LAS VEGAS (AP) 鈥� is dealing with the reality of making his friends forget his identity in the upcoming 鈥淪pider-Man鈥� movie.
Sony Pictures unveiled new footage from 鈥淪pider-Man: Brand New Day鈥� Monday at CinemaCon in Las Vegas, in which character MJ apparently has a boyfriend.
Five years after became a sensation in theaters, earning over $1.9 billion worldwide thanks in part to the appearance of past Spider-Men Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield, the webslinger鈥檚 fourth standalone movie is one of the most hotly anticipated of the summer. Its trailer already broke records.
Tom Holland, in a video message, told the exhibitors in the audience that it鈥檚 the most emotional Spider-Man movie yet, and 鈥渢he most grown-up.鈥� He introduced an early scene in the new film showing the aftermath of his decision at the end of 鈥淣o Way Home.鈥� In the sequence, he attends a housewarming party for MJ and Jacob Batalon鈥檚 Ned and introduces himself as 鈥淢aynard 鈥� just a neighbor from across the hall.鈥�
Destin Daniel Cretton, who made the Marvel movie 鈥淪hang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings鈥� stepped in to direct this newest 鈥淪pider-Man,鈥� which opens in theaters on July 31.
Sony Chairman and CEO Tom Rothman kicked off the evening saying he believes 鈥渋t鈥檚 going to be an Olympic level movie year overall鈥� while also including that admissions have been down since before the pandemic.
Studios, he said, need to deliver a variety of great films for all audiences. He also made some recommendations for theaters, imploring them to enforce longer theatrical windows 鈥渆ven if that means you cannot play every film,鈥� to get rid of endless advertising before films and make going to the theater more affordable.
鈥淚鈥檓 not heckling,鈥� Rothman said. 鈥淚鈥檓 rooting for you.鈥�
The studio also announced the development of an R-rated adaptation of the video game 鈥淏loodborne,鈥� and the release date of 鈥淕odzilla Minus One鈥� director Takashi Yamazaki鈥檚 English language debut, 鈥淕rand Gear,鈥� which will begin filming soon. It鈥檚 scheduled to hit theaters on Feb. 18, 2028.
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