Kathryn Bigelow’s ‘A House Of Dynamite’ To Debut In Theaters & Netflix This Fall

Anthony D'Alessandro

Wed, June 18, 2025 at 3:12 PM UTC

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"House of Dynamite," the upcoming film by Kathryn Bigelow, will be released in theaters in October and stream on Netflix on October 24, with a limited theatrical release.
The movie, written by Noah Oppenheim, follows a race to determine responsibility and response after a single missile is launched at the United States, starring Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, and other notable actors.
Kathryn Bigelow's last film was the 2017 thriller Detroit, and her previous works, including The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty, have received critical acclaim and multiple Oscars.

A House of Dynamite, the next movie from The Hurt Locker Oscar winner Kathryn Bigelow, will hit theaters in October and stream on Netflix on October 24.

The movie is getting a limited theatrical release.

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Here’s the logline for the movie penned by Noah Oppenheim: When a single, unattributed missile is launched at the United States, a race begins to determine who is responsible and how to respond.

The movie stars Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Gabe Basso, Jared Harris, Tracy Letts, Anthony Ramos, Moses Ingram, Jonah Hauer-King, with Greta Lee and Jason Clarke. Co-starring are Malachi Beasley, Brian Tee, Brittany O’Grady, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Willa Fitzgerald, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Kyle Allen and Kaitlyn Dever.

Producers are Greg Shapiro, Bigelow and Oppenheim. EPs are Brian Bell and Sarah Bremner.

Bigelow’s latest feature was announced at the streamer’s 2024 upfronts last year.

The project marks Bigelow’s first movie since the 2017 thriller Detroit , which was produced and distributed by Annapurna Pictures.

Bigelow’s 2009 pic The Hurt Locker won six Oscars including Best Picture, Director, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, Original Screenplay for Mark Boal and Film Editing.

Her 2012 movie, Zero Dark Thirty, about the hunt for Osama bin Laden after the 9/11 attacks, won Best Sound Editing and grossed $132.8M at the global box office.

Netflix has a big fall shaping up in the awards sector, one of the OTT service’s other titles being Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein starring Jacob Elordi as the monster, Mia Goth, Christoph Waltz, Charles Dance, Ralph Ineson and Oscar Isaac as Dr. Victor Frankenstein.

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