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Below is a mix of trailers we talked about and meant to talk about but had to cut as the discussion (as it often does) got a bit too long. What movies are you looking forward to this fall? We recorded this last month, so we know a bunch of new ones have been announced.

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Coyote VS Acme

Release date: August 28, 2026

Will Forte as Kevin Avery, a down-and-out billboard attorney who becomes Wile E. Coyote’s lawyer[7]

Lana Condor as Paige Avery, Kevin’s niece

Tone Bell as an ally of Wile E. Coyote and Kevin

John Cena as Buddy Crane, the Acme Corporation’s lawyer whose firm Kevin used to work for[7]

P. J. Byrne as Bill Pellicano, an Acme Corporation lawyer[6]

Martha Kelly as an ally of Wile E. Coyote and Kevin[9]

Luis Guzmán as the judge overseeing the trial between Wile E. Coyote and the Acme Corporation

The End of Oak Street

Release date: August 14

After a mysterious cosmic event uproots Oak Street from suburbia and transports their neighborhood to a place with prehistoric creatures, a family soon discovers that their survival depends on sticking together as they navigate their now unrecognizable surroundings.

Cast: Anne Hathaway as Denise Platt, Ewan McGregor as Greg Platt, Maisy Stella as Audrey Platt, Christian Convery as Brian Platt, Jordan Alexa Davis, P. J. Byrne, Chris Coy

How to Rob a Bank

RELEASE DATE: September 4

In HOW TO ROB A BANK, a crew of social media-savvy bank robbers broadcasts their daring heists, unaware that their growing viral fame has put them in the crosshairs of a veteran FBI agent and a brilliant software engineer. Despite the unlikely duo closing in, the crime ring pushes past their limits, putting everything on the line for their beliefs — and their most ambitious heist yet.

Cast: Nicholas Hoult, Zoë Kravitz, Anna Sawai, Rhenzy Feliz, Christian Slater, with Pete Davidson and John C. Reilly

Onslaught

RELEASE DATE: September 4

DIRECTOR: Adam Wingard

CAST: Adria Arjona, Alex Pereira, Drew Starkey, Rebecca Hall, Reginald VelJohnson, Michael Biehn, Eric Wareheim and Dan Stevens

Hope

Fall release

In the remote South Korea village of Hope Harbor, police chief Bum-seok (Hwang Jung- min) and officer Sung-ae (Hoyeon) are called to find a mysterious creature that has wreaked havoc on the village. In the nearby forest, a coterie of hunters, including Sung- ki (Zo In-Sung) set out to track the beast and find themselves hunted instead. But all is not as it seems, and perceptions can be misleading. What begins as ignorance plants the seed of disaster, escalating through human conflict into a tragedy of cosmic proportions.

GAIL DAUGHTRY AND THE CELEBRITY SEX PASS

Anne Hathaway’s incredible scene in Modern Love

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