The beat
Dated Fridays, seasonal windows, and the titles still looking for a date. When we look for news, we look here first. Last checked Oct 18, 2026.
Windows still on this calendar year.
Unveil Studios · Film
Mojo and The Numbers both list week five, Oct. 16–18, at an estimated $70,000 from 162 theaters. Mojo has the drop at 71.8 percent and ranks the film 26th. Domestic total $8,292,341. Week four was $248,026 from 355.
Lionsgate · Series
Kadem posted September 20 that she is back as Shamira for Season 2. Lionsgate is the global distributor. Season 1 is still on YouTube and Angel. No Friday.
Angel Studios · Film
Friday Oct. 23: Mojo and The Numbers list 104 theaters and $10,446. Mojo marks the day an estimate. Down from 1,270 the week before. Domestic total $3,857,065. No international gross. New Zealand was Oct. 22. Australia is Nov. 26.
Sony / AFFIRM Films · Film
Second weekend, Oct. 23–25, was $13,317 from 69 theaters, down from 554. Mojo does not mark those days as estimates. Domestic total $282,289. Opening is 66.9 percent of it. Brazil is still Nov. 12. No foreign gross.
Roadside Attractions · Film
Sight & Sound’s filmed stage production of Joshua, announced Oct. 7 with Roadside Attractions. Tickets are on sale for a nationwide run beginning Oct. 30. No screen count in the release. Second theatrical after A Great Awakening.
Angel Studios · Film
for KING + COUNTRY’s Revolutionary War musical lands in theaters two months before Angel’s usual Christmas slot. Watch whether a November Friday can carry a faith musical without a Nativity hook.
Burns & Co. / Fathom · Film
KJ Apa as Jimmy Stewart on the same Friday as Drummer Boy. Fathom is selling a faith-and-service biopic against Angel’s musical; Veterans Day is the hangover, not the opening.
Prime Video / Amazon MGM · Series
Four episodes on day one, the rest inside two weeks. Amazon is compressing the Second Age into a November event, not a nine-week drip.
5&2 / Amazon MGM / Prime Video · Series
Prime dropped the official trailer Oct. 15. It runs 2:46, shows the crown of thorns, and ends on a November 15 card. Episodes 1–6 stream from Nov. 15. UPI says the finale is titled The Chosen Crucifixion and opens in theaters March 12, 2027. Episode 1 is already in churches.
Vale Vision · Film
Jack Vale told The Pot Podcast Aug 18 cameras in March–May and a late-2026 release, maybe Thanksgiving. Joe Chambrello plays Carman after Unsung Hero. Quinton Aaron is Andraé Crouch. Christian Busath (Fablehaven) is on the script. No Friday.
City Hill Arts · Film
Narnia producer Cary Granat and director David L. Cunningham’s CGI Genesis picture. Mister Smith pitched it at AFM for a December 2026 global launch. No Friday. Same Christmas corridor as Zero A.D.
Angel Studios · Film
USA Today dropped the trailer September 8. Angel dated a Nativity thriller for Friday, December 11, with Caviezel as Herod.
5&2 / Fox · Film
Jenkins announced Sunday a filmed Magi Christmas special for Fox mid-December, third after The Shepherd and The Messengers. Bridges Season 6 into the 2027 crucifixion film and Season 7. No exact air date.
Dated events and the seasons still looking for a Friday.
Wonder Project / Prime Video · Series
Wonder Project and Amazon said Friday that Season 3 is the last of the rise trilogy Erwin already described. Cameras are in Attica through December 11. Amazon still has not named a premiere Friday.
Prime Video / 5&2 Studios · Series
Chosen-universe Genesis limited series from 5&2 and Amazon MGM. Adam Hashmi is Joseph; Alexander Siddig is Jacob. Craig Wright showruns. New Mexico shoot wrapped late 2025; now in post. Jenkins has said probably 2027. No Friday.
Angel Studios / Haven Films · Film
Sawyer told FanX on Sept. 26 casting is in the final stages for Kendra, Seth, Grandma, Grandpa, and Muriel, and he hopes cameras in spring. Mull called himself cautiously optimistic. No leads named. Angel’s late-summer 2026 start already passed. 2027 is still the window.
Focus on the Family · Film
Official poster dropped September 17. Theaters in 2027. Whit origin story from Focus on the Family, still without a Friday.
