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This image released by Sony Pictures shows Spider-Man and Boomerang in a scene from \u201cSpider-Man: Brand New Day.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Milly Alcock in a scene from \u201cSupergirl.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Brendan Fraser stars as U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower in director Anthony Maras\u2019 “Pressure,” about the 72 hours before the D-Day invasion in World War II.<\/p>\n
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A new Steven Spielberg, Christopher Nolan\u2019s first movie since the Oscar-winning \u201cOppenheimer<\/a>\u201d and entries in the \u201cToy Story,\u201d \u201cSuperman<\/a>\u201d and \u201cSpider-Man\u201d franchises are headed to multiplexes soon.<\/p>\n If there\u2019s a word to describe the 2026 summer movie season, it would be \u201cepic.\u201d<\/p>\n Here\u2019s a baker\u2019s dozen of movies the Chronicle is most anticipating:<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n \u2018Pressure\u2019<\/p>\n A World War II thriller in which the nail-biting suspense stems from forecasting the weather.<\/p>\n Supreme Allied Commander and future U.S. president Dwight D. Eisenhower (Brendan Fraser<\/a> in an interesting bit of casting) is planning the D-Day invasion and his top meteorologists, played by Andrew Scott<\/a> and Chris Messina, can\u2019t agree.<\/p>\n San Francisco Chronicle Logo<\/p>\n Make us a Preferred Source to get more of our news when you search.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Add Preferred Source<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n It\u2019s not only a tense war film, but a glimpse into just how difficult it was to predict the weather in the early days of meteorology. In this case, the fate of the world is at stake.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Kerry Condon (\u201cF1<\/a>\u201d) is Kay Summersby, Eisenhower\u2019s famed personal assistant.<\/p>\n In theaters Friday, May 29.<\/p>\n Emily Blunt in a scene from Steven Spielberg\u2019s \u201cDisclosure Day.\u201d<\/p>\n Niko Tavernise\/Associated Press<\/p>\n \u2018Disclosure Day\u2019<\/p>\n There\u2019s already a \u201cStar Wars\u201d film in theaters (\u201cThe Mandalorian and Grogu<\/a>\u201d), but now comes a Steven Spielberg movie about aliens. Those are some real 1977 vibes.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n \u201cClose Encounters of the Third Kind\u201d came out that year, and later Spielberg would make \u201cE.T. the Extra-Terrestrial\u201d (1982). The legendary director turns 80 later this year, and although he has been tight-lipped about plot details, \u201cDisclosure Day\u201d feels like a career-capper.<\/p>\n Emily Blunt, Josh O\u2019Connor and former San Francisco theater actor Colman Domingo<\/a> star.<\/p>\n In theaters Friday, June 12.<\/p>\n \u2018Stop! That! Train!\u2019<\/p>\n RuPaul<\/a> plays the U.S. president in this drag queen action comedy about a runaway train called the Glamazon Express. Her \u201cRuPaul\u2019s Drag Race\u201d co-stars Ginger Minj and Jujubee star as stewardesses.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n The cast also includes Matt Rogers, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Rachel Bloom, Lisa Rinna and Nicole Richie.<\/p>\n In theaters Friday, June 12.<\/p>\n Woody, voiced by Tom Hanks, left, and Buzz\u00a0Lightyear, voiced by Tim Allen, in Disney and Pixar\u2019s \u201cToy Story 5.\u201d<\/p>\n Pixar\/Associated Press<\/p>\n \u2018Toy Story 5\u2019<\/p>\n Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Jessie (the voices of Tom Hanks<\/a>, Tim Allen<\/a> and Joan Cusack, respectively) and the other toys are afraid of losing their jobs to technology in this highly anticipated installment in Pixar\u2019s historic animated franchise.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n The tech in question is an iPad-like smart tablet that looks like a green frog, called a Lilypad.<\/p>\n Will Bonnie, who inherited Andy\u2019s toys when her brother went off to college, be glued to her screen?<\/p>\n Keanu Reeves<\/a> reprises his role as Duke Caboom, while newcomers Greta Lee and Conan O\u2019Brien<\/a> join the star-studded voice cast.<\/p>\n In theaters Friday, June 19.<\/p>\n Hugh Jackman stars in “The Death of Robin Hood.”<\/p>\n A24<\/p>\n \u2018The Death of Robin Hood\u2019<\/p>\n Hugh Jackman<\/a> plays the legendary outlaw as an aging, disillusioned man who has fought one battle too many.<\/p>\n When he is gravely wounded, a woman (Jodie Comer<\/a>) and a young girl may offer the key to his salvation. Bill Skarsg\u00e5rd<\/a> is Little John.<\/p>\n Michael Sarnoski, who also directed \u201cPig\u201d (2021) and \u201cA Quiet Place: Day One<\/a>\u201d (2024), based the story on a ballad from the 17th century.<\/p>\n In theaters Friday, June 19.<\/p>\n Kara Zor-El (Milly Alcock)\u00a0and her faithful super dog Krypto travel the universe in\u00a0\u201cSupergirl.\u201d<\/p>\n Associated Press<\/p>\n \u2018Supergirl\u2019<\/p>\n Kara Zor-El (Milly Alcock) made a grand entrance at the end of last year\u2019s summer hit \u201cSuperman<\/a>,\u201d and now she gets her own blockbuster.<\/p>\n Supe\u2019s cousin and her faithful super dog Krypto are lonely planet travelers as Kara searches for the meaning of life. Bad guys, though, have a way of providing purpose.