There is no doubt that it is being a great year for cinema. From the first months, we had very big premieres and in the coming months highly anticipated movies will hit the big screen. However, now we have details of tapes that excite us, because Sony dropped several dodgy announcements at CinemaCon 2023.
As you may already know, this is one of the most important events in the film industry, which will take place from April 24 to 27 in Las Vegas. Here, the biggest studios present sneak peeks at their big projects this year. Sony was the first company to release details about its upcoming releases and boy, absolutely nothing was saved.
These were Sony’s announcements at CinemaCon 2023
In accordance with Deadline, Sony’s panel at CinemaCon 2023 started with the announcement that they will release 23 films throughout this year. Later, showed a message from Will Smith and Martin Lawrence from the film set of Bad Boys 4, where they said they were in the fourth week of filming and nothing to finish.
The first movie Sony talked about at CinemaCon 2023 was Dumb Money, which will focus on the case of the GameStop shares that skyrocketed thanks to Reddit and the one that showed the first minutes. This tape will have a cast headed by Paul Dano (who will play a youtuber inspired by a real person), Seth Rogen, Sebastian Stan, Pete Davidson, Shailene Woodley, Vincent D’Onofrio and Anthony Ramos.
After that, Sony released a new trailer for Insidious: The Red Door at CinemaCon 2023, which they consider could be the most successful film in the franchise. In this extended preview, Josh (Patrick Wilson) and Dalton Lambert (Ty Simpkins) face a demon that we already had in past installments and that will once again torment and slump them.
One of Sony’s strong releases for this 2023 is Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse. Of course they had to show something from this movie at CinemaCon 2023, and boy did they blow the fence, because They showed 14 minutes of the tape where Gwen Stacy tells Miles Morales the origin of the Spider-People and their importance in maintaining the multiverse.
Sony released the first images of ‘Kraven’ at CinemaCon 2023
Sony didn’t hold anything back at CinemaCon 2023 as it continued to tease its upcoming Spider-Man projects. And yes, as many were waiting for it, released the first images of Kraven the Hunterfilm starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Sergei Kravinoff, Ariana DeBose as Calypso and Fred Hechinger as Dmitri Smerdyakov/Chameleon.
In these images that Sony released at CinemaCon 2023, you can see Aaron Taylor-Johnson wearing the iconic fur vest while attacking a military convoy. Besides him, they left everyone with a square eye because The Rhino himself also appears in this glimpse... yes, just as they read it. And hold on, because the trailer of Kraven the Hunter It will be released in theaters in the summer..
After this news (which surely excited everyone who was at CinemaCon 2023), Sony released the first trailer for the Gran Turismo movie starring David Harborwhich will tell us the true story about a retired pilot who must win a competition against other runners.
Almost in the final stretch, Sony also confirmed with a couple of photos at CinemaCon 2023 that they have finished filming. Anyone But Youthe R-rated romantic comedy that will have Glen Powell and the very sydney sweeney in the leading roles. And to close with this tape, they showed the first teaser where both actors share intimate and fun moments.
Sony closed confirming that there will be a sequel to ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’
Last but not least, Sony finished its panel at CinemaCon 2023 announcing with great fanfare that a sequel is coming Ghostbusters: Afterlife. And if that wasn’t enough, they revealed that Paul Rudd and Carrie Coon will return to play Gary Grooberson and Callie Spengler respectively in this new movie.
As you can see? Which of Sony’s announcements at CinemaCon 2023 excites you the most? What we are sure of is that months –and even years– come our way with great films that will surely leave us on the edge of our seats.
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‘Kraven’, ‘Gran Turismo’ and ‘Ghostbusters’: These were Sony’s announcements at CinemaCon 2023