CinemaCon

 Welcome to the Golden Globes Around the World podcast. This week’s episode is a colorful CinemaCon wrap-up from HFPA members Brent Simon, David Caspi, and Earl Gibson III.

Interestingly, CinemaCon 2022, which gathered several thousands of exhibitors from all over the world in the Colosseum at Caesars Palace for four intense days of presentations by Hollywood studios, kicked off with National Association of Theatre Owners CEO John Fithian declaring that “simultaneous release is dead as a serious business model, and piracy is what killed it”. Yesterday was the final day of CinemaCon 2022 packed schedule wrapped up with Lionsgate presentation of the studio’s slate that followed two full days of exciting events by The Walt Disney Studios, Universal Pictures, and Paramount Pictures Studio expressing their confidence in the fact that moviegoers are back to theaters, and so is the industry, and sharing their release plans for the coming months ahead.

CinemaCon, the annual NATO convention of theater owners, took place in Las Vegas at Caesar’s Palace on April 25-28, 2022. Movie studios presented trailers for their upcoming releases with the help of their stars and directors.

CinemaCon is back and movie studios are showcasing their upcoming projects, from the Top Gun reboot to the Shazam movie to Jordan Peele's newest film and many others. HFPA-reporter Earl Gibson III got up really early to capture the hallowed halls of CinemaCon HQ Cesar's Palace without the crowds.

Tom Cruise, long known for his strong relationship with exhibitors, is still busy shooting the latest installment of his Mission: Impossible franchise. So he wasn’t able to attend CinemaCon 2022 this week in Las Vegas, Nevada, in support of Top Gun: Maverick.

In a little more than a decade, Jason Blum’s Blumhouse Productions, a company specializing in low-budget psychological and supernatural horror films, has put out 30 movies that have grossed roughly $5 billion in the combined worldwide box office — all with a combined production cost of just over $130 million. It’s a jaw-dropping rate of return on investment that would leave even casino owners steaming with jealousy.

CinemaCon 2022 kicked off its first half of programming in Las Vegas with three studios, Sony, Neon, and Warner Brothers, all reaffirming in their own distinctive yet formidable way to the worldwide delegates of theater owners that movies are back to the big screen. After nearly two years of theatrical shutdown then slowdown and a steady torrent of prominent products streamed day and date, the testimonial that films are meant to be seen in the theatrical experience resonated with the crowd of more than 3,000 envoys.

A parade of actors and directors of different colors, genders, and ethnicities took the stage at this year's CinemaCon to add variety and glamour as studio executives promoted their upcoming releases to theater owners. At the annual convention of NATO (National Association of Theater Owners) which was held April 1 to 4 in Las Vegas, Diane Keaton, introduced Poms, a comedy about cheerleaders in a retirement home from STX, playfully lifting her billowy black skirt over white boots to prove how her skinny legs prevented her from cheerleading in high school.

Every year studio execs, industry and the press – including many HFPA journalists – gather in Las Vegas to preview upcoming movies at Cinemacon, the Exhibitors Convention. Ramzi Malouki is on the red carpet for us speaking to the talent of the hottest upcoming titles.

Continuing what is taking shape as this year’s trend, Atomic Blonde is the adaptation of the graphic novel of the same name and features another fierce female protagonist. This time it’s Charlize Theron as super agent Lorraine Broughton.