is uncertain, and humanity is revealed in its rawest form.
Clay, a successful but troubled Black businessman, attends therapy sessions with his wife, Kaya, to salvage their marriage. But their mysterious therapist is not all that he seems, and he begins to appear to Clay outside of their sessions, unexpectedly. On a New York subway train, Clay encounters Lula, a seductive but sinister white stranger who slowly begins to unravel his life. Clay must discover the truth behind this encounter to get back to his wife, heal his fractured soul, and survive the night.
We Bury the Dead had its world premiere in March at the 2025 South by Southwest Film & TV Festival. It is currently scheduled for a theatrical release in the United States on January 2, 2026, and in Australia and New Zealand on February 5, 2026.
Premise
Ava Newman (Daisy Ridley), a desperate woman, searches for her husband in the aftermath of a catastrophic military experiment. Hoping to find him alive, Ava joins a “body retrieval unit”, but her search takes a chilling turn when the corpses she’s burying start showing signs of life.[2][4]
The Plague is a 2025 psychological drama–thriller film[3][4][5] written and directed by Charlie Polinger in his directorial debut. It stars Everett Blunck, Kayo Martin, Kenny Rasmussen, and Joel Edgerton, who is also a producer on the film.
Marty Supreme is a table tennis drama set in New York City during the 1950s, where up-and-coming table tennis star Marty Mauser goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness.[13][14]
Cast
Timothée Chalamet as Marty Mauser, an aspiring ping pong champion. The character is loosely based on real-life table tennis player Marty Reisman
Gwyneth Paltrow as Kay Stone, a wealthy, retired actress and socialite who forms a sexual relationship with Marty
Odessa A’zion as Rachel Mizler, a married pet-store employee having an affair with Marty
Kevin O’Leary as Milton Rockwell, a businessman and Kay’s husband, who takes an interest in Marty
Tyler Okonma as Wally, a taxi driver and Marty’s friend
Abel Ferrara as Ezra Mishkin, a criminal that Marty gets involved with
Four childhood friends—Doug, Griff, Kenny, and Claire, seeking to recapture their youth, travel to the Amazon to film an amateur remake of the 1997 film Anaconda. Their project unravels when a real giant anaconda emerges, turning the light-hearted shoot into a perilous fight for survival. The movie that they’re dying to remake? It might just kill them, literally.[2]
After many years together, Alex and Tess have reached an amicable end to their marriage, thus beginning the awkward stage of figuring out how to live separately while raising two boys and maintaining their friendships. Alex discovers a new hobby and, in the process, learns more about himself and his relationship.
Cameron, who had stated in mid-2006 that he would like to make sequels to Avatar (2009) if it was successful, announced the first two sequels in early 2010 following the success of the first film, with the then-untitled Avatar 3 aiming for a December 2015 release. However, the addition of two more sequels (four in total) and the development of new technology required to film performance-capture scenes underwater, a feat never accomplished before, led to significant delays to allow the crew more time to work on writing, pre-production, and visual effects. Avatar: The Way of Water began shooting simultaneously with Fire and Ash in New Zealand on September 25, 2017, and filming wrapped in late December 2020, after over three years of shooting. With an estimated budget of over $400 million, it is one of the most expensive films ever made.
Avatar: Fire and Ash had its world premiere at the Dolby Theatre, Hollywood, on December 1, 2025, and was first released in Germany and the Philippines on December 17, 2025, and in the United States on December 19. The film received positive reviews from critics, who praised the visuals, characters, performances, and action but criticized the runtime and simplicity of the plot.[b] Two additional sequels, Avatar 4 and Avatar 5, are in various stages of production and are scheduled to be released in 2029 and 2031, respectively.
