Alejandro González Iñárritu and Tom Cruise are jetting off to the fall 2026 movie season. Warner Bros. announced Friday that the untitled feature film will be released on October 2, 2026.
This slips into the date for Matt Reeves’ previously-headed Batman sequel, which currently doesn’t have a title (previously called Batman: Part II). The DC Studios film is scheduled to go into production in the third quarter of 2025, and is currently set for October 1, 2027. The Batman sequel has been scheduled for multiple release dates since it was announced in 2022, and meticulous director Reeves has been working towards completion. script.
“Matt is committed to making the best movies possible, but no one can accurately predict how long it takes to write a script,” said DC Studios Co-President James Gunn. wrote in Friday’s thread. “Once the script is complete, a major film takes about two years for pre-production, shooting and post-production.”
Meanwhile, the new film “Mickey 17,” from “The Batman” star Robert Pattinson and director Bong Joon-ho, has swapped its release date with “Sinners,” directed by Ryan Coogler and starring Michael B. Jordan. Mickey 17 opens on March 7, 2025 and Sinners closes on April 18, 2025.
Cruise and Iñárritu’s film, from Warners and Legendary, will be Iñárritu’s first English-language film since The Revenant, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, nearly a decade ago. It is also the first film to result from Cruise’s new deal with Warner.
The untitled picture stars Cruise as the most powerful man in the world, on a desperate mission to prove himself the savior of humanity before the disaster he causes destroys everything. Embark on. Iñárritu will direct from a script he wrote with Sabina Berman, Alexander Dinelaris and Nicolas Jacobone. Legendary’s Mary Parent is producing alongside Iñárritu and Cruz.
Starring Sandra Hüller, John Goodman, Michael Stuhlbarg, Jesse Plemons, Sophie Wilde, and Riz Ahmed.
Insiders say the decision to swap “Mickey 17” and “Sinners” was due to delays in the completion of “Sinners” due to director Coogler’s desire to use film to shoot the movie, as well as production and post-production work. This is because there is a lack of labs that can provide support.
