Why ‘Michael’ Should Replace ‘Avengers 5’ as the Tentpole That Kicks Off the 2026 Summer Movie Season, and More...

Thoughts on ‘Jurassic World: Rebirth’ possibly not screening in IMAX, Lionsgate’s ‘Ballerina’ PR mistake, and an impressive box office milestone for ‘Final Destination’

In tonight’s bad, dangerous and/or off-the-wall newsletter…

• Final Destination: Bloodlines is leapfrogging past recent 2020s horror revivals.

• Honest mistake or insidious scheme, the Ballerina embargo controversy is precisely what the John Wick spin-off didn’t need before its domestic debut.

• Jurassic World: Rebirth seems to have lost out on IMAX screens, which is less of an issue for a franchise comparatively predicated on casual, non-obsessive fandom.

• Michael just ditched 2025, leaving October without a guaranteed big-deal tentpole (sorry to Tron: Ares), save for an IMAX and 3-D reissue of Avatar: The Way of Water.

• Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars have fled the summer season for Christmas, jeopardizing the current release plans for Shrek 5 and Dune: Messiah.

• This means that summer 2026 and summer 2027 are currently without a summer kick-off tentpole. If only there were a just-delayed likely blockbuster, one that might get split into two parts no less, looking for a new release date (or two)…