A movie lover’s guide to 2026

Release date: February 2026
Filming location: North Yorkshire, UK
Emerald Fennell’s saucy adaption of the Brontë classic has seen Aussie actors Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi frolicking at various locations around North Yorkshire – not quite true to the original text (set in West Yorkshire, where the Brontë sisters lived most of their lives), but we’ll forgive it. The crew pitched up near the quaint market town of Richmond, with scenes reportedly taking place in Swaledale, Arkengarthdale and the village of Low Row – all in the rolling, unspoiled Yorkshire Dales National Park. You can even stay at the hotel that hosted the film’s leading lights: Simonstone Hall in Hawes. This quiet country retreat is, bizarrely, no stranger to a bit of filming crew action – it’s where Jeremy Clarkson decked a Top Gear producer in 2004.

Release date: May 2026
Filming location: New York, USA
Set-jetting? For spring? Groundbreaking. That’s right – The Devil Wears Prada’s highly anticipated follow-up has Anne Hathaway stumbling down the steps of some Upper West Side brownstone as we speak. Follow the clacking heels to 1221 Sixth Avenue – the fictional home of Runway magazine – and conclude your Miranda Priestly-mandated errands at Smith & Wollensky, legendary New York steakhouse where Andy Sachs scrambled to pick up her boss’ (rib-eye, medium rare) lunch. Finally, plan a high fashion betrayal at the glamorous King Cole Bar inside the St. Regis New York, where Andy picked up those all-important Harry Potter manuscripts. Starbucks is optional but advised.

Release date: December 2026
Filming location: Athabasca Sand Dunes, Canada
While much of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune franchise is filmed on Eastern European sound stages, that’s not much fun for us tourists, is it? Far more interesting are the otherworldly sand hills of Saskatchewan, one of Canada’s most remarkable geological wonders, where scenes of the upcoming third instalment were rumoured to have been shot. Confirmed locations include the Liwa Oasis in Abu Dhabi – an area home to the largest sea of sand dunes in the world – and the Bozzhyra Valley in Kazakhstan, a gorge-studded region known for its surreal limestone spires and colossal cliffs. Jordan’s Wadi Rum – the ‘Valley of the Moon’ – doubled as Arrakis in earlier instalments, much to the praise of its star-studded cast: Zendaya called Jordan “incredible”.

Release date: July 2026
Filming location: Hawaii, USA
So beloved was this 2016 modern Disney classic that only eight years later, a live action remake is in the works. In the animated original, Moana’s fictional home, Motunui, is a typically paradisical Polynesian island said to be inspired by the real-life Tetiʻaroa atoll. In the remake, Dwayne Johnson reprises his role as Maui, while Australian actor Catherine Laga’aia takes the titular role, and both were spotted in full costume filming in Pokai Bay on O‘ahu. O‘ahu is not only the most populated Hawaiian island and home to Honolulu Airport, but also a place where Johnson spent a part of his childhood. As for whether it’s a shot for shot remake, we’ll have to wait and see.

Anniversary date: August 2026
Filming location: Chicago, USA
It’s been 40 years since Ferris Bueller hit the big screen, and Chicago – the city Ferris made his playground – is going big on the celebrations. The place to be? Wrigley Field ballpark, the slacker comedy’s star location, on 5 June – the day Ferris ‘took off’. Fans can also track Ferris’s whirlwind tour across the city at the Art Institute of Chicago (making sure to strike a cross-armed pose in front of the Rodin’s Portrait of Balzac statue), then the Sears – now Willis – Tower’s Skydeck (“I think I see my dad!”) and Dearborn Street, where the Von Steuben Day Parade – an American-German tradition celebrating 60 years in 2026 – was shot.

Release date: TBC
Filming location: France
The cat’s out of the bag: The White Lotus is heading to France. And since creator Mike White favours Four Seasons Hotels, it’s a safe bet to expect it’ll either be in Paris (Four Seasons Hotel George V), Megève (Four Seasons Hotel Megève), or the Riviera (Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat). As with all Mike White lore, take it with a pinch of salt when we say he’s rumoured to dislike the cold – which leaves Paris and the Riveria as chief suspects: both would be irresistible playgrounds for the rich and scheming characters of his acclaimed show. Wherever it ends up shooting, we can expect the ‘White Lotus Effect’ is sure to follow: the San Domenico Palace, Taormina was fully booked for months following season two’s release.

Release date: July 2026
Filming location: Favignana, Italy
This star-studded adaption of Homer’s epic poem has taken Christopher Nolan’s crew all over the world, but perhaps most notably to Favignana, an idyllic isle off Sicily’s northwest coast. The island has long been thought to be Homer’s ‘Goat Island’, where Odysseus and his wayward sailors paused to plunder a few unlucky goats before sailing toward a fateful meeting with the Cyclops. Today, Favignana’s craggy coastline and cerulean coves still feel like a well-kept secret. The Aeolian Islands – on the other side of Sicily – also made their way to the call sheet, as did Morocco’s historic walled village, Aït Benhaddou, past star of Gladiator and Lawrence of Arabia.

Release date: TBC
Filming location: Kansas City, USA
Since season three wraps with Ted’s return Stateside, production headed to Kansas City, Missouri, where Ted coached college football prior to making his big hop across the pond in season one. It is also – fun fact – the home city of main man Jason Sudeikis. Usually, the purview of cheesy Hallmark Christmas movies, KC is getting the Apple TV treatment with crews notably taking over the Country Club Plaza – the city’s historic downtown sprawl, home of much Spanish-inspired architecture and dozens of fountains (it’s called the ‘City of Fountains’ for a reason). A recent teaser showed the Richmond FC gang in Main Street’s Gates Bar-B-Q, a chain famous for its speciality ‘burnt ends’ – the crunchy, caramelised edges of a perfectly smoked brisket. And if you love Ted Lasso for its soccer shenanigans there are even more reasons to visit, since Kansas City will be one of the host cities at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Release date: December 2026
Filming location: London, UK
If you were in central London this summer, there’s a chance you may have spotted Jadis – better known as The White Witch – causing chaos on the streets of Tower Bridge from her high horse. This is, of course, Greta Gerwig’s Netflix Narnia extravaganza, which has been filming inside the Tower of London complex, as well as around the Clive Steps in Whitehall and Westminster. More than 100 extras were seen here in 1950s garb (a change, then, from the original book, which is set entirely in the year 1900). We can only speculate as to which scenes were shot inside London’s 900-year-old St Bartholomew the Great church (the crew was there for a week), but the greater mystery is Narnia itself, likely taking shape inside Shepperton Studios in Surrey – the second-largest film studio in the world.