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As one insider connected to the event expressed before it started today “This is a great warm-up to Cinema-Con in August”. There was some fresh extended footage from pics like Disney’s Cruella, Universal’s F9, Searchlight’s The Nighthouse, Warner Bros.’ In the Heights and featurettes of MGM/United Artist Releasing’s Aretha Franklin pic Respect and Paramount’s Snake Eyes more on that in a bit. Distribution and exhibition vet Kyle Davies emceed the event, and kept the show rolling along for 3 1/2 hours.įor the most part, The Big Screen Is Back was a revue of summer trailers and clips we’ve largely seen from the major studios. Abrams, Jason Blum (who closed the confab), The Protege star Maggie Q, Zola filmmaker Janicza Bravo, The Night House director David Bruckner, and Werewolves Within star Sam Richardson. With many stars and directors unable to travel due to the pandemic, Schwarzenegger was one of the few talent to show up today in addition to J.J. For some it’s hard to be positive about theatrical, and there are a lot of cinema closures around town, most notably Hollywood’s luxe chain Arclight, but this was the first step to repair studios and exhibition after a year of being intoxicated by streaming.Ībove all today, the words “HBO Max” and “Disney+” were not uttered, even those respective studio presentations by Warner Bros. The event, from what we have gathered, was put together at the last minute and with all good will and intentions, and it wasn’t about showing unseen footage from the next Marvel movie or 2022 theatrical release. The conference, which was produced by the Motion Picture Association, National Association of Theatres, LA movies studios and NYC distribs, and key PR gurus Terry Curtin and CAA Head of Motion Picture Marketing Megan Crawford, is one of the first in-person events for the motion picture industry which showcased theatrical distributors (big and small) summer slates. UPDATED following 1:38PM post: The former governor of California and Terminator franchise star made a big splash today at “ The Big Screen Is Back” conference to exclaim, “The big screen is back, ladies and gentleman!” Arnold Schwarzenegger then led the whole auditorium at the AMC Century City 15 in a chant of “We are back! We are back!”

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