SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Keanu Reeves had jokes on the first-ever press day Apple TV held to advertise its packed 2026 movie and tv slate.
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Showing onstage on the Santa Monica Barker Hangar flanked by Cameron Diaz and Matt Bomer, Reeves had a packed room in stitches as he heaped reward on their End result director, co-writer and co-star Jonah Hill.
“Jonah Hill is the handsomest particular person I do know … I additionally assume Jonah Hill is the perfect director and the neatest and greatest wanting one that is definitely very tall in actual life,” Reeves grinned, clearly in good spirits.
Reeves was readily available to advertise the upcoming darkish comedy, which debuts on April 10. Within the dramedy, the Toronto-raised actor performs a film star who has to make amends with folks from his previous when an individual tries to extort him after uncovering a dangerous video.
Hill, who’s unrecognizably bald and bearded within the film, known as the movie “a metaphor for what all of us undergo dwelling on social media.”
“Social media has made us obsessive about what folks we don’t know consider us, as an alternative of caring about what individuals who know us greatest consider us,” the Moneyball actor stated.
Reeves’ starry entrance helped begin Apple’s take a look at its 2026 choices with a bang. However the tech large had a cavalcade of expertise ready backstage. Kurt Russell, Harrison Ford, Colin Farrell, Anya Taylor-Pleasure, Chris Pratt and Amy Adams have been among the many celebrities ready within the wings.
Along with seeing a trailer for End result, press in attendance heard from the artistic groups behind Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, Cape Worry, The Dink, Imperfect Ladies, The Final Factor He Advised Me, Fortunate, Margo’s Acquired Cash Troubles, Matchbox The Film (sure, it’s based mostly on the toy), Most Pleasure Assured, Mayday, Sugar, Method of the Warrior Child, Widow’s Bay, Your Pals and Neighbors, Pluribus and Shrinking. The celebrities prevented spoilers of any sort, and filming of the panels was not permitted, however there have been a number of take-aways.
Cape Worry
Created and written by Nick Antosca, a reimagining of Cape Worry was one of many afternoon’s most buzzed-about initiatives. Set to star Amy Adams, Patrick Wilson and Javier Bardem, the 10-episode psychological thriller debuts June 5.
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Just like the 1962 movie and Martin Scorsese’s 1991 remake, Antosca’s reboot will observe a pair of fortunately married attorneys (performed by Adams and Wilson) who discover themselves the goal of the vengeful prison (Bardem taking up from Robert De Niro) they helped imprison.
Fortunate
When Marissa Stapley penned her guide a few con artist who’s pressured to flee after a multimillion-dollar heist goes mistaken, she had just one actress in thoughts for her main woman: Anya Taylor-Pleasure. Fortunately for her, after the Furiosa star learn the script, Taylor-Pleasure not solely needed to star, she needed to provide the restricted collection as effectively.
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“I feel each challenge speaks to me very intuitively if I’m meant to do it,” Taylor-Pleasure instructed reporters of the thriller that lands on July 15. It additionally options Annette Bening and Timothy Olyphant.
Shrinking
Co-creators Invoice Lawrence, Brett Goldstein and Jason Segel weren’t in attendance for the Shrinking panel, however Harrison Ford spoke about appearing reverse Michael J. Fox this season as his character offers with Parkinson’s. Ford praised Fox’s “braveness and charm” in combating the illness in actual life and stated the actor helped inform his personal portrayal of somebody affected by the ailment.
Pluribus Season 2
Pluribus was renewed for season 2 earlier than it even premièred final fall. Created by Breaking Unhealthy showrunner Vince Gilligan and starring Rhea Seehorn, the Golden Globe-winning collection follows essentially the most depressing particular person on Earth as they attempt to save the world from happiness. Gilligan, who wrote the function for Seehorn, joked that he’s “by no means notably completely satisfied.” However followers are additionally going to be sad with the information that they’ll have to attend for Season 2. Gilligan is plugging away, writing new episodes, however the collection isn’t coming again any time quickly.
Mayday
Stars Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh teased Mayday, which hits Apple TV Sept. 4. The pair traded quips in a pre-recorded message earlier than footage was proven from the upcoming action-adventure written, produced and directed by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein (Sport Evening, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves). Set within the Eighties, Reynolds performs a U.S. Navy pilot who’s rescued by an ex-KGB agent (Branagh) after he’s shot down over Russian territory on the peak of the Chilly Conflict.
F1 sequel on the way in which?
Apple TV closed its inaugural press day by asserting its plans to broadcast F1 races this 12 months. However after F1: The Film grew to become the highest-grossing film of Brad Pitt’s profession and Apple’s largest earner, reserving greater than $600 million in ticket gross sales worldwide, Apple providers chief Eddy Cue requested the query that’s been on everybody’s thoughts: When’s the sequel coming?
“It’s my favorite query of all … Is there going to be one other System One film given the success and the way nice the primary film was?” Cue requested System One CEO Stefano Domenicali. “Keep tuned,” Domenicali teased.
FEBRUARY
The Final Factor He Advised Me
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Season 2 — Feb. 20 (TV collection)
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Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, Season 2 — Feb. 27 (TV collection)
MARCH
Imperfect Ladies
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March 18 (TV collection)
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For All Mankind
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Season 5 — March 27 (TV collection)
APRIL
Your Pals And Neighbors
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Season 2 — April 3 (TV collection)
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End result — April 10 (Movie)
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Margo’s Acquired Cash Troubles
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April 15 (TV Sequence)
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Legal Document
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Season 2 — April 22 (TV Sequence)
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Widow’s Bay — April 29 (TV Sequence)
MAY
Most Pleasure Assured
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Might 20 (TV Sequence)
JUNE
Cape Worry — June 5 (TV Sequence)
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Sugar
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Season 2 — June 19 (TV Sequence)
JULY
Fortunate — July 15 (TV Sequence)
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The Dink — July 24 (Movie)
SEPTEMBER
Mayday — Sept. 4 (Movie)
OCTOBER
Matchbox: The Film
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Oct. 9 (Movie)
NOVEMBER
Method of the Warrior Child
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Nov. 20 (Movie)
TBD
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