Trailer Round-Up: Ready or Not 2: Here I Come, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, Mother Mary, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, The Boys: Final Season and More!
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Christmas season has begun, and so has the rush of movie and TV advertising. Expect a wave of major trailers and teasers over the next couple of weeks, as this stretch is prime real estate for showcasing some of next year’s biggest projects. This past week’s releases have already started to open the door to what we can expect in the weeks ahead. And in case you missed any of the big ones, here’s a quick look at what dropped.
We’ve made it our mission to keep subscribers up to speed on everything headed their way, whether it’s landing in theaters or streaming or airing at home. So strap in and plan the next hour or so accordingly, because you’ll likely spend the next stretch of time glued to these trailers.
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Round two: new dynasty, same nightmare!
🎥 Ready or Not 2: Here I Come — Trailer
(in theaters Apr 10th)
Marriage was supposed to end when everyone died and the mansion burned down, but Samara Weaving’s Grace learns the hard way that some contracts don’t expire just because your in-laws are toast. Waking up in a hospital after surviving the le Domas family’s deadly hide-and-seek ritual, she’s immediately thrust into round two... hunted by multiple wealthy dynasties in a winner-take-all bloodbath.
This time her innocent sister (Kathryn Newton) is dragged along as collateral, while Sarah Michelle Gellar, Elijah Wood, body-horror legend David Cronenberg, and a crew of unhinged aristocrats circle like vultures. Radio Silence (directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett) returns to crank the carnage higher in this much-anticipated darkly comic horror sequel to the 2019 sleeper hit. If you thought the game can’t get any more unhinged... well, ready or not, here it comes. Hitting theaters on April 10th.
With each passing year, the line between man and monster erodes.
🎥 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple — New Trailer
(in theaters Jan 16th)
What makes 28 Days Later terrifying isn’t the infected, it’s how fast civilized people become the real monsters when everything collapses. This middle chapter of the new trilogy picks up where 28 Years Later left off, following Ralph Fiennes as Dr. Ian Kelson clinging to decency while forging an uneasy alliance with a towering infected named Samson. Meanwhile, teen survivor Spike (Alfie Williams) falls in with the Jimmies, a tracksuit-wearing death cult led by Jack O’Connell’s platinum-blond psychopath, in a pressure-cooker descent toward the Bone Temple itself.
With Nia DaCosta (2021’s Candyman, Hedda) directing, taking over the reins from Danny Boyle and Alex Garland’s script digging into humanity’s erosion, this one trades survival tactics for soul-crushing desperation. And it just might tee up Cillian Murphy’s much-anticipated return as the original film’s protagonist, Jim. Now, that would be a nightmare worth waiting for. Coming soon to theaters on January 16th.
Fame made her a star. The dress might make her something else.
🎥 Mother Mary — Trailer
(Coming Soon 2026)
Anne Hathaway’s 2026 comeback kicks off with this genre-warping pop-star fever dream where she plays a Lady Gaga-meets-Taylor Swift mega-popstar who flees her tour mid-meltdown and hides out in a 13th-century German barn. There, she reunites with her estranged best friend and former costume designer (Michaela Coel), begging for a dress that captures her essence... only to receive a supernatural “hate dress” that might possess her instead.
Part melodrama, part exorcism fantasy, this psychedelic mind trip hails from The Green Knight director David Lowery and features original songs by Jack Antonoff and Charli XCX, plus Hunter Schafer, FKA twigs, and Kaia Gerber rounding out the cast. They say clothes make the person, but in this case, it just very well might be the thing that unmakes Anne Hathaway’s unraveling pop deity.
Fake it till you make it... then fake it even harder.
🎥 California Schemin’ — Teaser Trailer
(on April 10th in the UK)
Two Scottish lads couldn’t get taken seriously as rappers in their own accents, so they faked American identities, slapped on dodgy West Coast drawls, and somehow became a U.K. rap sensation... until the lie imploded. Now it’s the basis of this new hip-hop biopic about one of music history’s biggest hoaxes.
