The lights snap off. For a moment you can hear the chairs creak—everyone is holding their breath for what the Daniels will do next. I left the theater with a single thought: they’re not finished with us.
I’m going to be blunt: if you loved Everything Everywhere All at Once, you should care about what Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert are doing next. You remember the Daniels’ appetite for ambitious, messy emotion—raw humor folded into existential grief—and now they’re planning to bring that energy back to the multiplex. Their next film, currently untitled, has a release window set for November 2027, and production is slated to start this summer.
I waited in a packed IMAX lobby — The Daniels are making a big-screen event
I watched strangers compare runtimes and popcorn sizes and realized this new film is designed to be communal. Kwan told Collider the duo plan to shoot much of the movie for IMAX so audiences can “come together and have a big event.” That’s a clear nudge toward spectacle: big action, sci-fi trimmings, and the odd tender human moment that makes their work sing.
Think of it as a heart-first blockbuster: there will be stunts and laughs, but the Daniels are still listening to the world and folding what they hear into story. They delayed the film’s release—purposely avoiding the June 12 window occupied by Disclosure Day—partly to steer clear of Steven Spielberg’s orbit. That’s a tactical move from filmmakers who know the value of timing and the gravity of a crowded release calendar (a chess move that industry figures and distributors notice).
When will The Daniels’ new movie be released?
Short answer: November 2027. Production kicks off this summer, according to Kwan. You can mark the date, but expect the details—title, cast, teasers—to leak slowly. That’s the kind of slow reveal that builds a curiosity loop, and the Daniels are experts at turning small discoveries into watercooler moments.
On a late-night Reddit thread I saw the same question over and over — What kind of film are they making?
Fans argued that it would be another multiverse fever dream. Kwan’s public tease is simpler: “fun sci-fi, action comedy with a big heart. Very existential.” That description lands the movie squarely between spectacle and thought experiment—an emotional candy bar wrapped in a theoretical physics pamphlet.
They’ve only released a handful of details, which is deliberate. The Daniels are producing and occasionally taking on smaller projects—like directing an episode of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew—but this promises to be their return to long-form directorship. If Everything Everywhere was a magnetic personality test for cinema, this next film looks like the Daniels sending out an invitation: come laugh, cry, and think about everything annoyingly large all at once.
Will the movie be in IMAX?
Yes. Kwan specifically mentioned shooting portions for IMAX to “bring people together and give them a big event.” Practically, that means sequences composed for immersive scale: wide shots, high-resolution action, and an audio mix meant to herd a theater’s attention. IMAX is the brand they’re courting for that communal impact, and distributors like that kind of sellable spectacle.
They also said they’re trying to “internalize what is happening in the world” and reconcile those complex, nuanced ideas into a single film. That promise is both exciting and mildly terrifying—because when the Daniels aim at the zeitgeist, they tend to reflect you back with sharper edges.
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Here’s what I’m watching for next: the title, the first footage, and how distributors package the film for IMAX and international markets. Collider and trades like Variety and The Hollywood Reporter will be first with production updates; studios will time trailers around major festivals and summer marketing windows. The Daniels have room to build anticipation—think of their promotional pace as a slow-burning fuse that still somehow explodes in the last act like a record player skipping over a hidden track.
This movie won’t arrive next summer, and that scarcity fuels appetite. You and I both know waiting can make a film feel bigger than it is when it finally lands in theaters. Are you ready to argue about whether the Daniels’ next gamble pays off on the big screen?