2026 is here, so let’s look at what Hollywood’s got in store for us over the next 12 months, ranging from horror and sci-fi to superheroes and fantasy to whatever Disney and Pixar have planned. The name of the game these days? Sequels. Or prequels. Or remakes. Or basically anything embedded in a franchise or based on an IP. There are only like two or three standalone original films tucked away among the 50 plus movies here, so let’s get to it!
The MCU is ready to go supermassive with both Spider-Man: Brand New Day and Avengers: Doomsday while the DCU is landing a bit softer (but still awesomely) with Supergirl and Clayface. Pixar has Hoppers in the chamber but its big shot is Toy Story 5, while Disney rolls the dice with Hexed (while still having a surefire hit with the live-action Moana).
Steven Spielberg, Christopher Nolan, Sam Raimi, and M. Night Shyamalan all have new flicks this year, while the horror landscape screams loudly with Primate, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, Ready or Not 2: Here I Come, Evil Dead Burn, Lee Cronin’s The Mummy, Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil, and Robert Eggers’ Werwulf. Animated fare includes The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, Coyote vs. Acme (finally!), Minions 3, The Cat in the Hat, and the aforementioned Hexed and Hoppers.
Check out the movies we can’t wait to catch in 2026!
January
Greenland 2: Migration
Release Date: January 9, 2026
The Greenland gang is back, baby! Well, most of them, anyhow, as Gerard Butler and Morena Baccarin return to the bleak, ruined Earth — which suffered global catastrophes in the first movie — to trek across Europe five years later in search of a new safe haven for their family. The cast of Greenland 2: Migration includes Amber Rose Revah (The Punisher), William Abadie (Emily in Paris), and Roman Griffin Davis (Jojo Rabbit), who now plays their son Nathan.
Primate
Release Date: January 9, 2026
A family’s adopted chimpanzee suddenly becomes violent due to being bitten by a rabid animal in Primate, a murderous monkey (okay, ape) movie that was all the rage at 2025’s Fantastic Fest. So get ready for the most bananas movie since 1990’s Shakma.
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
Release Date: January 16, 2026
Filmed back-to-back with 28 Years Later, but directed by Nia DaCosta in place of Danny Boyle, The Bone Temple will continue the story of Ralph Fiennes’s Dr. Kelson while also diving into the big Jack O’Connell “Jimmy” cliffhanger, featuring Spike (Alfie Williams) meeting the cult leader and his blonde, track-suited, karate squad. If you didn’t see 28 Years Later then that part probably sounded very weird. Anyhow, Aaron Taylor-Johnson is back too, as well as (finally!) Cillian Murphy’s Jim.
Mercy
Release Date: January 23, 2026
Chris Pratt and Rebecca Ferguson star in Mercy, a dystopian thriller about a detective who has 90 minutes to prove to an AI judge that he’s innocent of murdering his wife. Directed by Timur Bekmambetov of Night Watch, Wanted, and, um… also that Ice Cube War of the Worlds movie fame.
Return to Silent Hill
Release Date: January 23, 2026
Writer/director Christophe Gans (Brotherhood of the Wolf, Silent Hill) is back to helm Return to Silent Hill, based on Konami’s Silent Hill 2. Jeremy Irvine plays protagonist James Sunderland while Evie Templeton, who played Laura in the Silent Hill 2 game remake, reprises that role. Do you dare return to the psychological torment of this small town nightmare?
Send Help
Release Date: January 30, 2026
After dipping his toe in the MCU with Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, director Sam Raimi is back in the small-scale scares business with Send Help, about a mocked and abused office worker who turns the table on her d-bag boss when they wind up stranded on a deserted island. Starring Rachel McAdams and Dylan O’Brien, and written by Mark Swift and Damian Shannon (of Freddy vs. Jason and 2009’s Friday the 13th fame).
February
Cold Storage
Release Date: February 13, 2026
Liam Neeson, Stranger Things’ Joe Keery, and Barbarian’s Georgina Campbell star in Cold Storage, about two employees at a self-storage facility, built atop a former military base, who must deal with a spreading government-sealed parasitic fungus. Written by David Koepp (Jurassic Park, Spider-Man, Black Bag).
Crime 101
Release Date: February 13, 2026
With an ensemble featuring Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Barry Keoghan, and Halle Berry, Crime 101 tells the tale of an elusive jewel thief known as “Davis” (Hemsworth) who follows a strict code of conduct (the titular Crime 101). Based on a Don Winslow novella, the film is written and directed by Bart Layton.
