2025 Winner Movie Award Most Anticipated Movie Of 2026

The Devil Wears Prada 2 follows a veteran Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep) navigating the decline of print media, forcing her to contend with her former assistant, Emily Charlton (Emily Blunt), now a high-powered executive controlling the advertising revenue Runway desperately needs. Andy Sachs (Anne Hathaway) also returns.

In this witty, new breed of mystery, George (Hugh Jackman) is a shepherd who reads detective novels to his beloved sheep every night, assuming they can’t possibly understand. But when a mysterious incident disrupts life on the farm, the sheep realize they must become the detectives. As they follow the clues and investigate human suspects, they prove that even sheep can be brilliant crime-solvers.

Directed by: Kyle Balda
Cast includes: Hugh Jackman, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Nicholas Braun

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (2026) is an animated sci-fi adventure where Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Toad journey into space, partnering with Rosalina and Yoshi to battle Bowser Jr. The young villain seeks to liberate his captive father (Bowser) and dominate the universe, forcing the heroes to explore cosmic, gravity-defying worlds.

After the events of the first film, Bowser Jr. launches a vendetta to free his father from captivity, creating a new galactic threat that takes the heroes beyond the Mushroom Kingdom.

Pegeen Flaherty’s life is turned upside down when a young man walks into her pub claiming that he’s killed his father. Instead of being shunned, the killer becomes a local hero and begins to win hearts, that is until a second man unexpectedly arrives on the scene…

Filmed live on stage at the National Theatre, Caitríona McLaughlin directs this darkly funny tale full to the brim with secrets.

Directed by: Caitríona McLaughlin
Cast includes: Nicola Coughlan, Éanna Hardwicke, Siobhán McSweeney

We still aren’t ogre it. Shrek is back in cinemas for our 25 year anniversary.

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When a green ogre named Shrek discovers his swamp has been 'swamped' with all sorts of fairytale creatures by the scheming Lord Farquaad, Shrek sets out with a very loud donkey by his side to 'persuade' Farquaad to give Shrek his swamp back.

Instead, a deal is made. Farquaad, who wants to become the King, sends Shrek to rescue Princess Fiona, who is awaiting her true love in a tower guarded by a fire-breathing dragon. But once they head back with Fiona, it starts to become apparent that not only does Shrek, an ugly ogre, begin to fall in love with the lovely princess, but Fiona is also hiding a huge secret.

Michael is the cinematic portrayal of the life and legacy of one of the most influential artists the world has ever known.

The film tells the story of Michael Jackson’s life beyond the music, tracing his journey from the discovery of his extraordinary talent as the lead of the Jackson Five, to the visionary artist whose creative ambition fuelled a relentless pursuit to become the biggest entertainer in the world.

Highlighting both his life off-stage and some of the most iconic performances from his early solo career, the film gives audiences a front-row seat to Michael Jackson as never before. This is where his story begins.

Michael stars Jaafar Jackson in his feature film debut, Nia Long (Empire, The Best Man franchise), Laura Harrier (BlacKkKlansman, Spider-Man: Homecoming) and Juliano Krue Valdi (The Loud House, Arco), with Miles Teller (Top Gun: Maverick, Whiplash) and two-time Academy Award® nominee Colman Domingo (Sing Sing, Rustin).

Directed by Antoine Fuqua, the award-winning filmmaker of Training Day, Olympus Has Fallen and The Equalizer franchise, from a screenplay by three-time Academy Award® nominee John Logan (Gladiator, The Aviator), the film is produced by Academy Award® winner Graham King (The Departed, Bohemian Rhapsody), John Branca (executive producer This Is It, Thriller 40) and John McClain (executive producer This Is It, Michael Jackson Live at Wembley July 16, 1988).

Michael is the cinematic portrayal of the life and legacy of one of the most influential artists the world has ever known.

The film tells the story of Michael Jackson’s life beyond the music, tracing his journey from the discovery of his extraordinary talent as the lead of the Jackson Five, to the visionary artist whose creative ambition fuelled a relentless pursuit to become the biggest entertainer in the world.