Netflix / Sony Pictures · Film
The first trailer, scored to Stairway to Heaven, arrived October 13. IMAX sneaks are February 10, theaters February 12, and Netflix April 2. Streep voices Aslan.
AFFIRM Films / Mucho Mas Media · Film
Affirm and Mucho Mas dropped the official trailer Sept. 30 for Dito Montiel’s true-story forgiveness drama. Esai Morales, Roselyn Sánchez, Cameron Arnett. Nationwide theaters February 26, 2027. Watch for a real circuit list.
Theatrical (announced) · Film
Chey’s trailer and Denver reaction now date theaters March 5, 2027, after months of October 1/2 copy. YouTube ads are running. Fandango still has no results. Watch whether a real circuit list ever appears.
Amazon MGM · theatrical · Special
UPI, reporting the Oct. 15 Season 6 trailer, names the theatrical finale The Chosen Crucifixion and dates it March 12, 2027. Prime’s trailer card says November 15 and does not mention the film. The app date is still unannounced.
Ex Machina / Mayfair · Film
Roger Avary’s Milton picture is the first AI-shop title with a named Easter corridor and a 1,500-screen promise. Still casting as of August. Easter 2027 now sits six weeks ahead of Gibson’s May 6 Part One.
Lionsgate · Film
Moved off March. Ascension Day 2027. The Passion 4K Fathom sneak leaked this week: Gibson talking, not footage.
Scripture to Screen · Film
Scripture to Screen said Oct. 12 that production starts early 2027 and theaters are planned for fall 2027. Working title. Daniel stays as kingdoms rise and fall, and Nebuchadnezzar goes into the wilderness. On Sept. 21 Daniel Kooman had named Jeremiah, then Nebuchadnezzar, then the lions’ den. No cast for the next chapter.
Sony / AFFIRM Films · Film
Joel and Moriah Smallbone’s Nashville picture, exclusively in theaters 2027. CCM had fall. No Friday. Joel hits Drummer Boy in November first.
Miracle Studios / Brookwell McNamara · Film
Oklahoma Film + Music Office lists an October 19–November 13, 2026 shoot. Deadline’s September 18 note aimed the film at fall 2027 theaters and did not name a distributor or a Friday.
Scripture to Screen · Film
Scripture to Screen said Oct. 12 it is also developing an Elijah film for 2027, produced by the Kooman brothers. The prophet confronts a nation and the worship of false gods. No cast, no Friday, no start date.
Fellowship for Performing Arts · Film
FPA holds exclusive C.S. Lewis Company feature rights. Stage Screwtape already tours. Writer-director still being hired; production targeted late 2027. Companion mid-life Lewis film (Road to Narnia) in script.
Warner Bros. / New Line · Film
Andy Serkis directs and stars in the first live-action Rings picture since The Hobbit. Warner moved it a year, then parked it in the old Jackson Christmas corridor.
Far enough out that we only move the row when a window changes.
Prime Video / Amazon MGM · Series
Prime renewed early at Upfronts and is aiming cameras at early 2027. No premiere Friday — the two-year cadence is the only public clock.
Amazon MGM · theatrical premiere · Series
Far enough out to ignore until a trailer — except the theatrical premiere date is already on a calendar. Track only when a window or cut changes.
Lionsgate · Film
Ascension Day 2028. The hold test is a year after Part One, not six weeks.
Warner Bros. / New Line · Film
The second Jackson/Walsh/Boyens picture after Hunt for Gollum. Tentative title, no date — Colbert is on the script, Bombadil is the bait, and a Friday has not been named.
Lionsgate / Kingdom Story Company · Film
Cameras are up in Nashville as of October 2026. Aliza Kate Barlow plays Anne Wilson. No Friday, no budget, and the September 22 cast note did not say how much of Jacob Wilson’s death is in the script.
Wonder Project / Angel Studios · Film
Jon Erwin announced the Young Washington sequel from Mount Vernon the same weekend the first film opened. Writing has started; no circuit, no Friday.
Theatrical (unannounced) · Film
Malick’s Jesus picture has been in post since 2019. A May 2026 hint from the lead never became a festival slot. The story is still the missing date.
Sony
Sony
Formerly Pure Flix
New
The Chosen
Kooman brothers
Formerly Burns Family Studios
Closed, or no longer the company they were.
Studios putting out extremely low-quality movies. The work does more harm than good.
Tim Chey