Anne Hathaway, who is fresh out of the success of Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’, is all set to take over the big screens again, and in splendid IMAX. This time around, the actress is shaking the dust off the historic drama, the actress is now taking fans on another great sci-fi adventure, this time, with ‘The End of Oak Street’. Ahead of the film’s release, the Oscar-winning actor opened up about how the film pays homage to the beloved Amblin classics of the 1980s and revealed why she believes families will experience the same excitement she felt growing up.Speaking about the upcoming film, which brings to screens the classic family adventures, blending suspense, heart and spectacle, Hathaway said in a statement, “One of the things I love about this film is that it does remind me of those wonderful films from the 80s, which were almost like family horror movies. Movies that were full of suspense, movies that you could watch with your parents; they weren’t too scary for you. You felt grown up and sophisticated and mature that you got to watch this movie where things that were scary were going on. I remember loving that feeling when I was a kid in the 80s and the 90s. And there’s something wonderful about this movie that is terrifying, but also really wholesome at the same time.”Sharing why this is the perfect family film, she added, “I love the idea that families could go and experience this together. I think this is a perfect movie for a drive-in movie theater; it’s made for that. I think about the older kind of scary films, and I could see The End of Oak Street being a movie that I would have loved to go see with my family when I was like 11. So, being in a movie that’s part of a legacy like that, that would fit alongside some of the great Amblin movies of the 80s, feels really wonderful.“Writer-director David Robert Mitchell echoed his lead actress’ sentiments, revealing that the film was inspired by the character-driven storytelling that defined many of the movies from the 1970s and 1980s. Explaining why emotional investment in the characters was key to the film’s adventure, Mitchell shared, “I was a kid in the 80s, and I was just thinking back to that time that was important to me. And I think in that time period, in the 70s and ’80s, you had really strong character-based films that you connected with and cared about. So then to take that and put them into very dangerous and interesting situations and have them find ways to navigate that, because you genuinely care, it makes the spectacle more meaningful. Not to say that there aren’t modern films that do this. There are. But I do think it was probably a high point, that time period.”Set against the backdrop of the 1980s, The End of Oak Street pays tribute to the golden era of character-driven, unforgettable family adventure films, stories that blended suspense, spectacle and heart. The film follows the Platt family as a mysterious cosmic event rips Oak Street out of suburbia and transports their neighbourhood to an unknown place. As they navigate their now-unrecognisable surroundings, the family’s very survival depends on staying together.The film stars Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor in the lead roles alongside Maisy Stella and Christian Convery. Written and directed by David Robert Mitchell, the film releases exclusively in cinemas and IMAX across India on August 14, 2026, in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.
