The 2026 Academy Awards will serve as a festive backdrop for an array of high-profile reunions.
“We have a huge reunion happening,” Oscars executive producer Raj Kapoor teased during a Wednesday, March 11, press conference. “There’s been rumors of what that is, and we are very excited to announce that we have a Bridesmaids reunion that is going to be very special.”
Bridesmaids, which premiered in 2011, costarred Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Ellie Kemper and Rose Byrne as Maya Rudolph’s bridal party in a raucous pre-nuptial romp. Byrne is also nominated at the 2026 Oscars for her role in If I Had Legs I’d Kick You.
The Bridesmaids cast won’t be the only former costars to hit the Dolby Theatre on Sunday, March 15. Keep scrolling for a complete guide of the movie reunions to expect on Oscar Sunday:
‘Bridesmaids’Oscar nominee Rose Byrne will join forces with Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph and Melissa McCarthy to mark the raunchy comedy’s 15th anniversary.
Marvel Cinematic UniverseOscars producer Katy Mullan confirmed in a pre-ceremony press conference that there will “be a Marvel reunion for the superhero fans.”
“We’re gonna have superstar superheroes, and there is also going to be an extraterrestrial on the stage,” Mullan teased. “So you can figure that one out.”
It’s unknown whether the “extraterrestrial” will be related to the MCU segment and one of the comics’ out-of-this-world characters or a nod to a different alien movie, perhaps like Drew Barrymore’s E.T. or Sigourney Weaver’s Alien.
‘When Harry Met Sally’Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan are expected to lead an “In Memoriam” tribute to their When Harry Met Sally director, Rob Reiner. (Rob and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found dead with multiple stab wounds in December 2025. The couple’s son Nick was subsequently charged with two counts of murder but has pleaded not guilty.)
“I don’t feel like we’re at a place where we want to share what exactly what we’re doing for In Memoriam,” show executive producer Raj Kapoor said in a press conference before the ceremony. “All I can say is that a lot of time and thought has been put into the process of creating something really meaningful that has a lot of emotion and heart.”
According to fellow executive producer Katy Mullan, she and Kapoor have been discussing the perfect memorial tribute for “many, many months.”
“We’ve lost a huge amount of people this year who are so meaningful to so many in the film community,” she said. “We take it really, really seriously. We have been having many, many discussions. … It continues to change right up until rehearsal, because we want to get the strike, the balance, just right and make sure that it feels like the right moment in the show for the moment in time.”
Mullan added, “We really hope that it is a tribute that moves people and feels like it does the incredible people we’ve lost this year justice.”
Variety reported earlier in March that Barbra Streisand was in talks for a surprise musical tribute to her late The Way We Were costar Robert Redford, who died in September 2025.
