‘Furiosa,’ ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,’ & ‘Mickey 17’ CinemaCon Previews Pop For Warner Bros

Fathom Events will partner with Warner Bros. Pictures in bringing filmmaker Daniela Völker’s documentary The Commandant’s Shadow to theaters across the U.S. on Wednesday, May 29, 2024, with an encore presentation the following day. Screenings will be available in 500+ theaters across the Fathom network of cinemas. Tickets go on sale from today at Fathom Events and participating theater box offices. 

Naman Ramachandran Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) South Asia has a sizzling summer slate lined up in the kids space including a mix of anime and homegrown IP. Launching on the Indian animation-focused Pogo channel in May is new Indian IP “Jay Jagannath.” The series portrays the friendship between the Hindu God Lord Jagannath, who has taken the form of a child, Jagan, and his devout follower Balaram.

Rebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter Paramount has delayed “Aang: The Last Airbender” to 2026 and moved “Transformers One” back by one week. The animated “Avatar: The Last Airbender” spinoff was previously set for Oct. 10, 2025 and will now open on Jan.

EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros. Pictures Animation is heading to the Discovery vault to adapt their Animal Planet series, Meerkat Manor, into a feature animated movie. Think Happy Feet. That George Miller hatched franchise which centered around tap-dancing penguins raked in over a half billion at the global box office.

Led by Dune: Part Two and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, Warner Bros has crossed the $1B mark at the international box office, becoming the first studio to reach the milestone this year. Getting there in just 15 weeks, this also sets a new speed record for WB, besting the 17 weeks it took in 2018. The full international estimate through today is $1.04B.

It has only been one month since the 96th Academy Awards ended, but this week it looks like the race for the 97th has (un)officially begun.

EXCLUSIVE: Mary Connelly will be departing as executive producer and co-showrunner of The Jennifer Hudson Show at the end of daytime syndicated talk show’s current second season. The daytime veteran is leaving The Jennifer Hudson Show‘s producer Warner Bros. Unscripted Television/Telepictures, her studio home of more than two decades, to pursue new projects. She made the announcement to the show’s staff and crew earlier today.

Following the global success of Five Nights at Freddy’s last fall, Universal and Blumhouse are headed back to the pizzeria.

CinemaCon attendees got an extended clip from Illumination’s Despicable Me 4 at Universal’s presentation Wednesday in Las Vegas.

Kevin Costner said he would “like to be able” to return for the final season of “Yellowstone” — but a lot would have to go right in order to make that a reality.“I’d like to be able to do it but we haven’t been able to,” Costner told “Entertainment Tonight” in an interview to discuss his new movie, “Horizon: An American Saga,” while at CinemaCon 2024 in Las Vegas.“I thought I was going to make seven [seasons of ‘Yellowstone’] but right now we’re at five. So how it works out — and I hope it does — but they’ve got a lot of different shows going on,” he said.

upcoming “Beetlejuice” sequel.The Canadian acting icon, 70, appeared at CinemaCon in Las Vegas where she and the cast unveiled a new look at “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.”The “Home Alone” star headed down to Sin City alongside director Tim Burton and stars Michael Keaton, Justin Theroux, Monica Bellucci and Willem Dafoe.The forthcoming flick is the follow-up to the 1988 comedy-horror movie that chronicled the mishaps of a deceased couple, whose spirits are being annoyed by the Deetz family that has moved into their home.“It’s truly very personal and emotional and special,” Burton, 65, gushed to the audience about the project, which is set to debut Sept. 6.“It’s like a weird big home movie for me,” he continued, according to Entertainment Weekly.O’Hara then chimed in, adding that the sequel will be both funny and a bit scary for viewers.

Michael Keaton, Catherine O’Hara, and Tim Burton are together again!

Robert Pattinson is stepping out for his first official appearance as a new dad!

Anya Taylor-Joy wears a Mad Max inspired look while stepping out for the Warner Bros presentation at 2024 CinemaCon held at Caesars Palace on Tuesday (April 9) in Las Vegas.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer Many in show business share a feeling that “Furiosa” will be big — but at Warner Bros.’ presentation to global movie theater owners on Tuesday, attendees got a taste of just how colossal the “Mad Max” entry might be. Director George Miller and his stars Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth made the trek to Las Vegas’ CinemaCon to show an extended look at the new film.

Warner Bros‘ first big splash at its 2024 CinemaCon presentation today was George Miller‘s Furiosa.

K.J. Yossman Warner Bros. Pictures’ longterm head of physical production Kevin Trehy has exited the company after 21 years, Variety has exclusively learned.

The Roost Podcast Network, home to podcasts including This Past Weekend with Theo Von, has a new owner.

EXCLUSIVE: Jayme Lawson (The Batman) is the newest addition to the cast of the untitled event film, starring Michael B. Jordan, that Ryan Coogler is directing for Warner Bros.

Vera Drew’s The People’s Joker – which was pulled from TIFF in 2022 over “rights issues” — starts a theatrical debut today at the IFC Center, moving to LA’s Landmark’s Nuart next weekend and expanding thereafter with about 85 booking so far — a nice outcome for the mixed-media coming-of-age dark superhero parody that “had gone into into hibernation mode” until Outfest LA Film Festival, said Frank Jaffe, whose distribution company Altered Innocence acquired it then. It’s U.S premiere garnered a Special Mention in the North American Narrative Feature Competition.