Plus “Resident Evil,” “The Social Reckoning,” Danny Boyle’s “Ink,” “Pippi Longstocking,” “Escape From New York,” and more.

The biggest news from CinemaCon day 1: Spider-Man, Paddington 4, Jumanji, and…a new Ronald Reagan biopic?

Plus "Resident Evil," "The Social Reckoning," Danny Boyle's "Ink," "Pippi Longstocking," "Escape From New York," and more.

By Wesley Stenzel

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Spider-Man in 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day'; Paddington in 'Paddington in Peru'; Jeff Daniels as Ronald Reagan in 'The Brink of War'. Credit:

Sony Pictures (2); Angel Studios

- Day 1 of CinemaCon featured updates on multiple *Spider-Man* movies, *Jumanji 4*, and more during Sony's presentation.

- The studio also shared announcements about video game adaptations like *Resident Evil *and *Bloodborne*.

- Angel Studios, Sony Pictures Classics, and StudioCanal also presented, revealing titles like *Paddington 4* and *Escape From New York*.

CinemaCon 2026 is officially underway, and we're sitting through a *lot* of corporate presentations to bring you all the biggest movie news from Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas.

The annual convention held by theater owners' association Cinema United, CinemaCon gives studios the opportunity to show off their forthcoming slate of movie projects in a ballroom full of movie theater operators and cinema executives. The presentations generally consist of execs hyping the theatrical experience and touting the highlights of a studio's most exciting projects for the next calendar year.

Revelations at CinemaCon can come in the form of trailers, extended movie scenes, still images, and concept art from upcoming films. Some of that material is exclusive to the room and is never officially released to the public, though some of it does end up hitting social media to generate buzz.

Monday saw two major presentations grace the Colosseum Theater of Caesar's Palace: an afternoon extravaganza from Angel Studios, Sony Pictures Classics, and StudioCanal; and an evening exhibition from Sony Pictures.

Here's all the major news from CinemaCon 2026, day one.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day

*Release date: July 31, 2026*

Sony kicked off its jam-packed evening presentation with a full scene from "early" in *Spider-Man: Brand New Day*, introduced by a pre-recorded message from Tom Holland. You can read our full description of the exclusive footage here.

Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse

*Release date: June 18, 2027*

'Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse'.

Columbia Pictures/ Sony Pictures Animation

Directors Bob Persichetti and Justin K. Thompson joined producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller to introduce one of the first scenes in *Beyond the Spider-Verse*, which showed how Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) came to blows with his parallel universe doppelganger (Jharrel Jerome). All of the filmmakers reiterated that this is definitely, absolutely, positively the final movie in the *Spider-Verse* trilogy. Read our full explanation of the scene here.

Jumanji: Open World

*Release date: Christmas 2026*

Dwayne Johnson paid tribute to Robin Williams when he took the stage alongside Kevin Hart and Jack Black as they revealed that the fourth *Jumanji* installment will be called *Jumanji: Open World* before debuting the first footage. They also all seemed a little tipsy (or at least were *acting* like they were a little tipsy), and were thus the most natural and charming presenters of the evening. Here's our recap of their presentation.

Resident Evil

*Release date: Sept. 18, 2026*

Zach Cregger in Los Angeles on July 31, 2025; 'Resident Evil Requiem'.

Savion Washington/FilmMagic; Capcom

*Weapons* director Zach Cregger explained how his appreciation for the *Resident Evil* games inspired his film adaptation of the beloved horror franchise as he introduced a teaser for the film. Cregger insisted that diehard fans of the games and audiences with zero gaming experience will both find a lot to enjoy here, and based on his previous two movies, I'm inclined to believe him. Read our description of the footage here.

The Social Reckoning

*Release date: Oct. 9, 2026*

Aaron Sorkin offered our first official look at Jeremy Strong as Mark Zuckerberg in new footage from his *Social Network* companion piece *The Social Reckoning*. The film also stars Mikey Madison, Jeremy Allen White, and Bill Burr. Read our recap of the teaser here.

Insidious: Out of the Further

*Release date: Aug. 21, 2026*

Sony debuted the trailer for the sixth (yes, sixth) *Insidious* movie, one of the few pieces of new footage from the presentation that the studio also released publicly. It prominently features a spooky dentist visit and a haunted pillow fort. I've never liked an *Insidious* movie, but this trailer still pulled me in — and prompted quite a few shrieks in the Colosseum, which makes me think this'll be fun on the big screen.

