Disney At CinemaCon: ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3’, ‘Marvels’, ‘Wish’ & More….
26.04.2023 - 17:05
/ deadline.com
Refresh for updates….Disney will keep it relatively short this AM in their presentation of their creme de la creme this year on the big screen versus Warner Bros’ two hour, yet robust, session yesterday.
In a first CinemaCon appearance, Alan Bergman, co Chairman of Disney Entertainment fired off the session after a new splashy Disney 100 logo for the studio.
“I wanted to personally thank you for your support,” said the Co-Chairman, “It’s so gratifying to see the business coming back.”
Indeed, exhibition is happy too after Disney practiced with theatrical day-and-date on Disney+ during the 2020-2021 portion of the pandemic. No more, the films shown here are for the big screen only.
“Thank you for the success of Avatar: The Way of Water,” Bergman added.
Tony Chambers, head of Theatrical Distribution, says it’s the first time since 2019 that they’re releasing movies from all seven labels including Lucasfilm, Disney Animation, Marvel, 20th and Searchlight.
First up was a clip from James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, a clip with Peter Quill and a different version of Gamora on a planet in astronaut suits. “I know you don’t remember any of it. You were everything to me, I miss you so much.,” he tells her, pining for her love. The funny kicks in with the rest of the gang –Drax, Nebula and Mantis– listening to Peter’s pouring of his heart. The movie opens not this weekend, but next, to launch summer. Expected domestic opening is $130M.
The trailer for The Marvels, which already dropped, also played. Chambers announced that Wish, their original Disney Animation movie at Thanksgiving cast Chris Pine as King Magnifico. They showed off a clip of Ariana DeBose’s princess belting a very pretty, powerful anthem, “So I