Dinosaurs Descend on Suburbia: 'The End of Oak Street' Arrives in Theatres This Week
Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor star as a married couple whose quiet suburban street gets overrun by dinosaurs in The End of Oak Street, a sci-fi survival thriller landing in theatres and IMAX on 14 August 2026. Warner Bros. Pictures is distributing the film, which it describes as a new science fiction entry on its official social media channels (Warner Bros. Pictures, Facebook).
The film is set in 1982 in the fictional town of Flowervale, where a tranquil middle-class neighbourhood comes under attack from prehistoric predators. Hathaway plays Denise Platt and McGregor plays Greg Platt. Their on-screen children are Audrey Platt, played by Maisy Stella, and Brian Platt, played by Christian Convery (Variety).
David Robert Mitchell wrote and directed the film. Mitchell, best known for It Follows and Under the Silver Lake, also co-produced alongside J.J. Abrams (Variety). The pairing of Mitchell's distinctive filmmaking with Abrams' production outfit Bad Robot gives the project a notable creative pedigree.
Variety published its review of the film on 12 August 2026, two days ahead of the theatrical opening (Variety). Warner Bros. released the official trailer on its social media channels, with a June posting on YouTube followed by an additional promotional push on Facebook on 11 August (Warner Bros. Pictures, YouTube; Warner Bros. Pictures, Facebook).
For audiences, the pitch is straightforward: dinosaurs loose in a 1980s suburb, with a recognisable cast and a director who has built a following for atmosphere and dread. The August release date positions The End of Oak Street in the late-summer corridor, where genre films have historically found room to break out before the autumn prestige titles take over the calendar.
The film opens Thursday in the United States and Canada — domestic, in industry terms — with IMAX premium screens part of the rollout (Rotten Tomatoes; Deadline).
