Zendaya plans to “disappear for a little bit” after an unusually crowded 2026 release slate that will see her in four films and a major television show.
Responding to the host of Fandango’s Big Ticket calling 2026 the “year of Z”, the Emmy winner said: “I just hope people don’t get sick of me and I appreciate everyone who supports any of the movies, supports my career in any kind of way. I’m deeply appreciative. I just hope you guys don’t get sick of me this year because I’ll tell you what, after this, I’m disappearing for a little bit. I’m going to have to go into hiding for just a little bit.”
The 29-year-old’s first release of the year is A24’s The Drama, in which she stars opposite Robert Pattinson, on 3 April.
It will be followed a week later by the third season of HBO’s Euphoria. Zendaya reprises her role as Rue for which she won two Primetime Emmy awards for outstanding lead actress in a drama series.
In July, Zendaya will be seen in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey and Marvel’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day. She stars alongside Tom Holland in both films.
Zendaya and Holland met while filming Spider-Man: Homecoming and started dating in 2021.
Speculation about whether they were married in a secret ceremony after their 2024 engagement has been rife since Zendaya’s longtime stylist Law Roach told Access Hollywood last month that the “wedding already happened”. Neither Zendaya nor Holland has publicly confirmed that they are married.
Zendaya will close out the year with Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Three, set for release on 18 December.
The Drama is already facing criticism over the big reveal at the heart of its narrative. In the film, Zendaya’s character Emma confesses to her fiancé, Pattinson’s Charlie, and their friends that she once planned a high school shooting but never went through with it.
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Tom Mauser, whose son Daniel Mauser was killed in the 1999 massacre at Columbine High School, told TMZ that he was disgusted by the twist.
Mauser, who has advocated for gun reform for the past 25 years, told the outlet it was “awful” to use the serious subject as a plot device in a romantic comedy.
The father, who has not seen the movie, said it “humanises” shooters and “normalises” school shootings.
No mass violence is depicted in the film.
