Here are some of the key announcements of the event:
Lilo & Stitch
Freakier Friday
The Amateur
The Roses
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Lilo & Stitch
The film, which is the wildly funny and touching story of a lonely Hawaiian girl and the fugitive alien who helps to mend her broken family, will open exclusively in theatres on May 23. Lilo & Stitch is directed by Dean Fleischer Camp, the Oscar-nominated filmmaker behind the animated feature film Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, and stars Sydney Elizebeth Agudong, Billy Magnussen, Tia Carrere, Hannah Waddingham, Chris Sanders, with Courtney B. Vance and Zach Galifianakis and introducing Maia Kealoha. The studio also released a brand-new clip and poster from the film at the event.
Freakier Friday
TRON: Ares
Up next were Jared Leto and Jeff Bridges, who chatted about Disney’s TRON: Ares and showed an extended trailer. TRON: Ares is the highly anticipated third instalment in the TRON franchise and follows a highly sophisticated Program, Ares, who is sent from the digital world into the real world on a dangerous mission, marking humankind’s first encounter with A.I. beings. The feature film is directed by Joachim Rønning and stars Jared Leto, Greta Lee, Evan Peters, Hasan Minhaj, Jodie Turner-Smith, Arturo Castro, Cameron Monaghan, with Gillian Anderson, and Jeff Bridges. Sean Bailey, Jeffrey Silver, Justin Springer, Jared Leto, Emma Ludbrook and Steven Lisberger are the producers. TRON: Ares opens in Indian theatres in October.
The Amateur
Attendees were also treated to an exclusive clip from The Amateur, an all-new espionage-thriller from 20th Century Studios, which premiered recently in New York and opens in theatres in India on April 10. The Amateur, directed by James Hawes, stars Oscar winner Rami Malek, Academy Award nominee Laurence Fishburne, Rachel Brosnahan, Caitríona Balfe, Jon Bernthal, Michael Stuhlbarg, Holt McCallany, Julianne Nicholson, Adrian Martinez and Danny Sapani.
The Roses
The attendees were also treated to the first trailer from Searchlight Pictures’ upcoming The Roses, which is directed by Jay Roach and written by Tony McNamara, starring Olivia Colman, Benedict Cumberbatch, Andy Samberg, Allison Janney, Belinda Bromilow, Sunita Mani, Ncuti Gatwa, Jamie Demetriou, Zoë Chao, and Kate McKinnon. It will open in Indian theatres in August.
Thunderbolts
Up next, Florence Pugh, David Harbour, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Hannah John-Kamen and Wyatt Russell surprised attendees with footage from Marvel Studios’ Thunderbolts* which opens in Indian theatres on May 1. In the film, Marvel Studios assembles an unconventional team of antiheroes, Yelena Belova, Bucky Barnes, Red Guardian, Ghost, Taskmaster and John Walker. The film stars Sebastian Stan, Olga Kurylenko, Lewis Pullman, Geraldine Viswanathan, Chris Bauer and Wendell Edward Pierce. Jake Schreier directs Thunderbolts* with Kevin Feige producing.
After that Kevin Feige introduced footage that transported attendees through time to the 1960s-inspired, retro-futuristic world of Marvel Studios’ upcoming The Fantastic Four: First Steps. Directed by Matt Shakman and produced by Kevin Feige, Marvel Studios’ The Fantastic Four: First Steps opens in theatres on July 25.
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Alan Bergman returned to the stage to present director James Cameron via a taped message for Avatar: Fire and Ash, the third film in the Avatar franchise, opening exclusively in theatres in India this December. Cameron addressed the audience and then called out Zoe Saldaña, who came back onstage to introduce a sneak peek at the film. James Cameron takes audiences back to Pandora in an immersive new adventure with Marine turned Na’vi leader Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), Na’vi warrior Neytiri (Zoe Saldaña), and the Sully family. The film also stars Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Kate Winslet, Cliff Curtis, Oona Chaplin, Jack Champion, Britain Dalton, Trinity Bliss, and Bailey Bass.
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