Warner Bros. came to Las Vegas to host a show, and performed, relying on a parade of stars, from Dwayne Johnson (crowned entertainment icon of the decade) to the animated Baz Luhrmnan, as well as some of the biggest upcoming films, including Black Adam.
“Black Adam is one of the things in my life that gets me out of bed,” Johnson told the audience before showing a video from the film. “I think the hierarchy of the DC universe is about to change.
Even before this trailer comes out, Warners released big news on Tuesday from the CinemaCon stage at the Coliseum at Caesars Palace, first announcing that Matt Reeves, Robert Pattinson and the creative team will return for a sequel to Batman.
This message was followed by exclusive views on Black Adam, Elvis, Wonka, The Flash, Shazam! Fury of the Gods, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, Salem’s Lot and Don’t Worry Darling, along with performances by Reeves, Olivia Wilde, James One, Helen Mirren, Zachary Levy and others, in what turned out to be a cohesive cry for power and the future of the theater market.
Warners gave Elvis much of the early part of Elvis’ program of extensive questions and answers starring Luhrmann and his star Austin Butler. Luhrmann was greeted on stage by host Aisha Tyler for a lively chat, during which he was asked why he was interested in the history of the American icon. “I love biographical films[s]”It’s not really a biographical film,” he said. “It’s really about America in the ’50s,’ 60s, ’70s. At the heart of the culture, for better or worse, was Elvis Presley.
Directed by Luhrmann, Elvis chooses Butler to star as the King of Rock and Roll. The debut of the staff in Sin City is of special significance, as the city was the old steps of Presley. Tom Hanks also starred in Elvis as Colonel Tom Parker, and the film (shot in Australia by DP Mandy Walker, who also shot Luhrmann’s Australia) is weeks after its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, which will bring a triumphant return to Luhrmann’s home. who screened his Moulin Rouge there.
Lurman, who confirmed that his film includes classics and the Elvis story translated for the younger generation, said the story unfolds through the prism of Tom Parker, played by Hanks, someone who jokes that he is a newcomer. “He’s a little nervous and stuff, I had to train him a lot to get him out of his shell,” he joked. Then he became serious with compliments: “I worked with everyone, with all kinds of icons and my god, Tom Hanks – Rolls Royce of the actors.
Butler was asked about his answer to being chosen for Presley, as well as the process of preparing to play him and sing his classic hits. Butler said he was on his way to finding his humanity. “The main thing I wanted to find was his humanity. “He’s one of those people who’s been raised to such an iconic status that he’s almost superhuman,” Butler said.
Luhrmann praised Reeves and Batman and said he thought of his film as a superhero film. “Elvis is the original superhero. It comes from dirt and in a few blinding moments it rises so high, finds its kryptonite and falls so low. ”
In the extended footage, Hanks’ protagonist is heard saying, “At that moment, the Elvis man was sacrificed and Elvis the God was born” during an electric performance of Presley’s Trouble, after which he was evacuated from the stage in a collision with his audience and police.
Speaking of singing, Timothy Shalamet made his debut, performing several melodies in Wonka’s exclusive footage, the first music videos ever seen. Wonka, which hits theaters on December 15, 2023, plays Chalamet as the character created by author Roald Dahl and played by Gene Wilder in the classic Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (1971). Directed by Paddington director Paul King, with Rowan Atkinson, Sally Hawkins, Keegan-Michael Key and Olivia Coleman.
“Is everyone ready,” says Wonka of Chalamet in a behind-the-scenes voice-over in the early moments, which shows the younger Wonka as a thriving chocolate maker. What follows seems to be a fantastic adventure filled with singing, dancing and clashes with the authorities in their quest to spread chocolate around the world.
Wild catastrophes, a bending universe, young Superman and the return of Batman – Michael Keaton – caused applause when the short trailer for The Flash debuted. The biggest reaction came towards the end of the video, when Ezra Miller’s Flash asked the question “Are you?” Then we see Keaton, without a mask, but in his Batman suit, with gray hair, who responds in his reckless style: “You want to go crazy? Let’s go crazy. “
Flash, due out in June 2023, is one of DC’s longest-running projects, with Miller first cast as the protagonist in 2014 for Zack Snyder’s Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice. A number of directors came and went for the project, which finally started with It director Andy Muskieti, who took the helm. The film marks the first time Keaton played Batman since Batman returned in 1992, while Ben Affleck also reprized his role as the Black Knight in the multi-timeline film. The project will also present Supergirl, played by Sasha Kale.
