LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Common Footage put their most anticipated movies on show at CinemaCon at Caesars Palace’s Colosseum Theater Wednesday.
The annual convention, that includes the newest and best within the movie show trade, included an unique peek at all the choices scheduled for Common Footage’ 2025 slate, together with new choices from the Jurassic franchise, a “How to Train Your Dragon” live-action sequel, and the much-anticipated follow-up to 2024’s hit movie “Wicked.”
The star-studded presentation included a reside orchestra headed by veteran conductor Ricky Minor enjoying Common movie basic music in between audio system. Moreover, appearances from the celebs and filmmakers concerned in making the upcoming slate of movies headed to film theaters in 2025. Scarlett Johansson and Mahershala Ali from “Jurassic World Rebirth,” due in theaters in July, appeared to debate their adventures taking pictures the film in Thailand. Johannson stated her look in a Jurassic movie is a very long time coming.
US actress Scarlett Johansson (R) and US actor Mahershala Ali have a look at a cellphone as they current the movie “Jurassic World Rebirth” onstage throughout the CinemaCon 2025 Common Footage and Focus Options presentation at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada, on April 2, 2025. (Photograph by VALERIE MACON / AFP) (Photograph by VALERIE MACON/AFP by way of Getty Pictures)
“It’s been a lifelong dream to be in a Jurassic movie for the last 15 years,” Johannson stated. “I told [Steven Spielberg] I would play any role, even if I was eaten in the first five minutes.”
Director Gareth Edwards enforced his mission to make the Jurassic franchise scary once more by taking pictures in largely real-life places, and in lots of instances hiding the dinosaurs.
“I wanted the audience to feel like they were on a roller coaster ride… keeping the dinosaurs hidden until you really see them,” Edwards stated.
Different motion pictures featured throughout the presentation included “Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie”, a brand new film primarily based on a well-liked Netflix sequence, “Nobody 2,” a sequel to the 2021 Bob Odenkirk-led motion movie, efforts from Focus Options like Wes Anderson’s “Venetian Scheme,” “Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale,” and new footage from filmmakers Steven Spielberg and Christopher Nolan.
Tyrique Withers and Marlon Wayans took to the stage to introduce the brand new Jordan Peele-produced sports-horror movie “Him,” starring each Withers and Wayans. Jason Blum, clad in an in depth Freddy Fazbear costume, detailed Common and Blumhouse’s horror choices, together with sequels to “Five Nights at Freddy’s,” “The Black Phone,” and”M3GAN.” The latter featured a dance troop of M3GANs onstage dancing to Britney Spears’s Oops! I Did It Once more.
Dancers carry out onstage to advertise the upcoming movie “M3GAN 2.0” throughout the CinemaCon 2025 Common Footage and Focus Options presentation at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 2, 2025. (Photograph by VALERIE MACON / AFP) (Photograph by VALERIE MACON/AFP by way of Getty Pictures)
And within the style of killer AI, Blum and fellow filmmaker James Wan launched a extra grownup model of M3GAN, the place folks should buy their very own artificial soulmate. “Soulm8te” is ready to hit theaters in January.
Lastly, Depraved’s Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande took the stage alongside director Jon M. Chu to current an unique preview for the vacation follow-up and conclusion to 2024’s hit, “Wicked: For Good.”
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – APRIL 02: Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande converse onstage to advertise the upcoming movie “Wicked: For Good” on the Common Footage And Focus Options presentation throughout CinemaCon, the official conference of Cinema United, at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace on April 02, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photograph by Ethan Miller/Getty Pictures)
The early preview spotlighted favourite tunes from the Broadway musical “No Good Deed” and, in fact, the titular “For Good,” and supplied a glimpse into the place the witches of Oz discover themselves for the sequel. The clip featured a looking social gathering, trying to find the now “wicked” witch, Elphaba (Erivo), led by Prince Fiyero (Jonathan Bailey), and teased a royal wedding ceremony between Glinda (Grande) and Fiyero with a touch of a love triangle thrown in for good measure.
“For a while I thought you’d changed,” Elphaba says to Fiyero within the sneak peek.
“I have changed,” he replies.
Depraved: For Good is ready to hit theaters on Nov. 21.
