CinemaCon
‘Transformers One’: Paramount Reveals New Release Date as Official Trailer Launches From Space
Paramount and Hasbro’s animated Transformers One is pushing back its release in theaters by one week in order to take advantage of Imax screens and to provide some breathing room from the competition. The film will now open Sept. 20, 2024, instead of Sept. 13. That gives it two weeks of distance from Sony’s Beetlejuice. […]
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Original ‘Blair Witch’ Team Reacts to Not Being Involved in New Movie: “It’s Bittersweet”
The team behind the original 1999 film The Blair Witch Project didn’t know about the plan for a new movie in the horror franchise until it was announced during Lionsgate’s CinemaCon presentation last week. But the filmmakers’ frustrations over their lack of involvement in the future of the series has been building for years. “It’s […]
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Dennis Quaid, at 70, Is Having More Fun Now Than When He Was “Young and Hungry”
After Dennis Quaid accepted CinemaCon’s cinema icon award during the closing night Big Screen Achievement Awards, host Kevin Frazier surprised the veteran actor with a birthday cake as the crowd inside the Colosseum sang “Happy Birthday.” Quaid turned 70 on Tuesday, and it was a fitting celebration for the star, who was feeling particularly reflective […]
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Lupita Nyong’o Recalls Crush on Leonardo DiCaprio, Crying Inconsolably During ‘Titanic’ on First Date
Oscar-winner Lupita Nyong’o said that when word came her way that she’d been selected to receive CinemaCon’s star of the year award during the closing night Big Screen Achievement Awards, it led her to ponder what cinema has meant to her. “One of my strongest memories from my adolescence came to mind,” said the 41-year-old […]
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Dwayne Johnson Surprises CinemaCon With Sneak Peek of ‘Moana 2’
Two months after Disney CEO Bob Iger’s surprise announcement that Moana 2 was in the works at the studio and scheduled to hit theaters Nov. 27, the animated sequel took center stage at CinemaCon. Disney debuted an exclusive sneak peek of footage of the David Derrick Jr.-directed film in front of theater owners with the […]
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Disney Shares ‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ First Teaser Trailer With Theater Owners
Mufasa: The Lion King is coming out of the shadows and beginning to practice its roar. On Tuesday, Disney and director Barry Jenkins played the movie’s first teaser trailer for theater owners gathered together this week in Las Vegas for CinemaCon. The teaser received a resounding round of applause for its stunning visuals and tone, […]
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Kevin Feige Drops F-Bombs Introducing 9 Minutes of ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ at CinemaCon
In years past, a Disney presentation at CinemaCon would be a rather family-friendly affair. Not so this year, with the raunchy, R-rated Deadpool & Wolverine taking center stage to show off extensive footage from project. The Disney presentation began with a “silence your phone” PSA, with Deadpool and Wolverine in costume, talking about rumors for […]
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Kevin Feige Introduces Action-Packed ‘Captain America 4’ Footage at CinemaCon
Kevin Feige and Anthony Mackie traveled to Las Vegas to introduce Captain America: Brave New World, the Marvel Studios movie that puts the actor in the starring role. Feige called back to Captain America: The Winter Soldier as something fans still talk about, because it was a relatively grounded action thriller. He said Cap 4 […]
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Jon M. Chu Says ‘Wicked’ Aficionado Ariana Grande Consulted on What Lines to Keep: “That’s Bible”
Less than 24 hours after unveiling exclusive Wicked footage in Las Vegas, filmmaker Jon M. Chu found his way into the spotlight of another CinemaCon stage inside Caesars Palace, this time for a special luncheon in his honor at which he revealed secrets about filming the two-part epic musical. “It was pretty magical last night,” […]
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‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ Trailer Brings Chills to CinemaCon as Paramount Forges Ahead Despite Sale Talks
Paramount’s A Quiet Place: Day One is getting ready to bring chills to audiences. Stars Lupita Nyong’o and Joseph Quinn on Thursday introduced extended footage of the prequel to movie theater owners gathered in Las Vegas this week for CinemaCon, where they are being briefed by Hollywood studios on their upcoming slates (the footage won’t […]
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Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson and Brian Tyree Henry Debut Origin Story ‘Transformers One’
One year after Paramount Pictures broke news at CinemaCon that Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson and Brian Tyree Henry had signed on for the animated Transformers One — the first animated film in the franchise in nearly four decades — the studio welcomed that trio back to introduce their work. Hemsworth, Johansson and Henry had official duties […]
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‘South Park’ Creators Matt Stone, Trey Parker Set Live-Action Comedy With Kendrick Lamar at Paramount
Matt Stone and Trey Parker are combining forces with rapper Kendrick Lamar for a live-action comedy feature from Paramount Pictures. During its presentation Thursday at CinemaCon in Las Vegas, the studio announced that an original comedy from South Park creators Stone and Parker is set to begin shooting this summer and will hit theaters on […]
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