Highlighting both his life off-stage and some of the most iconic performances from his early solo career, the film gives audiences a front-row seat to Michael Jackson as never before. This is where his story begins.

Michael stars Jaafar Jackson in his feature film debut, Nia Long (Empire, The Best Man franchise), Laura Harrier (BlacKkKlansman, Spider-Man: Homecoming) and Juliano Krue Valdi (The Loud House, Arco), with Miles Teller (Top Gun: Maverick, Whiplash) and two-time Academy Award® nominee Colman Domingo (Sing Sing, Rustin).

Directed by Antoine Fuqua, the award-winning filmmaker of Training Day, Olympus Has Fallen and The Equalizer franchise, from a screenplay by three-time Academy Award® nominee John Logan (Gladiator, The Aviator), the film is produced by Academy Award® winner Graham King (The Departed, Bohemian Rhapsody), John Branca (executive producer This Is It, Thriller 40) and John McClain (executive producer This Is It, Michael Jackson Live at Wembley July 16, 1988).

Michael is the cinematic portrayal of the life and legacy of one of the most influential artists the world has ever known.

The film tells the story of Michael Jackson’s life beyond the music, tracing his journey from the discovery of his extraordinary talent as the lead of the Jackson Five, to the visionary artist whose creative ambition fuelled a relentless pursuit to become the biggest entertainer in the world.

Highlighting both his life off-stage and some of the most iconic performances from his early solo career, the film gives audiences a front-row seat to Michael Jackson as never before. This is where his story begins.

Michael stars Jaafar Jackson in his feature film debut, Nia Long (Empire, The Best Man franchise), Laura Harrier (BlacKkKlansman, Spider-Man: Homecoming) and Juliano Krue Valdi (The Loud House, Arco), with Miles Teller (Top Gun: Maverick, Whiplash) and two-time Academy Award® nominee Colman Domingo (Sing Sing, Rustin).

Directed by Antoine Fuqua, the award-winning filmmaker of Training Day, Olympus Has Fallen and The Equalizer franchise, from a screenplay by three-time Academy Award® nominee John Logan (Gladiator, The Aviator), the film is produced by Academy Award® winner Graham King (The Departed, Bohemian Rhapsody), John Branca (executive producer This Is It, Thriller 40) and John McClain (executive producer This Is It, Michael Jackson Live at Wembley July 16, 1988).

Returning by popular demand!

EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (2026), directed by Baz Luhrmann, is a documentary-concert film featuring newly discovered, restored footage of Elvis Presley's 1970s Las Vegas residencies, utilising rare 16mm/8mm archival footage and audio of Presley narrating his own story to provide an intimate, "live" experience.

Elvis sings and tells his story like never before in a new cinematic experience from visionary filmmaker Baz Luhrmann.

Projectionist's Picks are films specially selected by the Regal's own team of volunteer projectionists.

Life of Brian is not a film about the Messiah. Unfortunately for the completely ordinary Brian, a lot of people end up thinking otherwise in this absurd black comedy from one of Britain's most iconic comedy troupes. As a result, Brian finds himself running afoul of Romans and hounded by mistaken followers in a plot that was branded as blasphemous by many religious groups and even banned in several countries, and then became a hit regardless.

Directed by: Terry Jones

Cast includes: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle

Documenting Paul McCartney's extraordinary life following the breakup of The Beatles and how the love he shared with his wife Linda became his bedrock and influenced a journey that would lead to the formation of Wings and a second decade's musical catalogue of timeless classics. Based on access to never-before-seen archives of Paul and Linda's home videos and photos, as well as new interviews.

After 35 years in the United States, Donal returns to his family-owned whisky distillery in the Scottish Highlands. When he left, his dear mother had died and, on the very day of her funeral, he and his brother Sandy wound up in a violent exchange with their father. All those years away provided Donal with the chance to become the version of himself that his chaotic family would never allow, but the wounds from that terrible time have never fully healed. Now, with the survival of their treasured family business on the line, Donal hopes to make amends with Sandy - and to find some desperately needed inner peace - before it’s too late.

