In a jam-packed week for movies, the major studios brought their highly anticipated projects to Las Vegas to show a select crowd of press as the year reaches its halfway point and promises to be just as busy,

CinemaCon 2026 featured teases of many franchise movies. These 12 original movies stunned audiences even more.

CinemaCon 2026, four days of intensive presentation of movies released this year and in production now for next year, made clear that the business of going to a movie theater — buying a ticket and sitting with strangers in a dark room — has come back with the passion of religion.

A new Top Gun, a Disney cast, and Nicole Kidman saying the thing.

CinemaCon was a star-studded affair, as studios brought their top talent to the stage to preview their upcoming slates.

A huge event for movie fans has been taking place in Las Vegas in the US this week. CinemaCon takes place each year and and gives fans a sneak peek at some of the big new movies coming in the near future. Exclusive clips and trailers of movies are often shown to audiences at the event before they are released to the public.

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As Tom Cruise, Dwayne Johnson and Zendaya touted their new films, it was Paramount Skydance chief David Ellison who acknowledged the industry's consolidation concerns.

We also asked Cinema United's Michael O'Leary about how to help independent, single-screen venues.

Still, their shared appearance carried extra intrigue because both were promoting major upcoming films. Kidman attended alongside Sandra Bullock to spotlight the upcoming “Practical Magic” sequel, while Cruise took the stage with filmmaker Alejandro G. Iñárritu for his new dark comedy “Digger.”

The Warner Bros. presentation at CinemaCon ran a half-hour over its allotted time, but Patton Oswalt couldn't help himself. The comedian tasked with hosting what could be the studio's last presentation before Paramount Skydance buys it regaled the crowd of movie theater owners with stories of his days as an usher,