Hello, hello, hola, ciao, and bonjour! Welcome to another amazing term, and best wishes for 2026!
If you had told Grade 12 me that I would ever lead a club, he would’ve scoffed. Even way back in Fall 2024, when I first joined The Iron Warrior, I didn’t see myself becoming Editor-in-Chief. Yet, during my time at UW, I became more self-confident and more comfortable at expressing myself, and soon realized that I could potentially be a good leader. Skip forward 8 months through 1B, my second co-op, EIC training, and a lot of planning in November and December (including a whole evening dealing with Gmail’s devious security system)…I am the EIC for Winter 2026!
One particular reason I’ve been very excited for this term is because I’ve been waiting months to write this particular article for this specific issue. Those who read Winter 2025 Issue 1 will remember that my article then was a list of anticipated movies coming out in 2025 and my opinions on them. 2025 being behind us, I think we can all agree it was a somewhat bizarre year: some movies were amazing, some were good, some were disappointing, and some…were good and bad at the same time? (I didn’t go see it, but I still don’t get why some of my friends said The Minecraft Movie was bad, though whole audiences were jumping around screaming “Chicken Jockey!”)
This year seems to be quite similar to the last in the sense that many long-awaited movies will be releasing, and what better opportunity than the first issue of the year to go over them! Having lived and learned from last year, I will utilize a monthly format to make the movie list more organized. Please keep in mind these are expected release dates, meaning they may or may not be pushed back, and that not all movies coming out in 2026 will be on this list.
January
Primate
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
Iron Lung
Mercy
Send Help
The Moment
(By the time of this article’s release, these movies will all have been released and might still be in theatres, hence no dates are added.)
February
13th: GOAT, Wuthering Heights
27th: Scream 7
March
6th: The Bride!, Hoppers (Disney/Pixar)
20th: Project Hail Mary
27th: Ready or Not 2: Here I Come
April
1st: The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
3rd: The Drama
17th: Lee Cronin’s The Mummy
24th: Mother Mary, Michael (I mistakenly put this latter movie in the 2025 article… my bad!)
May
1st: The Devil Wears Prada 2
8th: Mortal Kombat II
22nd: The Mandalorian and Grogu
June
5th: Masters of the Universe
12th: Scary Movie 6, Disclosure Day
19th: Toy Story 5
26th: Supergirl
July
1st: Minions 3
10th: Moana (Live Action)
17th: The Odyssey
24th: Evil Dead Burn
31st: Spiderman: Brand New Day
August
28th: Coyote vs. Acme
September
11th: Clayface (DC Studios)
18th: Resident Evil
October
2nd: Digger
9th: The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender, The Social Reckoning
16th: Street Fighter
23rd: Remain
31st: Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom
November
6th: The Cat in the Hat
8th: Ramanaya Part 1
20th: The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
25th: Focker In-Law, Hexed (Disney)
26th: Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew
December
4th: Violent Night 2
11th: Jumanji (sequel to Jumanji: The Next Level)
18th: “Dunesday” (both Avengers: Doomsday and Dune: Part 3 release)
23rd: The Angry Birds Movie 3
25th: Werwulf
Due to running out of time, I wasn’t able to add descriptions to all these movies, so if any one of them interests you, please look it up!
Let’s all hope 2026 isn’t a repeat of 2025 and that all of its movies stick their landing this time. I hope you’re just as excited as I am!
Unofficial References:
1. Seeing many of their trailers (quite unexpectedly!) right before Avatar 3, when I went to watch it during Christmas break.
2. Instagram posts
3. Wikipedia (I know it’s not a trusted source, but its dates check out with other sources)
Official References:
1. First Showing (2026). 2026 Release Schedule. https://www.firstshowing.net/schedule2026/
2. Thomas, L. M. (2025, December 16).The 20 Most Anticipated Movies of 2026. Cosmopolitan. https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/movies/a69747216/most-anticipated-movies-2026/
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