At CinemaCon 2025, Warner Bros. delivered an impactful and star-studded presentation highlighting its upcoming theatrical slate. The studio’s session featured a sizzle reel of initiatives one of many greatest highlights was James Gunn’s Superman, which featured onstage appearances by Gunn, producer Peter Safran, and stars David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, and Nicholas Hoult. They shared insights into the emotional and inventive pressures of revamping the long-lasting DC character. The presentation concluded with an unique clip from the movie, producing important buzz amongst attendees.
Different main reveals included:
- Last Vacation spot: Bloodlines, which confirmed a graphic preview scene, reaffirming the franchise’s legacy of elaborate horror sequences.
- F1, a racing drama starring Brad Pitt, directed by Joseph Kosinski and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, which galvanized with its high-octane opening 10 minutes.
- Minecraft and Sinners had been talked about briefly, each anticipated to be important releases later in 2025.
- Extra teases included Weapons, The Conjuring: Final Rites, and Mortal Kombat II with some recent footage and particulars.
Mortal Kombat II featured Scorpion’s notorious “Recover from right here!” line within the trailer screened solely for the CinemaCon viewers.
Leo DiCaprio, Regina Corridor, and Teyana Taylor got here onstage to debate their movie One Battle After One other. Teyana Taylor says her character is “a multitude” and she or he loves very exhausting. However she’s not likeable and she or he’s bought loads occurring. “She’s a situationship”. She’s described as being robust on the surface however she’s a child who needs to be protected.
Warner Bros. Animation additionally unveiled its upcoming The Cat within the Hat movie with Invoice Hader voicing the titular character, whereas additionally constructing pleasure round its summer time household choices.
Maggie Gyllenhaal director of The Bride was one other nice take away from the WB presentation. When requested how she got here to direct the movie, Gyllenhaal says she noticed this man with the bride of Frankenstein tattooed on his arm, and she or he observed within the authentic movie the bride solely spoke for 3 minutes. And that’s far totally different than the bride in her movie. Maggie additionally mentioned she can also be actually enthusiastic about monsters. She says the monsters within the movie do monstrous issues, however they’re additionally heroes.
Going again to Superman, WB’s massive title that the presentation ended with, director James Gunn mentioned he was first provided Superman in 2018. He went with Suicide Squad as a result of it was the simpler path. However the concept of Superman caught with him. Gunn additionally provides the movie is a narrative that’s completely human however completely unbelievable on the identical time. It’s one thing that took a very long time to get there.
General, Warner Bros. emphasised a mixture of main franchise continuations and daring authentic storytelling, setting a robust tone for the remainder of the week at CinemaCon 2025.
