Warner Bros. Shakes Up Launch Schedule, Delaying The Bride! and Extra

Launch dates are a few of Hollywood’s most beneficial pure assets. Usually the window when a movie is set for release, or if it’s delayed or superior, can inform you numerous about what to anticipate if you sit down within the theater. Warner Bros. simply gave its schedule a huge shake-up—and whilst you don’t have to fret about Superman, it’s safe in July, just a few different movies are usually not so fortunate. Let’s break it down.

When it comes to io9 readers, the most important and most disappointing transfer has to do with Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride! starring Christian Bale and Jessie Buckley. That is the Bride of Frankenstein film which will even be a musical and regardless of that sounding like an enormous, enormous, swing, we have been excited, particularly given its unique September 26 launch date. Alas, that’s not and now The Bride! has been delayed virtually six months, popping out March 6, 2026. It’s a window Warner Bros. has had success with—Dune, Godzilla x Kong, and many others.—so we’ve nonetheless obtained our fingers crossed. It’ll open towards a brand new Pixar film known as Hoppers.

With that September date open, it shifted just a few issues. One, the studio moved Paul Thomas Anderson’s newest, now formally titled One Battle After One other and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, from its unique August 8 launch date to September 26. And that August 8 date is now occupied by Weapons, the newest from Barbarian director Zach Cregger, which was moved up from January 2026. Releasing Weapons 5 months earlier is a really sturdy and inspiring transfer for a movie that’s described as a sprawling, multi-character epic a la Nashville or Magnolia, however simply with a extra thriller/horror vibe. It stars Josh Brolin, Julia Garner, and Alden Ehrenreich. Weapons will now present down with Freakier Friday.

However not all of the strikes are encouraging. Flowervale Avenue, the brand new movie from It Follows director David Robert Mitchell, was initially set for launch this summer season. It was then moved to March 2026 and now, with The Bride! in that window, it’s been pushed once more to August 14, 2026. Ewan McGregor and Anne Hathaway star and it might or might not have dinosaurs, so we’re hoping the additional time is simply to verify it’s proper, and to not bury it in any manner.

The ultimate transfer is the least thrilling however nonetheless important. Have you ever been questioning what Invoice Hader’s been as much as since he completed Barry? Properly, he’s been lending his voice to a brand new animated model of Dr. Seuss’ The Cat within the Hat together with Quinta Brunson, Bowen Yang, Xochitl Gomez, Matt Berry, and Paula Pell. Initially set for launch March 6, 2026, now it’s out per week later: February 27, 2026.

Every little thing else is, for now, the identical: Minecraft on April 4, Sinners on April 18, Closing Vacation spot: Bloodlines on Might 16, F1 on July 27, Superman on July 11, and Mortal Kombat 2 on October 24. That are you most enthusiastic about?

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