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Lionsgate didn’t show off Rambo: Last Blood or give a title to Jay Roach’s Roger Ailes movie, but they did show off Rian Johnson’s Thanksgiving American whodunit Knives Out which is kinetic and fantastic. The pic follows a dysfunctional family in suspect. Lots of Knives in the trailer of course, overcast skies, old…

Riverdale‘s K.J. Apa will play faith-based singer Jeremy Camp in Jon Erwin, Andrew Erwin and Kevin Downes’ I Still Believe it was announced at CinemaCon today by the Kingdom Studios chiefs. The movie follows the spiritual journey of Camp. Gary Sinise is also joining the film as Jeremy’s father. Camp has sold over 5…

Today at CinemaCon, Lionsgate announced a joint venture with Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, partner James Weaver and their Point Grey Pictures (PGP) to produce multi-platform content. The two companies recently worked together on the Charlize Theron-Rogen pic Long Shot which opens on May 3. The Point Grey/Lionsgate…

A younger hitman learns that he’s hunting his older self in Ang Lee’s Gemini Man, which dazzled audiences with a 3D clip  during Paramount’s session at CinemaCon in Las Vegas. Will Smith couldn’t be here due to production on Bad Boys For Life, but in a video message told the crowd: “The emotional and physical…

Paramount continued the rollout of stars with Jim Carrey appearing after the studio showed off the first trailer for its November 8 release Sonic the Hedgehog. Carrey arrived eating popcorn sloppily and dropping it on stage before throwing it at the audience. He then hugged Par’s domestic distribution boss Kyle…

Paramount kicked off its CinemaCon presentation in rocking fashion this morning with dancers taking the stage to Elton John’s boppy “I’m Still Standing” and setting up a preview of John biopic/musical fantasy Rocketman. An extended look at the film, directed by Dexter Fletcher and starring Taron Egerton — who uses his…

Unlike Disney with its CinemaCon session Wednesday, Paramount brought the stars –all of them– for its November 1 release Terminator: Dark Fate: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Mackenzie Davis, Natalia Reyes, Gabriel Luna. “The story picks up where Jim Cameron left off with T2,” said Paramount boss Jim…

After Disney’s underwhelming and button-down session at CinemaCon yesterday, Paramount livened the mood up in a big way with a hysterical opening reel of studio Chairman and CEO Jim Gianopulos contending with a ditzy chauffeur (Hayley Magnus of the movie The Dressmaker and NBC pilot Like Magic) as he tries to make his…

After rumors swirled earlier this year that Josh Boone’s feature adaptation of X-Men spinoff The New Mutants was headed to Hulu, Disney indicated in its CinemaCon presentation that the delayed Fox/Marvel movie was indeed part of its 2019 release schedule. The pic has a release date of Aug. 2. Also a Dolby Vision…

As anticipation builds for this summer’s release of Jon Favreau’s CGI/live-action The Lion King, Disney dropped a new clip from the film at CinemaCon today. In the footage, a young and playful Simba hops on his sleeping parents, not so subtly trying to wake them and greet the morning. Looking out on stunningly…

Hot off the news that Captain Marvel crossed $1B at the worldwide box office yesterday, Disney unveiled a new scene from Avengers: Endgame during its CinemaCon presentation this afternoon. Carol Danvers figures prominently in the footage shown today which includes the brief interaction between the flying ace and Chris…

20th Century Fox Vice Chairman Emma Watts ended Fox’s part of the Disney session with the first trailer of James Mangold’s Ford v. Ferrari. The trailer open’s on Christian Bale’s cocky race car driver Ken Miles who is with his son at sunset at a racetrack: “Look there, there’s a perfect light.” Matt Damon’s Carroll…