Remember when Koichi Shikishima blew Godzilla to pieces at the end of Godzilla Minus One? Japan wishes it had stayed that simple. Godzilla Minus Zero picks up two years later, in 1949. The country has just about stopped eating its own shoes and is clinging to a hard-won peace. Naturally, a new threat arrives to crush hope in an instant. Takashi Yamazaki returns as director and, as before, handles the effects himself. That's the same job that won Minus One an Oscar for visual effects, so he's presumably still not asking anyone to hold his coffee. Ryunosuke Kamiki is back as the ex-kamikaze pilot Shikishima, alongside Minami Hamabe as Noriko Oishi, Yuki Yamada, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Jun Kunimura and Miou Tanaka as Captain Tatsuo Hotta. The first trailer reportedly sends the kaiju toward New York. The Statue of Liberty should probably start a very short will. At 135 minutes, it's a mix of science fiction, horror and action. Its tagline is "Feel it all," which sounds like a threat from a film that made you cry over a giant lizard the first time. Bring tissues, and perhaps a helmet.

Ranbir Kapoor is playing the hero, and he's also playing Parshuram and Vishnu, so he's covering most of the divine side of the cast list. Ramayana: Rise of a Legend arrives in the US on November 5, 2026. It's Nitesh Tiwari's take on the ancient epic, and it runs 208 minutes. Pack snacks and a seat cushion. The story begins with a prince and princess whose marriage leads to exile, and from there it becomes a legendary journey about love, duty and destiny. Sai Pallavi is Sita. Ravi Dubey is Lakshman, the loyal brother. Arun Govil is Dashrath, and Rakul Preet Singh plays Shurpanakha. Yash is Ravana, the demon king, who by every account takes the "ruler of three realms" job seriously. The first trailer shows a lot of mythological weaponry, big army clashes and plenty of visual effects. That makes sense, because DNEG and Prime Focus Studios are on board, along with Yash's Monster Mind Creations. The film is reportedly the first half of a two-part saga shot for Imax, so the rescue and the final battle are likely being saved for the sequel. At a reported budget of about $500 million for both parts, nobody is pinching pennies. The tagline is "Our truth. Our history." Fantasy, action and adventure are all on the menu. The film opens in November, in the Diwali window, and the one thing I can say for certain is that it won't be short.

Some men flee a collapsing country with a suitcase. Charles de Gaulle flees one with an idea, which is a lot harder to fit in the overhead bin. De Gaulle: Résistance, the first half of a two-part saga (the second chapter is titled Liberté), opens on June 1940. France has signed the armistice and the nation is busy falling over. One unknown general decides this is a terrible time to give up and boards a plane to London, with no army, no backing and, by the look of the synopsis, no plan B. Antonin Baudry directs from a script he co-wrote with Bérénice Vila. Simon Abkarian takes on the towering, famously nose-forward title role. Simon Russell Beale plays Winston Churchill, so expect two enormous egos sharing one small island. Benoît Magimel and Mathieu Kassovitz (as Darlan) round out a cast that makes "French prestige drama" sound like a flavor of ice cream. At 160 minutes, it is a film for people who consider two hours "a teaser." The tagline promises that some wars are won by those who refuse to surrender. That is also, handily, a description of anyone who stays for the whole runtime. Pack snacks and a strong sense of national destiny.

