Glen Powell's face will soon lead yet another sci-fi movie, as he joins forces with a veteran director in the genre for a hotly anticipated, big-budget theatrical spectacle. The film in question is The Great Beyond, directed byJ.J. Abrams, which is set to star Wednesday favorite Jenna Ortega,Emma Mackey (Sex Education), and Samuel L. Jackson(Pulp Fiction) alongside Powell. "I wanted it to be big and something that generations of different people can all go to the theater to see," Abrams promised in an interview at CinemaCon, with excitement for the November 2026 release continuing to build.