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 while you sit down within the theater. Warner Bros. simply gave its schedule a huge shake-up—and when you don’t have to fret about Superman, it’s safe in July, a number of different movies should not so fortunate. Let’s break it down.

By way of 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 that will even be a musical and regardless of that sounding like an enormous, enormous, swing, we had been excited, particularly given its authentic 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 so on.—so we’ve nonetheless bought our fingers crossed. It’ll open towards a brand new Pixar film referred to as Hoppers.

With that September date open, it shifted a number of issues. One, the studio moved Paul Thomas Anderson’s newest, now formally titled One Battle After One other and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, from its authentic August 8 launch date to September 26. And that August 8 date is now occupied by Weapons, the most recent from Barbarian director Zach Cregger, which was moved up from January 2026. Releasing Weapons 5 months earlier is a really robust 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 Road, 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 could or could not have dinosaurs, so we’re hoping the additional time is simply to ensure it’s proper, and to not bury it in any manner.

The ultimate transfer is the least thrilling however nonetheless vital. 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.

The whole lot 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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