A new year of film will soon be upon as. Oh, it’s not here yet, but 2027 isn’t too far away, and now is as good a time as any to get excited by what’s to come.
Because yes, BIG movies are heading our way. From a Superman sequel to a Conjuring prequel, and from a Legend of Zelda movie to a Snoop Dog bio-pic, there is something for everyone.
So, get stocked up on popcorn, start making a list of your ‘must-see’ movies, and prepare for another 12 months of escapism. Your 2027 film preview starts here!
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January to March
As is customary, the new year kicks off in January where you’ll find horror from Pendulum, River, and The Third Parent; action in The Beekeeper 2, and Slayground; and family fun in Air Bud Returns. Originally slated for release during summer 2026, before being moved to the beginning of 2027, Air Bud Returns is the 15th entry in the basketball playing dog franchise which originally began in 1997.
Moving into February and another long-running family series gets a new entry via Ice Age: Boiling Point. Meanwhile, Netflix unveils the first entry in its new Narnia movie series, The Magician’s Nephew – directed by Barbie’s Greta Gerwig, no less.
M. Night Shyamalan returns with the supernatural romantic thriller, Remain; Judd Apatow offers up The Comeback King; and Guy Ritchie writes and directs Wife & Dog. And then there’s more horror via The Revenge of La Llorona, which is a sequel to 2019’s The Curse of La Llorona.
Sliding into March and new films include Disney-Pixar’s Gatto; Sonic the Hedgehog 4; and Godzilla x Kong: Supernova. Plus Mike Flanagan serves up The Exorcist: Martyrs; Marc Webb calls the shots on Day Drinker; and Michael B. Jordan directs and stars in a new iteration of The Thomas Crown Affair.
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April to June
Over to April and there’s animated antics via sci-fi comedy, Not Alone, and then there are thrills in The Surgeon, as well as Panic Carefully. April also sees the release of belated sequel, Space Balls: The New One, which reunites Bill Pullman, Rick Moranis, and Mel Brooks.
However, the biggest movie of April is likely to be the long-awaited video game adaptation, The Legend of Zelda. Wes Ball directs, while Benjamin Evan Ainsworth plays Link, Bo Bragason plays Zelda, and audiences the world over will no doubt flock to the big screen.
Moving into May, and there’s biblical drama in Mel Gibson’s The Resurrection of the Christ: Part One; comedy horror in Curry Barker’s Anything But Ghosts; and animated fantasy via Bad Fairies. Plus, Ryan Gosling joins a galaxy far, far away for Star Wars: Starfighter.
And then it’s into June with the Noah Centineo-fronted Rambo prequel, John Rambo; the live-action fantasy sequel, How to Train Your Dragon 2; and the final entry in the Spider-Verse trilogy, Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse. Plus, Shrek 5, Skeletons, Possession, and an Ocean’s Eleven prequel starring Margot Robbie and Bradley Cooper (Cooper also writes and directs).
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July to September
Into July and with the summer blockbuster season in full swing, heavy hitters include the Superman sequel, Man of Tomorrow; the survival horror sequel, Crawl 2; and the video game sequel, A Minecraft Movie Squared. Plus Fake Skating, The Comebacker, and A Quiet Place Part III.
Then it’s into August with Snoop, Get Lite, and Shiver. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are also set to return in a sequel to 2023’s Mutant Mayhem, while Jason Statham and Hannah Waddingham front the intriguing action comedy, Jason Statham Stole My Bike.
September brings The New Simpsons Movie, a new Blair Witch Project, and The Conjuring: First Communion. Directed by Rodrigue Huart, and starring Garrett Wareing and Amanda Fix as Ed and Lorraine Warren, The Conjuring: First Communion is a horror prequel, as well as the tenth instalment in The Conjuring Universe.
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October to December
Into the final quarter of the year and October delivers The Great Beyond; a new entry in the Paranormal Activity series; and a fifth Hotel Transylvania film. Plus, Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo, and Oded Fehr all return for The Mummy: Book of the Dead.
November then comes along with Naughty, Margie Claus, and Ridley Scott’s Treasure Island. Meanwhile, Sarah Jessica Parker, Luke Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Claire Danes, and Dermot Mulroney star in The Families Stone; Kit Connor, Kate Winslet, and Helena Bonham Carter lend their voices to Charlie vs. the Chocolate Factory; and Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell, and Josh Gad are back for Disney’s Frozen 3.
And finally, December brings The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum; The Housemaid’s Secret; and Avengers: Secret Wars.
Sounds like one heck of a year, doesn’t it? Well all of this is just a taster.
Hollywood is still adjusting its schedule and will be adding even more titles as we get closer to 2027. So get prepared for a whole lot more to come.
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