<\/p>\n Jason Momoa co-stars, and David Corenswet\u2019s Superman also makes an appearance.<\/p>\n In theaters Friday, June 26.<\/p>\n From left: Olivia Wilde, Seth Rogen, Pen\u00e9lope Cruz, and Edward Norton in a scene from \u201cThe Invite.\u201d<\/p>\n Associated Press<\/p>\n \u2018The Invite\u2019<\/p>\n Olivia Wilde\u2019s<\/a> third film as director pairs her with Seth Rogan as a dysfunctional couple who live in a classic San Francisco apartment. When the couple upstairs (Ed Norton and Pen\u00e9lope Cruz) comes to dinner, it jumpstarts a night of shocking reveals and personal insights.<\/p>\n Absorbing and often funny as it is sad, \u201cThe Invite\u201d has a bit of late 1960s classics \u201cWho\u2019s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?\u201d and \u201cBob & Carol & Ted & Alice\u201d in its DNA. It thrilled a soldout Castro Theatre in April when it opened the 69th San Francisco International Film Festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n In theaters Friday, June 26.<\/p>\n Ed, Henry and\u00a0Goomi in a scene from Illumination\u2019s \u201cMinions & Monsters.\u201d<\/p>\n Illumination\/Associated Press<\/p>\n \u2018Minions & Monsters\u2019<\/p>\n The one-eyed little yellow creatures, who wreaked havoc in San Francisco in \u201cMinions: The Rise of Gru<\/a>\u201d (2022), head to 1920s Hollywood to make a Universal monster movie just as the advent of sound will change the art form forever.\u00a0<\/p>\n This is the third \u201cMinions\u201d movie, a series that is an offshoot of the \u201cDespicable Me<\/a>\u201d franchise, and stars the voices of\u00a0 Christoph Waltz, Jessie Eisenberg, Zoey Deutch<\/a> and Jeff Bridges.<\/p>\n In theaters Friday, July 1.<\/p>\n Catherine Laga\u2019aia sets out to save her people in Disney\u2019s live action remake of \u201cMoana.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Disney<\/p>\n \u2018Moana\u2019<\/p>\n Another live action remake of a Disney animated classic is likely to be a summer box-office smash.<\/p>\n A year after a live action \u201cLilo & Stitch<\/a>\u201d charmed audiences, \u201cMoana,\u201d based on the 2016 animated film, is set to do the same. In ancient Polynesia, a teenage girl (newcomer Catherine Laga\u2019aia) sets out to save her people with the help of a demigod (Dwayne Johnson<\/a> reprising his role as Maui in the flesh).<\/p>\n In theaters Friday, July 10.<\/p>\n Matt Damon stars as Odysseus in Christopher Nolan\u2019s \u201cThe Odyssey.\u201d<\/p>\n Melinda Sue Gordon\/TNS<\/p>\n \u2018The Odyssey\u2019<\/p>\n Perhaps the most anticipated film of the summer, \u201cThe Odyssey<\/a>\u201d is a $250 million epic that is the first movie ever shot entirely with IMAX cameras.<\/p>\n Christopher Nolan\u2019s adaptation of Homer\u2019s ancient Greek epic poem stars Matt Damon as Odysseus, who encounters many adventures as he heads home after the Trojan War.<\/p>\n Oakland\u2019s Zendaya<\/a>, Tom Holland<\/a>, Anne Hathaway<\/a>, Robert Pattinson<\/a>, Lupita Nyong’o and Charlize Theron are among the all-star cast.<\/p>\n In theaters Friday, July 17.<\/p>\n \u2018Spider-Man: Brand New Day\u2019<\/p>\n Holland and Zendaya<\/a>, one of Hollywood\u2019s most beloved real-life couples, are back in their fourth go-round<\/a> as Peter Parker, aka Spider-Man, and his girlfriend MJ.<\/p>\n Spidey was last seen in \u201cSpider-Man: No Way Home<\/a>\u201d (2021), in which the superhero got Doctor Strange to erase him from everyone\u2019s memory in order to protect the multiverse. How will he deal with his loneliness, and reconnect with MJ?<\/p>\n In theaters Friday, July 31.<\/p>\n Cooper Hoffman and Olivia Wilde in Gregg Araki\u2019s \u201cI Want Your Sex.\u201d<\/p>\n Magnolia Pictures<\/p>\n \u2018I Want Your Sex\u2019<\/p>\n A key figure in the 1990s\u2019 New Queer Cinema movement, Gregg Araki returns with his first film in a dozen years.<\/p>\n Olivia Wilde is a provocative artist who starts an affair with an intern (Cooper Hoffman) who\u2019s two decades her junior. Great for the intern \u2014 at least until things get really weird and dangerous.<\/p>\n Bay Area native Daveed Diggs<\/a> also stars.<\/p>\n In theaters Friday, July 31.<\/p>\n \u2018Coyote vs. Acme\u2019<\/p>\n This animated movie became infamous for being shelved as Warner Bros. Discovery boss David Zaslav used it as a tax write off as he looked for solutions to deal with the company\u2019s crippling debt.<\/p>\n Looney Tunes fans flooded social media blasting Zaslav. Now, three years later, they\u2019ll get to see it after Ketchup Entertainment bought it.<\/p>\n John Cena<\/a>, East Bay native Will Forte<\/a> and Lana Condor star.<\/p>\n Now if Ketchup could rescue \u201cBatgirl,\u201d which Zaslav also shelved in 2023, that would be great.<\/p>\n In theaters Friday, Aug. 28.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This image released by Sony Pictures shows Spider-Man and Boomerang in a scene from \u201cSpider-Man: Brand New Day.\u201d…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":330678,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[329,101827,838,101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":["post-330677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-arts-and-entertainment","tag-datebook-guide","tag-movies-and-tv","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/p>\n
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