Doomsday’ For Your Vacation Time

Prepare for a probably busy time at theaters subsequent yr: each Dune: Part 3 and Avengers: Doomsday are coming December 18, 2026.

Whereas the dates for these two movies aren’t new, what is is that Dune, a minimum of, is at the moment sticking to this date. In response to reporter Jeff Sneider on a latest “Hot Mic” episode, Warner Bros. at the moment has no intention of delaying the movie, and reporter Matt Belloni individually talked about not too long ago on his personal podcast “The Town” that “neither of them” are budging on the date. Now that Doomsday has put out one in every of its 4 teasers for most of the people, it’s trying like we’ll be getting one other Barbenheimer-kind phenomenon in “Dunesday“, as Marvel actor Simu Liu not too long ago declared.

Avoiding whether or not Dunesday is one other Barbenheimer within the making—it’s not, they’re two sides of the identical coin the place Barbie and Oppenheimer have been on completely different ends of the blockbuster spectrum—the massive query is whether or not the 2 movies will hold the identical date or if one in every of them will budge. Admittedly, WB was the primary studio to pin down a date for Dune: Half 3, and it’s actually a gutsy transfer to place its younger sci-fi franchise towards the extra established MCU. However as Sneider famous, first dibs on the discharge calendar might as effectively not matter within the court docket of public opinion—Avengers: Doomsday has teasers to hype up its incoming launch, full with a countdown timer, and Dune doesn’t actually have a poster or something to tease.

Then again, Disney’s had no issues moving around launch dates for a number of Marvel films, Doomsday included. Again when it was nonetheless subtitled Kang Dynasty, it was meant to come back out this previous Might, and even after the retitling, it was kicked again to Might 2026 earlier than being pushed again to the present December slot. So it wouldn’t be a shock if it needed to be moved round as soon as extra, even when it’s weeks earlier than Dune to steal a few of its thunder. There’s probability both may transfer up, truly: apart from Spider-Man: No Manner Residence, MCU films are inclined to cease at early November, whereas the Dune movies have landed (or tried to) in September or October of their respective years.

At time of writing, Dune: Half 3 and Avengers: Doomsday will hit theaters on December 18, 2026. Tell us which one you propose to see, if not each, or whichever one you suppose will get out of the opposite’s approach.

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