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It looks like 2026 is the year our prayers are finally answered. While Bollywood and Hollywood battle over the usual franchises, Mollywood is quietly assembling a slate of speculative fiction that rivals the best in the world. Forget the Pushpa push; here are the three Malayalam sci-fi movies set to launch in 2026 that have us genuinely hyped. Director: Lijo Jose Pellissery Expected Release: Summer 2026
Early set photos (leaked from a VFX studio in Trivandrum) show practical sets built to rotate, simulating variable gravity. Rumors suggest Fahadh Faasil is playing a schizophrenic engineer who speaks only in reversed Malayalam poetry. It’s weird. It’s ambitious. It’s Lijo. 2. 102°F Director: Anurag Kashyap (Collaboration with Aashiq Abu) Expected Release: October 2026 upcoming movies malayalam sci-fi 2026
Leaked synopses suggest a small crew of Malayali laborers on a distant asteroid discover a dormant, non-humanoid entity. Instead of an alien invasion, the film is said to explore "gravity sickness" and existential dread—very on-brand for Lijo. It looks like 2026 is the year our
Tovino Thomas plays a "Rain Rider"—a smuggler who steals frozen water from corporate convoys. When he steals a hard drive containing the algorithm to reverse the rising heat, he becomes the target of a sentient AI police force. Director: Lijo Jose Pellissery Expected Release: Summer 2026
