{"id":874885,"date":"2026-10-08T07:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T07:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/874885\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T07:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T07:34:10","slug":"skydance-warner-bros-films-that-are-ready-in-the-works-or-on-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/874885\/","title":{"rendered":"Skydance & Warner Bros: Films That Are Ready, In The Works Or On Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tHeavy hang the heads who wear the crowns, and that goes for Skydance<\/a> Pictures Co-Chairs Dana Goldberg<\/a> and Josh Greenstein<\/a>, who\u2019ll be tasked with getting under the hood and tuning up the incoming 2027-2029 Warner Bros<\/a> theatrical slates.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe first fire to put out: ensuring that Barbie 2 becomes a reality<\/a> with its original franchise director Greta Gerwig and leads Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling. There are other projects to look at as well, like the Jonah Hill-directed reportedly finished comedy The Cut Off, which was originally dated against The Odyssey this year and then undated. What\u2019s up with that movie?<\/p>\n

\n\tOne of the next big auteur swings greenlit by the previous WB regime<\/a> was director Baz Luhrmann\u2019s next project Jehanne d\u2019Arc. The director is currently waiting on a new draft of the script in hopes of a spring start.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhile we\u2019ve told you about the dated titles<\/a> Warners is delivering to the new Skydance, some of these are in various forms of production and development, like the September 8, 2028 dated New Line Weapons prequel Gladys. That one is awaiting a final draft before attaching a director.<\/p>\n

\n\tGoing back to the desert days of Hollywood, it\u2019s prime for any new administration to go through the previous regime\u2019s pickings and determine whether there are horses still worth getting behind. This went on when Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy arrived at Warner Bros in June 2022 (the already shot Batgirl was shelved, while WBD CEO David Zaslav wrote down and sold Coyote vs. Acme), and it occurred when Goldberg and Greenstein arrived at Paramount in late summer 2025 (one of the most prolific projects from the previous Brian Robbins regime that didn\u2019t move to a greenlight was the R-rated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin. In exchange, a new live-action feature of the sword-carrying reptiles is in the works aimed at families).<\/p>\n

\n\tDespite the recent bomb<\/a> that is Warners\u2019 $160M Tom Cruise political satire Digger, Skydance co-CEO David Ellison says he\u2019s not anti big swing. At Tuesday\u2019s Day One Skydance presser<\/a>, he reminded everyone that Sinners was his favorite movie from last year.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn addition to franchises, \u201cWe\u2019re going to make a complete diverse slate,\u201d asserted Ellison. \u201cOne of the things I\u2019m a big believer in is original storytelling.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cOne of the areas to be very cautious about is doing anything that jeopardizes the quality of these pictures, and anything that would jeopardize the quality of the marketing campaigns,\u201d said Ellison, who believes there\u2019s a way for this two-headed monster of a studio to win, specifically the pro-forma content spend of $30 billion-plus annually, despite the burden of $79B in net debt.<\/p>\n

\n\tRELATED: Skydance Credit Rating Cut By Fitch Citing Heavy Debt Load, Integration, Execution Risk<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tThose are hard numbers for some financial analysts to wrap their heads around, but Ellison and his new Co-CEO Ynon Kriez are out to prove to the town that their anomaly of a merger can indeed keep both legacy studios alive and grow product while paying down debt. While co-financing is always a solution, particularly on risky bets, it remains to be seen whether the new Paramount-Warner Bros sometimes takes the easy way out. How\u2019s that? Rather than risk a $300 million feature gamble in production cost and marketing, will they simply accept the stage AGs\u2019 penalties and shell out $30M for any film they\u2019re unable to deliver in a 30-picture slate? It\u2019s a cheaper alternative.<\/p>\n

\n\tEllison also underscored Tuesday that when he took the reins of Paramount a year ago, they overdelivered on synergies with $2.7B, while doubling the slate to 15 films annually and greenlighting four new series.<\/p>\n

