Marvel’s VisionQuest is almost ready to switch on, while three new horror previews offer very different kinds of unease. Today’s brief brings together the overnight Disney+ launch, fresh developments around Doomsday and Clayface, and a time-travel pilot taking shape. Here is what is happening, and when you can watch.
The News That Matters
VisionQuest arrives overnight for UK viewers
- UK premiere: 2am BST, Wednesday 14 October
- US premiere: 6pm Pacific, Tuesday 13 October
- Platform: Disney+
- Opening release: Two episodes
VisionQuest is almost here, but the date depends on where you are watching. Disney+ launches the first two episodes at 6pm Pacific on Tuesday 13 October. For UK viewers, that means 2am BST on Wednesday 14 October — something to queue up for tomorrow rather than expect during this evening’s viewing.
Paul Bettany returns as Vision, with James Spader back as Ultron, in an eight-episode Marvel series. The attraction is the chance to spend time with two artificial beings whose ideas about humanity have always been rather different. A two-episode opening should give that relationship room to take shape before the weekly conversation begins.
Doomsday’s new poster expands the battlefield, while Renner rules himself out
- US cinema release: 18 December 2026
- Studio: Marvel Studios
- Development: International poster
- Hawkeye: Jeremy Renner says he is absent
A new international Avengers: Doomsday poster brings Marvel’s sprawling ensemble together against Doctor Doom and Sentinels. Released in Asian markets, the artwork puts familiar Avengers and X-Men faces into the same confrontation, adding another glimpse of the scale Marvel is selling for its December release.
Jeremy Renner, meanwhile, has said at a panel that Hawkeye is not in Doomsday. His wording has encouraged speculation about a later return, but it does not amount to a Secret Wars casting announcement. For now, the useful distinction is simple: a crowded poster can tell us about the campaign, while an actor’s answer tells us only what he has actually confirmed. The accompanying illustration here is conceptual artwork, rather than the newly released poster.
Clayface’s first audience reactions lean into the horror
- US cinema release: 23 October 2026
- Director: James Watkins
- Lead: Tom Rhys Harries
- Reaction stage: Early fan and influencer screenings
Early reactions to Clayface are making the case for DC’s venture into body horror. Viewers at a fan and influencer screening have praised its unsettling tone, with some comparing its impact to Obsession. That is encouraging for anyone hoping Matt Hagen’s story will work as a horror film in its own right.
These are first responses from a limited audience, and they are not a settled critical consensus. The wider release on 23 October will provide a much better test of whether the enthusiasm travels. For now, the interesting question is how far James Watkins can push the physical horror without losing the damaged person at its centre. A smaller, more intimate nightmare could give this corner of DC a distinctive identity.
The Body turns a dance-team initiation into Catholic horror
- Streaming: 11 November 2026
- Platform: Netflix
- Creator: Quinn Shephard
- Series length: Eight episodes
Netflix’s first trailer for The Body introduces the Lions, a Catholic school dance team whose initiation ritual goes disastrously wrong. Their newest recruit, Grace, becomes the centre of a mystery that spreads beyond the squad and into the town around them. All eight episodes arrive on 11 November.
Quinn Shephard, whose work includes Under the Bridge, mixes adolescent anxiety, religious guilt and supernatural menace. Sofia Wylie plays Grace, alongside Kristina Bogic and Sara Boustany as the team captains. The trailer suggests a show that can be funny and cruel before turning frightening — a promising combination if the characters remain as compelling as the chaos they unleash. Watch the full trailer below.
River strands Jane Levy and Jessica Rothe far from help
- US cinema release: 15 January 2027
- Writer and director: Joshua Giuliano
- Starring: Jane Levy, Jessica Rothe and Max Mattern
- Distributor: Universal Pictures
River has released its first official trailer following a Toronto festival premiere. Jane Levy, Jessica Rothe and Max Mattern play estranged siblings who reunite to scatter their father’s ashes. A broken-down boat leaves them stranded on a remote river, where a masked figure turns their painful family reunion into a fight for survival.
Writer-director Joshua Giuliano makes his feature debut, with Universal and Blumhouse Atomic Monster bringing the film to US cinemas on 15 January 2027. The premise has an immediate advantage: a river promises a route out, yet the boat that should offer escape becomes a trap. Levy and Rothe are an appealing pairing for a story that needs both family friction and convincing terror. The trailer is below; a UK release date is still to be confirmed here.
Ti West’s Remnants puts the ghost story around you
- Release: 16 October 2026
- Format: Apple Immersive Video on Apple Vision Pro
- Writer and director: Ti West
- Running time: 27 minutes
Apple has released a reaction trailer for Remnants, its first immersive horror film. Ti West’s 27-minute ghost story takes viewers inside Woldmere Castle, with Lucy Boynton and Ralph Ineson starring. It arrives on Apple Vision Pro on Friday 16 October.
The hardware matters here: this is an Apple Immersive Video experience, rather than a conventional film to put on any television through Apple TV. The new promotional video combines footage with audience reactions, offering a glimpse of how the format surrounds the viewer. A haunted house is an obvious fit for that approach, although the real test will be whether the story sustains the unease after the novelty wears off. Watch Apple’s reaction trailer below.
Spaceship Earth finds its two leads for a Disney+ pilot
- Project stage: Pilot
- Platform: Disney+
- Leads: Catherine Laga’aia and Deacon Phillippe
- Writers: Jason Fuchs and Michael Waldron
Catherine Laga’aia and Deacon Phillippe will lead Spaceship Earth, the Disney+ pilot inspired by the EPCOT attraction. Deadline reports that their characters are being kept under wraps. The story brings together teenagers from Earth’s past and future after a mission to prevent a global catastrophe goes wrong.
Jason Fuchs and Michael Waldron wrote the pilot, with Fuchs serving as showrunner and Lee Toland Krieger directing. It is an ambitious starting point for a young ensemble: people separated by history have to find a common purpose. This remains a pilot, so there is no full-series promise or release date to mark down yet. The casting is a concrete step forward, rather than the finish line.
Movieversalfilm Takeaway
The nearest appointment is VisionQuest, arriving in the small hours of Wednesday in the UK. Horror fans have three different prospects to weigh up: The Body’s unruly school drama, River’s stripped-back survival nightmare and Remnants’ headset-based ghost story. Clayface’s early buzz is encouraging, but the wider audience verdict is still ahead. For Spaceship Earth, the appeal lies in what its newly cast pilot might become.
Which of today’s sci-fi and horror stories has you most excited — and which trailer makes your watchlist?