Actor James McAvoy makes his directorial debut dramatizing this stranger-than-fiction true story of Silibil N’ Brains, the rap duo who, in the early 2000s, fooled the music industry before reality caught up. Samuel Bottomley and Séamus McLean Ross star as Gavin Bain and Billy Boyd, the scheming MCs, with McAvoy playing their unhinged record-label boss. Based on Bain’s memoir and previously covered in the documentary The Great Hip Hop Hoax, this wild musical ride charts their chaotic rise and inevitable fall. Slated to open April 10th in the U.K.
They came to kill him... Big mistake.
🎥 Shelter — Trailer
(in theaters Jan 30th)
Jason Statham plays Michael Mason, a retired government operative hiding in an abandoned lighthouse, trying to keep his head down and his past buried... until a kill squad shows up to erase him. With a young innocent girl (Bodhi Rae Breathnach) caught in the crossfire, Mason unleashes every lethal instinct he swore he’d left behind, turning his isolated refuge into a bone-breaking war zone.
Bill Nighy and Naomi Ackie co-star in this gritty survival thriller from Greenland director Ric Roman Waugh, proving once again that if you come for Statham, you’d better bring an army... and even that might not be enough. Hitting theaters January 30th.
Be careful what you wish for...
🎥 Obsession — Teaser Trailer
(In theaters May 15th)
YouTuber-slash–first-time feature filmmaker Curry Barker turned his 2024 viral short film (Milk & Serial) into a multi-million-dollar payday from Focus Features, proving the internet can occasionally launch film careers. His forthcoming debut feature, Obsession, riffs on the monkey’s-paw horror fable, following a lonely music store clerk (Michael Johnston) who buys a supernatural trinket to win over his childhood crush (Inde Navarrette), only to learn that forced love comes with consequences he never bargained for.
Made for just $1 million, produced by Blumhouse’s Jason Blum, and snagged by Focus Features in a $14 million deal after a TIFF bidding war, this twisty horror-romance marks Barker as a filmmaker to watch... especially since Blum already locked down his next two films.
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🎥 “Return to Silent Hill” Trailers: Jeremy Irvine Faces Fog, Guilt, and Pyramid Head in ‘Silent Hill’ Director Christophe Gans’ New Haunting Video-Game Adaptation — In Theaters January 23rd
French filmmaker Christophe Gans returns to the video game–rooted horror franchise with a more faithful, atmospheric nightmare, following Jeremy Irvine’s grief-broken James Sunderland as an impossible letter draws him back to Silent Hill. With Akira Yamaoka’s iconic score thickening the dread, this entry fuses mystery, tragic romance, supernatural terror — and even more smoke and fog.
🎥 “In Cold Light” Trailer: Maika Monroe Goes From Ex–Drug Dealer to Targeted Convict in This Tense Small-Town Crime Thriller with Oscar-Winners Troy Kotsur and Helen Hunt — Premiering January 23rd
Maika Monroe shifts from Longlegs terror to raw survival as a newly freed ex-drug dealer framed for murder the moment she’s released from jail. Forced to hunt before she’s hunted, she confronts a fractured reunion with her estranged rancher father (Troy Kotsur) while Helen Hunt’s ruthless crime boss closes in.
🎥 “Protector” Trailer: Human Traffickers Pick the Wrong Mother as Milla Jovovich Wages a One-Woman War in This Race-Against-Time Action Thriller — Hitting Theaters February 20th
Milla Jovovich stars as a decorated war hero turned suburban mom who erupts back into combat mode when her teenage daughter is abducted. Armed with deadly instincts, she goes full scorched-earth mode, hunting down the predators who made the catastrophic mistake of crossing a mother trained to eliminate far worse threats.
🎥 “Thieves Highway” Trailer: Aaron Eckhart Faces a Ruthless Livestock-Smuggling Ring in This Gritty Neo-Western Action Thriller with Devon Sawa — In Theaters December 12th & on VOD/Digital December 16th
Aaron Eckhart stars as a hard-nosed livestock officer who uncovers a violent cow-smuggling ring and abruptly becomes the last line of defense before the border. Stranded without any backup, he’s pushed into a vicious standoff with a deranged ex-military commander (Devon Sawa) in a neo-Western bruiser riding the Yellowstone wave.
