"In recent years, there's one word you hear again and again from movie distributors and pundits: event. Making a great movie is nice. But creating a culture-shaking event is what's required in the current boom-bust film landscape. It's something everyone has known for a long time, but in 2026 it seems like studios are really beginning to grasp what it actually means. From Tom Cruise in an auteur-driven comedy to the sequels to Devil Wears Prada and The Social Network"
"OBEX What we know: Tux and Fanny creator Albert Birney stars in a new feature he is directing about a reclusive man who gets sucked into the world of a state-of-the-art computer game, and finds reality and his experience of the game blurring. Why we're excited: Birney is a tremendously imaginative filmmaker, who achieves great things on small budgets. Release date: January 9"
Studios are emphasizing culture-shaking "event" films as the key to success in a volatile boom-bust film marketplace. The 2026 slate mixes major tentpoles — including an auteur-driven Tom Cruise comedy, sequels to Devil Wears Prada and The Social Network, Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, and Greta Gerwig's Narnia — with a strong showing of small independent titles. Several indies (Maddie's Secret, $Positions, Blue Heron, The Scout) generate notable excitement alongside big-studio projects. Specific upcoming titles include Albert Birney's game-blurring feature (January 9) and Harry Lighton's Pillion (February 6), alongside Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights adaptation.
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