Sci Fi Movies This Week: Weekly column racking what is coming in the current week in the way of sci fi, fantasy, and horror releases as well as news on genre films.
Premiering This Week:
There is only one premiere this week with the sci fi/horror entry Resurrection arriving on Friday in a limited theatrical release. Coming next week is the the highly anticipated Avatar: Fire and Ash, and you can see all the releases scheduled through February at this link.
Resurrection (In Theaters-Limited, Dec 12): In a future where humanity has surrendered its ability to dream in exchange for immortality, an outcast (Jackson Yee) finds illusion, nightmarish visions, and beauty in an intoxicating world of his own making. A work of staggering imagination from visionary Chinese director Bi Gan (Long Day’s Journey Into Night), Resurrection conjures vast and ever-shifting worlds on the brink of collapse in an era-spanning journey through our deepest and most human desires.
Directed by: Bi Gan
Starring: Shu Qi, Mark Chao, Li Gengxi, Jackson Yee
Sci Fi Movie News
Sony has given the greenlight to 28 Years Later III with Cillian Murphy expected to return in the lead role and Alex Garland set to write the script. No story details have been announced at this point, but it was part of the original deal when the studio picked up the franchise. 28 Years Later–which carries on from 28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later–was released in June 2025 and had a successful fun at the Box Office. 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple–which was shot back-to-back with the first film in the new trilogy–will be released January 26th. With the third film now moving forward, expect it to arrive at some point in 2027.
A new entry in Universal’s The Mummy franchise is in the works, and Brendan Fraiser will be returning in the role of Rick O’Connell. Not much is known about the film at this point, but it will be directed by the filmmaking duo Radio Silence who helmed the most recent two Scream films as well as the horror anthology movies V/H/S. Rachel Weisz is also set to return, and other former actors from the franchise could join the film as well. Three films in this franchise were released from 1999 to 2008, and they all performed well at the Box Office. It also produced the prequel film The Scorpion King which had four sequels of its own. Universal tried to reboot The Mummy franchise with Tom Cruise in the lead role in 2017, but that did not perform up to expectations at the Box Office. Now it appears they are going back to the more successful version with Brendan Fraiser in the lead role.
Audiences will get a preview of Christopher Nolan’s upcoming fantasy film The Odyssey this weekend as the six-minute prologue will play in select IMAX theaters prior to Sinners and One Battle After the Other (both getting re-releases). And then next week, a shorter version of the trailer will run ahead of Avatar: Fire and Ash. The Odyssey is set to premiere in Summer 2026 on July 17th.
A new billboard has been released for Steve Spielberg’s upcoming UFO movie, and it teases that “All will be disclosed”. Not much is known about this one which has been filming in secret, but it has a premiere date of June 12, 2026.
Filming has been completed on the long-awaited Spaceballs sequel according to an Instagram post from Josh Gad:
I cannot believe we are here. It really was Ludicrous speed, but that is an official picture wrap on #Spaceballs2. 3 years ago I called Mel Brooks with an idea for a film forty years in the making. I could not believe he said yes. But more importantly, I cannot believe that we actually got to make it. This movie has been the greatest creative experience of my entire life. I cannot wait to share it with you all.
Gad wrote and produced the movie and he will also star in it. Most of the original cast from the 1987 film will be returning, and this one is on target for a 2027 premiere.
