Major Theatrical Titles coming soon to the Harbor Springs Lyric Theatre
Ella McCay
Opening Soon | Friday, December 12 | Confirmed
An idealistic young woman juggles her family and work life in a comedy about the people you love and how to survive them. “Ella McCay” features an all-star cast including Emma Mackey, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jack Lowden, Kumail Nanjiani, Ayo Edebiri, Spike Fearn, Rebecca Hall, Julie Kavner, Becky Ann Baker, Joey Brooks with Albert Brooks and Woody Harrelson. The film is produced by James L. Brooks, p.g.a., Richard Sakai, p.g.a., Julie Ansell, p.g.a., Jennifer Brooks.
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Rated (PG-13)
20th Century Studios (2025)
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Director: James L. Brooks
Starring: Emma Mackey, Julie Kavner, Jamie Lee Curtis, Spike Fearn, & Woody Harrelson
Runtime: 1h 55m
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Advance Screenings | Thursday, December 18 | Confirmed
With "Avatar: Fire and Ash," James Cameron takes audiences back to Pandora in an immersive new adventure with Marine turned Na'vi leader Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), Na'vi warrior Neytiri (Zoe Saldaña), and the Sully family.
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Rated (PG-13)
Walt Disney Studios (2025)
Genre: Action/Fantasy
Director: James Cameron
Starring: Zoe Saldaña, Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Kate Winslet, Michelle Yeoh, & Edie Falco
Runtime: 3h 15m
The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants
Opening Soon | Friday, December 19 | Confirmed
SpongeBob and his Bikini Bottom friends set sail in their biggest, all-new, can't miss cinematic event ever... The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants. Desperate to be a big guy, SpongeBob sets out to prove his bravery to Mr. Krabs by following The Flying Dutchman -- a mysterious swashbuckling ghost pirate -- on a seafaring comedy-adventure that takes him to the deepest depths of the deep sea, where no Sponge has gone before.
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Rated (PG)
Paramount Pictures (2025)
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
Director: Derek Drymon
Starring: Tom Kenny, Mark Hamill, Brian Doyle-Murray, Clancy Brown, & Bill Fagerbakke
Runtime: 1h 28m
Marty Supreme
Opening Soon | Friday, December 26 | Confirmed
Marty Mauser, a young man with a dream no one respects, goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness.
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Rated (R)
A24 (2025)
Genre: Sport/Drama
Director: Josh Safdie
Starring: Timothée Chalamet, Gwyneth Paltrow, Tyler, The Creator, Kevin O'Leary, & Odessa A'zion
Runtime: 2h 29m
Song Sung Blue
Coming Soon | This January
Based on a true story, two down-on-their-luck musicians (Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson) form a joyous Neil Diamond tribute band, proving it's never too late to find love and follow your dreams.
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Rated (PG-13)
Focus Features (2025)
Genre: Drama/Music
Director: Craig Brewer
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Kate Hudson, Ella Anderson, King Princess, & Michael Imperioli
Runtime: 2h 13m
Jay Kelly
Coming Soon | Friday, January 9
JAY KELLY, the new film from Academy Award nominee Noah Baumbach, follows famous movie actor Jay Kelly (George Clooney) and his devoted manager Ron (Adam Sandler) as they embark on a whirlwind and unexpectedly profound journey through Europe. Along the way, both men are forced to confront the choices they've made, the relationships with their loved ones, and the legacies they'll leave behind.
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Rated (R)
Netflix (2025)
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Director: Noah Baumbach
Starring: George Clooney, Adam Sandler, Emily Mortimer, Riley Keough, & Billy Crudup
Runtime: 2h 12m
Hamnet
Coming Soon | Friday, January 16
William Shakespeare and his wife, Agnes, celebrate the birth of their son, Hamnet. However, when tragedy strikes and Hamnet dies at a young age, it inspires Shakespeare to write his timeless masterpiece "Hamlet." From Academy Award® winning writer/director Chloé Zhao.
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Rated (PG-13)
Focus Features (2025)
Genre: Drama
Director: Chloé Zhao
Starring: Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Joe Alwyn, & Emily Watson
Runtime: 2h 5m
Is This Thing On?
Coming This Winter
As their marriage quietly unravels, Alex (Will Arnett) faces middle age and an impending divorce, seeking new purpose in the New York comedy scene while Tess (Laura Dern) confronts the sacrifices she made for their family--forcing them to navigate co-parenting, identity, and whether love can take a new form.
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Rated (R)
Searchlight Pictures (2025)
Genre: Drama
Director: Bradley Cooper
Starring: Will Arnett, Bradley Cooper, Laura Dern, & Andra Day
Runtime: 2h 4m
The Testament of Ann Lee
Coming This Winter
From award-winning writer-director Mona Fastvold (The World to Come, The Brutalist) comes the extraordinary true legend of Ann Lee, founder of the devotional sect known as the Shakers. Academy Award nominee Amanda Seyfried stars as the Shaker's irrepressible leader, who preached gender and social equality and was revered by her followers. The Testament of Ann Lee captures the ecstasy and agony of her quest to build a utopia, featuring more than a dozen traditional Shaker hymns reimagined as rapturous movements with choreography by Celia Rowlson-Hall (Vox Lux) and original songs & score by Academy Award winner Daniel Blumberg (The Brutalist).
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Rated (R)
Searchlight Pictures (2025)
Genre: Biography/History/Drama/Musical
Director: Mona Fastvold
Starring: Amanda Seyfried, Lewis Pullman, Thomasin McKenzie, Christopher Abbott, & Stacy Martin
Runtime: 2h 17m
GOAT
Coming Soon | Friday, February 13
From Sony Pictures Animation, the studio behind Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, comes GOAT, an original action-comedy set in an all-animal world. The story follows Will, a small goat with big dreams who gets a once-in-a-lifetime shot to join the pros and play roarball -- a high-intensity, co-ed, full-contact sport dominated by the fastest, fiercest animals in the world. Will's new teammates aren't thrilled about having a little goat on their roster, but Will is determined to revolutionize the sport and prove once and for all that "smalls can ball!"
