Steven Spielberg‘s next event movie with Universal will no longer go on May 15, 2026, rather open on Friday, June 12 next year, taking over a dating slot previously occupied by the Oscar-winning Daniels’ next untitled picture.
We hear that development of the Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert directed/written movie is coming along, it just needs more time. A new date will be announced in the near future in what is the duo’s highly anticipated follow-up to their multi-Oscar winning martial arts fantasia Everything Everywhere All at Once which minted north of $143M worldwide and resuscitated arthouse cinemas post pandemic.
Meanwhile, Spielberg’s next pic, which is under lock and key in regards to storyline, and rumored to be about UFOs, is in a better spot on the calendar, sharing the weekend with the reboot of Scary Movie on June 12 and in the wake of Amazon MGM Studios’ Masters of the Universe and precede Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story 5 by a week. Altogether a less competitive window for the movie’s audience. On its previous date, the Spielberg directed, David Koepp written feature would have been bookended by the new Avengers: Doomsday two weeks before and The Mandalorian and Grogu Star Wars movie one week after.
Spielberg’s latest will star Emmy and Golden Globe winner Josh O’Connor (Challengers, The Crown), SAG winner and Oscar nominee Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer, A Quiet Place), two-time Oscar nominee Colman Domingo (Sing Sing, Rustin), Oscar winner Colin Firth (The King’s Speech, Kingsman franchise) and Eve Hewson (Bad Sisters, The Perfect Couple). Kristie Macosko Krieger will produce for Amblin Entertainment.