🎥 “A Private Life” Trailer: Jodie Foster Delivers a Fully French Performance as a Troubled Psychiatrist Unraveling a Patient’s Death in Rebecca Zlotowski’s Offbeat Parisian Mystery — In Select U.S. Theaters January 16th
Oscar-winner Jodie Foster puts her fluent French to sharp use in this Paris-set mystery, playing an American psychiatrist whose orderly life unravels after a longtime patient dies in what she believes is a murder. Pulling her ex-husband (Daniel Auteuil) into ill-advised sleuthing, she circles the grieving widower (Mathieu Amalric), his pregnant daughter, and a gallery of oddball suspects. The result blends Hitchcockian tension with zany caper energy and a darkly comic whodunit vibe few American studios would dare attempt.
🎥 “Forbidden Fruits” Teaser: Lili Reinhart Leads a Witchy Coven with Victoria Pedretti, Alexandra Shipp & Lola Tung in This Dark Feminist Comedy-Thriller — Coming to Theaters 2026
By day, Apple (Lili Reinhart) clocks in at a mall boutique; by night, she rules a pastel-soaked witchy cult with Cherry (Victoria Pedretti) and Fig (Alexandra Shipp) in the basement below. But when new hire Pumpkin (Lola Tung) unsettles their delicate balance, jealousy and resentment bubble over. Co-starring Emma Chamberlain, this darkly comic thriller reveals just how vicious sisterhood can get.
🎥 “The Internship” Trailer: Lizzy Greene, Megan Boone, Sky Katz & Sullivan Stapleton Lead a Bloody Assassin Uprising Against a Top-Secret CIA Program in This Action Spy Thriller — Hitting VOD/Digital January 13th
A teen assassin (Lizzy Greene) raised in a covert CIA program leads her fellow young operatives in a violent rebellion against the agency determined to erase them, in this adrenaline-fueled thriller from action director James Bamford; also starring Megan Boone, Sky Katz, and Sullivan Stapleton.
🎥 “The Magic Faraway Tree” International Trailer: Claire Foy and Andrew Garfield Star in ‘Paddington 2’ Screenwriter Simon Farnaby’s Adaptation of Enid Blyton’s Fantasy Novel About a Family Finding Fantastical Lands at the Top of a Magical Tree — Arriving in UK Cinemas March 27th
A family moves to the English countryside, where their children discover a magical tree leading to whimsical worlds and eccentric inhabitants. In Paddington 2 scribe Simon Farnaby’s adaptation of Enid Blyton’s beloved children’s tale, starring Claire Foy and Andrew Garfield, the fantastical journey becomes an unexpected path toward escapism, reconnection, and rediscovering what holds a loving family together.
🎥 “My Father’s Shadow” Trailer: Sope Dirisu Stars as a Struggling Father in Akinola Davies Jr.’s Powerful Nigerian Family Drama — In Theaters February 6th, via MUBI
Akinola Davies Jr.’s award-winning feature debut follows two young brothers and their estranged father (Sope Dirisu) navigating Lagos amid the 1993 election crisis, transforming a simple trip home into a poetic, politically charged reckoning with unrest, fractured family ties, and the burden of growing up too fast.
🎥 “The Dutchman” Trailer: André Holland and Kate Mara Star in a Sexualized Game of Cat and Mouse in This Twisty Psychological Thriller with Zazie Beetz — In Theaters January 2nd
A New York subway commute becomes a tense, desire-charged psychological trap for a businessman in crisis, played by André Holland. His escalating cat-and-mouse encounter with a mysterious woman (Kate Mara) spirals toward a violent, disorienting climax, with Zazie Beetz and Aldis Hodge adding to the film’s mounting unease.
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Not all heroes need crowns... just courage!
📺 A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms — Final Trailer
(on Sun, Jan 18th HBO)
What if Westeros had a hero who actually gave a damn about honor? HBO’s latest Game of Thrones spinoff asks that question and presents viewers with one of the unlikeliest heroes ever to roam the realm. Trading palace backstabbing for something shockingly rare in this franchise... old-school chivalry, meet Ser Duncan the Tall (Peter Claffey), a towering knight wandering the lower rungs of society alongside his secretly royal squire, “Egg” (Dexter Sol Ansell), who’s actually Prince Aegon Targaryen in disguise.
