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Exclusive peeks at summer's top movies – from 'Moana' to 'Supergirl'
April 28, 2026Updated May 1, 2026, 2:13 p.m. ET

Dwayne Johnson reprises his animated role as trickster demigod Maui in the live-action "Moana." Check out exclusive peeks at the latest Disney film and all the other movies you need to see in theaters this summer.
Disney
"Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour" (May 8 in theaters): Billie Eilish embraces her brother Finneas O'Connell in a scene from the 3D concert movie, produced by James Cameron.
Paramount Pictures
"Blue Film" (May 8 in theaters): In the seductive thriller, Kieron Moore (left) plays a fetish cam boy whose latest client (Reed Birney) reveals a disturbing connection to the younger man's past.
Obscured Releasing
"The Sheep Detectives" (May 8 in theaters): Officer Tim Derry (Nicholas Braun, left) and reporter Elliot Matthews (Nicholas Galitzine) investigate the suspicious death of a local shepherd in the mystery comedy, also starring Hugh Jackman and Emma Thompson.
Amazon MGM Studios
"Driver's Ed" (May 15 in theaters): Sam Nivola stars as a lovesick high-school senior who steals a driver's ed car in order to track down his college-freshman girlfriend and win her back in the teen comedy.
Jackson Lee Davis, Vertical
"Forge" (May 15 in theaters): Kelly Marie Tran (with T.R. Knight) plays an FBI agent investigating a string of art forgeries being done by a shady sibling duo and a disgraced millionaire.
Utopia
"In the Grey" (May 15 in theaters):Jake Gyllenhaal (far left), Henry Cavill and Eiza González star as a covert team of secret operatives tasked with stealing back a vast fortune from a ruthless tyrant in Guy Ritchie's action thriller.
Dan Smith, Black Bear
"Is God Is" (May 15 in theaters):Kara Young (left) and Mallori Johnson play sisters who embark on a quest of revenge to kill their abusive dad and end up facing their family's charged history in the genre-mashing thriller.
Patti Perret, Amazon MGM Studios
"Obsession" (May 15 in theaters): Michael Johnston (far left) worries about what his pals Sarah (Megan Lawless) and Ian (Cooper Tomlinson) might think when his girlfriend starts acting very strange in the horror movie.
Focus Features
"The Wizard of the Kremlin" (May 15 in theaters):Paul Dano (with Alicia Vikander) stars in the political satire as a manipulative government official who pairs with a young Vladimir Putin to reshape post-Soviet Russia in the 1990s.
Carole Bethuel, Vertical
"The Mandalorian and Grogu" (May 22 in theaters): In the newest "Star Wars" movie, Colonel Ward (Sigourney Weaver, left) meets up with the Mandalorian (Pedro Pascal) and Grogu to help keep the New Republic safe from the threat of Imperial warlords.
Justin Lubin, Lucasfilm
"Passenger" (May 22 in theaters): In the supernatural horror flick, Jacob Scipio and Lou Llobell are a young couple who witness a terrifying accident and unwittingly pick up a dark demonic presence that they can't escape.
Paramount Pictures
"Saccharine" (May 22 in theaters): Midori Francis stars in the supernatural body-horror movie as a medical student haunted by a dark and sinister force after consuming human ashes as part of a new weight-loss craze.
Independent Film Company
"The Breadwinner" (May 29 in theaters):Nate Bargatze stars in the comedy as a salesman who struggles to keep his household – and three children – from descending into absolute chaos when his wife goes on an important business trip.
Frank Masi, Sony Pictures
"Power Ballad" (May 29 in theaters): The music-filled dramedy stars Paul Rudd (right) as a wedding singer who jams with a washed-up boy-bander (Nick Jonas) and is thrown for a loop when the guy turns one of his songs into a career-redefining hit.
David Cleary/Lionsgate
"Pressure" (May 29 in theaters):The historical drama stars Brendan Fraser as Dwight D. Eisenhower, who has to either go forward with D-Day or postpone and risk losing World War II depending on unpredictable weather conditions.
Focus Features/StudioCanal
"Speed Demon" (May 31 in theaters):In the horror movie, a nun (Katie Cassidy) must overcome her faltering faith to battle possessed passengers while on a runaway train from Montreal to New York City that's been possessed by the demon Asmodeus.
Maverick Film & Complex Corp.
"The Birthday Party" (June 5 in theaters):Willem Dafoe stars in the drama as a controlling tycoon throwing a lavish birthday party for his daughter and heiress on his exclusive private island, though she brings news of her own that leads to a family clash.
Quiver Distribution
"Carolina Caroline" (June 5 in theaters): Caroline (Samara Weaving) gets recruited by charismatic con man Oliver (Kyle Gallner) for a life of robbing banks and being on the road in the romantic crime thriller.
