Most Anticipated Films and New Shows of 2026

Movies:

1. The Odyssey-Christopher Nolan is all you need.

2. Dune: Part Three-Villeneuve's adaptation of Dune Messiah will no doubt be epic.

3. Spider-Man: Brand New Day-Considering how the last movie ended and what this one might lead into, really excited.

4. Avengers: Doomsday-So much going on, still interested.

5. Disclosure Day-Spielberg's return to aliens.

6, Whalefall-Getting eaten by a whale is definitely a good hook.

7. Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die-Gore Verbinsk is back!

8. Clayface-Premise sounds interesting.

9. The Mandalorian and Grogu-First Star Wars movie in 7 years and following on from the show.

10. Violent Night 2-Violent viking Santa is back!

Honorable Mentions:

Supergirl 2026-Milly Alcock already seems like a delight. Also Jason Momoa as Lobo.

Dead Man's Wire-A very serious story that has a bit of comedic value.

Hoppers

Evil Dead Burn-Never get tired of another Evil Dead.

Ready or Not 2: Here I Come

The Sheep Detectives

The Bride!

Digger

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie

Toy Story 5

Werwulf-Robert Eggers's take on werewolves.

Project Hail Mary

Mortal Kombat II

Send Help

Street Fighter 2026

Masters of the Universe 2026

Coyote vs. Acme-Long awaited and nearly shelved.

Primate

Scream 7

Lee Cronin's The Resurrected

Untitled Home Invasion Romance

Remain

Narnia: The Magician's Nephew

We Bury the Dead

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping

This Is Not a Test

Whitney Springs

Psycho Killer

Redux Redux

4 Kids Walk Into a Bank

Hokum

Wuthering Heights 2026

Girls Like Girls

OBEX

Resident Evil 2026

Shows:

1. Spider-Noir-Live action Spider-Man show? Ok. Inspired by the character from the Spider-Verse movies and given a '30s noir style? Gold. Nicolas Cage in the title role? Sold!

2. Oswald the Lucky Rabbit-The first show based on Disney's first character.

3. Kennedy-The generations long story of the most famous American family.

4. The Greatest-Biography of Muhammad Ali.

5. Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord-Darth Maul's time during the first few years of the Clone Wars.

6. VisionQuest-Long awaited followup focusing on White Vision after the events of WandaVision.

7. Crystal LakeTelevision take on the Friday the 13th films.

8. Stranger Things: Tales from '85-Stranger Things as a Saturday morning cartoon.

9. Carrie-Mike Flanagan takes on Stephen King's classic story 50 years after the original movie.

10. Wonder Man-Looks to be very interesting. Plus Ben Kingsley's back.

Honorable Mentions:

The Savant-Hopefully it'll be released.

The Gray House

Lanterns-Interested in how it works as a buddy cop project

Blade Runner 2099

Ponies

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy

56 Days

The Beauty

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: New Sunnydale

Margo's Got Money Troubles-Premise alone sounds interesting.

East of Eden

Kill Jackie

Anansi Boys

Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen

Agatha Christie's Seven Dials

President Curtis-Rick & Morty's crazy president gets his own spinoff

Young Sherlock

Cape Fear

Love Story

The 'Burbs

12 12 12

Lord of the Flies

The Shards

Alex Toth's Zorro: The Complete Dell Comics Adventures

Alex Toth's Zorro: The Complete Dell Comics Adventures, as the title suggests, is a collection of comics released by Hermes Press and based on the late 1950s Disney television show about Zorro published by Dell Comics in their Four Colors anthology and the character's own self titled series written and drawn by Alex Toth. As usual with the character, the comics sees Don Diego de la Vega don the heroic guise of Zorro to take on those who would harm the people of his small town in 1820s California. Don Diego dons his all black get up, rides at night with the help of his trusted horse Tornado, uses his fencing skills and intellect to win the day, and gets help mainly from his mute manservant Bernardo. Stories include Zorro taking on the corrupt Captain Monastario, humiliating Sergeant Garcia, proving the innocence of people wrongly accused of a crime they didn't commit, and taking on bandits and thieves. For comic book stories published from 1957 to 1960, these are not only well done but are very mature compared to what many expect the Silver Age of comics often gives. The writing and artwork from Alex Toth proves why he's such a revered legend among comic book creatives. His writing is very mature, fun, and well told and while it does involve a lot of dialogue, it's not wooden and stays true to how television was like back then. While Toth's art is absolutely phenomenal and incredibly colorful, ironic since the show was in black and white. The characters all feel different from one another, the backgrounds are very detailed, and the sequential action scenes are well done. Because of this great combination of art and writing, Alex Toth's Zorro: The Complete Dell Comics Adventures has one of the best collections of comics ever done, whether they'd be a few years old or even decades. Over all: 100%