Hold the confetti: the Cat is back, and this time he's brought a time machine. Bill Hader steps into the famous striped hat, following Mike Myers' 2003 live-action version. This is a new animated take from Warner Bros. Pictures Animation, with DNEG, Dr. Seuss Enterprises and directors Erica Rivinoja and Alessandro Carloni. The Cat is an agent of chaos on his toughest assignment yet. Siblings Gabby (Xochitl Gomez) and Sebastian (Tiago Martinez) have moved to a new town, and he has to cheer them up. If he fails, he loses his magical hat for good. That's a lot of pressure for a cat whose résumé is mostly "made a mess." The trailer shows a hole opening in the wall and the Cat walking through it. He comes armed with popcorn machines and towering cakes, and he has a time-bending watch. His pitch is that nothing matters because you can always undo it. Anyone who has watched a movie with a time-travel gadget knows how that goes. Gabby gets him with self-defense spray, so the welcome is warm. The Things also show up, and there are more than two of them. Matt Berry plays Waffles the Fish, which is the best casting news of the year for anyone who wants a fish to sound extremely dignified. Quinta Brunson and Bowen Yang are in the voice cast too. The runtime is 114 minutes. The tagline is "The cat's out of the bag." The film opens November 6. Keep the good dishes out of reach.

Ghost Soldier is the latest proof that "quiet man living off the grid" is the most dangerous job title in Hollywood. Jim Caviezel stars as Henry "Fitz" Fitzgerald, a guy who just wants to be left alone in his hometown. That plan hits a snag when a powerful foreign corporation shows up to grab his neighbors' land for a giant payday. Fitz is a former Special Forces soldier and advanced weapons developer, so the corporation has picked the wrong porch to stomp on. He has experimental tech, lethal combat skills and an unwavering code of justice. The tagline says "He's not a threat, he's a guarantee." That's a confident thing to put on a poster. William Eubank, who made Underwater and The Signal, directs. Chris Papasadero wrote the script. The supporting cast is full of reliable scene-stealers: Olivia Thirlby, Beau Knapp, Garret Dillahunt, Shea Whigham and Alexej Manvelov. Whigham and Dillahunt alone could make a hardware-store scene tense. Columbia Pictures, Mandalay Pictures and Project X Entertainment are behind it. It's rated PG-13, so expect the carnage to be tastefully off-screen, or at least well lit. Sony moved the release to Wednesday, November 11, which is Veterans Day. That suits a film about a soldier who is done with paperwork and ready for payback.

Madden is the rare biopic that has to cover a Super Bowl ring, a broadcast booth and a video game empire. Nicolas Cage plays John Madden, the Raiders coach turned football's most recognizable voice. If you have ever shouted at a PlayStation on a Sunday, you know his work. Christian Bale plays Al Davis, Madden's best friend and the Raiders' famously formidable owner. Bale has a habit of vanishing into roles, so expect another transformation. The story follows their Super Bowl-winning partnership. It then moves to Madden's second career on television and finally to the creation of Madden NFL, one of the biggest video game franchises ever. The supporting cast is deep. John Mulaney plays EA founder Trip Hawkins, which is a good use of a man who can talk his way out of a fumble. Kathryn Hahn is Virginia Madden, and Sienna Miller is Carol Davis. Shane Gillis is also in the film. Don't ask what he plays, because that's still under wraps. David O. Russell directs. He gave us The Fighter, Silver Linings Playbook and American Hustle, so expect fast talk, big personalities and overlapping shouting. The first teaser has landed, and the film is set for November 11, 2026. Boom.

Ebenezer Scrooge has been done by Muppets, Mr. Magoo and Bill Murray. Now Johnny Depp takes a turn, and he apparently fears no ghost, or at least no dress rehearsal. Depp has already haunted Comic-Con in full Scrooge costume, hobbling onstage with a candle, which is commitment bordering on a restraining order from Christmas. Director Ti West, who usually trades in horror, brings a gothic, period-drenched look to the story. Early footage has Depp's miser throwing snowballs at a couple and beaming at the camera to announce that it's good to be back. Fans of his greatest hits (hello, Jack Sparrow and Edward Scissorhands) should keep their eyes open. The premise: an elderly skinflint gets a visit from his dead business partner, Jacob Marley (Ian McKellen, presumably rattling chains with Gandalfian gravitas). Then come the Spirits of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come, who force him to face his history and fight for a second chance at happiness. Andrea Riseborough and Tramell Tillman play two of the ghosts. Rupert Grint and Daisy Ridley round out the cast as Bob and Emily Cratchit, so the Cratchit house now has a Ron Weasley and a Jedi. The tagline teases "Before he was Scrooge, he was…" Humbug, presumably. It arrives November 13, 2026, with a 120-minute runtime.

