Sony chairman and CEO Tom Rothman didn’t maintain again Monday on the opening evening of CinemaCon in Las Vegas, reminding a crowd of theater house owners and exhibitors that Sony is and was the “only major studio dedicated entirely to theatrical.”
The studio’s movement footage group president Josh Greenstein added that whereas different studios experimented with streaming and shortened theatrical home windows over the previous few years, Sony stayed the course.
“Just two years ago in the throes of the pandemic, there was a lot of noise, a lot of talk about the death of exhibition,” Greenstein stated on stage at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace. “The future, everyone said, was streaming.”
Now a few of these studios who pivoted are “realizing the value of exclusive theatrical windows and reversing course,” he stated. Some streamers are even stepping into the theatrical sport in a significant approach.
“Oh how the times have changed,” Greenstein stated. “I say come on in, there’s room for everyone, the water is fine.”
One of these streamers is Apple TV, who partnered with Sony to offer Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon,” starring Joaquin Phoenix, a strong theatrical launch in November, earlier than it goes to its small display subscribers. Rothman excitedly previewed the primary ever footage from the movie from the 85-year-old director.
“Old school, big screen,” Rothman stated. “Epic is the only proper description of that Apple original film.”
Sony was first the presentation of many to come back this week from studios together with Warner Bros, Disney, Universal, Paramount and Lionsgate. All come to Las Vegas armed with new footage and main stars to guarantee their companions in exhibition that they’ve the product to get audiences of their theaters.
Sony has 23 theatrical releases set for 2023, and touted its mixture of IP-driven fare, superheroes and sequels in addition to their dedication to unique movies, like R-rated comedies and horror.
“The more ‘they’ say those genres are dead, the better we like it,” Rothman stated. “Originality is always a risk, but to me, the bigger risk is boring the audience to death with sameness.”
Jennifer Lawrence launched a humorous clip from her R-rated summer season comedy “No Hard Feelings,” a few girl employed by a shy 19-year-old’s mother and father to “date” him. David Harbour and Orlando Bloom confirmed the primary trailer for the online game adaptation “Gran Turismo,” about racing simulator consultants who get an opportunity to drive an actual racecourse, directed by Neill Blomkamp. The high-octane spot with strains like “You miss a line in the game, you can reset. You miss it on the track, you die” bought a hearty cheer from the group.
Glen Powell and Sydney Sweeney introduced some rom-com vitality to the stage with some dailies from “Anyone But You,” which just lately wrapped filming in Australia.
“We love seeing ourselves on the big screen,” Powell stated with a smirk.
“Ok, ‘Top Gun’,” quipped Sweeney.
Craig Gillespe previewed his GameStop film “Dumb Money,” starring Paul Dano as a redditor and youtuber from a blue-collar household who despatched Wall Street into chaos, that’s anticipated in theaters in October.
“It’s a really communal film about the little person,” the “I Tonya” director stated. “It’s a true story about how the everyday investor flipped the script on Wall Street.”
“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” co-director Kemp Powers requested that folks “bring everyone you know” to see the sequel in theaters on June 2. It is, he stated, “the only place this film deserves to be seen.”
He was joined on stage Shameik Moore, who voices Miles Morales, Hailee Steinfeld, the voice of Gwen Stacy, and Issa Rae who performs Jessica Drew, a Spider-Woman of one other dimension.
Moore stated it’s been over a 12 months for the reason that occasions of the primary movie once we decide up with Miles, who’s “still trying to figure out how to be a superhero.”
Some despatched in pre-recorded clips, like Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, from the set of “Bad Boys 4,” which is presently in manufacturing, and Aaron Taylor-Johnson, teasing new footage from “Kraven the Hunter,” Sony’s first R-rated Marvel film. Taylor-Johnson stated he couldn’t be in Las Vegas as a result of his contract limits him to solely two grams of carbs a day.
Denzel Washington additionally made a quick look to simply accept a lifetime achievement award from CinemaCon and to preview “Equalizer 3.”
“We would be nothing without you all. What we do means nothing if you’re not there,” Washington instructed the exhibitors. “We’re here for you, we’re here because of you and I thank you from the bottom of my heart.”
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