Jeri Jacquin
Day three of CinemaCon brings an early morning
presentation at Caesar’s Palace and the large Colosseum by Walt Disney Studios
and 20th Century Studios. It is a big presentation that ends with
the screening of THE BOOGEYMAN.
Disney jumped right in with a trailer of the GUARDIANS
OF THE GALAXY Vol. 3 which opens in a little over a week. Celebrating in
theatres for Thanksgiving is the Disney Animation film WISH with Chris Pine
voicing King Magnifico (what a name eh?).
Another holiday weekend opening film is Disney’s
live-action LITTLE MERMAID with Melissa McCarthy as Ursula. “Ursula is
everything – she’s a dishy, conniving broad, maybe that’s why I relate to her”,
says McCarthy. Look for it in theatres Memorial Day weekend.
A trailer for Marvel Studios works THE MARVELS is
shown as well. HAUNTED MANSION stars Tiffany Haddish along with LaKeith
Stanfield, Rosario Dawson, Winonya Ryder and Jamie Lee Curtis in a cool role!
Coming in June is the animated film ELEMENTAL.
From 20th Century Studios is THE CREATOR
and from Searchlight and director Taika Waititi is NEXT GOAL WINS with Michael
Fassbender as a soccer coach sent to American Samoa to turn their horrible team
into winners. Indy is returning as Lucasfilm’s INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF
DESTINY returns for another adventure.
OPPENHEIMER opens the Universal and Focus Features
slate of films and the introduction of its director Christopher Nolan. He says,
“I know of no more dramatic tale. J. Robert Oppenheimer is the most important
person who ever lived. He made the world we live in, for better or for worse.
His story has to be seen to be believed.” OPPENHEIMER will be in theatres July
31.
Illumination has become a legend in its own right with
some amazing animated films. Chris Meledandri is coming off of a THE SUPER
MARIO BROS. MOVIE high to present MIGRATION starring Kumail Nanjiana, Elizabeth
Banks and Danny DeVito. It is a story about a family of ducks getting lost in an
adventure.
If you haven’t seen the trailer for the Will Ferrell-Jamie
Foxx film STRAYS, you are really missing out. Ferrell plays Reggie, a dog that
doesn’t realize how he is being treated by his owner until the strays set him
straight.
Blumhouse gets a chance to brag a bit about the hits
M3GAN and THE BLACK PHONE and will try once again with the film THE EXORCIST:
Believer. DreamWorks brings RUBY GILLMAN: Teenage Kraken about a girl who has
the ability to turn into, well, a kraken. Starring Toni Collette, Jane Fonda,
Annie Murphy and more in this blue character fun this summer.
The gang is back in TROLLS BAND TOGETHER as Anna Kendrick
and Justin Timberlake talk about the film’s premise. Branch and Poppy take the
gang to save Branch’s brothers and that will not be taken troll-lightly.
KUNG FU PANDA 4 has Jack Black returning as Po the
Panda. It’s time for Po to move up the spiritual ladder of success but in order
to do that, he has to find a replacement for himself as the Dragon Warrior. Black
says, “My films have made more than 48 quadrillion dollars around the world.
You’re welcome! But none is more iconic than the noodle eating panda in the
most successful trilogy in cinema history, the saga of KUNG FU PANDA.”
Upcoming films from Focus Features include a huge cast
in the new Wes Anderson film ASTEROID CITY coming in June featuring Jason
Schwartzman, Tom Hanks, Tilda Swinton, Edward Norton, Steve Carell, Matt
Killion, Margot Robbie, Jeff Goldblum and the list goes on and on!
Also coming is the films DRIVE-AWAY DOLLS and THE
HOLDOVERS with Paul Giamatti as a prep school teacher who goes from instructor
to babysitter. Not to be left behind is America’s favorite Greek family (hold
the Windex) with MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 3 as Nia Vardalos writes and directs
the Portokalos family back onto screen, this time for a family reunion in
Greece. Look for it in theatres this September.
It is time for FAST X with Michelle Rodriguez, Sung
Kang, Jordana Brewster and Tyrese Gibson getting the chance to talk about the
film. They talk about the beginnings of the franchise and where it has taken
them all from past to future. The walk down memory lane leads to the walk on
stage of franchise fearless leader Vin Diesel.
“FAST is now the longest franchise in motion picture
history with the same actors playing the characters. This is our family. The
audience is our family. As we were building toward this achievement, we were
attracting directors who each brought their own magic to the saga. I’m proud to
say that for exactly two decades, the Fast films has been the most successful film
of every one of our directors’ careers.”
That’s one way to end a presentation!
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