Box Office: Ridley Scott’s ‘The Dog Stars’ Pushed to Late Summer 2026; Pixar’s ‘Gatto’ Moves Up to Spring 2027
Ridley Scott‘s thriller feature The Dog Stars has booked a new release date in theaters. Instead of opening on March 27, 2026, it will now ride into theaters on Aug. 28, 2026.
Disney’s film empire announced the shift on Monday, along with a handful of other changes to its release calendar for next year and 2027.
Searchlight’s Ready or Not 2: Here I Come is taking the March 27 date vacated by Dog Stars (it had been set to open on April 10, 2026).
The other notable change involves moving up the release of ‘s original pic Gatto from June 17, 2027, to March 5, 2027, the beginning of spring break. Pixar chief creative officer Peter Docter announced the brand-new animation feature when presenting the animation studio’s slate — which also includes Hoppers and Toy Story 5 — during Pixar’s presentation at the Annecy international animation film festival earlier this year.
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Gatto, to be directed by Luca filmmaker Enrico Casarosa, follows Nero, a water-hating black cat living in the picturesque city of Venice, Italy, who befriends Maya, a lonely street musician. Docter gave a sneak peek at the first animated tests and character drawings for the movie at Annecy.
From 20th Century, The Dog Stars centers on a civilian pilot living on an abandoned airbase with his dog and an ex-Marine amid a devastating pandemic. A random transmission picked up by the pilot’s radio from his 1956 Cessna offers hope for a better life.
Jacob Elordi signed on to star as the pilot after Paul Mescal left the project. Mark L. Smith wrote the script, adapting Peter Heller’s 2012 apocalyptic novel of the same name.
Ready or Not: Here I Come sees Sarah Michelle Gellar and Elijah Wood join series star Samara Weaving. Radio Silence’s Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett are back to direct the follow-up, as are writers Guy Busick and R. Christopher Murphy.
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