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Ridley Scott’s The Dog Stars, Starring Jacob Elordi, Heads for Late‑August Release

The director says the Mark L. Smith adaptation will be a character‑led, more optimistic take on a flu‑apocalypse to set it apart from zombie and bleak survival films.

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Overview

  • In late June 2026, interviews published in Empire and The Playlist put the film into its publicity phase and confirmed principal casting and creative intent.
  • The Dog Stars is adapted from Peter Heller’s 2012 novel with a screenplay by Mark L. Smith, who is known for his work on The Revenant.
  • Jacob Elordi plays the lead role of Hig, supported by Josh Brolin, Margaret Qualley, Benedict Wong, Allison Janney and Guy Pearce.
  • Scott said he deliberately avoided zombie tropes and bleak realism, pitching the movie as a cautiously hopeful, character‑driven post‑apocalypse that still contains action scenes.
  • The film is scheduled for a late‑August 2026 theatrical release, with the UK date reported as August 26 and other markets cited as August 28, and will be distributed by 20th Century Studios.