Long Lost Son (2026 film)

Long Lost Son is a 2026 American adventure thriller film directed by Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg, screenplay by Boaz Yakin, Doug Miro and Carlo Bernard, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, music by Harry Gregson-Williams, cinematography John Seale, and edited by Michael Kahn, Martin Walsh and Mick Audsley. The film stars Mia Wasikowska, Jake Gyllenhaal and Tom Holland.

Long Lost Son was theatrically released on August 14, 2026, in the United States, through Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.

Plot
Law student Kristen Sheppard drives her husband Quinn Halloran, who had hoped to start a new life together on the Florida Keys, to despair, stubbornly preparing a divorce. One of the monthly weekends he has with their 9 year-old son Mark, his sail yacht Ocean Dreamer reports losing a mast and is declared lost at sea without much hope of a survivor. Fourteen years later, now an attorney and remarried to Steve Collins, she recognizes on friends' Caribbean holiday video an allegedly Canadian father John Williams and his son Matthew running a yacht, Phoenix, as Caribbean Dive Adventures for tourists on the island Santa Alicia as Quinn and presumes the bright athletic boy to be their son Mark. Despite flying in without a passport, she is allowed in. The Australian-born hotel owner Patrick is helpful. $400 buys her a dream day at sea with the charming hunk, who even has fond memories of his kind mother but believes she died in a fire when he was three, reason for dad to move with him to a new Caribbean country every few years, while seeing to his schooling, to start up a new business and sell it with a nice profit. However, police officer Bodden tips the popular Willams men about her story, so dad urges Matt to leave permanently for Salt Cay immediately.

Cast

 * Mia Wasikowska as Kristen Sheppard / Kristen Halloran
 * Jake Gyllenhaal as Quinn Halloran / John Williams
 * Tom Holland as Matthew Williams / Mark Halloran
 * Tony Revolori as Ronnie
 * Jacob Batalon as Patrick
 * Benedict Wong as Agent Bodden
 * Richard Armitage as Steve
 * Jon Sakata as Young Mark Halloran
 * Benedict Cumberbatch as Harbormaster Bill
 * Gloria Reuben as Catherine Collins
 * Ben Affleck as Steve Collins
 * Gemma Arterton as Marge
 * Sacha Baron Cohen as Travel Agent
 * Andrew Scott as Passenger #1
 * Gabrielle Anwar as Passenger #2
 * Andrew Garfield as Passenger #3
 * Rhys Ifans as Immigration Official
 * Robert Downey Jr. as Taxi Driver