If you’re like me, you didn’t know what the hell CinemaCon was until a couple of years ago. The conference/convention for film distributors is now a major player for where studios show off their theatrical slates for the world. The National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO, and not the other one) announced today that all of the major Hollywood studios will be on hand to showcase their upcoming theatrical slates when cinema owners gather next year at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas from March 31st to April 3rd, 2025.
Lionsgate, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures, Universal Pictures/Focus Features, The Walt Disney Studios and Warner Bros. Pictures will all preview their upcoming theatrical releases, while for the first time, Amazon MGM Studios will join the CinemaCon main stage studio presentations at The Colosseum of Caesars Palace, with additional programming to be announced.
Here’s what NATO President and CEO Michael O’Leary had to say about the upcoming conference.
“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 line-up as a clear sign of support of the theatrical moviegoing business. This powerhouse line-up of the world’s greatest film-making studios speaks directly to the cultural and economic power of the cinema. 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.”
Last year saw massive presentations from major studios including Disney showing off the first ever footage from Deadpool and Wolverine and a special showing of The Fall Guy.
We’ll be covering all things CinemaCon 2025 when it happens next year.
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