But in recent weeks, The Flash has been plagued by its star’s problems. Miller has been arrested twice in Hawaii, the first in late March on charges of hooliganism and harassment following an alleged incident at a karaoke bar. The second was just days ago, when Miller was convicted on suspicion of second-degree assault, according to the Hawaii Police Department.
Warners also shared a very brief look at the sequel to Aquaman, which included an amazing Jason Momoa as a water superhero and the menacing Black Manta, played by Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. Momoa could not attend CinemaCon, but said hello (no shirt) via a video from London. Director James One, who was available in Las Vegas, said the sophisticated special effects allow him to advance as a director – and save actors from hanging by painful wires by using dozens of cameras to create 3D characters.
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, also starring Amber Heard and Patrick Wilson, began on March 17, 2023. Aquaman, released in 2018, became DC’s first film outside of Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight trilogy. raised $ 1 billion at the box office and helped bring its titular character to a whole new level of popularity.
One remained on stage for Salem’s Lot, an adaptation of Stephen King, which hits the big screen in September 2022. One, the film’s producer, introduced the film’s director Gary Dauberman. The film is based on King’s 1975 horror novel about a writer who returns to the city of Maine, where he lived in his youth, only to discover that its inhabitants are becoming vampires. Lewis Pullman plays the protagonist Ben Mears with Spencer Treight Clark, William Sadler, Pilu Asbeck, Alfrie Woodard and Bill Camp, complementing the cast.
Take Levy and members of the Shazam cast! Fury of the Gods, the sequel to the 2019 film Shazam !, presented new footage from the expected film. The film focuses on a teenager named Billy Batson (Usher Angel), who becomes an adult superhero and receives help from his friend and adopted brother Freddie Freeman (Jack Dylan Grazer).
“We didn’t want to deviate from the magic of the first,” Levy said of balancing comedy, drama and heart. Angel and Grazer, along with new cast member Helen Mirren, who plays the gold-clad Hespera, daughter of Atlantis, joined Levi on stage.
As a new member of “The Most Wonderful Crazy Family,” Mirren said her character was “one who believes she’s right, as most villains and villains do.” She added: “I’m not sure how much I’m allowed to talk about it.” The sequel also stars Lucy Liu as Calypso. David F. Sandberg returns to directing Fury of the Gods, which begins on December 16, 2022 against Avatar 2 of 20th Century, the expected sequel to the greatest film of all time.
After his directorial debut Booksmart in 2019, Wilde returned to CinemaCon as the director of Don’t Worry Darling, a psychological thriller starring Florence Pu, Harry Styles, Wilde, Chris Pine, Gemma Chan, KiKi Lane and Nick Kroll. “What will you need to give up your life to do what is right?” That’s the question, “Don’t worry, honey,” Wilde said, giving an exclusive look at the film’s first trailer as he congratulated exhibitors who “fought so hard to keep the film business alive.”
Describing her release on September 23 as a “love letter” to films such as The Matrix and The Beginning, she said that in Pew’s performance, “you see the birth of a full-fledged movie star” and called Stiles a “revelation.” She joked, “I’m also in the movie because I was the only one we could afford when we got to that point.
The presence of Styles in a feature film can be seen as a coup for the subsidiary of WB New Line, as the singer dominates the cultural spirit of the time today. Fresh from the headlining turn in Coachella, where he plays in front of more than 100,000 people, Stiles tops the Billboard charts with his single “As it Was” from the upcoming Harry’s House album, due out in May. Basically, everything Styles touches generates global interest, so the interest around the trailer is already high.
As for Johnson, he tested the crowd by opening it with a video, claiming it was Hawaii before giving up the routine, saying “fuck it.” He then entered the Colosseum to huge applause as he went to the stage and greeted the congress delegates. “I could not miss it. You feel the energy in our business. You feel the lift, the headwind in our business. ”
“We are reinvesting in the return of the theatrical experience,” he said. We all took our blows with COVID and the dynamics and dysfunction of the supply chain and there is a feeling that we are at the other end of it, working on …
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