Seven years after one of the Star Wars franchise’s most controversial movies, producer J.J. Abrams is back with an original sci-fi offering from director David Robert Mitchell. The movie arrives against the backdrop of skepticism from audiences and also the industry, especially with Warner Bros. having a difficult run so far this year. The studio has experienced the tragic underperformance of The Bride! and Supergirl. These results represent a setback following a strong 2025, when the studio delivered seven successive hits. Mitchell is unproven at this budget level, having worked exclusively on well-received small-scale projects such as It Follows and Under the Silver Lake.
The new movie follows a suburban family that discovers that dinosaurs have suddenly appeared in their neighborhood. The film is headlined by Ewan McGregor, who has experience with the Star Wars fanbase as well, and Anne Hathaway, who has had a terrific run recently. Aside from the underperformance of the psychological thriller Mother Mary, which grossed just $3 million against a reported budget of $20 million, Hathaway starred in The Devil Wears Prada 2 and The Odyssey, which have grossed a combined total of around $1.7 billion at the global box office. The new sci-fi movie has a hefty reported budget of $85 million to recoup, and for a while, it seemed like it was doomed.
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However, early reviews have been positive, and the film is poised to gross between $20 million and $30 million in its domestic debut. We’re talking, of course, about The End of Oak Street. The 99-minute sci-fi movie is currently sitting at a “Certified Fresh” 83% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, taking Abrams back to his heyday as a producer of genre titles such as Cloverfield, Overlord, and Lost. He’ll make his directorial comeback with next year’s The Great Beyond, starring Glen Powell and Jenna Ortega. The End of Oak Street is a step in the right direction, with Collider’s Victoria Luxford describing it in her review as “90 minutes of edge-of-your-seat entertainment that commits to its concept and entertains throughout.”
The End of Oak Street will be released theatrically on August 14. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
- Release Date
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August 14, 2026
- Runtime
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100 minutes
- Director
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David Robert Mitchell
- Writers
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David Robert Mitchell
- Producers
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Chris Bender, J.J. Abrams, Tommy Harper, David Robert Mitchell, Jake Weiner, Matt Jackson, Joanne Lee
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