Directed by: Brian Cox
Cast Includes: Alan Cumming, Brian Cox, Shirley Henderson

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1580 England. Impoverished Latin tutor William Shakespeare meets free-spirited Agnes, and the pair, captivated by one another, strike up a torrid affair that leads to marriage and three children. Yet as Will pursues a budding theatre career in far-away London, Agnes anchors the domestic sphere alone. When tragedy strikes, the couple’s once-unshakable bond is tested, but their shared experience sets the stage for the creation of Shakespeare’s timeless masterpiece, Hamlet. From Focus Features and Academy Award® winning filmmaker Chloé Zhao (Nomadland, The Rider) comes a sensitively observed, magnificently crafted tale about the complexities of love and the healing power of art and creativity.

Directed by: Chloé Zhao
Cast includes: Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Emily Watson

Following her acclaimed 2024 company debut in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, soprano Asmik Grigorian returns to the Met as Tatiana, the lovestruck young heroine in this ardent operatic adaptation of Pushkin. Baritone Igor Golovatenko reprises his portrayal of the urbane Onegin, who realizes his affection for her all too late. The Met’s evocative production, directed by Tony Award–winner Deborah Warner, “offers a beautifully detailed reading of … Tchaikovsky’s lyrical romance” (The Telegraph).

Cast:  

Tatiana ASMIK GRIGORIAN

Olga MARIA BARAKOVA

Filippyevna STEPHANIE BLYTHE

Lenski STANISLAS DE BARBEYRAC

Eugene Onegin IGOR GOLOVATENKO

Prince Gremin ALEXANDER TSYMBALYUK

Creatives: 

Music PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY

Conductor TIMUR ZANGIEV

Director DEBORAH WARNER

Set Designer TOM PYE

Costume Designer CHLOE OBOLENSKY

Lighting Designer JEAN KALMAN

Projection Designer IAN WILLIAM GALLOWAY and FINN ROSS

Choreographer KIM BRANDSTRUP

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (2026) is an animated sci-fi adventure where Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Toad journey into space, partnering with Rosalina and Yoshi to battle Bowser Jr. The young villain seeks to liberate his captive father (Bowser) and dominate the universe, forcing the heroes to explore cosmic, gravity-defying worlds.

After the events of the first film, Bowser Jr. launches a vendetta to free his father from captivity, creating a new galactic threat that takes the heroes beyond the Mushroom Kingdom.

The Magic Faraway Tree follows Polly (Claire Foy), Tim (Andrew Garfield) and their three children - a modern family forced to relocate to the remote English countryside. As they adapt to their new lives, the children discover a magical tree and its extraordinary and eccentric residents including treasured characters Moonface (Nonso Anozie), Silky (Nicola Coughlan), Dame Washalot (Jessica Gunning) and Saucepan Man (Dustin Demri-Burns). At the top of the tree, they are transported to spectacular and fantastical lands and, through the joys and challenges of their adventures, the family learn to reconnect and value each other for the first time in years.

Directed by: Ben Gregor
Cast includes: Claire Foy, Andrew Garfield, Nonso Anozie

The Magic Faraway Tree follows Polly (Claire Foy), Tim (Andrew Garfield) and their three children - a modern family forced to relocate to the remote English countryside. As they adapt to their new lives, the children discover a magical tree and its extraordinary and eccentric residents including treasured characters Moonface (Nonso Anozie), Silky (Nicola Coughlan), Dame Washalot (Jessica Gunning) and Saucepan Man (Dustin Demri-Burns). At the top of the tree, they are transported to spectacular and fantastical lands and, through the joys and challenges of their adventures, the family learn to reconnect and value each other for the first time in years.

