After their huge success with the Best Picture winner Everything Everywhere All At Once, the directing duo Daniels is working with a a lot greater funds for his or her subsequent movie. Per the California Film Commission’s tax credit score program accepted initiatives listing, the price of their yet-untitled follow-up film sits at round $106.8 million forward of filming, round 4 to seven instances the funds of their A24 darling. The greater price ticket is a mirrored image of the truth that this venture is a significant studio manufacturing below the Universal umbrella. Aside from being by far their most costly effort to this point, it is also solely their third function as a duo, with 2016’s Swiss Army Man marking their debut collectively. As of proper now, it is nonetheless slated to launch in 2026.
Very little is understood about Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan‘s newest venture, although it appears to be going even greater than what they achieved with EEAAO. It seems that loads of work stays on the movie, nevertheless. Last month, information broke that the untitled occasion movie had been taken off of the calendar by Universal and changed with one other main title — Steven Spielberg‘s follow-up to The Fabelmans — on June 12. A brand new date was anticipated to be introduced quickly, although an precise script, solid, title, or something in regards to the film stays fully below wraps.
Universal is betting huge on Daniels after their multiversal martial arts epic turned the highest-grossing movie at A24 with $143.4 million on the field workplace whereas additionally scoring seven Oscar wins. The studio has been centered on locking up top-shelf directorial expertise lately and the duo are not any exception, inking a five-year movie take care of the corporate again in 2022 alongside their producing associate Jonathan Wang. As they put together their subsequent movie, they have not been totally tied to Universal, nevertheless. Most just lately, their work was seen within the acclaimed Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, the place they helmed an episode as a part of a killer group of administrators tapped to affix the Jon Watts collection. Before that, the “Turn Down for What” music video administrators additionally signed on for Nathan Min‘s half-hour A24 comedy collection Mason in 2022, which obtained a pilot order from Showtime and could be govt produced by Beef star Steven Yeun. Whatever their subsequent film brings, all eyes can be on them to see how they construct on their earlier theatrical smash hit.
Daniels Add to a Crowded 2026 Slate of Films
2026 is shaping up as an enormous yr for movie, with or with out Daniels. They’ll as soon as once more be a part of Spielberg in theaters alongside a bevy of high-profile initiatives, together with the Scary Movie reboot, the long-in-the-works Masters of the Universe film, and Toy Story 5, all of which the directing duo would’ve confronted on and round their movie’s unique launch date. There are additionally two colossal Disney releases in May between The Mandalorian & Grogu and the massive Marvel crossover occasion Avengers: Doomsday. That’s solely barely scratching the floor of what is to come back in 2026, which is at the moment scheduled to welcome Spider-Man 4, Scream 7, Jumanji 3, Christopher Nolan‘s The Odyssey, and Jordan Peele‘s subsequent venture.
There is not any actual launch date but for the subsequent movie from Daniels, nevertheless it’s nonetheless anticipated to hit theaters in 2026. Stay tuned right here at Collider for extra on the venture because it attracts nearer.
Source: California Film Commission