Adapting George R. R. Martin’s beloved Tales of Dunk and Egg novellas, known for their lighter, coming-of-age adventures, this six-episode prequel series examines whether decency can survive in a brutal empire run by ruthless lords, scheming barons, and violent rulers. Prepare to have a hearty laugh as Dunk and Egg fumble their way through quests, court intrigue, and the kind of trouble only a humble knight and a hidden Targaryen can find themselves in. Debuting Sunday, January 18th on HBO and HBO MAX.
The Boys have nothing left to lose... and also no reason to hold back.
📺 The Boys: Season 5 (Final Season) — Teaser Trailer
(on Wed, Apr 8th Prime Video)
Six years ago, The Boys crashed onto the scene as a blood-soaked middle finger to superhero worship, ripping into America’s obsession with patriotic mascots, celebrity culture, and fragile “heroes” who thrive on adoration and fear. Now, as the real world starts resembling the show’s darkest jokes, it’s finally time for one last, gloriously messy curtain call.
Season 5 throws us headfirst into a full-blown Supe dictatorship under Homelander (Antony Starr), with Hughie (Jack Quaid), Mother’s Milk (Laz Alonso), and Frenchie (Tomer Capone) imprisoned in “Freedom Camps” while Butcher (Karl Urban) crawls back into the fight… dying, desperate, and clutching a Supe-killing virus that could burn everything down. The whole gang rallies for an all-out finale promising nothing but chaos, carnage, and catharsis. Their final stand begins April 8th on Prime Video.
The President’s murder was only the beginning.
📺 Paradise: Season 2 — Teaser Trailer
(on Mon, Feb 23rd on Hulu/Disney+)
The This Is Us producing team pulled off one of TV’s best bait-and-switches, selling Hulu’s Paradise as a political murder mystery before detonating it into a post-apocalyptic, sci-fi-leaning thriller that left viewers reeling. Season 2 picks up after that jaw-dropping finale, with Sterling K. Brown’s Secret Service agent Xavier Collins now trekking through a scorched wasteland searching for his presumed-dead wife while the utopian “paradise” back home starts to crack under scrutiny.
Julianne Nicholson returns as Samantha “Sinatra” Redmond, the ruthless founder of the Paradise program, now possibly facing a long-overdue reckoning, and James Marsden is also back as U.S. President Cal Bradford, haunting the season in flashbacks despite his first-season death. Meanwhile, Shailene Woodley and Thomas Doherty join the ensemble, adding new layers to the unraveling mystery. Creator Dan Fogelman calls Season 2 the “middle movie” of his planned three-season arc. So expect the conspiracy to widen, the world to darken, and the twists to hit even harder. Premiering Monday, February 23rd on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+.
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📺 “A Thousand Blows: Season 2” Trailer: Emmy-winners Erin Doherty and Stephen Graham Reunite and Reignite Their Electric Chemistry in Steven Knight’s Brutal 1880-Era London Underworld Series with Malachi Kirby — Debuts Fri, January 9th on Hulu/Disney+
Fresh off her Emmy win for Adolescence, Erin Doherty plunges into 1880s East End brutality as Mary Carr, the uncompromising leader of London’s Forty Elephants. Steven Knight’s series returns with Mary molding Jamaican immigrant Hezekiah (Malachi Kirby) into a formidable bare-knuckle fighter, even as Stephen Graham (reuniting with his Adolescence co-star) steps back in as Sugar Goodson, London’s most feared gangster/boxer watching his criminal empire crumble around him.
📺 “The ‘Burbs” Teaser: Keke Palmer and Jack Whitehall Unravel Neighborhood Secrets in Peacock’s Small-Screen Remake of Joe Dante’s Tom Hanks-Starring Cult ‘80s Dark Comedy — Premiering Sun, February 8th on Peacock
Keke Palmer and Jack Whitehall play a suburban couple drawn into a spiraling neighborhood mystery in this TV remake of the 1989 cult classic. As rumors of murder and buried secrets spread, Palmer rallies a band of nosy neighbors whose amateur sleuthing turns harmless curiosity into full-blown suburban chaos. Remember to lock your doors, you never know who’s snooping around your neighbor.