\n\tFor the many who feared the consolidation of the two historic studios, what should come as some balm is that with Warner Bros operating separately from Paramount under Jesse Ehrman and Mike Ireland, the two studios will respectively be able to compete against each other on projects.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cBut there will be coordination,\u201d emphasized Kriez in that regard.<\/p>\n

\n\tHe expounded, \u201cThe plan is to keep the studios independent creatively, so that each will have its own slate, its own relationship, same opportunities, and then we will choreograph the release schedule, and optimize it by genre and by audience demographic to achieve the best for the company as a whole.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWhile we\u2019ve told you what has been dated before, below is a sampling based on our previous reports of the kit and caboodle that\u2019s coming Goldberg and Greenstein\u2019s way. We\u2019ve sussed what is ready and real on the 2027 and 2028 slates. Excluded from this list are myriad lit acquisitions made during the previous De Luca and Abdy regime.<\/p>\n

\t\tPriority\t<\/p>\n

\n\tBarbie 2<\/p>\n

\n\tIdeally, Greta Gerwig returns to direct and co write with Noah Baumbach and Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling return to star in a sequel to Warner Bros\u2019 highest-grossing movie ever at $1.44B.<\/p>\n

\t\tFinished\t<\/p>\n

\n\t(or nearing finish for release)<\/p>\n

\n\tClayface (Oct. 23) (DC)<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Cat in the Hat (Nov. 6)<\/p>\n

\n\tCut Off
Jonah Hill-directed comedy in which he stars with Kristin Wiig<\/p>\n

Dune: Part Three (Dec. 18)<\/p>\n

\n\tAnimal Friends (Jan. 22, 2027)<\/p>\n

\n\tRemain (Feb. 5, 2027)
M. Night Shyamalan\u2019s latest just screened at BeyondFest<\/p>\n

\n\tPanic Carefully (April 9, 2027)<\/p>\n

\n\tF.A.S.T (May 14, 2027)<\/p>\n

\t\tPost-production\t<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Revenge of La Llorona (Feb. 27, 2027)<\/p>\n

\n\tGodzilla x Kong: Supernova (March 26, 2027)<\/p>\n

\n\tBad Fairies (May 21, 2027)<\/p>\n

\n\tMan of Tomorrow (July 9, 2027)
James Gunn\u2019s sequel to Superman<\/p>\n

\n\tA Minecraft Movie Squared (July 23, 2027)
Jared Hess returns to direct<\/p>\n

\n\tShiver (Aug. 13)<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Conjuring: First Communion (Sept. 10, 2027)<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Great Beyond (Oct. 1, 2027)
J.J. Abrams\u2019 original sci-fi film with Glen Powell and Jenna Ortega <\/p>\n

\n\tLord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum (Dec. 17, 2027)
Directed by Andy Serkis off a screenplay by Philippa Boyens, Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson, Phoebe Gittens and Arty Papageorgiou<\/p>\n

\n\tEvil Dead Wrath (April 7, 2028)<\/p>\n

\t\tIn Production\t<\/p>\n

\n\tUntitled Ocean\u2019s Prequel (June 25, 2027)
Bradley Cooper co-wrote, directs, produces and stars alongside Robbie, who produces via LuckyChap<\/p>\n

\n\tMargie Claus (Nov. 12, 2027)<\/p>\n

\n\tUntitled Nancy Meyers Movie (Dec. 25, 2027)
Nancy Meyers directing from her own script with Owen Wilson, Jude Law, Kieran Culkin and Erin Doherty starring<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Batman Part II (Feb. 18, 2028) (DC)
Matt Reeves-directed production is paused<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Lunar Chronicles (Nov. 3, 2028)
Animated<\/p>\n

\n\tOh, the Places You\u2019ll Go! (May 17, 2028)
Jon Chu\u2019s animated feature take of the classic Dr. Seuss children\u2019s book<\/p>\n