Top list so far for 3rd set of comics:

1. Alex Toth's Zorro: The Complete Dell Comics Adventures

2. The Complete Peanuts Vol. 15: 1979-1980

3. Daredevil Vol. 1 #170

4. The Brave and the Bold Vol. 1 #28

5. The New Teen Titans Vol. 1 #1

6. Green Arrow Vol. 1 #1

7. Star Wars: Dark Empire #1

8. Amazing Adventures Vol. 1 #1

9. Barbarella Vol. 1

10. Aquaman Vol. 1 #21

11. Fantastic Four Vol. 1 #48

12. Deadman: Love After Death #1

13. Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck: The Don Rosa Library Vol. 1

14. Blue Beetle Vol. 5 #1

15. Showcase Vol. 1 #75

16. Detective Comics Vol. 1 #441

17. Marvel Super-Heroes Vol. 1 #18

18. Eternals by Jack Kirby: The Complete Collection (Eternals (1976-1978))

19. Hulk Vol. 5 #1

20. Avnegers: War Across Time #1

21. The Yellow Kid

22. Sabrina the Teenage Witch Vol. 1 #8

23. Archie and Me #132

24. Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #1

25. Action Comics Vol. 1 #674

Gladiator II

Released 24 years after the original movie and set 16 years after its events, Gladiator II has Lucius Verus, now confirmed to be the son of Maximus, go through similar events as his father though with a calculating gladiator owner using him to gain the highest of powers in Rome. David Scarpa's script does copy certain aspects from the first movie, however this works in its favor for the most part due to how those similar concepts are presented through different executions because of how Rome is ruled now and what drives Lucius compared to his father. In an age where everything is nearly green screened and no real sets are built, Ridley Scott's use of large real sets really shows how despite his age, the man keeps true to where and when his movies are set. Yes, there are things that are not true to the times and the CGI can make it over the top like filling the Colosseum with water and sharks for an authentic ship battle or a man riding a rhino, but Scott also knows how to not be afraid of being so out there in how crazy it really is. Paul Mescal, who replaced Spencer Treat Clark, makes for a great successor to Russell Crowe, Denzel Washington makes for such a charming villain, Pedro Pascal brings a great vulnerability to his character, Connie Nielsen makes a wonderful return as Lucius's mother, and Joseph Quinn and Fred Hechinger both give fun, though often a bit too over the top, performances as the twin emperors. One thing that this sequel has over its predecessor is that unlike the first one, it doesn't have an over use of slow motion and weird editing. It also has great cinematography from John Mathieson and the score by Harry Gregson-Williams is really good. It is by no means better than the first movie, but Gladiator II still manages to be a worthy follow up and great on its own. Over all: 100%

2024 top list so far:

1. Dune: Part 2

2. Wicked

3. The Wild Robot

4. Saturday Night

5. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

6. Deadpool & Wolverine

7. Transformers One

8. A Quiet Place: Day One

9. Inside Out 2

10. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

11. The Fall Guy

12. MaXXXine

13. The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

14. Gladiator II

15. Abigail

16. Monkey Man

17. Late Night with the Devil

18. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

19. Alien: Romulus

20. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

21. The Book of Clarence

22. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

23. Drive-Away Dolls

24. Joker: Folie à Deux

25. Kung Fu Panda 4

26. Lisa Frankenstein

27. Argylle

28. Venom: The Last Dance

29. Mean Girls 2024

Wicked

Adapting the first act of the much loved and acclaimed stage musical of the same name, Wicked tells the story of how Elphaba and Galinda would end up becoming The Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande are not only perfectly cast as Elphaba and Galinda, respectively, but also provide the movie's biggest strength through their chemistry. Their performances, as wells the rest of the cast, are phenomenal and give well choreographed and fun numbers. The movie is well put together thanks to director Jon M. Chu and how he stays true to the musical's story, best helped by the fact that Winnie Holzman, the co-creator of the original production, wrote the film's script with Dana Fox. All three provide such an incredible and detailed exploration of the Land of Oz while making their inhabitants larger than life and relatable. Its writing manages to handle whimsical magic, colorful settings, prejudice, government corruption, and secret surveillance really well. Stephen Schwartz, the other co-creator of the musical, and John Powell work together to transfer the songs to better fit their film adaptations as well as a beautiful and vibrant score that uses riffs from the songs themselves. The cinematography from Alice Brooks can often be criticized due to feeling overly lit and a bit pasty, but once the movie gets to Emerald City and the reveal of magic disappearing it does make sense why it had that look. Since Oz was loosing its magic it was represented by making the land look plain and normal, but once at Emerald City it was more colorful to represent how it was trying to present itself as magical despite not actually being. Even after over a century of various adaptations, Wicked proves that the Land of Oz will always have a special place in people's hearts. Over all: 100%

2024 top list so far:

1. Dune: Part 2

2. Wicked

3. The Wild Robot

4. Saturday Night

5. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

6. Deadpool & Wolverine

7. Transformers One

8. A Quiet Place: Day One

9. Inside Out 2

10. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

11. The Fall Guy

12. MaXXXine

13. The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

14. Abigail

15. Monkey Man

16. Late Night with the Devil

17. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

18. Alien: Romulus

19. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

20. The Book of Clarence

21. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

22. Drive-Away Dolls

23. Joker: Folie à Deux

24. Kung Fu Panda 4

25. Lisa Frankenstein

26. Argylle

27. Venom: The Last Dance

28. Mean Girls 2024

Top New Shows of the 2010s

2010                                                                          2011

1. Sym-Bionic Titan                                                  1. American Horror Story

2. Boardwalk Empire                                                2. Green Lantern: The Animated Series

3. Young Justice                                                        3. The Looney Tunes Show

4. Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated                     4. New Girl

5. The Walking Dead                                                5. Falling Skies

6. Conan                                                                   6. Portlandia

7. The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes              7. Once Upon a Time

8. Ben 10: Ultimate Alien                                         8. The Kennedys

9. Victorious                                                             9. Terra Nova

10. MAD                                                                   10. The Amazing World of Gumball

Honorable Mentions:                                               Honorable Mentions

Tower Prep                                                               Austin & Ally

Hawaii Five-0 2010                                                 Jessie

Pretty Little Liars                                                     Grimm

Blue Bloods                                                              Hell on Wheels

Nikita                                                                        Revenge

2012                                                2013

1. Hatfields and McCoys                 1. Brooklyn Nine-Nine

2. The Legend of Korra                   2. Under the Dome

3. Gravity Falls                               3. Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited

4. Arrow                                           4. Rick and Morty

5. Ben 10: Omniverse                      5. Bates Motel

6. DreamWorks Dragons                 6. Sleepy Hollow

7. Revolution                                    7. Hostages

8. Awake                                           8. Mom

9. Elementary                                   9. Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

10. Tron: Uprising                           10. The Following

Honorable Mentions:                       Honorable Mentions:

Alcatraz                                            Liv and Maddie

Common Law                                   Beware the Batman

Nashville                                          The Americans

The River                                          The Fosters

The Mindy Project                            The Blacklist

2014                                                                  2015

1. The Flash                                                      1. Daredevil

2. Gotham                                                         2. The Man in the High Castle

3. 24: Live Another Day                                   3. Ash vs Evil Dead

4. Fargo                                                            4. Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp

5. Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond      5. Better Call Saul

6. How to Get Away with Murder                     6. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

7. From Dusk till Dawn: The Series                 7. Documentary Now

8. Madam Secretary                                          8. Agent Carter

9. Star Wars Rebels                                           9. The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore

10. The Spoils of Babylon                                 10. Jessica Jones

Honorable Mentions:                                        Honorable Mentions:

Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero                              Fear the Walking Dead

The Last Ship                                                    Supergirl

The Librarians                                                 Sense8

The 100                                                             The Last Man on Earth

NCIS: New Orleans                                         Killjoys

2016                                                        2017

1. Stranger Things                                  1. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

2. The Good Place                                  2. A Series of Unfortunate Events

3. 11.22.63                                              3. Ozark

4. American Crime Story                        4. Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later

5. Full Frontal with Samantha Bee        5. Mindhunter

6. Luke Cage                                           6. Legion

7. Preacher                                             7. 13 Reasons Why

8. Voltron: Legendary Defender             8. Feud

9. Designated Survivor                           9. DuckTales 2017

10. Class                                                 10. Santa Clarita Diet

Honorable Mentions:                             Honorable Mentions:

The Great                                               The Sinner

Milo Murphy's Law                                Brockmire

This Is Us                                               Castlevania

Lucifer                                                    The Punisher

Shades of Blue                                        Future Man

2018                                                                                               2019

1. My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman  1. Chernobyl

2. The Terror                                                                                  2. The Mandalorian

3. Waco                                                                                           3. Infinity Train

4. The Haunting                                                                             4. Fosse/Verdon

5. Barry                                                                                          5. Watchmen

6. Manifest                                                                                     6. I Am the Night

7. The Rookie                                                                                 7. Swamp Thing

8. Black Lightning                                                                          8. The Act

9. Disenchantment                                                                         9. Creepshow

10. The Alienist                                                                              10. Catch-22

Honorable Mentions:                                                                     Honorable Mentions:

9-1-1                                                                                               Helluva Boss

The Last O.G.                                                                                 Hazbin Hotel

Trust                                                                                               What We Do in the Shadows

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina                                                      The Righteous Gemstones

2010s

1. Chernobyl

2. Stranger Things

3. The Mandalorian

4. Infinity Train

5. Daredevil

6. The Man in the High Castle

7. The Good Place

8. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

9. 11.22.63

10. The Flash

11. Fosse/Verdon

12. Watchmen

13. American Horror Story

14. Sym-Bionic Titan

15. I Am the Night

16. Ash vs Evil Dead

17. Gotham

18. Boardwalk Empire

19. My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman

20. American Crime Story

21. Full Frontal with Samantha Bee

22. Young Justice

23. Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated

24. The Walking Dead

25. Conan

26. 24: Live Another Day

27. Brooklyn Nine-Nine

28. Hatfields and McCoys

29. The Legend of Korra

30. Gravity Falls

31. Fargo

32. The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes

33. The Terror

34. Ben 10: Ultimate Alien

35. Swamp Thing

36. Under the Dome

37. Waco

38. Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited

39. Rick and Morty

40. The Haunting

41. Barry

42. A Series of Unfortunate Events

43. Ozark

44. Luke Cage

45. Arrow

46. Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later

47. Preacher

48. The Act

49. Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp

50. Better Call Saul

Honorable Mentions:

