UK-Ireland film cinema release dates: latest updates for 2025

For distributors who wish to add/amend a date on the calendar, please get in touch with Screen here. Screen is also running a calendar for festival and market dates throughout 2025 here. April Friday, April 4A Minecraft Movie (Warner Bros), Four Mothers (BFI), Muriel’s Wedding (Altitude), Sebastian (Peccadillo), Last Swim (Vertigo), The Most Precious Of Cargoes (Studiocanal), Restless (Metis), Mr. Burton (Icon), Death Of A Unicorn (EFD) Sunday, April 6Six The Musical (Universal) Thursday, April 10The Chosen: The Last…

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How the ‘Minecraft’ movie undermined nostalgia and ruined a perfect game

Mojang’s beloved sandbox shaped a generation’s childhood, but leave it to Hollywood to bulldoze that nostalgia, slap a price tag on the debris, and call it a movie The first thing you hear when you boot up Minecraft is nothing. A soft, patient nothing that waited for you. You linger in the stillness, cursor hovering over “Singleplayer.”…

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Jason Bourne Franchise Eyeing Reboot As Rights To The Spy Saga Leave Universal

Big changes are shaking up the world of movie spies. James Bond has officially moved to Amazon. Ethan Hunt is preparing for what could be his final mission in Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning. And now, Jason Bourne—the fan-favorite amnesiac assassin who disappeared after 2016’s Jason Bourne—might be making a comeback. Change is afoot…

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Karate Kid: Legends Trailer Unites Multiple Generations With Jackie Chan And Ralph Macchio

The Karate Kid saga has been sweeping the leg for decades now – you have the beloved 1980s originals with Ralph Macchio, the perfectly solid 2010 reboot starring Jaden Smith, plus the recent success of streaming series Cobra Kai. Now, Karate Kid: Legends is here, looking to bring together both movie streams. At the heart of the story is a new character, Ben Wang’s…

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Fountain Of Youth Trailer: John Krasinski Channels Indiana Jones In New Guy Ritchie Apple TV+ Movie

In the annals of movie history, there has been no shortage of history-loving dudes lusting after mythic treasure with their pals. Milo Thatch, Benjamin Franklin Gates, Rick O’Connell, Nathan Drake, Indiana Jones of course… you get the idea. And if Guy Ritchie has any say in the matter, then his new Apple TV+ joint Fountain Of Youth may be about to add a…

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Spider-Man 4 Title Officially Confirmed As Spider-Man: Brand New Day

Thwip thwip! CinemaCon has officially begun, and it brings big news with it. The Sony presentation was stacked with major updates from the MCU and beyond – most notably, a huge update on the long-awaited fourth Spider-Man movie, bringing Tom Holland back in the Spidey suit after a little hiatus following 2021’s cinema-saving No Way Home. For a while now,…

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Spider-Man: Beyond The Spider-Verse Release Date Confirmed, Along With First Images

It’s already been two years since Miles Morales ventured Across The Spider-Verse. And frankly, we’re still high from the dizzying animation that the filmmakers delivered on that astonishing sequel – upping the ante from 2018’s Into The Spider-Verse so much so that it was more than worth the five-year wait. Now, we have good news and… well, not…

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How To Train Your Dragon 2 Live-Action Remake Confirmed For Summer 2027 Release

Universal’s eagerly awaited live-action remake of DreamWorks’ How To Train Your Dragon may not have even hit cinemas just yet, but that hasn’t stopped director Dean DeBlois and his team from flying into production on its sequel already. Following a very warmly received screening of Hiccup and Toothless’ first foray into live-action at CinemaCon yesterday, DeBlois took to the…

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