Wuthering Heights
Release Date: February 13, 2026
The latest adaptation of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights, which arrives just in time for Valentine’s Day, stars Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi as tragic couple Catherine and Heathcliff. Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman, Saltburn) puts her own personal spin on this classic gothic drama, with original songs coming in hot from Charli XCX.
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die
Release Date: February 13, 2026
Gore Verbinski (The Ring, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl) directs Sam Rockwell in Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die (review), about a man from the future who recruits patrons at a Los Angeles diner to help combat a rogue artificial intelligence. Also starring Michael Peña, Zazie Beetz, Juno Temple, and Haley Lu Richardson.
Psycho Killer
Release Date: February 20, 2026
Se7en’s Andrew Kevin Walker pens a new serial killer thriller, Psycho Killer, about a highway patrol officer who’s determined to track down a sadistic murderer after her husband is taken from her. Barbarian’s Georgina Campbell stars, alongside Logan Miller and Malcolm McDowell.
Scream 7
Release Date: February 27, 2026
Scream 7, written (and directed!) by original series scribe Kevin Williamson, enters the franchise amidst some controversy following the firing of star Melissa Barrera and the loss of co-star Jenna Ortega. With the Carpenter sisters gone, the franchise returns once more to Neve Campbell’s Sidney Prescott as she faces down a new “But I’m different from the rest” Ghostface(s?). Dead characters are also back in the form of David Arquette, Matthew Lillard, and Scott Foley — perhaps getting the Force ghost treatment that Skeet Ulrich got in the last two movies. Unless…
March
The Bride!
Release Date: March 6, 2026
Set in 1930s Chicago, Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride! follows Frankenstein’s monster (Christian Bale) as he has a companion created for him in the person of Men’s Jessie Buckley. Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, Annette Bening, and Penélope Cruz also star in this Bonnie and Clyde-esque take on The Bride of Frankenstein.
Hoppers
Release Date: March 6, 2026
One of Pixar’s 2026 offerings — a few months ahead of Toy Story 5 — comes from We Bare Bears’ Daniel Chong. Hoppers follows a teenager, Mabel (Piper Curda), who uses new technology to embody a robotic beaver and thwart a construction company’s plot to destroy the local animal habitat. Other voices include Jon Hamm, Demetri Martin, and SNL alums Bobby Moynihan and Melissa Villaseñor.
Project Hail Mary
Release Date: March 20, 2026
From Cloverfield and Cabin in the Woods’ Drew Goddard and directing duo Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (The Lego Movie, 21 Jump Street) comes the story of a teacher-turned-astronaut sent to deep space in order to solve a catastrophic solar event. Ryan Gosling stars in Project Hail Mary, a sci-fi adventure based on Andy Weir’s 2021 best-seller. Sandra Hüller, Milana Vayntrub, Ken Leung, and The Bear’s Lionel Boyce also star.
April
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
Release Date: April 3, 2026
The follow-up to 2023’s billion-dollar hit, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie brings Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Jack Black, and Keegan-Michael Key back for a new cosmic adventure based on 2007’s Super Mario Galaxy for the Wii (and possibly other Mario properties as well). Newcomers include Benny Safdie as Bowser Jr. and Brie Larson as Rosalina.
Ready or Not 2: Here I Come
Release Date: April 10, 2026
Radio Silence’s directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett (with EP Chad Villella) have returned to the horror romp that put them on the map (and got them the Scream 5 and 6 gigs) with Ready or Not 2: Here I Come. Samara Weaving is also back as Grace, now joined by Sarah Michelle Gellar as well as Abigail’s Kathryn Newton and Kevin Durand. Add to that The Faculty’s Shawn Hatosy and Elijah Wood, and director David Cronenberg, and you’re on track for a splattery good time.
The Mummy
Release Date: April 17, 2026
Ahead of The Mummy 4, which will bring back franchise stars Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz, Blumhouse and James Wan’s latest Universal Monster update (even though this is for New Line) is Lee Cronin’s The Mummy, as the Evil Dead Rise director looks to untomb some sinister scares with this classic cursed character. Midsommar’s Jack Reynor, Moon Knight’s May Calamawy, and The Wheel of Time’s Laia Costa star.
Michael
Release Date: April 24, 2026
