After showcasing his singing abilities in 2021’s tick, tick…BOOM!, the Oscar nominee revealed that he is indeed keeping music close to his heart through an unexpected musical endeavor.
“I do have a band, we do Bugsy Malone covers,” Garfield exclusively told E! News’ Will Marfuggi, referencing the 1976 musical. “Look out for The Shangles. Look out for a group of middle-aged guys doing Bugsy Malone covers.”
While the 42-year-old is certainly giving a little love to the band, he noted they are still waiting to see “what happens out there” for them in the future.
“We have some plans. We have some big plans,” he mused. “But I can't really say it until it's official—I don't want to jinx it.”
But as the Amazing Spider-Man actor said, he and The Shangles aren’t in it for “any kind of commercial kind of success,” explaining, “It's more of a passion project.”
And channeling passion and magic into his career is what Garfield is always searching for, which is why he’s grateful he also found it in his new film The Magic Faraway Tree, in theaters Aug. 21.
“A big part of the draw of doing the film is that it was an opportunity to play and be silly and not take things seriously,” he shared. “It’s like fantasy fulfillment.”
“We've all been so captured and taken over by these amazing technological developments in our culture and our society right now,” Garfield explained, “but they do suck a lot of our time away from us.”
That realization is part of why the script for The Magic Faraway Tree—which also costars Claire Foy and Nicola Coughlan—spoke to his soul and made him realize that he needed “this theme in my life.”
“I need this essence in my life. I need more excuse to go into woods and to look at the tree bark and the ants crawling up the tree,” he said, “and to get lost in the magnificence of nature and the magic of it.”
For more movies hitting the big screen later this year, keep reading.
Callum Turner and Monica Barbaro co-headline as two strangers searching for love in New York City.
After a mysterious cosmic event rips Oak Street from suburbia and transports their neighborhood to someplace unknown, the Platt family soon discovers that their very survival depends on them sticking together. Starring Ewan McGregor and Anne Hathaway.
After their ship gets caught in a mysterious storm, the PAW Patrol pups crash land on an uncharted tropical island filled with dinosaurs and are thrown into a series of high-stakes, dino-sized rescues.
Leslie Mann, Isla Fisher, Michelle Buteau, and Anna Faris star in a wild comedy about four lifelong friends who escape to a luxury spa retreat for what turns out to be an unforgettable weekend dedicated to fun, laughter, and a lot of really bad decisions.
Ridley Scott directs this post-apocalyptic sci-fi thriller starring Jacob Elordi, Margaret Qualley, Josh Brolin, and Guy Pearce.
The witchy Owens sisters return in this sequel to the 1998 classic. Starring Nicole Kidman, Sandra Bullock, Lee Pace, Joey King, and Maisie Williams.
Based on the New York Times best-seller, The Love Hypothesis follows Olive (Lili Reinhart), a Ph.D. candidate who impulsively kisses her department's most intimidating professor, Adam Carlsen (Tom Bateman). Their mutual need for a fake relationship turns into an experiment in chemistry that might actually solve for love.
Inspired by true events, Unabomber follows Ted Kaczynski’s (Jacob Tremblay) transformation from Harvard prodigy into the infamous domestic terrorist. Also starring Russell Crowe, Shailene Woodley and Annabelle Wallis.
Adapted from Colleen Hoover's best-selling novel, this psychological thriller follows renowned author Verity Crawford (Anne Hathaway) and Lowen Ashleigh (Dakota Johnson), a struggling writer who relocates to the remote Crawford estate to ghostwrite for Verity.
A companion piece to 2010's The Social Network, writer/director Aaron Sorkin's new film is inspired by the true story of a young Facebook engineer (Mikey Madison) who enlists the help of a Wall Street Journal reporter (Jeremy Allen White) to go on a dangerous journey that ends up blowing the whistle on Mark Zuckerberg (Jeremy Strong) and the social network’s most guarded secrets.
In this action-packed adventure inspired by the iconic Mattel toys, an undercover CIA agent (John Cena) returns to his small town and unwittingly gets his childhood friends embroiled in a frantic international pursuit to save the world.
Daisy Edgar-Jones stars as Elinor Dashwood in this latest adaptation of Jane Austen's beloved novel. Also starring Fiona Shaw, Caitríona Balfe, George MacKay, and Esmé Creed-Miles.
A live-action version of the legendary arcade game, starring Noah Centineo, Jason Momoa, 50 Cent, and many more as the iconic fighters.
Alexander Skarsgard transforms for his role as the Wicker Husband made for Olivia Colman's ostracized fisherwoman in this unconventional love story.
Where to Watch: In select theaters on October 23, expanding October 30, 2026.
Based on the beloved Dr. Seuss book, this animated adaptation will feature the voices of Bill Hader, Quinta Brunson, Bowen Yang, and America Ferrera.
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping - November 20, 2026
This highly anticipated prequel revisits the world of Panem and follows young Haymitch Abernathy (Joseph Zada) twenty-four years before the events of The Hunger Games. Also starring Glenn Close, Whitney Peak, Elle Fanning, Ralph Fiennes, Mckenna Grace and Maya Hawke.
Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro reunite alongside Ariana Grande for this new chapter in the Meet the Parents franchise.
This animated coming-of-age saga follows an impulsive teenage girl named Billie (Hailee Steinfeld) who discovers secret magical abilities which hurtle her into a spectacular journey out of suburbia and into a vast witch realm called Hexe.
An insanely star-studded cast of MCU fan-favorites return to our screens in this fifth installment of the Avengers film series.
Zendaya and Timothée Chalamet return to deliver the epic conclusion to director Denis Villeneuve’s trilogy. Also starring Jason Momoa, Florence Pugh, Rebecca Ferguson, Anya Taylor-Joy, Robert Pattinson, and Javier Bardem.
The core cast (Dwayne Johnson, Karen Gillan, Jack Black and Kevin Hart) returns for this final installment of the reboot trilogy about a magical board game.