{"id":19125,"date":"2026-04-16T11:56:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T11:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/amazon-mgms-2026-theatrical-slate-includes-highlander-and-spaceballs-the-new-one\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T11:56:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T11:56:20","slug":"amazon-mgms-2026-theatrical-slate-includes-highlander-and-spaceballs-the-new-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/amazon-mgms-2026-theatrical-slate-includes-highlander-and-spaceballs-the-new-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon MGM&#8217;s 2026 theatrical slate includes &#8216;Highlander&#8217; and &#8216;Spaceballs: The New One&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">Fresh off the box office success of <em>Project Hail Mary<\/em>, Amazon MGM Studios has announced its theatrical release lineup for the next year. Most of the titles aren&rsquo;t likely to hit the highs of the Ryan Gosling starrer which has grossed $515 million in theaters. However, there are a number of promising releases like <em>Spaceballs: The New One<\/em> and <em>Highlander<\/em> starring Henry Cavill, both sequels to &rsquo;80s films. Another is <em>The Sheep Detectives<\/em> with Hugh Jackman, the trailer for which has been a hit on YouTube.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">Earlier this year, Amazon MGM promised to release up to 14 films in theaters over the next year and leave them to run for as long as 45 days &mdash; a far cry from its previous policy of releasing just a few films for several weeks at most. That strategy is paying off so far. &ldquo;Four months. Four films. Over $670 million at the box office. And we have nine more on the way,&rdquo; said Amazon MGM&rsquo;s head of domestic theatrical distribution, Kevin Wilson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">The company said that it&rsquo;s not about volume, but impact. &ldquo;We are building films that give audiences a reason to leave the house. Films with scale. Ambition,&rdquo; Wilson said. Looking at the slate, though, some of those films are likely to be hits and some not so much.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">First up is <em>The Sheep Detectives<\/em> set to arrive on May 8th. You may scoff at the title, but the trailer has racked up 20 million views and mainly positive comments. It looks like fun, family-friendly fare and stars a popular actor, so one could easily see this being a hit for Amazon MGM.<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-fullbleed mb-4 bg-marshmallow pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex\" id=\"_R_nd9nam95feiv5tilbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-body mb-4 hidden pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:block\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex\" id=\"_R_17d9nam95feiv5tilbH1_\">\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\"><em>Masters of the Universe<\/em> is next up on June 5, 2026. &ldquo;Director Travis Knight brings the world of Eternia to life on a massive scale with stars Nicholas Galitzine, Camila Mendes, and Idris Elba,&rdquo; Amazon explains. The film is based on the Mattel toy franchise and animated series so again, it could be another magnet for kids and their nostalgic parents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\"><em>How to Rob a Bank<\/em> is a heist comedy with a solid cast including Nicholas Hoult, Zo&euml; Kravitz, Anna Sawai, Pete Davidson, and John C. Reilly, set to arrive on September 4. That&rsquo;s followed by <em>Verity<\/em> (October 2, 2026) based on the Colleen Hoover novel and Peter Farrelly&rsquo;s <em>I Play Rocky<\/em> Sylvester Stallone biopic about the production of the 1976 film <em>Rocky<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">2027 starts with the <em>The Beekeeper 2<\/em> (January 15) starting Jason Statham, followed by <em>The Thomas Crown Affair<\/em> (March 5, 2027) directed by and starring Michael B. Jordan. <em>Spaceballs: The New One<\/em>, a sequel to the classic Mel Brooks movie arrives on April 23, 2027 with Rick Moranis, Josh Gad, Keke Palmer, Lewis Pullman, Daphne Zuniga, Bill Pullman, and Mel Brooks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">Other films expected but without release dates yet include <em>The Chosen: Crucifixion<\/em>, <em>A Colt is My Passport<\/em>, <em>Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother<\/em> and <em>Highlander<\/em> starring Henry Cavill based on the 1986 cult classic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub><\/sub><\/p>\n<div>Amazon MGM&rsquo;s 2026 theatrical slate includes &lsquo;Highlander&rsquo; and &lsquo;Spaceballs: The New One&rsquo;<\/div>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/migrant-acquitted-in-first-trial-over-us-border-military-zones\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">Migrant acquitted in first trial over US border military zones<\/span><\/a><\/div><p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fresh off the box office success of Project Hail Mary, Amazon MGM Studios has announced its theatrical release lineup for the next year. Most of the titles aren&rsquo;t likely to hit the highs of the Ryan Gosling starrer which has grossed $515 million in theaters. However, there are a number of promising releases like Spaceballs:&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/amazon-mgms-2026-theatrical-slate-includes-highlander-and-spaceballs-the-new-one\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Amazon MGM&#8217;s 2026 theatrical slate includes &#8216;Highlander&#8217; and &#8216;Spaceballs: The New One&#8217;&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19126,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}