The campaigning is over, the press is done and all the trophies have been handed out. This means there is one thing left to do — get back to work. From franchise installments (Hunger Games and Dune) to rom-coms (see: Emma Stone and Kate Hudson), this is what the 2026 Oscar nominees are doing next.
Actor in a Leading Role
Timothée Chalamet (Marty Supreme)
The Gen Z savior of the multiplex will next be seen in the third Dune feature. He is also attached to Paramount’s motocross heist film from his A Complete Unknown director, James Mangold.
Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another)
The Oscar winner is in production on his latest team-up with Martin Scorsese, the mystery thriller What Happens at Night, where he co-stars with Jennifer Lawrence.
Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon)
Next up for the five-time Oscar nominee is a second season on his acclaimed FX series The Lowdown. On the film front, he is reteaming with his Tesla director Michael Almereyda for the indie drama Tonight at Noon.
Michael B. Jordan (Sinners)
He’s pulling double duty as actor and director on Amazon MGM’s remake of The Thomas Crown Affair. He is also attached to Joseph Kosinski’s Miami Vice movie and an in-development Creed sequel.
Wagner Moura (The Secret Agent)
The star will soon be making his English-language directorial debut with the dramedy Last Night at the Lobster, which comes after he stars opposite Alicia Vikander in the drama The Last Day.
Actor in a Supporting Role
Benicio del Toro (One Battle After Another)
His follow-up will see the actor starring alongside Cameron Diaz and Ana De Armas in Grant Singer’s original feature Reenactment.
Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein)
He’ll make his TV return in the third season of Euphoria and will star in Ridley Scott’s post-apocalyptic movie The Dog Stars, starring with Josh Brolin and Margaret Qualley.
Delroy Lindo (Sinners)
He’s continuing his supernatural streak with the Neil Gaiman miniseries The Anansi Boys and Prime Video and Legendary’s Godzilla x Kong: Supernova.
Sean Penn (One Battle After Another)
One Battle was his first studio film in several years, with the actor, who often sticks to indies such as recent movie Daddio, yet to reveal a follow-up.
Stellan Skarsgård (Sentimental Value)
While he has yet to announce his next project, it is not for lack of interest. Sources tell THR that he turned down a role in Matt Reeves’ The Batman sequel and is fielding interest to join Dakota Fanning in Apple drama Ella Morgan.
Actress in a Leading Role
Jessie Buckley (Hamnet)
After Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride!, next up is Three Incestuous Sisters with Saoirse Ronan and Dakota Johnson.
Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I’d Kick You)
She has indie drama Tow bowing March 20. After that is Peacock series The Good Daughter, starring Meghann Fahy.
Kate Hudson (Song Sung Blue)
She’ll be back in producer Mindy Kaling’s Netflix series Running Point and is set to return to her rom- com roots, co-starring with Javier Bardem in Hello & Paris.
Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value)
With six features in post- production, Reinsve is one of this year’s busiest nominees. She will soon be in theaters with A24 horror Backrooms and is set for another title from the studio, Joe Talbot’s The Governesses.
Emma Stone (Bugonia)
She’s set for Universal rom-com The Catch. On the producing front, her Fruit Tree banner is behind Jesse Eisenberg’s musical comedy at A24, and there have been rumors about a Miss Piggy movie from Oh, Mary! star Cole Escola.
Actress in a Supporting Role
Elle Fanning (Sentimental Value)
She’ll next be seen in David E. Kelley’s Apple series Margo’s Got Money Troubles and will star opposite sister Dakota Fanning in the long-gestating The Nightingale adaptation. Fanning will also play young Effie Trinket in Hunger Games installment Sunrise on the Reaping.
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (Sentimental Value)
The breakout of Joachim Trier’s drama doesn’t have an announced follow-up project, but she signed with her first U.S. agency, CAA, at the top of the year, so it won’t be long.
Amy Madigan (Weapons)
While there have been murmurs about a Weapons prequel focused on Madigan’s Aunt Gladys, the actress is set for James Ponsoldt and Jason Segel’s Apple thriller Sponsor.
Wunmi Mosaku (Sinners)
She’ll star in Aaron Sorkin’s Facebook whistleblower drama, The Social Reckoning at Sony; Idris Elba’s thriller This Is How It Goes, set for Apple; and Tim Blake Nelson’s prison thriller The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd Film.
Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another)
Her directorial debut, the coming-of-age story Get Lite, is set for release by Paramount in 2027. But first, she will star opposite Kevin Hart in the Tim Story-directed Netflix comedy 72 Hours.
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