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Lionsgate’s presentation kicked off with an action-packed start featuring an extended clip from Ballerina. The footage showed that there’s no doubt Ana De Armas’ assassin will bring the same amount of brutality and physicality to the role as Keanu Reeves has in the franchise. The star revealed she underwent “three and a half to four months of training” for “four to five hours a day” for the role and promised creative fight sequences that incorporate the grace and flexibility of a true ballerina.
Chair Adam Fogelson then went on to officially reveal three new films are in the works for the franchise:
A new universe could be taking shape as the first film adaptation in The Housemaid book series arrives in theaters this Christmas. Stars Sydney Sweeney, Amanda Seyfried, Brandon Sklenar, and director Paul Feig hit the stage to debut the first trailer to the CinemaCon crowd. The film, which brought Seyfried to “places I never thought I’d go to,” features twists and turns that will delight both lovers of the series and fans of thrillers.
Closing the presentation was Trey Edward Shults’ Hurry Up Tomorrow, starring Jenna Ortega and Abel Tesfaye, better known as The Weeknd. Shults and Ortega took the stage to preview the thriller, which the director described as a “singular visceral cinematic experience, very soulful,” while the star said it was a look inside Abel’s brain and was more like an “experience or feeling” than a traditional movie. After debuting the brand new trailer, The Weeknd took the stage to perform two new songs from the film, “Cry for Me” and “Open Hearts,” as well as his hit “Blinding Lights.”
Superman, The Bride!, and Final Destination: Bloodlines.
James Gunn, Rachel Brosnahan, Nicholas Hoult and David Corenswet took the CinemaCon stage to kick off the tour for the DCU’s Superman. The crew shared some behind-the-scenes moments from the set and all agreed just how special the film is, with Hoult saying he felt like he was witness to the magic of movie making in real time. They went on to share an extended sneak peek of the film featuring plenty of Krypto the Superdog. And although he’s very adorable, the footage showed just how big of a troublemaker he could be. Gunn revealed that he was inspired by his own dog Ozu: “What if this dog had superpowers? I’d be f—ed.”
One of the most original films coming out of CinemaCon so far has been Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride. Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale star as the iconic Bride and Frankenstein’s monster in Gyllenhaal’s new take on the classic story. Buckley called the pair’s romance in the film “the punkest love that’s ever existed. It’s like Bonnie and Clyde and Wild at Heart… I think our one has some petrol in its skin and we’re holding a match beside it.”
An extended sequence for Final Destination: Bloodlines was one of the best surprises to come out of the WB presentation. Featuring a gruesome, calculated sequence, the film will offer fans of the franchise a treat when it comes out on May 16. Beyond the gore, it showed just how much campy humor the movie is going to have, earning some of the biggest laughs of the day.