Magnolia Pictures
"Masters of the Universe" (June 5 in theaters): Based on the popular cartoon/toy franchise of the 1980s, the fantasy adventure stars Nicholas Galitzine as He-Man, who harnesses the power of Grayskull to battle the evil Skeletor (Jared Leto).
Giles Keyte, Amazon MGM Studios
"Scary Movie" (June 5 in theaters):Anna Faris parodies Jamie Lee Curtis' "Halloween" final girl Laurie Strode in the sixth installment of the horror comedy franchise, which also spoofs "Sinners, "Get Out," "Scream," "Weapons" and more.
Quantrell Colbert, Paramount Pictures
"She's the He" (June 5 in theaters):High school seniors Ethan (Misha Osherovich) and Alex (Nico Carney) pose as trans women to stave off gay rumors until Ethan realizes she is trans in the coming-of-age comedy.
Obscured Releasing
"Disclosure Day" (June 12 in theaters): Emily Blunt plays a Kansas City meteorologist affected by an extraterrestrial presence – a secret that's been covered up for decades – in Steven Spielberg's anticipated sci-fi thriller.
Universal Pictures And Amblin Entertainment
"The Furious" (June 12 in theaters): Miao Xie stars in the Chinese action thriller as a desperate dad who goes on a violent, vengeful rampage after his daughter is kidnapped by a criminal network and he receives no help from corrupt law enforcement.
Lionsgate
"STOP! THAT! TRAIN!" (June 12 in theaters): The campy comedy stars drag queens Ginger Minj (left) and Jujubee, who play best friends and train stewardesses who work to keep the glitzy Glamazonian Express from being derailed during a catastrophic “Stormaganza."
Bleecker Street And World Of Wonder
"The Death of Robin Hood" (June 19 in theaters): The dark thriller stars Hugh Jackman as the aging title outlaw archer, forced to face a past full of crime and murder until a mystery woman offers him a chance at redemption before it's too late.
A24 Films
"Finnegan's Foursome" (June 19 in theaters): Brian Muller (far left), Edward Burns, Brian d'Arcy James and Erica Hernández star in the dramedy as family members who head to Ireland to scatter their patriarch's ashes on the coastal golf course he loved.
Republic Pictures
"Girls Like Girls" (June 19 in theaters):New girl in town Coley (Maya Da Costa, left) falls for her friend Sonya (Myra Molloy) in director Hayley Kiyoko’s adaptation of her best-selling coming-of-age novel.
Dan Power, Focus Features
"Leviticus" (June 19 in theaters): Joe Bird plays one of two boys who encounter an evil entity that takes the form of what they desire most – in the kids' case, each other – in the horror movie.
Neon"Rose of Nevada" (June 19 in theaters): Callum Turner stars as a mysterious drifter and crew member of a ship that vanishes for three decades and suddenly reappears in the time-travel mystery.
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"Toy Story 5" (June 19 in theaters): Jessie (second from left, voiced by Joan Cusack) and her horse Bullseye are joined by new characters Atlas (Craig Robinson), Smarty Pants (Conan O'Brien) and Snappy (Shelby Rabara) in the Disney/Pixar animated comedy.
Pixar
"Couture" (June 26 in theaters): Swiss actress Ella Rumpf plays a makeup artist in the high-stakes world of Parisian fashion in the drama, co-starring and produced by Angelina Jolie.
Vertical
"The Invite" (June 26 in theaters): Olivia Wilde (right, with Penelope Cruz) directs and stars in the dramedy about a struggling couple tempted by the upstairs neighbors with intimate circumstances that could bring them together or tear them apart further.
A24 Films
"Supergirl" (June 26 in theaters):In her first DC solo adventure, Superman's cousin Kara Zor-El (Milly Alcock) needs to save her beloved canine buddy Krypto and teams up with a vengeful youngster plus and a rambunctious intergalactic bounty hunter.
Warner Bros. Pictures
"Minions & Monsters" (July 1 in theaters): Set in 1920s Hollywood, the latest "Minions" animated comedy finds the little yellow banana-loving dudes using an ancient spellbook to summon a bunch of fearsome monsters for their ultimate monster movie.
Illumination Entertainment And Universal Pictures
"Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass" (July 10 in theaters): The comedy centers on Gail (Zoey Deutch, second from right, with John Slattery, Ben Wang, Miles Gutierrez-Riley and Ken Marino) who, after her fiance cashes in his "celebrity hall pass, decides to go to Hollywood and settle the score.
Sony Pictures Classics
"Moana" (July 10 in theaters): The live-action version of Disney's hit 2016 animated musical casts Australian newcomer Catherine Laga'aia as the title wayfarer on a mission to save the people of her island.
