Month: November 2026

Wild Horse Nine is a 2026 black-comedy spy-action thriller film^[3][4] written and directed by Martin McDonagh. A co-production of the United Kingdom, the United States, and Chile, it stars John Malkovich, Sam Rockwell, Steve Buscemi, Tom Waits, and Parker Posey.

The film had its world premiere in the main competition of the 83rd Venice International Film Festival on 3 September 2026,^[5] where Malkovich won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor. Searchlight Pictures will release it theatrically in the United Kingdom and the United States on 6 November. The film received positive reviews from critics.

Shortly before the 1973 Chilean coup d’état, CIA bureau chief MJ dispatches officers Chris and Lee from Santiago to Easter Island. Among the island’s iconic moai, the longtime partners wrestle with their dark pasts and present conspiracies, while Chris’s newfound bond with a rebellious student threatens to send everyone’s trip to this remote paradise sideways.^[6][7]

• John Malkovich as Chris Carlisle, a veteran CIA officer with terminal cancer and Lee’s mentor
• Sam Rockwell as Lee Chesterfield, a CIA officer and Chris’s protégé
• Steve Buscemi as MJ, a CIA bureau chief stationed in Chile
• Tom Waits as Jim, Chris’s brother
• Parker Posey as Marge, Lee’s wife
• Mariana di Girolamo as Monica, a college student Chris befriends and Alicia’s friend
• Ailín Salas as Alicia, Monica’s travel companion
• Paola Giannini
• Samuel Wayt as a teenager

The Cat in the Hat is a 2026 American animated fantasy comedy film loosely based on the 1957 children’s book by Dr. Seuss. Written and directed by Alessandro Carloni and Erica Rivinoja, it is the second feature-length adaptation of the book following the 2003 live-action film. Bill Hader voices the titular character, alongside Matt Berry, Quinta Brunson, Xochitl Gomez, Giancarlo Esposito, and America Ferrera.

Illumination Entertainment originally announced an animated adaptation of The Cat in the Hat in 2012, following the commercial success of The Lorax, with Rob Lieber set to write the script, but the film never came to fruition. Warner Bros. picked up the book rights in January 2018. Rivinoja and Art Hernandez were hired to direct in October 2020 before the latter was replaced by Carloni in June 2023. Most of the cast was announced in March 2024, with DNEG providing animation. Additional casting took place in June 2025.

The Cat in the Hat premiered at Warner Bros. Studios Burbank on October 25, 2026, and is scheduled for theatrical release in the United States on November 6 by Warner Bros. Pictures.

As his last chance to prove himself to his incredibly exasperated boss and keep his job, the Cat in the Hat gets his toughest assignment as an agent of the I.I.I.I. (Institute for the Institution of Imagination and Inspiration, LLC): to cheer up siblings Gabby and Sebastian, who are struggling with their move to a new town.

• Bill Hader as the Cat in the Hat, a tall anthropomorphic cat who wears a magical red-and-white striped top hat and works for the Institute for the Institution of Imagination and Inspiration, LLC^[2][3]
• Matt Berry as Waffles, Gabby, and Sebastian’s pet fish, who was given the ability to talk and move from his fishbowl by the Cat
• Quinta Brunson as Sherri, the HR director at IIII, LLC
• Xochitl Gomez as Gabby, Sebastian’s older sister and one of the Cat’s newest clients
• Giancarlo Esposito as Mr. Hoogeboom, the Cat in the Hat’s boss who is exasperated by him^[4]
• America Ferrera as Carmen, Gabby and Sebastian’s mother, who works at a hospital^[5]
• Tiago Martinez as Sebastian, Gabby’s younger brother and one of the Cat’s newest clients
• Bowen Yang as Gary, an intern at IIII, LLC^[6]
• Paula Pell as Patty, Gabby, and Sebastian’s new landlady^[6]
• Titus Burgess as the Psychic Narwhal^[6][2][7]

Ramayana: Part 1^[a] is a 2026 Indian Hindi-language epic mythological film^[6][7] directed by Nitesh Tiwari, who co-wrote the screenplay with Shridhar Raghavan. Produced by Namit Malhotra and Yash,^[8] the film is based on the epic poem Ramayana by Valmiki, which chronicles the life and trials of Prince Rama. It is the first of a two-part film.^[9][10][11] The film stars Ranbir Kapoor, Yash (in his Hindi film debut), Sai Pallavi, Sunny Deol, Ravi Dubey (in his film debut), Anupam Kher, Kajal Aggarwal, Rakul Preet Singh, Vivek Oberoi, Kunal Kapoor, Adinath Kothare, Arun Govil, Indira Krishnan, and Lara Dutta.^[10][12]

The project was announced in May 2017 as a live-action adaptation of Valmiki’s Ramayana, initially conceived by the producers as a trilogy. Following several years of development and script refinement, the project was restructured as a two-part film series under Tiwari’s sole direction.

Hans Zimmer and A. R. Rahman collaborated on the score, marking Zimmer’s debut in the Indian film industry.^[13][14] Filming began in April 2024 at Film City, Mumbai, and continued until July 2025.^[15] With an estimated budget of ₹4,000 crore (US$420 million), it is set to be the most expensive Indian film ever made.^[16]

Ramayana: Part 1 premiered at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on 27 October 2026, and is scheduled for a worldwide theatrical release on 5 November, coinciding with the Diwali holidays.

The narrative chronicles the early life and trials of Prince Rama, the righteous heir apparent to the kingdom of Ayodhya. Mentored by the venerable sage Vishvamitra, Rama establishes his martial and spiritual virtue by vanquishing the malevolent Rakshasi, Tataka. His journey continues to the kingdom of Mithila, where he successfully strings the Pinaka (the divine bow of Lord Shiva) during a royal swayamvara, thereby securing Princess Sita’s hand in marriage. However, dynastic intrigue disrupts the rightful succession when his stepmother, Queen Kaikeyi, invokes ancient boons to demand Rama’s disenfranchisement and his subsequent fourteen-year exile. Bound by unwavering filial piety and dharma, Rama renounces the throne and departs for the perilous Dandaka Forest, accompanied by his devoted wife, Sita, and his loyal brother, Lakshmana. The exiles’ ascetic existence is violently upended when Ravana, the formidable Rakshasa monarch of Lanka, orchestrates Sita’s abduction through the illusory manifestation of a golden deer (Maricha). The installment culminates in this profound severance, initiating Rama and Lakshmana’s arduous quest to locate the abducted princess and setting the stage for an impending cosmic conflict.