Klara and the Sun

*Release date: Oct. 23, 2026*

Taika Waititi's adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's sci-fi novel is finally arriving this year, and we saw the first footage of Jenna Ortega as the central android and Amy Adams as the mother of her human friend Josie (Mia Tharia). Klara looks like a real weirdo: she doesn't know how to use stairs, freezes with a giant smile on her face, and talks to the sun. Natasha Lyonne and Rachel House also look like they're having fun in supporting roles.

Bloodborne

*Release date: TBD*

One of several video game adaptations discussed in Monday's presentation was *Bloodborne*, which will be an R-rated animated film produced by PlayStation Productions, Lyrical Animation, and Seán McLoughlin, a.k.a. JackSepticEye. None of these words mean anything to me, but there was more hooting and hollering for this announcement in the press section of Caesar's than for any other piece of news today, so that's gotta count for something.

*Release date: Dec. 22, 2027*

What if *Toy Story* but plants? This is the question seemingly at the heart of the animated movie *Buds*, which didn't share any footage at CinemaCon but showed off a still image of a leafy branch fist-bumping a human hand. Sony Pictures Animation's president, Kristine Belson, described the movie as a story that "follows this timid little indoor potted plant that breaks the most sacred rule of the plants, which is never, and I mean never, ever talk to humans." Sure!

Grand Gear

*Release date: Feb. 18, 2028*

The English-language debut from *Godzilla Minus One* filmmaker Takashi Yamazaki hasn't started filming yet…but it still showed a very brief clip that was probably some sort of test animation (the presenters didn't clarify). The footage featured a massive robot fighting what appeared to be another massive robot, though the second combatant could have been an alien or a mechanical monster, or something. They scuffle, and a sword ends up smashing into a car.

The Nightingale

*Release date: Feb. 12, 2027*

Elle Fanning and Dakota Fanning appeared in a pre-recorded video hyping up their forthcoming adaptation of Kristin Hannah's novel *The Nightingale*, which centers on sisters resisting German occupation in France during World War II. "At its heart, it's a tribute to the resilient spirit within all of us, and the belief that standing up for what's right is never a lost cause," Elle said in the video. The presentation didn't show any footage from this one. It will mark the first time the sisters are starring together in a film.

Angel Studios

The Brink of War

*Release date: Aug. 14, 2026*

Everyone's favorite right-wing-adjacent distributor, which specializes in faith-based movies and historical dramas, kicked off the CinemaCon 2026 festivities with a robust slate of projects that sound *exactly* like something Angel Studios would make. Perhaps the most star-studded of these is *The Brink of War*, a historical drama wherein Jeff Daniels' Ronald Reagan and Jared Harris' Mikhail Gorbachev try to work out a nuclear deal at the Reykjavik Summit in 1986.

The studio showed a trailer for this in which President Reagan delivers super epic lines like "We're not trying to win a war. We're trying to end one." We also got a look at J.K. Simmons as Secretary of State George Shultz and Hope Davis, who looks to be playing First Lady Nancy Reagan. (This movie also made me Google whether Angel Studios made/distributed 2024's *Reagan* biopic starring Dennis Quaid. Shockingly, they did not.)

*Release date: Sept. 11, 2026*

Six words: Alan Ritchson, Owen Wilson, action thriller. Angel debuted a trailer for this badboy, in which Ritchson plays a, uh, runner tasked with delivering a new liver to "a little girl that's very sick." Unfortunately, livers go for a pretty penny on the black market, which means Ritchson's character has to fight a bunch of bad guys who really want to steal that liver. Wilson appears to be present in almost every action scene, but doesn't seem to actively participate in any of them.

Angel and the Badman

*Release date: October 2026*

Angel Studios' equivalent of *Captain Marvel* (that is, a project that was probably greenlit 50 percent because the studio's name is in the title) is a remake of the 1947 John Wayne Western of the same name. Zachary Levi and Neal McDonough, who have been in several movies kinda like this in recent years, are starring alongside Tommy Lee Jones. If you're wondering how Angel landed the rights to a classic Western, it turns out the copyright for the original movie lapsed in 1975, which meant it entered the public domain and could be remade by anyone — including the Hallmark Channel, which made its own version in 2009.

*Release date: Thanksgiving 2026*

In what is hopefully the most *The Studio*-coded announcement of CinemaCon this year, Angel is teaming up with *Mean Girls *director Mark Waters for a biopic about Milton Hershey, the founder of the Hershey's Company. Finn Wittrock, Alexandra Daddario, Alan Ruck, and Richard Kind are starring in what is presumably a behind-the-scenes look at how the chocolate gets made. No footage or imagery from this movie was shown.

