After Christmas, Warner Bros. is busy changing release dates before next year’s release date rings out. The most prolific move is that Matt Reeves’ The Batman sequel is scheduled to run from October 2, 2026 to October 1, 2027. Production isn’t scheduled to begin until late summer, and this VFX-heavy sequel puts a fall 2026 theatrical release on the horizon. Reeves’ film uses Imax screens.
Interestingly, Warner Bros. always staked out the first weekend of October 2027 on a DC title.
Reeves’ “The Batman” became the first theatrical release to catch fire since the coronavirus outbreak, after Warner Bros. introduced a date-release strategy with “Max.” The film grossed $369.3 million domestically and $772 million worldwide. The feature created the Max series “The Penguin,” which became the third most-watched debut season on HBO or Max worldwide, behind “House of the Dragon” and “The Last of Us.”
On October 2, 2026, an untitled film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu and starring Tom Cruise will be released in place of the Batman sequel. The film will also be shown in Imax, making it the only major studio title to have a wide release that weekend so far. Also starring Sandra Hüller, John Goodman, Michael Stuhlbarg, Jesse Plemons, Sophie Wilde, and Riz Ahmed, this legendary production follows the world’s most powerful man as he discovers the world’s most powerful man, whose life is all about disaster. The story depicts him embarking on a desperate mission to prove that he is the savior of humanity before destroying the world. .
Warners still holds the October opening record with 2019’s “Joker,” which opened with $96.2 million.
Mickey 17 will now be shown on Imax on March 7th, Sinners’ old date, and Sinners will also take over Mickey 17’s Easter Launch Pad on April 18th on Imax screens. The trailer for Sinners was attached to Focus Features’ sold-out 7pm Showtime trailer last night at the Alamo Drafthouse in Yonkers, New York.
Sinners was shot on film, and post-production is taking longer due to a lack of labs for the re-teaming of Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan. Warners has released “Batman V. Superman” (a holiday record high of $181 million), “Ready Player One”, “Clash of the Titans” and last year’s “Godzilla – Owns the Easter launch pad with movies like “Empire” ($87.7 million, fifth-highest Easter weekend). previous openings). Sinners is a major production from Easter Film Studios, joining Neon’s Hell of a Summer, Bleecker Street’s Sundance premiere The Wedding Banquet, and Briarcliff Entertainment’s animated title Sneaks. is reserved.
Sinners follows twin brothers (Jordan) who, after trying to leave their troubled lives behind, return to their hometown to start over, only to discover that an even greater evil awaits their return. Hailee Steinfeld, Jack O’Connell, Wunmi Mosaku, Jamie Lawson, Omar Miller, and Delroy Lindo star in the feature film directed and written by Coogler.
“Mickey 17” is the first film directed by Bong Joon-ho, who won an Oscar for “Parasite” in early 2020. A science fiction movie starring Robert Pattinson (The Batman). The film’s new release date of March 7 means it will have an even longer run time on Imax. The film will be released three weeks after the Valentine’s Day pairing of Disney/Marvel Studios’ Captain America: Brave New World and Sony/Studio Canal’s Peruvian Paddington. Mickey 17 centers on an unlikely hero, Mickey Barnes (Pattinson). Mickey Barnes (Pattinson) finds himself in the unusual situation of working for an employer who demands the ultimate commitment to his job: to live and die.
