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As Emperor of the known universe, Paul possesses more power than a single man was ever meant to wield. Worshipped as a religious icon by the fanatical Fremen, Paul faces the enmity of the political houses he displaced when he assumed the throne—and a conspiracy conducted within his own sphere of influence. And even as House Atreides begins to crumble around him from the machinations of his enemies, the true threat to Paul comes to his lover, Chani, and the unborn heir to his family's dynasty...
Robert Pattinson, Timothee Chalamet, Zendaya, Florence Pugh, Denis Villeneuve, Jason Momoa, Anya Taylor-Joy, Javier Bardem, Rebecca Ferguson, Isaach de Bankolé, Nakoa-Wolf Momoa, Charlotte Rampling, Jon Spaihts, Ida Brooke
Post-Production Action Adaptation
Release Date:
December 18, 2026
Where to Watch:
In Theaters In Theaters
Science teacher Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling) wakes up on a spaceship light years from home with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. As his memory returns, he begins to uncover his mission: solve the riddle of the mysterious substance causing the sun to die out. He must call on his scientific knowledge and unorthodox ideas to save everything on Earth from extinction… but an unexpected friendship means he may not have to do it alone.
Ryan Gosling, Chris Miller, Phil Lord, Drew Goddard, Sandra Hüller, Lucy Kitada, Ken Kao, Milana Vayntrub, Lionel Boyce, Ken Leung, Nikki Baida
Completed Adaptation Adventure
Where to Watch:
In Theaters In Theaters
Set years after a superflu virus has taken most of mankind off the map, a man lives in the hangar of an abandoned airport with his dog. He spends his days flying the perimeter in his Cessna, looking out for intruders and thinking about the things he’s lost—his deceased wife and the nearly extinct trout he loved to fish. When a distant radio transmission sparks in him the realization that something better might be out there, the man sets out and discover that things are both better and worse out there.
Where to Watch:
In Theaters In Theaters
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.
Christopher Miller, Hugh Jackman, Nicholas Galitzine, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Phil Lord, Eric Fellner, Molly Gordon, Emma Thompson, Regina Hall, Craig Mazin, Tosin Cole, Conleth Hill, Brett Goldstein, Bryan Cranston, Tim Bevan, Amelia Granger, Tim Wellspring, Patrick Stewart, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Nicholas Braun, Lindsay Doran, Kyle Balda, Aditya Sood, Hong Chau, Bella Ramsey, Sarah-Jane Wright, Mandeep Dhillon, Tyson Hesse
Where to Watch:
In Theaters In Theaters
Struggling writer Lowen Ashleigh is hired as a ghostwriter for renowned author Verity Crawford under mysterious circumstances, but her assignment takes a dark turn after discovering chilling autobiographical notes. Faced with a series of deadly family secrets, Lowen struggles to separate fiction from reality, while also blurring the lines with Verity’s husband, Jeremy.
Josh Hartnett, Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson, Ismael Cruz Cordova, Brady Wagner, Stacey Sher, Jordana Mollick, Nick Antosca, Michael Showalter, Irina Dvorovenko, Alex Hedlund, Michael Abbott Jr., Colleen Hoover, K.K. Moggie
Completed Adaptation Psychological
Where to Watch:
In Theaters In Theaters
Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave dramatically through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future. Each member of the ensemble appears in multiple roles as the stories move through time.
Tom Hanks, Xun Zhou, Susan Sarandon, Halle Berry, Hugo Weaving, Stefan Arndt, Jim Sturgess, Tom Tykwer, Grant HIll, Uwe Schott, Wilson Qiu, Jim Broadbent, Ben Whishaw, Hugh Grant, James D'Arcy, Lana Wachowski, Andy Wachowski, Philip Lee
Locations: Germany; Spain; UK - Unknown
Release Date:
October 26, 2012
Where to Watch:
In Theaters • Netflix Blu-ray • Netflix DVD In Theaters
Netflix Blu-ray
Netflix DVD
Based on the worldwide best-selling novel, The Magic Faraway Tree follows Polly, Tim, and their three children as they begin a new life in the remote countryside. When the kids discover a magical tree hidden near their home, they are welcomed by its extraordinary residents and swept into spectacular, fantastical lands beyond their wildest imagination. With every adventure, the family discovers the magic that helps them reconnect with what matters most - each other.