Drummer Boy

*Release date: Nov. 6, 2026*

This one's a doozy: a Christmas war musical about two brothers on opposite sides of the American Revolutionary War, directed by Ben Smallbone and Joel David Smallbone, who are real-life brothers (from Australia, strangely) best known for their Christian pop music duo For King & Country. Joel David is starring in the movie alongside Lucas Leach and Beth Easdown. No footage or images from this one, either.

Zero A.D.

*Release date: Christmas 2026*

From the director of Angel's breakout hit, *Sound of Freedom*, Alejandro Monteverde, *Zero A.D.* is a gritty retelling of Jesus' birth under the oppressive reign of King Herod. Deva Cassel, Sam Worthington, Jim Caviezel, and Ben Mendelsohn star in this one, which showed off a trailer in the Colosseum that appears identical to the one released on Angel's YouTube channel eight months ago.

Sony Pictures Classics

Sony's arthouse division mostly showed off footage from its acquisitions that have already premiered at recent film festivals, including John Turturro vehicle *The Only Living Pickpocket in New York*, David Wain's raunchy comedy *Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass*, Saudi murder mystery *Unidentified*, Josef Kubota Wladyka's dance drama *Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!*, and Stephanie Ahn's debut *Bedford Park*. The distributor also showed the trailer for Pedro Almodóvar's *Bitter Christmas*, which will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May.

SPC also showed an image from the new movie from *Spotlight* director Tom McCarthy, which has yet to receive a title. Paul Rudd, Paul Giamatti, Evan Peters, Tatiana Maslany, John Turturro, Amy Ryan, and Jason Clarke are all part of the cast, and I swear I saw Zach Woods in this image, but he hasn't been part of any official announcements about the project at this point.

The distributor also plugged its forthcoming theatrical rereleases of *Trainspotting* and *The Piano*.

Paddington 4…and even more Paddington

*Release date: TBD*

By far the biggest announcement of this three-distributor event came from StudioCanal CEO Anna Marsh, who revealed that a fourth *Paddington *movie is in development with "world-renowned comedy writers" who were not named working on the script. She also announced that an "animated feature expanding the franchise" is also in the works, which means there are *at least* two more *Paddington*s coming our way soon.

Escape From New York and The Howling

*Release date: TBD*

Kurt Russell in 'Escape From New York'.

AVCO Embassy Pictures/courtesy Everett

StudioCanal also announced that it's developing new iterations of John Carpenter's *Escape From New York* and Joe Dante's *The Howling*. Filmmakers and stars were not mentioned in connection with either project, and both films were described as a "reimagining" rather than a remake (which might be a meaningless distinction).

Pippi Longstocking and Mr. Men

*Release date: TBD*

Marsh also briefly announced that StudioCanal is developing movies based on Astrid Lindgren's *Pippi Longstocking* children's books and Roger Hargreaves' *Mr. Men* picture books. Both of those projects are being produced by *Harry Potter* producer David Heyman.

Other literary adaptations promoted during StudioCanal's presentation included *The Midnight Library* and *Violette*, the latter of which will be an adaptation of Valérie Perrin's *Fresh Water for Flowers* directed by *Amélie* filmmaker Jean-Pierre Jeunet.

*Release date: 2027*

Director Danny Boyle took the stage to share the opening scene of his new drama *Ink*, which stars his *28 Years Later *collaborator Jack O'Connell as journalist Larry Lamb and Guy Pearce as Rupert Murdoch. In the scene, Lamb discusses the five Ws of journalism with Pearce (who, what, where, when, and why), and declares that "why" is the least important of the quintet. "Once you know why something's happened, the story's over. It's dead," he opines. The footage also showed a disturbing rendering of a masked man appearing to attempt a home-invasion-slash-murder.

Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom

*Release date: Sept. 18, 2026*

In perhaps the most delightful footage shown in Monday's afternoon presentation, Shaun the Sheep and his farm-dwelling friends cower in fear as the titular beast arrives in their home. The highlight of the sequence is a parody of the *Psycho* shower scene, part of which was shown in the teaser released last month.

Everybody Wants to F--- Me

Hugh Spearing, the company's EVP Global Marketing and Distribution, introduced a teaser for this raunchily-named new dark comedy ("which is of course a working title," he noted). The footage showed a protagonist portrayed by Taron Egerton in a series of situations aptly described by the movie's title: he appears to be increasingly attractive to every person around him, to the point where his admirers are standing threateningly outside of his apartment and chasing after his car on foot. Doechii's "Anxiety" soundtracked the footage, which also featured Jessica Henwick.

Ice Cream Man

The distributor showed off the teaser for Eli Roth's latest nasty horror movie, which EW debuted earlier today. You can watch the footage here.

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