Hollywood's on a roll. Here are 7 movies we're looking forward to this spring

"Hollywood is finally on a roll. The first six weeks of 2026 were the film industry's best start since before the pandemic. This summer's got us salivating over Spielbergian sci-fi, a Nolan-style Greek epic, and Spidey, Toy Story and Minion sequels. And spring's looking seriously stellar. Here are seven flicks we can't wait to see before Memorial Day."

"The British series about a Birmingham crime family ended its sixth and final season four years ago with Cillian Murphy's Tommy Shelby setting fire to his Romani wagon and galloping on a white steed into a war-torn 1940s Britain teeming with fascists. Murphy said at the time that he'd return for a big-screen finale "if there's more story there," and evidently there was, because he and all the cast's surviving principals will be back to usher in a new generation,"

"Ryan Gosling plays a middle school teacher who may be the world's only hope when the sun and most of the galaxy's adjoining stars start to dim. He resists being packed onto a spaceship and sent to the one nearby star that's immune to the dimming, but gets more psyched about his mission when he encounters an alien life form."

The film industry recorded its best first six weeks of 2026 since before the pandemic. Major summer tentpoles include Spielbergian sci-fi, a Nolan-style Greek epic, and sequels for Spider-Man, Toy Story, and Minions. Spring releases before Memorial Day feature a Peaky Blinders film (In theaters March 6; Netflix March 20) that reunites Cillian Murphy with key cast members and adds Tim Roth and Barry Keoghan. Pixar's Hoppers (In theaters March 6) centers on a teen who 'hops' into a robot beaver to protect habitat from a construction company. Project Hail Mary (In theaters March 20) stars Ryan Gosling on a humor-tinged, high-stakes space mission. Antoine Fuqua directs a Michael Jackson biopic scheduled for April 24.

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