King: release date, cast and early buzz

King is due on 1 January 2027, its UK release date. It is directed by Siddharth Anand. The cast includes Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Anil Kapoor, Jackie Shroff and Arshad Warsi. That is 47 days from 15 November 2026.

Wikidata description: film.

Spore Score: coming soon

We don't guess. Once King is out and The Pros (professional reviews) and The Punters (public ratings) have had their say, this page and the film page fill in the Spore Score automatically, usually within hours of the first reviews.

Trailer buzz

Buzz score 55 out of 100, which ranks it 32nd of the 65 films we track releasing in the next three months. Trend: Cooling off. Its main trailer has about 8,962,838 views on YouTube.

In a sample of 50 trailer comments, 60% read as positive and 10% as negative (automatic sentiment check, run by us).

The Buzz score measures attention before release: how fast trailer views are growing (50%), total views (20%), likes and comments per view (15%) and comment mood (15%). It is not a review score and never feeds into the Spore Score.

Watch the trailer on YouTube ↗ From Paramount Plus, 15 October 2026

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Release dates, directors and cast from Wikidata (CC0). Trailer figures from the YouTube Data API. Dates can move; we re-check every few hours.