The Insect (2026), Dwayne Johnson stars as Marcus Hale, a former special-forces operative who becomes humanity’s last physical shield after a classified bio-experiment goes catastrophically wrong. Designed to accelerate human adaptation, the experiment instead awakens an ancient insectoid genome buried deep within human DNA — one that was never meant to resurface.
Angelina Jolie plays Dr. Elara Voss, the brilliant and morally conflicted geneticist who helped unlock the code. When entire cities fall silent and survivors report grotesque, hive-minded humanoid creatures emerging from the shadows, Elara realizes the horrifying truth: the mutation is not random. It is organizing.
At the center of the outbreak stands The Insect — a rapidly evolving apex entity capable of controlling the infected through pheromones, sound, and instinct. As governments collapse and the world descends into biological chaos, Marcus and Elara must venture into quarantined zones where skyscrapers have become nests and streets pulse with life that no longer feels human.
The trailer teases nightmarish transformations, claustrophobic hive interiors, brutal close-quarters combat, airborne swarms blotting out the sky, and tense emotional moments where science and survival collide. Dwayne Johnson brings grounded strength and desperation to a man fighting an enemy that cannot be reasoned with, while Angelina Jolie delivers restrained intensity as a woman forced to confront the consequences of playing god.