Sony Pictures Entertainment kicked off CinemaCon on Monday with a sneak peek of “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” and a brand new installment of “Jumanji”.
Tom Rothman, president and CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment, unveiled two posters for the newest Spider-Man movie starring Tom Holland and Zendaya, set to hit American theaters on July 31.
The launch comes 4 years after “Spider-Man: No Way Home” turned the studio’s highest-grossing movie with roughly $1.9 billion in international field workplace receipts.
“It feels like nothing we’ve ever made,” Rothman mentioned on the Colosseum Theater in Las Vegas, earlier than introducing lead actor Holland, who joined nearly.
“It’s the most emotional Spider-Man movie we’ve ever made, and in some ways, the most grown up,” mentioned Holland, who performs the arachnid superhero.
In a brief clip proven at CinemaCon, the place movie studios carry of their stars and supply a sneak peek at their upcoming slate, Holland’s Peter Parker faces the implications of the choices he made within the earlier movie, which ended on a cliffhanger.
Not solely do his associates do not know he exists, however his girlfriend MJ — performed by Zendaya — has a brand new love curiosity.
Expectations for the movie are excessive, with its trailer gaining hundreds of thousands of views since its launch final month.
The movie, directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, will star Mark Ruffalo, Jon Bernthal and Sadie Sink.
Sony Pictures Entertainment additionally unveiled a primary glimpse at “Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse”, the animated spin-off because of hit theaters in June 2027.
It closed its presentation with a clip from the third installment of “Jumanji”.
Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black and Kevin Hart mentioned that “Jumanji: Open World”, set for launch in December this 12 months, will function tributes to the late actor Robin Williams, who starred within the first movie of the favored franchise.
Sony Pictures Entertainment’s presentation marked the beginning of CinemaCon, which this 12 months focuses on optimism over the 12 months’s robust begin on the field workplace.
Rothman celebrated the progress, however famous that gross sales haven’t but reached pre-pandemic ranges.
“We all have urgent work to do,” Rothman mentioned. “For our part, that means delivering a variety of great films to all kinds of audiences. But you, my friends, have an urgent part to play.”
“Affordability is by far the hardest. Going to the movies must become affordable again,” he added.
CinemaCon will even present a chance to mirror on how you can maintain the momentum within the business, in a 12 months that would carry important modifications — such because the anticipated takeover of legendary studio Warner Bros. Discovery by Paramount Skysdance.
“When you have consolidation of legacy studios, as we learned with Disney and Fox, the amount of movies produced goes down, prices go up, and we think that is bad for theaters,” Michael O’Leary, CEO of Cinema United, which organizes the gathering, advised AFP final week.
CinemaCon, which takes place from April 13-16, will host shows within the coming days from Warner Bros., Universal Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Neon, Walt Disney Studios and Amazon MGM Studios.
The occasion can also be set to draw a bunch of stars, with Zendaya, Matt Damon, Timothee Chalamet, Tom Cruise and Christopher Nolan all anticipated to attend.
© 2026 AFP