Directed by: Ben Gregor
Cast includes: Claire Foy, Andrew Garfield, Nonso Anozie

The Magic Faraway Tree follows Polly (Claire Foy), Tim (Andrew Garfield) and their three children - a modern family forced to relocate to the remote English countryside. As they adapt to their new lives, the children discover a magical tree and its extraordinary and eccentric residents including treasured characters Moonface (Nonso Anozie), Silky (Nicola Coughlan), Dame Washalot (Jessica Gunning) and Saucepan Man (Dustin Demri-Burns). At the top of the tree, they are transported to spectacular and fantastical lands and, through the joys and challenges of their adventures, the family learn to reconnect and value each other for the first time in years.

Directed by: Ben Gregor
Cast includes: Claire Foy, Andrew Garfield, Nonso Anozie

Princess Pamina has been captured. Her mother, the Queen of the Night, tasks the young Prince Tamino with her daughter’s rescue. But when Tamino and his friendly sidekick, Papageno, embark on their adventure, they soon learn that when it comes to the quest for love, nothing is as it really seems. Guided by a magic flute, they encounter monsters, villains, and a mysterious brotherhood of men – but help, it turns out, comes when you least expect it.

Mozart’s fantastical opera glitters in David McVicar’s enchanting production. A star cast including Lucy Crowe as Pamina, Amitai Pati as Tamino, Huw Montague Rendall as Papageno, Kathryn Lewek as the Queen of the Night, and Soloman Howard as Sarastro, led by French conductor Marie Jacquot in her Covent Garden debut.

Cast:  

Pamina JULIA BULLOCK

Tamino AMITAI PATI

Papageno HUW MONTAGUE RENDALL

Queen of the Night KATHRYN LEWEK

Sarastro SOLOMAN HOWARD

Monostatos GERHARD SIEGEL

Creatives: 

Music WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART

Conductor MARIE JACQUOT

Director DAVID MCVICAR

Designer JOHN MACFARLANE

Lighting Designer PAULE CONSTABLE

Movement Director LEAH HAUSMAN

Based on the acclaimed novel, Midwinter Break is a compelling story about the enduring power of love, commitment, and lost faith as a long-time couple takes a life-changing trip to Amsterdam.

Retired long-time couple Stella and Gerry (Academy Award® nominees Lesley Manville and Ciarán Hinds) travel from their home in Glasgow to Amsterdam for an impromptu holiday. Traversing the beautiful European city, they find themselves freed from the staid routines that have come to define their lives. But as the hours pass, Stella and Gerry realize that after decades together, their relationship has reached a crossroads. After so much time and so many memories, long-held promises and deeply concealed wounds threaten to come to light and force them to confront their future.

Based on the acclaimed novel by Bernard MacLaverty, first-time feature director Polly Findlay crafts a powerful debut that poses important questions about the nature of faith and commitment, and the enduring power of love.

Directed by: Polly Findlay
Cast includes: Lesley Manville, Ciarán Hinds, Julie Lamberton

There was before you and there was during you. For some reason, I never thought there would be an after you.

The literary phenomenon from #1 New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover becomes a transformative feature film about motherhood, forgiveness and the power of love to overcome even the worst mistake.

After a perfect outing with her boyfriend, Kenna (Maika Monroe; The Hand that Rocks the Cradle, Longlegs) makes an unbearable mistake that sends her to prison. Seven years later, Kenna returns to her hometown in Wyoming, hoping to rebuild her life and earn the chance to reunite with her young daughter, Diem, whom she has never known.

When Diem’s custodial grandparents adamantly refuse Kenna’s attempts to see her daughter, Kenna discovers unexpected compassion, and then something truer and deeper, with former NFL player and local bar owner Ledger (Tyriq Withers; HIM, I Know What You Did Last Summer). As their secret romance develops, so do the dangers for both of them, leading Kenna toward heartbreak and, ultimately, the hope for a second chance.

Directed by: Vanessa Caswill
Cast includes: Maika Monroe, Tyriq Withers, Rudy Pankow

Respected, self-made businessman Joe Keller prides himself on providing for his wife and their two sons.

While wartime delivers profits for the family, it comes at a price when his partner is charged with criminal manufacturing deals, and his eldest son goes missing in action.

Peacetime brings little peace of mind as Joe’s true involvement in the activity begins to surface, and he is suddenly confronted by the consequences of his actions.

