MOVIES 2026

Ten movies
feature in this
illustration, but
can you identify
them all?

JANUARY
Hamnet
Dir: Chloé Zhao
Historical drama
starring Jessie Buckley
and Paul Mescal,
follows lives of William
Shakespeare and wife
Agnes after death of
their son, Hamnet

The Rip
Dir: Joe Carnahan
High-octane police
action-thriller, starring
Ben Affleck and Matt
Damon

28 Years Later:
The Bone Temple
Dir: Nia DaCosta
Disturbing horror sequel
starring Ralph Fiennes

FEBRUARY
Send Help
Dir: Sam Raimi
Plane-crash-on-desert-
island survival horror,
starring Rachel
McAdams

Hamlet
Dir: Aneil Karia
Modern interpretation
filmed mostly at night in
London, starring Riz
Ahmed

Wuthering Heights
Dir: Emerald Fennell
New adaptation of
Bronte’s tumultuous
classic novel, starring
Margot Robbie and
Jacob Elordi

MARCH
The Magic
Faraway Tree
Dir: Ben Gregor
Adaptation of beloved
Enid Blyton fantasy
novel about magical
tree, starring Andrew
Garfield and Claire Foy

The Bride!
Dir: Maggie Gyllenhaal
Expanded remake of
Bride of Frankenstein
1935 horror movie,
starring Jessie Buckley
and Christian Bale

Project Hail Mary
Dirs: Phil Lord,
Christopher Miller
High concept sci-fi about
high school teacher on
space mission to stop
our sun dying, starring
Ryan Gosling

APRIL
The Super Mario
Galaxy Movie
Dirs: Aaron Horvath,
Michael Jelenic
Sequel to 2023’s
surprise hit Nintendo-
themed animation,
starring Chris Pratt

MAY
The Mandalorian
and Grogu
Dir: Jon Favreau
Bounty hunter Din Djarin
and apprentice Grogu
embark on new Star
Wars adventure, starring
Pedro Pascal

JUNE
Disclosure Day
Dir: Steven Spielberg
Little is know about this
sci-fi thriller, but it most
likely revolves around
proof of alien contact,
stars Emily Blunt and
Colin Firth

Toy Story 5
Dirs: McKenna Harris,
Andrew Stanton
Buzz, Woody et al face
existential threat from
their owner’s new tablet
computer – stars Tom
Hanks and Tim Allen

Masters of the
Universe
Dir: Travis Knight
He-Man fights Skeletor
to save Eternia in liveaction
adaptation of
classic kids cartoon –
stars Nicholas Galitzine

Supergirl
Dir: Craig Gillespie
Second movie in DC
Universe is darker origin
story following Kara
Zor-El before she
makes her way to Earth,
starring Milly Alcock

JULY
The Odyssey
Dir: Christopher Nolan
Adaptation of Homer’s
epic set during aftermath
of Trojan War, starring
Matt Damon

Moana
Dir: Thomas Kail
Live-action remake of
Disney’s modern
animated classic,
starring Catherine
Laga’aia and Dwayne
Johnson

AUGUST
Coyote vs Acme
Dir: Dave Green
Live-action-animation
hybrid follows Wile E
Coyote as he sues
Acme for faulty products
that fail to catch Road
Runner, starring John
Cena

DECEMBER
Avengers: Doomsday
Dirs: Anthony Russo,
Joe Russo
Superhero team up
against Doctor Doom,
confusingly played by
former Iron Man star
Robert Downey Jr

Dune: Part Three
Dir: Denis Villeneuve
Epic space opera trilogy
comes to an end, set 12
years after Part Two and
starring Timothée
Chalamet once more

Werwulf
Dir: Robert Eggers
Gothic, gory lycan
horror set in medieval
England, starring Aaron
Taylor-Johnson

Sources: Empire Magazine, GQ, Rotten Tomatoes, IMDb, Art of the Movies
Illustration sources: Studio handouts, movie trailers, Instagram
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