Disney
"The Odyssey" (July 17 in theaters):Christopher Nolan follows "Oppenheimer" with something truly epic. The adaptation of the Homer classic casts Matt Damon as Odysseus, the legendary Greek warrior embarking on a dangerous way home after the Trojan War.
Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal Pictures
"Hadestown: The Musical" (July 24 in theaters): Reeve Carney and four other members of the original Broadway cast star in a recording of the Tony-winning show – a reinterpretation of timeless love stories from Greek mythology – performed in London's West End.
Crosswalk And LD Entertainment
"Motor City" (July 24 in theaters): Alan Ritchson plays an ex-con framed by a violent gangster who has eyes on his girlfriend (Shailene Woodley) in the action-packed revenge thriller, also starring Ben McKenzie and Ben Foster.
Independent Film Company
"Ice Cream Man" (Aug. 7 in theaters):Horror guru Eli Roth ("Hostel," "Thanksgiving") writes and directs this chilly tale of an ice cream man who delivers treats to kids that are far more scary than sweet.
The Horror Section
"Late Fame" (Aug. 7 in theaters):Willem Dafoe plays an aging New York poet welcomed back into the literary world who wonders about his newfound circle of twentysomething admirers in the drama.
Magnolia Pictures
"One Night Only" (Aug. 7 in theaters): Callum Turner and Monica Barbaro stars in the fantasy rom-com as two strangers who find a spark on the only night a year where single people are allowed to have sex.
Nicole Rivelli / Universal Pictures
"Super Troopers 3" (Aug. 8 in theaters): Steve Lemme (far left), Paul Soter, Brian Cox, Kevin Heffernan, Jay Chandrasekhar, Andrew Dismukes and Erik Stolhanske play the goofy Vermont cops in the next chapter of the indie comedy franchise.
Patrick Harbron, Searchlight Pictures
"The End of Oak Street" (Aug. 14 in theaters): Ewan McGregor and Anne Hathaway play a married couple whose family has to navigate strange surroundings – and dinosaurs – when a mysterious cosmic event relocates their neighborhood in the sci-fi thriller.
Warner Bros. Pictures
"Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie" (Aug. 14 in theaters): In their latest animated adventure, Ryder (voiced by Henry Bolan, far left) and the superhero pups of the Paw Patrol crash-land on a tropical island filled with dinosaurs after their ship gets caught in a mysterious storm.
Paramount Pictures
"Union County" (Aug. 14 in theaters): Will Poulter (right, with Noah Centineo) plays a drug addict who embarks on a journey toward recovery amidst the opioid epidemic in rural Ohio in the drama.
Oscilloscope Laboratories
"Insidious: Out of the Further" (Aug. 21 in theaters):Amelia Eve stars as a young mother who discovers she can travel into The Further, the creepy realm of lost souls at the heart of the "Insidious" horror franchise.
Narelle Portanier, Sony Pictures
"Mutiny" (Aug. 21 in theaters): Jason Statham is an ex-cop working private security for a billionaire who, when framed for his boss' murder, boards a cargo ship on a one-man mission of vengeance in the action thriller.
Dan Smith/Lionsgate
"Spa Weekend" (Aug. 21 in theaters): Isla Fisher (far left), Leslie Mann, Michelle Buteau and Anna Faris star in the comedy about three childhood best pals who have their needed spa holiday thrown into chaos by a trainwreck friend.
Black Bear
"Coyote vs. Acme" (Aug. 28 in theaters): Wile E. Coyote (left) runs into his old foe, the Road Runner, and after decades of using shoddy ACME contraptions, Wile E. sues the corporation in a live-action/animated legal comedy.
Ketchup Entertainment
"Finding Emily" (Aug. 28 in theaters): When a lovesick musician (Spike Fearn) is given the wrong number for his dream girl, he teams up with a driven psychology student (Angourie Rice) to track her down in the British romantic comedy.
Focus Features
"Idiots" (Aug. 28 in theaters): Mason Thames plays a rich teen whose trip to rehab turns into complete mayhem thanks to two unqualified chaperones (Dave Franco and O'Shea Jackson Jr.) in director Macon Blair's comedy.
Steve Swisher, Independent Film Company
"Nimrods" (August in theaters): Green Day members Tre Cool (far left), Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt play themselves in the coming-of-age story, about a band of youngsters who mistakenly think they're opening for the iconic punk trio on New Year's Eve.
Inaugural Entertainment
"Westhampton" (summer in theaters):Still haunted by an accident he caused in high school, a filmmaker (Finn Wittrock) is forced to confront the old friends whose lives he ruined and a town that despises him.
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