📺 “The Night Agent: Season 3” Teaser: Gabriel Basso Returns as Agent Peter Sutherland as He Confronts New Enemies and Hard Truths in This New Season of Netflix’s Hit Political Thriller — Premieres Thurs, February 19th on Netflix
Gabriel Basso returns as FBI agent Peter Sutherland, plunging back into conspiracies and terror plots in Shawn Ryan’s escalating Netflix thriller. A routine assessment erupts into a globe-trotting crisis packed with spies, betrayals, and nonstop danger, forcing Sutherland to realize the only person he can truly trust might be himself.
📺 “Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair” Teaser Promo: Everyone’s Favorite Dysfunctional Family Returns in Hulu’s Upcoming Special Reunion Event — Coming 2026
A four-part comedy reunion brings this famously dysfunctional TV family back to glorious chaos, with Bryan Cranston, Jane Kaczmarek, and Frankie Muniz returning after twenty years. The household absurdity is alive and well, promising fresh disasters, deranged traditions, and another round of wonderfully unhinged, body-trimming mayhem.
📺 “School Spirits: Season 3” Teaser: Peyton List Returns To Face New Visions, New Dangers, and a Deeper Mystery in Hit Supernatural Teen Series — Premiering Wed, January 28th on Paramount+
Peyton List is back as Maddie Nears in Season 3 of Paramount’s supernatural teen drama, diving with her ghostly crew into the dark secrets buried inside Split River High. As her friend’s afterlife obsession grows, their investigation turns perilous, revealing that some mysteries don’t just linger... they’re ready to drag you under.
📺 “Tehran: Season 3” Trailer: Niv Sultan Returns as Tamar Rabinyan, Hunted by Both the IRGC and Mossad in Apple’s High-Stakes Espionage Thriller Series with Hugh Laurie — Premiering Fri, January 9th on Apple TV
A Mossad hacker on the run must rebuild her identity while evading the IRGC and her own agency in this new season of Apple’s high-stakes international thriller. With Niv Sultan leading and Hugh Laurie as a formidable nuclear inspector, a city-shaking explosion propels a frantic dive into betrayals, shifting loyalties, and Tehran’s perilous underworld.
📺 “Run Away” Trailer: James Nesbitt Hunts for His Missing Daughter in Harlan Coben’s New Twisty Thriller Miniseries with Minnie Driver — Premieres Thurs, January 1st on Netflix
A desperate father’s search for his missing daughter spirals into violence, secrets, and a criminal underworld in this Harlan Coben–created thriller. With James Nesbitt leading a cast that includes Minnie Driver, Ruth Jones, and Alfred Enoch, it’s a tense dive into guilt, redemption, and danger.
📺 “Gomorrah: The Origins” U.K. Trailer: Rising Gangs, Ruthless Mafias, Broken Legacies, and a Brutal Destiny Drive This Prequel Series to the Acclaimed Italian Crime Saga — Coming Soon 2026 on UK’s Sky TV
This mafia prequel series charts the violent ascent of young Pietro Savastano as he claws his way through Naples’s criminal hierarchy. Torn between reluctant heirs, rising rebels, and future power brokers, he forges loyalty and betrayal in equal measure. Led by Luca Lubrano, it’s a blood-soaked coming-of-age story built one dangerous choice at a time.
📺 “Rise of the 49ers” Trailer: NFL Icon Tom Brady Unearths the Dynasty That Redefined Football in AMC’s Four-Part Docuseries — Premiering Sun, February 1st on AMC/AMC+
This four-part docuseries revisits the Bay Area dynasty built by Bill Walsh, celebrating the overlooked players who reshaped football history. Narrated by superfan Tom Brady and featuring Joe Montana, Jerry Rice, Steve Young, and Ronnie Lott, it uses rare NFL Films footage to revive the Gold Rush glory days.
