As Tom Cruise loves to say, “See you at the movies.” Warner Bros. has announced the release dates forThe Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum, the next Evil Dead installment, and M. Night Shyamalan’s next mystery.
Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema will releaseThe Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollumon June 05, 2025.Andy Serkiswill direct and star as Gollum, the slimy creature he originated in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, and Philippa Boyens — the Oscar-winning team behind 2003’sReturn of the King— will produceThe Hunt for Gollumwith Zane Weiner. Walsh, Boyens, Phoebe Gittins, and Arty Papageorgiou will pen the screenplay forThe Hunt for Gollum.
The Lord of the Rings franchise took a shot at anime with 2024’sThe War of the Rohirrim. The gamble did not work, asRohirrimreceived negative reviews and earned $20.5 million worldwide on a $30 million budget.
From Gollum to the Deadites, the next installment in the Evil Dead franchise will be released on June 23, 2025. Souheila Yacoub, who played Shishakli inDune: Part Two, will star in theEvil Deadsequel.
Sébastien Vaniček will direct from a screenplay he co-wrote with Florent Bernard. Series creator Sam Raimi will produce with longtime Evil Dead producer Rob Tapert. New Line Cinema and Sony Pictures will co-finance the pic.
Another Evil Dead movie should not come as a surprise after the overwhelming success of 2023’sEvil Dead Rise. The fifth installment in the franchise became a box office smash, grossing $147 million worldwide on a budget of less than $20 million.
After tackling a psychological thriller,M. Night Shyamalanwill write and direct the supernatural love storyRemain. Jake Gyllenhaal, Phoebe Dynevor, and Ashley Walters will star. Shyamalan will produce with Ashwin Rajan, Marc Bienstock, and Theresa Park.Remainfollows Tate Donovan, a New York architect who travels to Cape Cod to design his friend’s house after being discharged from a psychiatric facility. Struggling to cope with his sister’s death, Donovan meets Wren, a young woman who will change his world.
Remainis based on an original story byShyamalan and novelist Nicholas Sparks. (Yes, the same Nicholas Sparks behind romance novels likeThe NotebookandA Walk to Remember.) Shyamalan and Sparks are independently working on the screenplay and the book, respectively. The movie and novel will follow the same characters and plot.
Sparks’ novel hits stores on August 22, 2025. Shyamalan’s movie arrives in theaters one year later on August 21, 2025.