Andrew Garfield, Merrick Stoller, Rebecca Ferguson, Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris, Claire Foy, Simon Farnaby, Nicola Coughlan, Ben Gregor, Joe Simpson, Nonso Anozie, Simon Williams, Tamara Birkemoe, Michael Cornelius, Jacqueline De Croÿ, Andy Wang, Matthew Chausse
Completed Adaptation Adventure
Where to Watch:
In Theaters In Theaters
Set in 1916 and present-day Manhattan, Winter's Tale follows the story of Peter Lake (Colin Farrell). Peter Lake is a thief who falls in love with Beverly Penn (Jessica Brown Findlay), a dying girl who occupies one of the houses he breaks into. Lake is saved from the insane gangster Pearly Soames (Russell Crowe) and his gang of thugs by Athansor, a mysterious white horse who becomes his guardian angel.
Will Smith, Russell Crowe, Matt Bomer, Colin Farrell, Kevin Durand, Jennifer Connelly, William Hurt, Akiva Goldsman, Jessica Brown Findlay, Eva Marie Saint, Kerry Foster, Kevin Corrigan, Lucy Griffiths
Release Date:
February 14, 2014
Where to Watch:
In Theaters In Theaters
Louisa “Lou” Clark (Clarke) lives in a quaint town in the English countryside. With no clear direction in her life, the quirky and creative 26-year-old goes from one job to the next in order to help her tight-knit family make ends meet. Her normally cheery outlook is put to the test, however, when she faces her newest career challenge. Taking a job at the local “castle,” she becomes caregiver and companion to Will Traynor (Claflin), a wealthy young banker who became wheelchair bound in an accident two years prior, and whose whole world changed dramatically in the blink of an eye. No longer the adventurous soul he once was, the now cynical Will has all but given up. That is until Lou determines to show him that life is worth living. Embarking together on a series of adventures, both Lou and Will get more than they bargained for, and find their lives—and hearts -- changing in ways neither one could have imagined.
Sam Claflin, Emilia Clarke, Charles Dance, Karen Rosenfelt, Vanessa Kirby, Thea Sharrock, Janet McTeer, Scott Neustadter, Michael M. Weber, Cassidy Lange, Jenna Coleman
Where to Watch:
In Theaters In Theaters
Levon Cade, a former black ops operative, has retired from his previous profession to work in construction and focus on being a good father to his daughter. However, when his boss's daughter Jenny goes missing, Levon is forced to utilize his former skills to search for her. His investigation leads him into a dangerous criminal conspiracy, which threatens to disrupt his new life.
Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Bill Block, Teddy Schwarzman, Chris Long, David Ayer, John Friedberg, Alexis Garcia, Jason Flemyng, Eve Mauro, Emmett J. Scanlan, Volodymyr Artemenko, David Harbour, Kevin King Templeton, Michael Heimler, Noemi Gonzalez, Arianna Rivas, Mike Shanks, Jill Silfen, Yevgen Stupka, Rachael Cole, Thomas Zadra
Where to Watch:
In Theaters • VOD / Digital In Theaters
VOD / Digital
Resolving to achieve professional success without compromising her ethics, kind-hearted Lucy Hutton embarks on a ruthless game of one-upmanship against her cold-efficient nemesis Joshua Templeton, a rivalry that is impossibly complicated by her growing attraction to him.
Lucy Hale, Brice Dal Farra, Sean Cullen, Austin Stowell, Sakina Jaffrey, Damon Dasunno, Gina Torres, Corbin Bernsen, Christina Mengert, Claude Dal Farra, Robbie Amell, Peter Hutchings, Brian Keady, Yasha Jackson
Release Date:
December 10, 2021
Where to Watch:
Limited Limited
The origin story for Narnia is the first ever adaptation of C. S. Lewis’s The Magician’s Nephew.
Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Mark Gordon, Amy Pascal, David Magee, Emma Mackey, Ciaran Hinds, Douglas Gresham, Beatrice Campbell, David McKenna, Denise Gough, Greta Gerwig, Vincent Sieber, Susan Wokoma, Vincent Sieber-Smith
Where to Watch:
In Theaters • Netflix In Theaters
Netflix
Set against the sun-bleached grit of Los Angeles, CRIME 101 weaves the tale of an elusive thief (Chris Hemsworth) whose high-stakes heists unfolding along the iconic 101 freeway have mystified police. When he eyes the score of a lifetime with hopes of this being his final job, his path collides with a disillusioned insurance broker (Halle Berry) who is facing her own crossroads, forcing the two to collaborate. Determined to crack the case, a relentless detective (Mark Ruffalo) closes in on the operation, raising the stakes even higher. As the multimillion-dollar heist approaches, the line between hunter and hunted begins to blur, and all three are forced to confront the cost of their choices–and the realization that there's no turning back.
