Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Jumanji 3, Project Hail Mary: Sony Pictures Entertainment Unveils Explosive 2026 India Lineup Starring Tom Holland, Ryan Gosling, and Dwayne Johnson
BY SACNILK
Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) has officially unveiled its massive theatrical slate for the Indian market for the year 2026, promising a blockbuster year for cinema lovers. From the highly anticipated return of Tom Holland in Spider-Man: Brand New Day to the star-studded Jumanji 3 and Ryan Gosling's sci-fi epic Project Hail Mary, the lineup covers a diverse range of genres including superhero action, horror, and family animation. Most of these high-profile releases are scheduled to hit Indian screens in multiple languages, including English, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu, with several titles confirmed for an immersive IMAX experience.
Below is the complete month-wise breakdown of the Sony Pictures 2026 India release schedule:
Sony Pictures Entertainment 2026 India Release Calendar
MOVIE NAME
RELEASE DATE
LANGUAGES
GOAT
20 February 2026
English, Hindi
Project Hail Mary
20 March 2026
Eng, Hin, Tam, Tel (IMAX)
The Sheep Detectives
08 May 2026
English
Masters of the Universe
05 June 2026
Eng, Hin, Tam, Tel
Shiver
03 July 2026
English, Hindi
Evil Dead Burn
24 July 2026
Eng, Hin, Tam, Tel
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
31 July 2026
Eng, Hin, Tam, Tel
Insidious
21 August 2026
Eng, Hin, Tam, Tel
Resident Evil
18 September 2026
Eng, Hin, Tam, Tel
The Social Reckoning
09 October 2026
English
Archangel
06 November 2026
English
Jumanji 3
11 December 2026
Eng, Hin, Tam, Tel (IMAX)
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GOAT
Release Date:20 February 2026
Voice Cast: Caleb McLaughlin,Stephen Curry
Director:Tyree Dillihay
Kicking off the year in February, GOAT is a stylized animated feature.In a world of elite animal athletes, a tiny goat named Will Harris (Caleb McLaughlin) aims to become the greatest to ever play roarball —a brutal, high-stakes sport ruled by massive predators. Produced by NBA legend Stephen Curry and the visionary team at Sony Pictures Animation, this kinetic action-comedy follows Will as he joins the struggling Vineland Thorns to prove that heart and hustle can outplay teeth and claws. It will be released in English and Hindi.
Project Hail Mary
Release Date:20 March 2026
Cast:Ryan Gosling,Sandra HĂĽller,Lionel Boyce,Ken Leung
Directors:Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
In Project Hail Mary, Ryan Gosling stars as Ryland Grace, a schoolteacher turned amnesiac astronaut who wakes up on a spaceship with two dead crewmates and no memory of his mission. As his past returns, he realizes he is Earth's final hope against a sun-eating catastrophe that threatens global extinction. Stranded light-years from home, he must team up with an unlikely alien ally to solve an interstellar physics puzzle before the clock runs out for humanity.
The Sheep Detectives
Release Date:08 May 2026
Voice Cast:Hugh Jackman,Nicholas Galitzine
Director:Kyle Balda
In this quirky Amazon MGM Studios mystery, a murder-mystery-obsessed shepherd (Hugh Jackman) is found dead under suspicious circumstances, leaving his flock of hyper-intelligent sheep to crack the case. Realising the local police are clueless, the woolly sleuths—who have spent years studying detective tropes during their master's nightly reading sessions—embark on a high-stakes adventure into the human world to find the killer. Scripted by Craig Mazin and featuring an all-star voice cast including Bryan Cranston and Julia Louis-Dreyfus, the film blends whodunnit tension with farmyard comedy.
Masters of the Universe
Release Date:05 June 2026
Cast:Nicholas Galitzine,Jared Leto,Camila Mendes
Director:Travis Knight
In the 2026 reboot, a 10-year-old Prince Adam crashes to Earth, losing his memory and his magical Power Sword. Two decades later, he discovers his extraterrestrial origins and is transported back to Eternia, a world now conquered by the dark sorcerer Skeletor. To reclaim the throne and save the planet, Adam must unlock the secrets of the sword and transform into the legendary hero He-Man.
It will receive a wide release in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu.
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Shiver
Release Date:03 July 2026
Cast:Phoebe Dynevor,Whitney Peak,Djimon Hounsou
Director:Tommy Wirkola
The film follows a group of survivors, played by Phoebe Dynevor and Djimon Hounsou, who find themselves trapped in the heart of a catastrophic hurricane. As the storm ravages their coastal town with torrential rain and debris, they face a more immediate, lethal threat: a relentless onslaught of sharks unleashed by the rising floodwaters. It's a desperate battle for survival where the forces of nature and apex predators collide in total darkness.Sony has teased this as a big one for the mid-year slot, releasing in English and Hindi.