This preview is based on the film facts you gave me and on trailer coverage from a quick search. Panem is back for another round of mandatory fun. The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping rewinds 24 years before Katniss ever volunteered, to the morning of the 50th Hunger Games. That makes it the Second Quarter Quell, which sounds like a rejected coffee order but is, in fact, a bloodbath with a bigger budget. Joseph Zada steps into the boots of young Haymitch Abernathy, the role Woody Harrelson played in the original films. We already know Haymitch won't topple the regime, because the first four films show Snow still in charge decades later. That makes the suspense a matter of how he gets there, which is a bold way to run a thriller. Ralph Fiennes plays President Coriolanus Snow, a role that fits a man who has made a career of elegant menace. Jesse Plemons plays Plutarch Heavensbee, Mckenna Grace is Maysilee Donner, Whitney Peak is Lenore Dove Baird, and Elle Fanning pops up as Effie Trinket. Francis Lawrence directs, so the franchise stays in familiar hands. The trailer has drawn at least one cheerfully skeptical remark about the clunky title. The same writer admitted the film looks pretty solid and has more color than most blockbusters. At 158 minutes, it runs long enough to make you grateful for the snacks. It reaches US theaters on November 20, 2026. May the odds be ever in your favor, and may your popcorn be too.

Hexed is Disney Animation's next trip into the broom closet. It arrives November 25, 2026, from directors Jason Hand and Fawn Veerasunthorn, and it runs a tidy 99 minutes. That is short enough to finish before the leftover turkey gets cold. Billie (Hailee Steinfeld) is an impulsive, unconventional teen stuck in suburbia. Her mother Alice (Rashida Jones) is cautious in the way a smoke detector is cautious. Then Billie finds out she has secret magical abilities. Once they're unleashed, she's hurled out of the cul-de-sac and into Hexe, a vast witch realm. Mom has to tag along, which is every teenager's nightmare, only with more broomsticks. Together they dig into family mysteries that could change the world of witches forever. Nothing says "bonding" like generational secrets. The supporting cast is the real spell. Jodie Foster plays Queen Celeste, Walton Goggins is Beef Roger Crummchuk (a name that sounds like a casserole), Tracey Ullman is Ms. Quill, and Stephen Fry is Elias Quire. Early word from people who've seen a bit of footage points to a green, three-eyed cat as a highlight. I can only assume the cat has the most lines. The tagline asks, "Something is happening to Billie..." Yes: puberty, but with sparkles. Pack tissues for the mother-daughter feelings.

Greg Focker is back, and this time he's the one sitting on the other side of the table. Focker-in-Law is the fourth Meet the Parents movie. It's also the first since 2010, so the franchise has had 16 years to think about what it did. Greg and Pam's son Henry (Skyler Gisondo) wants to marry Olivia Jones (Ariana Grande). She's strong-willed, and she looks like his complete mismatch. Naturally, that means a family meeting. Ben Stiller returns as Greg, now a dad with the dubious privilege of watching someone else get interrogated. Robert De Niro is back as Jack Byrnes, the ex-CIA patriarch. We should assume his stare has only sharpened with age. Blythe Danner, Teri Polo and Owen Wilson are also on the guest list. Grande arrives fresh off the Wicked movies. She now gets to find out what happens when a very polite pop star is dropped into a family that treats small talk as a surveillance operation. John Hamburg, who has been part of this world for a while, writes and directs. The film runs a tidy 105 minutes, and it will be in theaters on November 27, 2026, just in time for Thanksgiving. Few holidays involve as much awkward dinner-table tension. The tagline promises that "The circle of trust just got bigger." Gisondo and Grande should probably start sweating now.