Keanu Reeves and Kirsten Dunst’s Next Film May Not Arrive Until 2027
Keanu Reeves and Kirsten Dunst’s black comedy The Entertainment System Is Down from Oscar nominee Ruben Östlund is now likely shifting to 2027, despite earlier chatter of a 2026 release.
Keanu Reeves and Kirsten Dunst have a new satire on the way from Ruben Ostlund, and it might take the scenic route to get here. The director is considering holding The Entertainment System Is Down until 2027, instead of premiering it at Cannes this year like many expected. Annoying? A little. But the reason actually makes sense.
Where things stand
The plan had been a Cannes 2026 premiere with a release later in the year. Now, Ostlund is weighing an extra year of editing and a Cannes 2027 debut. Speaking to Deadline at the Göteborg Film Festival, he said the decision is coming very soon.
"At the end of February, we are going to decide whether to go to Cannes this year, or actually wait and edit one more year before we release the film."
Why the delay might be worth it
Ostlund says this one is a beast in the edit. He planned out shots in VR so precisely that once he hit the real set, he kept the camera rolling constantly. That workflow left him drowning in footage. His example: turning 60 minutes of material into a one-minute scene. So yeah, that takes time, and he wants to do it right.
What the movie is
It is a black comedy about a group of passengers forced to deal with boredom after the onboard entertainment system breaks. That is it. Very Ostlund: simple setup, social experiment vibes, uncomfortable laughs incoming.
The cast (it is loaded)
- Keanu Reeves
- Kirsten Dunst
- Daniel Brühl
- Samantha Morton
- Nicholas Braun
- Julie Delpy
- Tobias Menzies
- Vincent Lindon
- Connor Swindells
- Daniel Webber
- Wayne Blair
- Daniel Wyllie
- Lindsay Duncan
- Allan Corduner
- Sofia Tjelta Sydness
- Erin Ainsworth
- Myles Kamwendo
- Sanna Sundqvist
- Elle Piper
- Tea Stjärne
- Benjamin Ingrosso
Who is making and releasing it
Ostlund wrote and directed. Erik Hemmendorff and Philippe Bober are producing. A24 is handling U.S. distribution.
The awards angle
Whenever it lands, Ostlund wants to bring it to Cannes to chase history. He has already won the Palme d'Or twice, for The Square in 2017 and Triangle of Sadness in 2022. If this new one wins, that would make three Palmes across his last three films — a pretty wild streak.
Bottom line: if he pushes to 2027, it is not a disaster. It is a director betting that one more year in the edit could turn a great package — Reeves, Dunst, A24, killer premise — into something sharper. I will take the wait if it means the cut we get is the one he actually wants to show.