After Four Days and Seven Massive Presentations from all the Major Hollywood Studios, Cinemacon is in the books. The las vegas-based industry event highlights the Latest and greatest coming to theaters And the Studios Do’t Hold Back With Lots of News, New Footage, and More.
The whole thing is overwhelming. You go from Universal Showing How to Train Your Dragon in full in the morning, to a few hours laater, a multi-his event with new footage from Jurassic World Rebirth, Wicked: For Good, And Megan 2.0Later That Evening, Mgm takes the stage, teasing Masters of the Universe, James bond, and more.
Then you wake up the next morning and it’s paramount with Mission: Impossible and spongebob squarepants, Followed by disney showing footage from ELIO, Thunderbolts, Fantastic Four, and more.
Best of all? None of that is on this list. All of that movies impressed but the true joy of cinemacon is in discovery and surprise. Learning about new movies that wasn’t on your radar-and getting more excited about ons that alredy are. That’s what you’re about to read.
Plus, if you want to see some of this in person, all the Studios have Teamed up to Brings a Curated, 70-Minute Program of Footage from Cinemacon to theaters Across the Country on April 22 and 24. Find out more about that here And check out our picks below.
Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir’s Highly Entertaining Book is Finally Coming to the Big Screen from Filmmakers Phil Lord, Chris Miller, and Star Ryan Gosling. The emotional, rousing footage looked like it could be the best sci-fi film of 2026. Read more here.
Final Destination Bloodlines
We were already excited for this one but the incredibly disgusting, innovative kill that we saw at cinemacon really raies the stakes. Read more here.
The running man
Anytime Edgar Wright Makes A Movie, We Are Excited. He’s more than earned that. But after seeing what he’s Doing with this big-budget sci-fi stephen king adaptation starring glen power? We are basically frothing at the mouth to see it. Read more here.
A big bold beautificial journey
This one was almost complete from off our radar until we are the train. Now it’s one of our most highly anticipated films of the year. Colin Farrell and Margot Robbie Star as Strangers who Find Themselves on a fantastical adventure togeether as the gps units on their cars leads lead magical doors It looks absolutely incredible and opens September 19.
The long walk
Hunger Games Director Francis Lawrence Directs This Stephen King Adaptation (A Lot of that Going Around) About a group of boys who have to keep walking until one is benefit. Mark Hamill is the Bad Guy and the Young Cast Includes Cooper Hoffman, David Jonson, Charlie Plummer, and Ben Wang. It looks intenses, violent, and thought-provoking. It opens September 12.
Predator: Badlands
We knew Prey Director Dan Trachtenberg was making another Predator Movie, but until cinemacon, we didn’t know what it was about. Now we do and it’s epic. The film flips the franchise, making the predator the hero as he struggles to survive on a planet filled with even bigger, badder monster. Elle Fanning Plays a Character Who Helps Him Along. Read more here.
The bride!
What if you took Sid and Nancy, Natural Born Killers, and Bonnie and Clyde, Threw them in a Blender, and Poured Them Over Universal Monster Movies of the Past? Well, you’d maybe come close to The bride!, Maggie gylenhaal’s wholy unique take on the bride of frankenstein story starring jessie buckley and christian bale. Read more here.
Weapons
For months, mystery have surrounded the second film from Barbarian Director Zack Cregger, but that Changed at Cinemacon. We Learned that the film is about a teacher who goes to school one day to find her entry class is absent. And not just home sick. The kids all ran into the woods overnight and never came back. The incident sets off what promises to be a wild story and we can’t wait. Read more here.
Now you see me, now you don’t
I’ll admit, the fact that the third film in this franchise finally embraced this Awesome Title Does Give it a little edge here, but the footage featuring Characters New and Olked Likes Like LIKE LIKE LIKE it is a level us the fun, Magic-Filled Heist Stuff We Love from the first two movies. Read more here.
Nobody 2
The first Nobody Starring bob odenkirk was so good that it was even a hit during a pandemic. Now, the sequel is here and the cinemacon footage showed the character on a family vacation. That Temper of His Starts Some Problems, Thought, and He Gets Wrapped Up with a Major Crime Syndicate. We think it’s going to be incredible fun. IT OPENS August 15.
Avatar: Fire and Ash
I’m Doing My Best Not to Put Super Obvious Things on This List, but when James Camer Shows the first footage ever from the sequel to two of the highest-Grossing Films Ever, You Pay Attention. Especially when the footage looks sokredible, heartfelt, and action-packed. Read more here.
Mercy
Chris pratt is a law enforcement officer who helps create an ai that acts as judge, jury, and execurner. Then, one day, that AI Arrests Him for Killing His Wife, Whoch He Didn Bollywood. He has 90 minutes to take the 98% likelihood that he killed his wife down to 92%, all while being locked locked into a Chair. It’s a big, fun swing, but we liked the footage a lot. It Opens January 23, 2026.
Ballerina
We were already pretty stocked about this John Wick Spinoff starring ana de armas but the cinemacon footage, which featured an extended, hilarious, brutal action Scene in a restaurant, made us even more excited. Plates Smash and Arms Break. It Opens June 6.
Him
You’ve Seen Sports Dramas. You’ve Seen Sports Comedies. You’ve even seen the evcacts sci-fi movie. But have you ever Seen a Sports Horror Movie? That’s What Him IS. Him Stars Tyriq Withers as a Promising College Football Player Who Gets Injured and Trains for a Comeback With His Idol, Played by Marlon Wayans. But training turns to teror as the young man learns the professional is into all manner of crazy cult stuff. The footage was wild and it opens September 19.
Black Phone 2
The stars, Director, and Writer are all back for this sequel to the hit 2021 horror film. In that movie, Children who died at the hands of an Evil man called the grabber helped killed Kill Him from Beyond The Grave. In the first footage from the sequel, it seems the tables have turned. We can’t say for sure but the footage see that that the grabber uses the black phone to return from the dead and terrorize the survivors from the first movie. We hope it’s even better than the original. It opens in October.
And that’s not all…
Thos may have been our favorites but we also when awesome footage from Masters of the Universe, Tron: Ares, Thunderbolts, The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Superman, Wicked: For Good, Jurassic World Reibarthy, Mission: Impossible – The Final Recontrol – The Final Recontroland How to Train Your DragonJust to name a less. It was a great event.
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