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Rated (NR)
Sony Pictures Releasing (2026)
Genre: Sport/Comedy
Director: Tyree Dillihay & Adam Rosette
Starring: Caleb McLaughlin, Stephen Curry, Aaron Pierre, David Harbour, & Nicola Coughlan
Runtime: T.B.D.
"Wuthering Heights"
Coming Soon | Friday, February 13
The 2026 film Wuthering Heights is a new adaptation of Emily Brontë's novel, directed by Emerald Fennell and starring Margot Robbie as Catherine Earnshaw and Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff. The film is a gothic drama focusing on the destructive romance between the two leads and the cycle of revenge that follows.
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Rated (R)
Warner Bros. (2026)
Genre: Drama/Romance
Director: Emerald Fennell
Starring: Margot Robbie Jacob Elordi, Alison Oliver, Shazad Latif, & Ewan Mitchell
Runtime: T.B.D.
I Can Only Imagine 2
Coming Soon | Friday, February 20
After the breakout success of the song "I Can Only Imagine," MercyMe's Bart Millard is living the dream with sold-out arenas, a devoted fan base, and a thriving career. However, Millard's past soon threatens the family he's built, especially the fragile bond with his son, Sam.
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Rated (PG)
Lionsgate Films (2026)
Genre: Drama/Music
Director: Andrew Erwin & Brent McCorkle
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Sophie Skelton, Milo Ventimiglia, J. Michael Finley, & Sammy Dell
Runtime: T.B.D.
How To Make A Killing
Coming Soon | Friday, February 20
Disowned at birth by his obscenely wealthy family, blue-collar Becket Redfellow (Glen Powell) will stop at nothing to reclaim his inheritance, no matter how many relatives stand in his way.
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Rated (R)
A24 (2026)
Genre: Drama
Director: John Patton Ford
Starring: Glen Powell, Margaret Qualley, Ed Harris, Topher Grace, & Jessica Henwick
Runtime: 1h 49m
Hoppers
Coming Soon | Friday, March 6
What if you could talk to animals and understand what they’re saying? In Disney and Pixar’s all-new feature film “Hoppers,” scientists have discovered how to “hop” human consciousness into lifelike robotic animals, allowing people to communicate with animals as animals!
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Rated (PG)
Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation Studios (2026)
Genre: Comedy/Adventure
Director: Daniel Chong
Starring: Piper Curda, Jon Hamm, Bobby Moynihan, Eduardo Franco, Meryl Streep, Melissa Villaseñor, & Dave Franco
Runtime: T.B.D.
Project Hail Mary
Coming Soon | Friday, March 20
Science teacher Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling) wakes up on a spaceship light years from home with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. As his memory returns, he begins to uncover his mission: solve the riddle of the mysterious substance causing the sun to die out. He must call on his scientific knowledge and unorthodox ideas to save everything on Earth from extinction... but an unexpected friendship means he may not have to do it alone.
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Rated (NR)
Amazon MGM Studios (2026)
Genre: Sci-fi/Adventure
Director: Phil Lord & Chris Miller
Starring: Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Joe Alwyn, & Emily Watson
Runtime: T.B.D.
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
Coming Soon | Friday, April 3
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is an upcoming animated adventure comedy film based on the 2007 video game Super Mario Galaxy and Nintendo's broader Mario franchise. The sequel to The Super Mario Bros. Movie, it is being directed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic and written by Matthew Fogel.
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Rated (NR)
Universal Pictures (2026)
Genre: Family/Adventure
Director: Michael Jelenic & Aaron Horvath
Starring: Chris Pratt, Jack Black, Brie Larson, Benny Safdie, Kevin Michael Richardson, Charlie Day, Anya Taylor-Joy & Keegan-Michael Key
Runtime: T.B.D.
Michael
Coming Soon | Friday, April 24
MICHAEL will bring audiences a riveting and honest portrayal of the brilliant yet complicated man who became the King of Pop. The film presents his triumphs and tragedies on an epic, cinematic scale -- from his human side and personal struggles to his undeniable creative genius, exemplified by his most iconic performances. As never before, audiences will experience an inside look into one of the most influential, trailblazing artists the world has ever known.
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Rated (NR)
Universal Pictures (2026)
Genre: Musical/Drama
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Starring: Jaafar Jackson, Miles Teller, Colman Domingo, Kat Graham, Larenz Tate, & Derek Luke
Runtime: T.B.D.
Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour
Coming Soon | Friday, April 24 at the Harbor Springs Performing Arts Center at 7:00 p.m.
Special Event Benefitting the Harbor Springs Lyric Theatre
50th Banff Anniversary meets the Lyric's 10th Anniversary
Tickets on sale soon!
Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival is one of the largest and most prestigious mountain festivals in the world! Hot on the heels of the Festival that is held every fall in beautiful Banff, Alberta, the Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour hits the road. With stops planned in over 600 communities and more than 40 countries across the globe, the Banff World Tour celebrates amazing achievements in outdoor storytelling and filmmaking worldwide. From the over 400 entries submitted to the Festival competition each year, award-winners and audience favorites are among the films that are carefully selected to play in theatres around the world. Traveling to remote vistas, analyzing topical environmental issues, and bringing audiences up-close and personal with adrenaline-packed action sports the 2025/2026 World Tour is an exhilarating and provocative exploration of the mountain world.