New Action Trailers — Week of July 20 – 26, 2026
Runner (Alan Ritchson / Owen Wilson) — Final Trailer
Trailer released: July 16, 2026
Angel Studios’ final trailer for Runner drops a former soldier (Alan Ritchson) into a real-time race to deliver a life-saving organ while a cartel closes in — old-school action built on slick car chases, foot pursuit and hand-to-hand beats. It’s coordinator territory through and through: precision driving, contact fights and doubling for Ritchson’s demolition-style set pieces. Director Scott Waugh came up as a stunt performer himself (son of veteran stuntman Fred Waugh) and his Need for Speed / Expend4bles pedigree leans hard on practical vehicle work. In theaters September 11, 2026. Stunt coordinator credit pending on IMDb.
IMDb: Runner (2026) · Trailer: YouTube
The Mongoose — Official Trailer
Trailer released: July 15, 2026
The first trailer for The Mongoose matters to the stunt community for who’s behind the camera: it’s the feature directing debut of Mark Vanselow, Liam Neeson’s longtime stunt double and coordinator across the Taken films, The Ice Road and Honest Thief. The film is a cross-country car-chase thriller — Neeson evading law enforcement in a 1965 Shelby Cobra GT350 — shot in Australia (doubling for Afghanistan, Arkansas and Texas), so sustained precision and performance driving, cop-car contact work and pursuit rigging carry the action. Co-stars Marisa Tomei, Ving Rhames and Michael Chiklis. In theaters October 30, 2026. Stunt coordinator credit pending on IMDb.
IMDb: The Mongoose (2026) · Trailer: YouTube
Avengers: Doomsday — Official Trailer
Trailer released: July 20, 2026
Marvel dropped the first full trailer for Avengers: Doomsday alongside premium-format ticket sales. Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, the multiverse crossover is wall-to-wall ensemble action — massed team-battle choreography, wire work and large-scale fight staging across the X-Men, Fantastic Four and Avengers rosters, the kind of set-piece density that lives or dies on stunt-team coordination, previs and rehearsal. Robert Downey Jr. headlines as Doctor Doom. Stunt coordinators Ben Cooke and Stuart Thorp. In theaters December 18, 2026.
IMDb: Avengers: Doomsday (2026) · Trailer: YouTube
Spider-Man: Brand New Day — Final Trailer
Trailer released: July 21, 2026
Marvel and Sony released the final “Peter’s Journey” trailer, and for the stunt community the draw is the department behind it: Peng Zhang (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings) coordinates the stunts, with Jackie Chan visiting set alongside his Jackie Chan Stunt Team to contribute fight work as action director — a pairing that points to dense, practical hand-to-hand and web-swing rig work rather than pure digital doubling. Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton. In theaters July 31, 2026.
IMDb: Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026) · Trailer: YouTube
The Stunt Driver — Official Trailer
Trailer released: July 21, 2026
The first full trailer landed ahead of the film’s Toronto International Film Festival world premiere, and for the stunt community the subject is the draw: it’s a biopic of Ken Carter, the “Mad Canadian” stunt driver who spent the mid-’70s chasing a mile-long rocket-car jump across the St. Lawrence River. That means the action is built on real performance and precision driving, ramp launches and rocket-car rigging rather than fantasy set pieces — the kind of practical vehicle work a driving coordinator lives for. Jay Baruchel plays Carter, with Ben Foster as rival Evel Knievel and Ed Helms as promoter Dick Keller; Michael Dowse (Goon, Fubar) directs. In theaters September 25, 2026. Stunt coordinator credit pending on IMDb.
IMDb: The Stunt Driver (2026) · Trailer: YouTube
Matchbox: The Movie — Official Trailer
Trailer released: July 25, 2026
Apple debuted the first Matchbox: The Movie trailer during its San Diego Comic-Con Hall H panel, and the pedigree behind the camera is the draw for the stunt community: it's directed by Sam Hargrave, the former stunt coordinator (Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Endgame) turned action director behind the Extraction films. Built on Mattel's die-cast cars, the film leans on practical vehicle work — John Cena has talked about performing his own car stunts, from wheelie-ing a souped-up VW bus to driving a roll-cage-tested 6×6 Land Rover in the Sahara — so precision and performance driving, vehicle rigging and car gags carry the action. Co-stars Jessica Biel, Danai Gurira, Teyonah Parris and Corey Stoll. Streaming on Apple TV October 9, 2026. Stunt coordinator credit pending on IMDb.
IMDb: Matchbox the Movie (2026) · Trailer: YouTube