Premise
Shortly after settling in with the Metkayina clan, Jake and Neytiri‘s family grapples with grief because of Neteyam’s death. They encounter a new, aggressive Na’vi tribe, the Mangkwan clan, also called the Ash People. Led by the fiery leader, Varang, the Mangkwans have allied with Jake’s enemy, Quaritch, as the conflict on Pandora escalates to devastating consequences.[7][8]
Cast
Sam Worthington as Jake Sully, a former human and Colonel Miles Quaritch’s former informer and later archrival, who fell in love with Neytiri and befriended the Na’vi after becoming a part of the Avatar Program, eventually taking their side in their conflict with humans and transferring his mind into his avatar permanently. In the second film, he and his family have left the Omatikaya clan and joined the Metkayina clan.[9][10]
Zoe Saldaña as Neytiri, Jake’s wife, who left the Omatikaya and joined the Metkayina. [9] Saldaña described her character as having become a “full-blown racist” after the events of the second film, particularly towards her adoptive son, Spider, because he is a physical reminder of how humans were the ones who killed her biological son, Neteyam, to the point she has abandoned Eywa’s will, and her husband doesn’t really recognize her anymore.[11]
Sigourney Weaver as Kiri, the daughter of Dr. Grace Augustine’s Na’vi avatar, whom Jake and Neytiri adopted.[12]
Stephen Lang as Colonel Miles Quaritch, a former human military commander who led the RDA, the human organization colonizing Pandora, and died in their conflict with the Na’vi in 2154. He and other fallen soldiers were later resurrected as Avatar “recombinants.” He seeks revenge against Jake and his family, including his son Miles “Spider” Socorro.[13]
Oona Chaplin as Varang, the Na’vi leader of the volcano-dwelling Mangkwan clan.[14][15][16][17] Cameron said of Varang, “Varang is the leader of a people who have gone through an incredible hardship. That hardens her. She will do anything for them, even things that we would consider to be evil.”[18]
Cliff Curtis as Tonowari, chieftain of the reef people clan of Metkayina.[19][20]
Trinity Bliss as Tuktirey (“Tuk”), Jake and Neytiri’s daughter and their youngest child.[21][24][25]
Jack Champion as Miles “Spider” Socorro, the teenage son of Quaritch, born in Hell’s Gate (the human base on Pandora in the first film), who was rescued and adopted by Jake and Neytiri after the latter had previously killed Quaritch.[21][24][26]
Bailey Bass as Tsireya (“Reya”), a graceful and strong free diver of the Metkayina and Tonowari and Ronal’s daughter. In the second film, Tsireya emerges as Lo’ak’s love interest.[21][22][27]
Giovanni Ribisi as Parker Selfridge, the disgraced former head administrator for the RDA mining operation in the first film.[32][33][34]
Joel David Moore as Dr. Norm Spellman, a former scientist of the Avatar Program who chose to side with the Na’vi in the first film.[35]
CCH Pounder as Mo’at, the Omatikaya’s spiritual leader and Neytiri’s mother.[36][37]
Edie Falco as General Frances Ardmore, Quaritch’s successor as commander of the RDA’s military operations.[38]
Brendan Cowell as Captain Mick Scoresby, the former commander of a private sector marine hunting vessel on the planet of Pandora, who previously lost an arm to Payakan.[39][40]
Filip Geljo as Ao’nung, a young male hunter and free diver of the Metkayina, Tonowari, and Ronal’s son. [21][22][24]
Duane Evans, Jr. as Rotxo, a young male hunter and free diver of the Metkayina.
Dileep Rao as Dr. Max Patel, a scientist who worked on the Avatar Program and later supported Jake’s rebellion against the RDA.[42]
Matt Gerald as Corporal Lyle Wainfleet, a mercenary who fought and died in the RDA’s battle against the Na’vi in 2154. Years later, the RDA placed his memories into a recombinant.[43]
David Thewlis as Peylak, the Na’vi leader of the Wind Traders, who will be featured in Fire and Ash, along with Avatar 4 and 5.[44][45][46]
The film will also see the return of Payakan, the Tulkun who befriended Lo’ak in the second film.[40]
The film was written by Pam Brady and Matt Lieberman, from a story by Brady and series creatives Marc Ceccarelli and Kaz. It was first developed as a direct-to-streaming film, but the project was retooled into a theatrical feature by February 2022. By April 2023, Drymon had been hired to direct the movie. In July 2024, Hamill was revealed to be voicing the Flying Dutchman in the film in place of Brian Doyle-Murray. John Debney composed the film’s score after having previously scored 2015’s Sponge Out of Water.
The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants premiered at the AFI Film Festival on October 26, 2025, and will be theatrically released by Paramount Pictures in the United States on December 19, 2025.
Premise
Desperate to become a “big guy,” SpongeBob, setting out to prove his bravery to Mr. Krabs, travels to the deepest depths of the ocean to follow the Flying Dutchman.[3]
“Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair” is an epic re-edit of Quentin Tarantino’s “Kill Bill” Volumes 1 and 2, set to be released in theaters on December 5, 2025, featuring new footage and a runtime of over four hours.
The Broadway revival, starring Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff, and Lindsay Mendez, was transformative. Here’s what to know about the show and the movie.
Maria Friedman’s transformative revival of “Merrily We Roll Along” made the show one of the great flop-to-hit comebacks in Broadway history. In the heady days after her production won four Tony Awards in 2024, the company — with a cast led by Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff, and Lindsay Mendez—spent three days turning the musical into a movie, preserving their performance forever.
The filmmakers shot three performances with a paying audience and also filmed the actors in scenes without an audience, which allowed them to put cameras onstage for tight shots.
The Chronology of Water had its premiere in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival on May 16, 2025. The film received positive reviews from critics.
Premise
A young woman finds her voice through the written word and her salvation as a swimmer—ultimately becoming a triumphant teacher, mother, and singular modern writer.
