Yahoo Lifestyle CinemaCon: Amazon MGM Joins Lineup, Sony Returns for 2025 Edition
Amazon MGM Studios will join the lineup of CinemaCon main stage studio presentations for the first time when the theater owners confab returns to Las Vegas’ Caesars Palace from March 31 to April 3. Additionally, event host the National Association of Theater Owners has confirmed that Sony Pictures is returning to the main stage lineup in Caesars’ Colosseum after dropping out last year.
With this news, NATO reports that all of the major Hollywood studios — also including Lionsgate, Paramount, Universal/Focus Features, The Walt Disney Studios and Warner Bros. — will be on hand to preview their upcoming theatrical slates.
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“We are thrilled and honored to welcome back all of our studio partners, with the addition of Amazon MGM Studios to this coming year’s CinemaCon lineup as a clear sign of support of the theatrical moviegoing business,” said NATO president and CEO Michael O’Leary in a released statement.
“This powerhouse line-up of the world’s greatest filmmaking studios speaks directly to the cultural and economic power of the cinema,” the statement continues. “Our friends in the studios know that movie fans want to see the magic they make on the big screen, and they also know that movies that start their journey in the theatre are more successful than those that do not. We applaud their commitment to theatrical exhibition and look forward to an amazing week seeing all the great stories they are bringing to movie fans in the year ahead.”
Sony last took the stage at the Colosseum in 2023, previewing then upcoming movies such as “Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse” and Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon.” Sony’s scheduled 2025 theatrical slate includes “Karate Kid: Legends,” starring Ralph Macchio and Jackie Chan, which is scheduled to open May 30; and “28 Years Later,” directed by Danny Boyle and written by Alex Garland, which opens June 20.
Amazon MGM’s upcoming movies include April 25 release “The Accountant 2,” with key cast members led by Ben Affleck reprising their roles in this sequel; and the Aug. 15 thriller “Mercy” starring Chris Pratt, Rebecas Ferguson and Annabelle Wallis.
CinemaCon managing director Mitch Neuhauser added, “We are grateful for the continued support from the studios, filmmakers and stars, vendors and of course our NATO members, the theatre owners. We’ve got some exciting surprises and changes in store for next year’s CinemaCon and we can’t wait to welcome everyone back to Las Vegas.”
NATO recently announced that Cinemark president and CEO San Gamble will accept the CinemaCon Marquee Award at this year’s event.
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