Chris Hemsworth, Eric Fellner, Halle Berry, Devon Bostick, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Nick Nolte, Mark Ruffalo, Tim Bevan, Barry Keoghan, Tate Donovan, Corey Hawkins, Bart Layton, Monica Barbaro
Release Date:
February 13, 2026
Where to Watch:
In Theaters In Theaters
Tale of an elderly miser visited by the ghost of his former business partner and the spirits of Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Yet to Come.
Johnny Depp, Sam Claflin, Tramell Tillman, Rupert Grint, Daisy Ridley, Ellie Bamber, Andrea Riseborough, Charlie Murphy, Ian McKellen, Ti West, Nathaniel Halpern, Arthur Conti
Release Date:
November 13, 2026
Where to Watch:
In Theaters In Theaters
On the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck) reports that his beautiful wife, Amy (Rosamund Pike), has gone missing. Under pressure from the police and a growing media frenzy, Nick's portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble. Soon his lies, deceits and strange behavior have everyone asking the same dark question: Did Nick Dunne kill his wife?
Reese Witherspoon, Tyler Perry, Rosamund Pike, Ben Affleck, Kim Dickens, Neil Patrick Harris, David Fincher, Bruna Papandrea, Missi Pyle, Gillian Flynn, Leslie Dixon, Casey Wilson, Emily Ratajkowski, Patrick Fugit, Boyd Holbrook
Where to Watch:
In Theaters In Theaters
When Alex Rose’s mother sends her on a quest to complete her childhood bucket list, it takes her on a journey that will make you both laugh and cry as she uncovers family secrets, finds romance, and discovers herself along the way.
Where to Watch:
Netflix Netflix
Set in the magical Orisha kingdom, a young woman named Zelie Adebola witnesses the death of her mother and other magicians, called "maji," under the order of a ruthless king.
Rick Famuyiwa, Idris Elba, David Magee, Amandla Stenberg, Isaac Klausner, Viola Davis, Tosin Cole, Damson Idris, Lashana Lynch, Gram Cynthia Erivo, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Marty Bowen, John Fischer, Thuso Mbedu
Post-Production Adaptation Adventure
Release Date:
January 15, 2027
Where to Watch:
In Theaters In Theaters
Klara and the Sun introduces audiences to Klara (Jenna Ortega), an Artificial Friend who wants nothing more than to find the perfect home. When Klara meets Josie (Mia Tharia), each immediately senses a kindred spirit in the other. Josie has a fraught relationship with her mother (Amy Adams) and they’ve suffered great loss, but Klara’s innocent wonder and unwavering loyalty begin to heal the family and bring light to Josie’s complicated world.
Release Date:
October 23, 2026
Where to Watch:
In Theaters In Theaters
From director Paul Feig, the film plunges audiences into a twisted world where perfection is an illusion, and nothing is as it seems. Trying to escape her past, Millie (Sweeney) accepts a job as a live-in housemaid for the wealthy Nina (Seyfried) and Andrew Winchester (Brandon Sklenar). But what begins as a dream job quickly unravels into something far more dangerous — a sexy, seductive game of secrets, scandal, and power. Behind the Winchesters’ closed doors lies a world of shocking twists that will leave you guessing until the very end.
Completed Adaptation Psychological
Release Date:
December 19, 2025
Where to Watch:
In Theaters In Theaters
Based on the acclaimed, contemporary love story of the same name, The Idea of You centers on Solène (Anne Hathaway), a 40-year-old single mom who begins an unexpected romance with 24-year-old Hayes Campbell (Nicholas Galitzine), the lead singer of August Moon, the hottest boy band on the planet.
Gabrielle Union, Anne Hathaway, Nicholas Galitzine, Jennifer Westfeldt, Hedy Nasser, Jaiden Anthony, Michael Showalter, Reid Scott, Ella Rubin, Meg Millidge, Douglas S. Jones, Cathy Schulman, Annie Mumolo, Raymond Cham Jr., Perry Mattfeld, Jordan Aaron Hall, Mathilda Gianopoulos, Viktor White, Dakota Adan, Jason Babiszewski, Kian Gass
Completed Adaptation Based on Book
Where to Watch:
Prime Video Prime Video