Directed by: Ivo Van Hove
Cast includes: Bryan Cranston, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Paapa Essiedu

Projectionist's Picks are films specially selected by the Regal's own team of volunteer projectionists.

One of the most impactful sci-fi films of all time, 2001: A Space Odyssey follows the crew of a spaceship sent to the planet Jupiter to investigate a mysterious artifact. Their journey is fated to be far from smooth, however...

Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Cast includes: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, Douglas Rain

In “Hoppers,” scientists have discovered how to “hop” human consciousness into lifelike robotic animals, allowing people to communicate with animals as animals! Using the new technology, Mabel (Curda) will uncover mysteries within the animal world that are beyond anything she could have imagined. Produced by Nicole Paradis Grindle, “Hoppers” also features the voices of Bobby Moynihan and Jon Hamm.

Directed by: Daniel Chong
Cast includes: Piper Curda, Bobby Moynihan, Jon Hamm

From the team behind 'Finding Your Feet' and 'Fisherman’s Friends' comes Mother’s Pride, a story about the Harley family who after losing their matriarch, must come together to save their pub and village through the art of beer-brewing.

Starring

Martin Clunes

James Buckley

Mark Addy

Luke Treadaway

Gabriella Wilde

Jonno Davies

In “Hoppers,” scientists have discovered how to “hop” human consciousness into lifelike robotic animals, allowing people to communicate with animals as animals! Using the new technology, Mabel (Curda) will uncover mysteries within the animal world that are beyond anything she could have imagined. Produced by Nicole Paradis Grindle, “Hoppers” also features the voices of Bobby Moynihan and Jon Hamm.

Directed by: Daniel Chong
Cast includes: Piper Curda, Bobby Moynihan, Jon Hamm

In “Hoppers,” scientists have discovered how to “hop” human consciousness into lifelike robotic animals, allowing people to communicate with animals as animals! Using the new technology, Mabel (Curda) will uncover mysteries within the animal world that are beyond anything she could have imagined. Produced by Nicole Paradis Grindle, “Hoppers” also features the voices of Bobby Moynihan and Jon Hamm.

Directed by: Daniel Chong
Cast includes: Piper Curda, Bobby Moynihan, Jon Hamm

Birmingham, 1940. Amidst the chaos of WWII, Tommy Shelby is driven back from a self-imposed exile to face his most destructive reckoning yet. With the future of the family and the country at stake, Tommy must face his own demons, and choose whether to confront his legacy, or burn it to the ground. By order of the Peaky Blinders…

Academy Award® winner Cillian Murphy returns as the iconic Tommy Shelby in this epic feature film directed by Tom Harper and written by Steven Knight.

The cast also includes Rebecca Ferguson (Dune, A House of Dynamite), Academy Award® nominee Tim Roth (Reservoir Dogs, The Hateful Eight), Sophie Rundle (After the Flood, Gentleman Jack) with Academy Award® nominee Barry Keoghan (Saltburn, The Banshees of Inisherin) and Primetime Emmy Award® winner Stephen Graham (Adolescence, Boiling Point).

Directed by: Tom Harper
Cast includes: Cillian Murphy, Rebecca Ferguson, Tim Roth

From the team behind 'Finding Your Feet' and 'Fisherman’s Friends' comes Mother’s Pride, a story about the Harley family who after losing their matriarch, must come together to save their pub and village through the art of beer-brewing.

Starring

Martin Clunes

James Buckley

Mark Addy

Luke Treadaway

Gabriella Wilde

Jonno Davies

In “Hoppers,” scientists have discovered how to “hop” human consciousness into lifelike robotic animals, allowing people to communicate with animals as animals! Using the new technology, Mabel (Curda) will uncover mysteries within the animal world that are beyond anything she could have imagined. Produced by Nicole Paradis Grindle, “Hoppers” also features the voices of Bobby Moynihan and Jon Hamm.

Directed by: Daniel Chong
Cast includes: Piper Curda, Bobby Moynihan, Jon Hamm