Angel Studios announced five theatrical releases from the 2026 slate at their CinemaCon session on Monday including Cold War drama The Brink Of War with Jeff Daniels, Jared Harris, and J.K. Simmons, and action thriller Runner starring Owen Wilson and Alan Ritchson.
Angel executives announced the scheduling update at Dolby Colosseum in Caesars Palace – the venue has been temporarily rebranded for the week. They plan to theatrically release 10 features this year and the slate includes Angel And The Badman starring Tommy Lee Jones and Zachary Levi; Hershey with Finn Wittrock and Alexandra Daddario; and Drummer Boy.
SK Global and 2521 Entertainment’s The Brink Of War is scheduled to open on August 14 and centres on the 1986 Reykjavik Summit between US and Soviet Union presidents Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev. Michael Russell Gunn directs and the cast include Hope Davis, Branka Katić, Aya Cash, and Guy Burnet.
Director Scott Waugh’s Runner is set to open on September 11 and follows a former soldier whose critical medical delivery makes him the target of a cartel. Jeffrey Greenstein’s A Higher Standard commenced sales at 2024 AFM and the cast includes Rodrigo Santoro, Leila George, and Kate Box.
Julio Quintana’s Angel And The Badman arrives in October and is a reimagining of the 1947 John Wayne western about a wounded outlaw who arrives at a ranch with the marshall and a gang of outlaws on his tail. Neal McDonough also stars.
Hershey directed by Mark Waters and featuring an ensemble led by Finn Wittrock will open over the Thanksgiving November holiday weekend and charts how the founder of the US chocolate brand overcame early failures to create his sweet empire.
Action musical Drummer Boy from directors Ben and Joel David Smallbone opens on November 6 and tells of two brothers on opposite sides of the American Revolutionary War. Joel David Smallbone, Lucas Leach, and Beth Easdown star.
The Angel slate includes Andy Serkis’s Animal Farm on May 1; the July 3 release of Jon Erwin’s historical drama Young Washington starring William Franklyn-Miller as the young version of the first president of the United States alongside Kelsey Grammer, Mary-Louise Parker, and Ben Kingsley; and Alejandro Monteverde’s Biblical story Zero A.D. in December starring Deva Cassel, Sam Worthington, Jim Caviezel, and Ben Mendelsohn.
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