Warner Bros. put some big tentpoles on the release calendar starting with the highly anticipated J.J. Abrams sci-fi movie The Great Beyond starring Glen Powell and Jenna Ortega which is going Nov. 13 this year in Imax. The pic joins Paramount’s Johnny Depp starring, Ti West directed title Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol on that date. This is the first time we’re getting news about the Abrams movie which has been shrouded in secrecy.
Emma Mackey, Sophie Okonedo, Merritt Wever and Samuel L. Jackson also star in The Great Beyond.
The rest of the movies are bound for 2027: Sam Esmail’s Panic Carefully on Feb. 26 next year, the Tim Miller directed Keanu Reeves movie known as Shiver currently going Aug. 13, and the buzzed about Peter Safran Company and Atomic Monster prequel, The Conjuring: First Communion on Sept. 10, the prized Warner post Labor Day launch date for genre pics.
Panic Carefully which was also written by Mr. Robot architect Esmail, stars Julia Roberts, Eddie Redmayne, Brian Tyree Henry, Ben Chaplin, Aidan Gillen, Joe Alwyn, Naledi Murray and Elizabeth Olsen. Warners will have Imax screens on that date with the pic going up against Universal’s CoComelon Movie next year.
Miller and Reeves’ project is reportedly set in the Caribbean Sea, with the protag being a smuggler slumming on a job as he contends with dead bodies, pirates and sharks, all within a time loop. Warners was closing in on the Ian Shorr scripted package back on Halloween. The movie as of now will face off on Aug. 13, 2027 against a Universal Blumhouse title.
Very little is known about The Conjuring: First Communion which comes from director Rodrigue Huart, from a script by Richard Naing & Ian Goldberg. It’s not certain if Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga’s The Warrens are coming back. Warners always had this September date in 2027 on hold previously.