\n\tHello Kitty (July 21, 2028)
Animated<\/p>\n

\n\tDynamic Duo (Sept. 22, 2028) (DC)
Animation with puppets<\/p>\n

\t\tPre-production\t<\/p>\n

\n\tFinal Destination 7 (New Line) (May 12, 2028)
Michiel Blanchart directing<\/p>\n

\n\tNasty (Clockwork)
Mary Bronstein-directed pic with Jenna Ortega and Rose Byrne off an Isabella Jarosz screenplay. LuckyChap producing<\/p>\n

\n\tSean Baker\u2019s Ti Amo! (Clockwork)<\/p>\n

\n\tJehanne d\u2019Arc (Nov. 22, 2028)
Baz Luhrmann directing, Schuyler Weiss and Catherine Martin producing. Currently awaiting next draft<\/p>\n

\t\tGreenlit\t<\/p>\n

\n\t(By previous administration)<\/p>\n

\n\tSean Penn\u2019s Untitled January 6th Movie (Clockwork)
Penn writing, directing and producing; Bradley Cooper to star<\/p>\n

The Brigands of Rattle Creek (Clockwork)
Park Chan-Wook domestic acquisition<\/p>\n

\t\tGreenlight Candidates\t<\/p>\n

\n\t(or nearing)<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Flood (Aug. 2028)
Zach Cregger\u2019s next movie with New Line starring Jennifer Lawrence<\/p>\n

\n\tGladys (Weapons prequel set for Sept. 8, 2028)
In rewrites<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Jetsons live-action movie
Jim Carrey starring; Colin Trevorrow attached to direct<\/p>\n

\n\tMatrix 5
Drew Goddard writing. (a 2029 release candidate)<\/p>\n

\t\tDevelopment\t<\/p>\n

\n\tAttack of the Fifty-Foot Woman Reimagining
Tim Burton directing<\/p>\n

\n\tBlow Up the Chat
Temple Hill producing<\/p>\n

\n\tCare Bears
Josh Greenbaum directing; Good Fear, GoldDay producing<\/p>\n

\n\tConstantine 2<\/p>\n

\n\tForbidden Planet
Emma Watts producing<\/p>\n

\n\tGame of Thrones: Aegon\u2019s Conquest (June 1, 2029)<\/p>\n

\n\tGremlins 3 (Oct. 6, 2028)
Chris Columbus directing; awaiting rewrites<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Goonies 2
Steven Spielberg, Kristie Macosko Krieger, Holly Bario and Chris Columbus producing<\/p>\n

\n\tLive-Action Hot Wheels Movie
Bad Robot and Jon M. Chu\u2019s Electric Somewhere producing<\/p>\n

\n\tLast Friday
Ice Cube starring<\/p>\n

\n\tMeerkat Manor (Warner Bros. Pictures Animation)
The Green Room producing<\/p>\n

\n\tSpace Invaders (New Line)
Weed Road Pictures, Safehouse Pictures producing<\/p>\n

\n\tThem! remake
Michael Giacchino directing<\/p>\n

\t\tEarly Development\t<\/p>\n

\n\tBatman Brave and the Bold (DC)<\/p>\n

\n\tCrazy Rich Asians 2<\/p>\n

\n\tSavage Hunters aka Deathstroke & Bane Movie (DC)<\/p>\n

\n\tLive-action Flintstones reboot
Ryan Gosling\u2019s Open Invite producing<\/p>\n

\n\tFree Willy reimagining
AGBO producing<\/p>\n

\n\tGet Smart reboot
John Mulaney to star; Charles Roven and Andrew Lazar producing<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Lord of the Rings: Shadow of the Past
Stephen Colbert, Philippa Boyens and Peter McGee writing<\/p>\n

\n\tPrehistoria (Warner Bros. Pictures Animation)
Vivienne Medrano writing and directing<\/p>\n

\n\tPowerpuff Girls<\/p>\n

\n\tLive-action Teen Titans (DC)<\/p>\n

\n\tSwamp Thing (DC)<\/p>\n

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