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Mindhunter

Green Lantern: The Animated Series

Manifest

Voltron: Legendary Defender

Documentary Now

How to Get Away with Murder

Designated Survivor

Creepshow

Class

Agent Carter

The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore

Jessica Jones

Legion

Bates Motel

Feud

DuckTales 2017

The Rookie

Black Lightning

Ben 10: Omniverse

The Looney Tunes Show

Mom

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Star Wars Rebels

Venom: The Last Dance

Sony's third entry in its Venom focused series with Tom Hardy, Venom: The Last Dance, sees Eddie Brock and his unhinged symbiote travel to New York to prove his innocence after being framed for what happened in the last movie. It won't be easy as they're hunted down by creatures sent by Knull, the creator of the symbiotes trapped by them in a prison that can only be opened by the duo, and the American military who wants to experiment and use the alien entity. By this point, taking any of these films seriously is not the best way to watch, and especially with this third entry with its rather thin plot compared to the last two but Kelly Marcel's writing and direction knowing it works best by being over the top, silly, and rather stupid. The action scenes are well done while also being incredibly energetic and unhinged at times, especially with some unique symbiotic abilities that give the film really great visual effects. Even when the films get stupider, Tom Hardy still gives a fun and engaging performance, equal parts portmanteau farce and near emotional breakdown. Newer cast members like Chiwetel Ejiofor and Juno Temple also provide strong performances, but in a more serious way that makes Hardy really stand out. For a final entry in a trilogy, it does feel like not having Michelle Williams and Reid Scott return feel a bit empty. And by adding a big character like Knull with a post credit scene and played by Andy Serkis feels redundant for a final entry. Venom: The Last Dance may be a very stupid movie, but it's a very stupid movie that knows how to have fun. Over all: 75%

2024 top list so far:

1. Dune: Part 2

2. The Wild Robot

3. Saturday Night

4. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

5. Deadpool & Wolverine

6. Transformers One

7. A Quiet Place: Day One

8. Inside Out 2

9. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

10. The Fall Guy

11. MaXXXine

12. The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

13. Abigail

14. Monkey Man

15. Late Night with the Devil

16. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

17. Alien: Romulus

18. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

19. The Book of Clarence

20. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

21. Drive-Away Dolls

22. Joker: Folie à Deux

23. Kung Fu Panda 4

24. Lisa Frankenstein

25. Argylle

26. Venom: The Last Dance

27. Mean Girls 2024

Saturday Night

Depicting, though with some liberties in terms of the show's history and production for story purposes, the 90 minutes before Saturday Night Live's debut, Saturday Night takes a look at the absolute chaos that occurred just before the show's live premiere. Jason Reitman's love letter to the long running sketch show, released a year before its 50th anniversary, focuses on Lorne Michaels as he goes through rehearsals, Chevy Chase's ego, NBC's meddling, and disgruntled crew members before the show went live on the night of October 11, 1975. Between Reitman's numerous uses of long unbroken shots with scenes of characters walking as they talk and his and Gil Kenan's quick back and forth dialogue, the film definitely has a touch of Aaron Sorkin. Seeing all the troubles the show went through really makes you appreciate how it all could have gone wrong, between the higher executives having no faith and John Belushi nearly quitting with just a few minutes left. The writing's biggest strength is how it managed to pull off a solution to these problems, many of them thanks to Lorne's quick thinking. Gabriel LaBelle's leads an impressive cast all playing the original cast and crew who all play them to perfection. While a decade younger than when Lorne actually created the show, LaBelle is astounding and captures a combination of the creator's anxiety and belief in what he's creating. Cory Michael Smith captures Chevy's ego to perfection, Matt Wood is perfect as John Belushi, Rachel Sennott as Rosie Shuster is wonderful, and Finn Wolfhard has a fun time as a page trying to get people to see the show. The production design does an amazing job at capturing the look and design of how the show's original stage felt. Nathan Orloff and Shane Reid's editing definitely helps in giving the movie a very Aaron Sorkin-vibe to it. Serving as both the composer and a supporting role playing Billy Preston, the show's first musical guest, Jon Batiste gives the movie a two way in both a great score befitting the era while performing Preston's classic Nothing from Nothing while everyone prepares in the last few minutes before airing. Everyone involved with Saturday Night did a magnificent job in not only making a great movie, but a wonderful love letter to a beloved staple of American television. Over all: 100%

2024 top list so far:

1. Dune: Part 2

2. The Wild Robot

3. Saturday Night

4. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

5. Deadpool & Wolverine

6. Transformers One

7. A Quiet Place: Day One

8. Inside Out 2

9. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

10. The Fall Guy

11. MaXXXine

12. The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

13. Abigail

14. Monkey Man

15. Late Night with the Devil

16. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

17. Alien: Romulus

18. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

19. The Book of Clarence

20. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

21. Drive-Away Dolls

22. Joker: Folie à Deux

23. Kung Fu Panda 4

24. Lisa Frankenstein

25. Argylle

26. Mean Girls 2024