2019 Universal Preview

Last Updated on August 3, 2021

Universal Pictures accounted for 15% of box office revenue in 2018 for a total domestic gross of $1.8 billion and that was without a new FAST AND FURIOUS movie. With five movies grossing over $100 million, including MAMA MIA: HERE WE GO AGAIN and the long anticipated HALLOWEEN, Universal still made a lot of money off of critically maligned movies like THE GRINCH and JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM. In 2019, fans can look forward to HOBBS & SHAW as well as multiple Blumhouse horror movies. Plus, there are marquee movies from award-winning directors Tom Hooper, Danny Boyle, and Sam Mendes.

Check out the full slate of films coming from Universal in 2019 below.

GLASS (January 18th)

Synopsis: Security guard David Dunn uses his supernatural abilities to track Kevin Wendell Crumb, a disturbed man who has twenty-four personalities.

Starring: Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, James McAvoy, Sarah Paulson, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Spencer Treat-Clark

Director: M. Night Shyamalan

HAPPY DEATH DAY 2U (February 14th)

Synopsis: Two years after the events of the first film, Tree Gelbman unexpectedly re-enters the time loop and becomes determined to escape it after finding out her friends are now involved. When she discovers that Lori Spengler, the original killer, has been murdered, Tree must face the new killer in order to uncover their identity and break free of the time loop once and for all.

Starring: Jessica Rothe

Director: Christopher Landon

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD (February 22nd)

Synopsis: When Hiccup discovers Toothless isn't the only Night Fury, he must seek "The Hidden World", a secret Dragon Utopia before a hired tyrant named Grimmel finds it first.

Starring: Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, F. Murray Abraham, Kristen Wiig, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Cate Blanchett, Craig Ferguson, and Kit Harington

Director: Dean DeBlois (HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2)

US (March 22nd)

Synopsis: A mother and father take their kids to their beach house, expecting to enjoy time with friends, but their serenity turns to tension and chaos when some visitors arrive uninvited.

Starring: Lupita Nyong'o, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Elizabeth Moss, and Winston Duke

Director: Jordan Peele (GET OUT)

LITTLE (April 12th)

Synopsis: A woman receives the chance to relive the life of her younger self, at a point in her life when the pressures of adulthood become too much for her to bear.

Starring: Justin Hartley, Marsai Martin, and Tone Bell

Director: Tina Gordon Chism (PEEPLES)

A DOG’S JOURNEY (May 17th)

Synopsis: A dog finds the meaning of his own existence through the lives of the humans he meets.

Starring: Dennis Quaid, Betty Gilpin, Josh Gad, and Marg Helgenberger

Director: Gail Mancuso (Roseanne, Modern Family)

UNTITLED BLUMHOUSE FILM (May 31st)

Synopsis: Unknown, but probably scary or found footage.

Starring: Actors

Director: A Filmmaker looking for redemption or a first chance

THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS 2 (June 7th)

Synopsis: The continuing adventures of Max, Duke, Snowball and their friends.

Starring: Patton Oswalt, Eric Stonestreet, Lake Bell, Kevin Hunt, Dana Carvey, Albert Brooks, and Tiffany Haddish

Director: Chris Renaud (THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS)

UNTITLED DANNY BOYLE/RICHARD CURTIS COMEDY (June 28th)

Synopsis: A struggling musician realizes he's the only person on Earth who can remember The Beatles.

Starring: Himesh Patel, Kate McKinnon, Ana De Armas, Lily James, Ed Sheeran, and Lamorne Morris

Writer: Richard Curtis

Director: Danny Boyle

FAST & FURIOUS PRESENTS: HOBBS AND SHAW (August 2nd)

Synopsis: US Diplomatic Security Agent Luke Hobbs forming an unlikely alliance with Statham's Deckard Shaw to take down an international terrorist.

Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Idris Elba, and Vanessa Kirby

Director: David Leitch (DEADPOOL 2)

GOOD BOYS (August 16th)

Synopsis: A group of young boys on the cusp of becoming teenagers embark on an epic quest in the San Fernando Valley to fix their broken toy before their parents get home.

Starring: Jacob Tremblay and Millie Davis

Director: Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupinsky (The Office)

ABOMINABLE (September 27th)

Synopsis: Trekking the 3000-mile journey from Shanghai to the Himalayan snowscapes, a group of misfits encounter a young Yeti, and they set off to reunite the magical creature with his family on the mountain of his namesake.

Starring: Chloe Bennett, Albert Tsai, and Tsai Chin

Director: Jill Culton

THE HUNT (September 27th)

Synopsis: Plot details unknown

Starring: Unknown

Director: Craig Zobel (Z FOR ZACHARIAH)

UNTITLED BLUMHOUSE FILM (October 18th)

Synopsis: Likely another horror movie

Starring: TBD

Director: Unknown

UNTITLED WILL PACKER COMEDY (November 15th)

Synopsis: Unknown

Starring: Unknown

Director: Unknown

LAST CHRISTMAS (November 15th)

Synopsis: A romantic comedy set during the holidays in London

Starring: Emilia Clarke, Henry Golding, Emma Thompson, Michelle Yeoh, and Rebecca Root

Director: Paul Feig (A SIMPLE FAVOR)

QUEEN & SLIM (November 27th)

Synopsis: A couple's first date takes an unexpected turn when a police officer pulls them over.

Starring: Daniel Kaluuya and Jodie Turner-Smith

Writer: Lena Waithe

Director: Melina Matsoukas (Master of None, Insecure)

UNTITLED BLUMHOUSE FILM (December 13th)

Synopsis: Another Blumhouse movie. Likely horror, potentially Christmas related.

Starring: Unknown

Director: Unknown

CATS (December 20th)

Synopsis: A tribe of cats called the Jellicles must decide yearly which one will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new Jellicle life.

Starring: Idris Elba, Ian McKellen, Taylor Swift, Rebel Wilson, Jason Derulo, Jennifer Hudson, James Corden, and Judi Dench

Director: Tom Hooper (LES MISERABLES)