It’s been over three years since the last episode of Peaky Blinders aired, but Netflix, never one to pass up the opportunity to revive something popular, is bringing us all back to the world of Brummie gangster Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy in what’s probably now his best-known role) – for a couple of hours, anyway.

This movie, set during World War II, sees Shelby returning from his self-imposed banishment to the bombed-out streets of Birmingham for a new showdown. And a final one, for Murphy and Shelby at least – although we know that a full-blown sequel series to Peaky Blinders, set in the 1950s, is on its way to Netflix at some point in the not-too-distant future.

Release date: 6 March 2026 (cinemas), 20 March 2026 (Netflix)

The campaigns to forcibly engineer Glen Powell into Hollywood’s next go-to leading man and to make every second movie about how awful billionaires are continue apace with this A24 black comedy-drama. Powell’s working-class average Joe, disowned from infancy by his disgustingly rich family, decides to reclaim his birth right – by murdering any relative ahead of him in the line of succession.

The film is reportedly inspired by the 1949 Ealing comedy Kind Hearts and Coronets. Ed Harris, Margaret Qualley, Topher Grace and Jessica Henwick round out the cast.

Release date: 13 March 2026

Andy Weir’s novel The Martian, and the film version that followed, gave us a stranded astronaut, an impossible problem and only the sheer stubborn power of human ingenuity to solve it. And here’s another Weir adaptation with a similar setup – only the stakes are considerably higher. Science teacher Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling) wakes up on a spaceship. As his memory returns, he realises he’s on a mission to stop a mysterious substance killing the sun and dooming humanity. He just has to complete it 12 light-years from Earth, with no team, and no way home.

Anatomy of a Fall’s Sandra Hüller is among the supporting cast, and The Lego Movie directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller are at the helm; the duo seem to have brought a similar blend of playful wit and genuine heart to this sci-fi adventure. Screenplay duties fall to Drew Goddard, who also adapted The Martian for the screen, so the pedigree here is immaculate. Early press screenings have been met with universally glowing reviews, so we’re very, very excited about this one.

Release date: 20 March 2026

One of the most enjoyable horror comedies of the last few years is about to get a sequel, apparently kicking off just moments after the ending of the first movie. Blushing bride Grace (Samara Weaving) has just survived a hellish wedding night where her new family – the super-rich, super-evil Le Domas clan – attempted to hunt her down in a twisted version of hide and seek.

But there’s no respite to be had, as four more billionaire families are taking the game to a whole new level – and have kidnapped Grace’s sister Faith (Kathryn Newton) to ensure she plays along. Judging by the trailer, we’re in for another fun rollercoaster ride of gore, guns and gratuitous wealth.

Release date: 27 March 2026

The first Super Mario Bros. movie was a fun if by-the-numbers animated romp, largely buoyed along by the manic presence of Jack Black as Bowser and some shameless – but highly effective – nostalgia-tweaking from the creators.

Despite not featuring in the above trailer, Black thankfully returns (alongside most of the original cast) for this sequel, which also introduces sticky-tongued, egg-laying dinosaur Yoshi to the line-up. We’re not expecting anything beyond an entertaining 90-minute adventure here – and hey, if it’s an interesting and inventive Mario movie you want, there’s always the wild-as-balls 1993 adaptation starring Bob Hoskins to enjoy.

Release date: 1 April 2026

A young girl vanishes without a trace in the desert. Her shattered family is stunned when she reappears years later. But what should be a joyful reunion turns into a living nightmare. Forget the bandages, Boris Karloff and Brendan Fraser. And definitely forget Tom Cruise’s unfortunate 2017 reboot. Lee Cronin, the Irish director who gleefully traumatised audiences with Evil Dead Rise, is about to drag one of horror’s oldest icons kicking and screaming into truly terrifying territory.

Cronin has described the movie as “one part Poltergeist and one part Se7en”, a puzzle-box horror with an authentic Egyptian cast and plenty of Arabic language grounding it in something far more unsettling than ancient curses and crumbling tombs. Jack Reynor (Midsommer) and Laia Costa lead the cast, with the formidable Verónica Falcón and Ramy’s May Calamawy alongside them.

Release date: 17 April 2026

It’s twenty years on and Miranda Priestly still hasn’t mellowed – which is exactly the way we want it. Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci are all back for a long-awaited sequel that finds Hathaway’s Andy Sachs back at Runway as features editor, only for Miranda (Streep) to deliver the ultimate power move: pretending not to remember her. With today’s influencer culture crashing headlong into old-school media and a stacked cast including Lucy Liu and Kenneth Branagh, this looks like just the type of glossy, ruthless fashion warfare we’ve been craving.

Release date: 1 May 2026

Usually, when a film is delayed it’s a bad sign – perhaps restive actors, post-production hell, reshoots or negative test screenings have spooked the studio. But that doesn’t seem to be the case here; after originally being slated for an October 2025 release, Warner Bros. eventually decided Mortal Kombat II was simply too big, bold and brilliant to be a fall movie – and consequently pushed it back to May of 2026 where it can bask in summer blockbuster status.

With Karl Urban joining the cast as action star turned fighter Johnny Cage, it’s time for another brutal, no-holds barred tournament featuring a roster of martial artists, monsters and demigods. Expect gallons of gore as Cage, Sonia Blade, Kitana and more battle it out in an attempt to dethrone the evil emperor Shao Khan.

Release date: 8 May 2026

Star Wars is coming back to where it belongs: the big screen. The Rebellion has succeeded in toppling the Empire, but Imperial warlords still plague the galaxy, and the fledgling New Republic needs muscle. Enter Din Djarin and his young apprentice Grogu (aka Baby Yoda).

Sigourney Weaver joins the cast as Colonel Ward, a senior New Republic figure, while The Bear’s Jeremy Allen White lends his voice to Rotta the Hutt, son of the late (and unlamented) Jabba. Pedro Pascal, of course, returns as the outwardly steely but ultimately soft-hearted Mando, and with Jon Favreau once more directing and Ludwig Göransson back on musical duties, the creative DNA of the beloved Disney+ series seems very much intact – just supersized for IMAX.

Incredibly, this will be the first Lucasfilm project to hit theatres in almost seven years, and if the trailers are anything to go by – alien brawls, AT-AT battles, Grogu being cute – it’s been worth every second of the wait. We’re very aware of the spottiness of Star Wars’ recent efforts, but if the creators can harness the energy of the first and second seasons of The Mandalorian, the Force really could be with this one.

Release date: 22 May 2026

Steven Spielberg’s back up to his old tricks in this mystery-shrouded movie that seems to be all about the existence of extraterrestrials – and how the world finally discovers that those lights in the sky aren’t just errant weather balloons or wafts of swamp gas.

Emily Blunt’s weather girl gets possessed mid-broadcast, Josh O’Connor’s determined to spill the truth to seven billion people at once, and behind the scenes we’ve got John Williams cooking up his 30th (!) Spielberg score.

Four decades after Close Encounters launched the modern UFO movie, the master returns to his stomping ground with David Koepp scripting and a cast that also includes Colin Firth, Eve Hewson and Colman Domingo. Hold tight, because there’s some IMAX-ready cosmic panic incoming.

Release date: 12 June 2026