LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The latest addition to director James Cameron’s Avatar franchise and an unique have a look at the newest from the Marvel Cinematic Universe headlined a have a look at Disney’s slate of 2025 releases at CinemaCon in Las Vegas Thursday.
The Walt Disney Studios presentation included previews of the corporate’s upcoming choices, together with its live-action adaptation of the animated traditional “Lilo and Stitch,” the latest addition to the Tron franchise, “Tron: Ares” and Marvel’s first household of their Marvel Cinematic Universe debut, “The Fantastic Four: First Steps.”
Along with these options, the celebrities of the long-awaited sequel to 2003’s Freaky Friday, “Freakier Friday,” took the stage. Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan mentioned reexamining their characters from the origin, a course of they known as “amazing.”
“You’ll get to see me like never before thanks to a very aggressive teenage makeover,” Curtis stated.
The celebs of the forthcoming releases in Disney’s movement image slate, together with Jeff Bridges, Jared Leto, Jeremy Allen White, Jeremy Robust, Zoe Saldana, and Ke Huy Quan, took the stage to introduce unique seems to be at their new movies. The presentation supplied glimpses into Disney properties just like the upcoming Pixar animated movie “Elio,” and a sequel to “Zootopia,” which is about for theaters across the vacation season.
The star of the upcoming “Predator: Badlands,” Elle Fanning, described the forthcoming installment as a narrative that reimagines the Predator as a “good guy,” and promised twists and turns.
“There are so many surprises in this film that I’ve been sworn to secrecy,” Fanning stated.
The whole staff from Marvel’s “THUNDERBOLTS*” stumbled onstage in a humorous second the place the actors within the movie pantomimed partying slightly too laborious in Las Vegas. Florence Pugh, David Harbour, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Hannah John-Kamen all chastised Wyatt Russell for shedding tens of 1000’s on the Caesars Palace on line casino earlier than an prolonged clip from the movie was proven.
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A two-minute new trailer for “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” was displayed for the CinemaCon viewers, that includes the primary glimpse at a new-look Silver Surfer (Julia Garner) warning the planet Earth of a forthcoming assault from Galactus.
“Are you protectors of this world?” she asks Marvel’s first household.
“Yes, we are,” Sue Storm (Vanessa Kirby) replies.
“Your planet is now marked for death,” the Surfer warns.
The individuals of Earth, clearly shaken by the Surfer’s risk, ask Reed Richards (Pedro Pascal) in the event that they’re secure, to which he says he does not know, earlier than vowing, “We will protect you.”
The presentation concluded with an prolonged preview of “Avatar: Fire and Ash,” preceded by a recorded message from director James Cameron, who stated he hoped that the latest installment of his hit franchise would enhance site visitors to cinemas.
“I hope this film can provide a shot in the arm for theater owners, as we’re still struggling after the one-two punch of the pandemic and streaming,” Cameron stated.
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