Evil Dead Burn
Release Date:24 July 2026
Cast:Hunter Doohan, Luciane Buchanan, Tandi Wright, and Souheila Yacoub
Director:SĂ©bastien VaniÄŤek
In a relentless return to form, Evil Dead Burn follows a French protagonist (Souheila Yacoub) and a desperate group of survivors who unwittingly awaken a fresh version of the Necronomicon. Director SĂ©bastien VaniÄŤek trades cabin-in-the-woods tropes for a nasty standalone nightmare, focusing on a visceral, sensory descent into hell as bloodthirsty Deadites hunt the cast.This new installment promises to bring back the gore and terror in four major Indian languages.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
Release Date:31 July 2026
Cast:Tom Holland,, Zendaya,Jon Bernthal,Sadie Sink
Director:Destin Daniel Cretton
In Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Peter Parker navigates a lonely New York City where the world has forgotten his existence. Now a college student, he attempts to hang up the mask for a normal life, only to be dragged back into the fray when a brutal power vacuum in the criminal underworld—led by Tombstone and a vengeful Scorpion—threatens his neighborhood. Following the events of No Way Home, this film is expected to reset the MCU's wall-crawler narrative. It is set for a massive pan-India release on July 31.
Insidious
Release Date:21 August 2026
Cast:Lin Shaye,Brandon Perea,Amelia Eve,Sam Spruell
Director:Jacob Chase
In the upcoming Insidious: The Bleeding World (2026), the series moves beyond the Lambert family to follow a new, unsuspecting family targeted by a trio of mysterious stalkers. After being forcibly dragged into the astral plane, the family discovers a horrifying new stage of the supernatural haunting: The Further is bleeding into the real world, permanently shattering the boundary between the living and the dead Expect the Further to return to Indian screens in English, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu.
Resident Evil
Release Date:18 September 2026
Cast: Paul Walter Hauser, Austin Abrams, Zach Cherry, Kali Reis, and Johnno Wilson
Director:Zach Cregger
Directed by Zach Cregger (Barbarian), the 2026 Resident Evil reboot is a pure survival horror departure from previous action-heavy films. Starring Austin Abrams as a medical courier named Bryan, the story follows his desperate point A to point B journey through a snowy mountain range after a roadside accident plunges him into a citywide viral outbreak.Resident Evil remains a huge brand in India, ensuring a four-language release.
The Social Reckoning
Release Date:09 October 2026
Cast:Mikey Madison,Jeremy Allen White,Jeremy Strong
Director:Aaron Sorkin
Seventeen years after the move fast and break things era, Aaron Sorkin's The Social Reckoning serves as a chilling autopsy of a tech empire in freefall. The film dramatises the high-stakes 2021 Facebook Files leak, following whistleblower Frances Haugen (Mikey Madison) and reporter Jeff Horwitz (Jeremy Allen White) as they expose internal secrets that profit was prioritized over global safety. With Jeremy Strong stepping into the role of a more isolated, modern Mark Zuckerberg, the story explores the dark transformation of a dorm-room project into a global architect of misinformation. It is currently listed for an English-language release.
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Archangel
Release Date:06 November 2026
Cast:Jim Caviezel ,Olivia Thirlby,Garret Dillahunt,Shea Whigham
Director:William Eubank
In this high-stakes thriller from Sony Pictures, former Green Beret turned weapons engineer Henry Fitz Fitzgerald (Jim Caviezel) finds his quiet Wyoming life upended when a ruthless corporation attempts a violent, illegal land grab. Forced back into the fray, Fitz must leverage his elite combat training and engineering expertise to wage a one-man war against a corporate army. Directed by William Eubank and penned by Braveheart writer Randall Wallace, Archangel is set to hit theaters on November 6, 2026.
Jumanji 3
Release Date:11 December 2026
Cast:Dwayne Johnson,Jack Black,Karen Gillan
Director:Jake Kasdan
The jungle is officially breaking out of the console. Scheduled for December 11, 2026, the final level of the Sony Pictures trilogy finds the game glitching into the real world after a repairman accidentally releases its chaos into the streets of Los Angeles. The Core Four—Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, and Karen Gillan—reunite for a high-stakes urban survival mission that bridges the modern sequels with the 1995 original, even featuring a direct tribute to Alan Parrish's iconic dice.This film is poised to dominate the December box office with an IMAX release in English, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu.
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