{"id":96582,"date":"2022-04-27T16:43:14","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T11:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/warner-bros-brings-a-batload-of-dc-to-cinemacon-but-elvis-is-the-star\/"},"modified":"2022-04-27T16:43:14","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T11:13:14","slug":"warner-bros-brings-a-batload-of-dc-to-cinemacon-but-elvis-is-the-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/warner-bros-brings-a-batload-of-dc-to-cinemacon-but-elvis-is-the-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Warner Bros. Brings a Batload of DC to CinemaCon… But Elvis Is the Star"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As proven by the $760 million and counting theatrical run of \u201cThe Batman,\u201d DC blockbusters have been Warner Bros.\u2019 crown jewel, so it\u2019s little surprise that comic book movies made up a major portion of the studio\u2019s CinemaCon showcase, which is its first public presentation since the completion of the Warner Bros. Discovery merger. <\/p>\n

All of Warner\u2019s upcoming DC films were showcased in a presentation hosted by Aisha Tyler, including a surprise appearance by Dwayne Johnson to present his one-two summer punch of \u201cBlack Adam\u201d and \u201cDC League of Super Pets\u201d and give shoutouts to several of the top theater execs in attendance. <\/p>\n

James Wan appeared to discuss next year\u2019s \u201cAquaman and the Lost Kingdom,\u201d and the studio\u2019s holiday offering, \u201cShazam: Fury of the Gods,\u201d was also featured with a new trailer and a special appearance from Zachary Levi and the film\u2019s cast, including Helen Mirren as the villain Hespera, leader of the daughters of Atlas.<\/p>\n

And as fans and industry insiders have expected, a sequel to \u201cThe Batman\u201d was announced with director Matt Reeves and star Robert Pattinson returning. That wasn\u2019t the only bit of Batman in the presentation, as a work-in-progress trailer for \u201cThe Flash\u201d was revealed with Michael Keaton returning as Bruce Wayne for the first time in 30 years.<\/p>\n

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But it wasn\u2019t all capes. In fact, Warner gave a significant portion of its presentation to \u201cMoulin Rouge\u201d director Baz Luhrmann and actor Austin Butler to present their new film \u201cElvis,\u201d featuring Butler in his first major leading role as Elvis Presley and Tom Hanks as his manager, Colonel Tom Parker, whom Luhrmann described in his passionate description of his film as \u201cnever a colonel, never a Tom, and never even a Parker.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe got this idea to tell the story of Elvis Presley through the eyes of Tom Parker, who is played by this young newcomer\u2026I think I gave him his first start\u2026Tom Hanks,\u201d Luhrmann joked. \u201cHe was so shy! I really had to get him to come out of his shell.\u201d <\/p>\n

Alongside films like \u201cDownton Abbey: A New Era,\u201d \u201cElvis\u201d is one of the summer titles theaters are banking on to bring older audiences back to theaters after Oscar offerings like \u201cKing Richard\u201d and \u201cWest Side Story\u201d struggled amidst the winter COVID-19 Omicron variant surge. But Luhrmann also promised that Elvis\u2019 hit songs will be presented with a fresh new style to introduce them to a new generation, showing off a trailer that remixed \u201cHound Dog\u201d with a hip-hop beat while nodding to the fact that Elvis\u2019 style came from Black music in an era of Jim Crow laws. <\/p>\n

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And while Luhrmann praised Matt Reeves for his work on \u201cThe Batman,\u201d calling it a \u201cfreakin\u2019 amazing movie,\u201d he said that \u201cMan cannot live on Batman alone!\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re in this together to get audiences back in theaters, because the human condition demands it,\u201d Luhrmann said. \u201cIf there is anything in my power to help bring people in to see this movie, I will do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Warner also showed in-progress footage of the Christmas 2023 film \u201cWonka,\u201d showing Timothee Chalamet and Keegan Michael-Key singing and dancing over their love for chocolate as Willy Wonka introduces his special brand of candy to the world for the first time. <\/p>\n

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On the nail-biting side, Olivia Wilde was also on hand to present her thriller \u201cDon\u2019t Worry Darling,\u201d which she co-stars in with Harry Styles in a tale about a 1950s housewife who learns a disturbing truth about the idyllic community she lives in, forcing her to decide whether she is willing to challenge an abusive power structure that is designed for her benefit. \u201cAnnabelle\u201d creator Gary Dauberman also appeared to promote his next horror film: an adaptation of Stephen King\u2019s \u201cSalem\u2019s Lot\u201d<\/p>\n

Though Warner Bros. released all of its 2021 movies simultaneously on HBO Max, the studio contributed 21 films to theaters last year, tied with Sony for the most released by any studio, including the first movie since the pandemic began to gross over $100 million domestically with \u201cGodzilla vs. Kong.\u201d <\/p>\n

While the studio was fourth on the 2021 domestic charts<\/a> with $655 million grossed and a 14% market share, \u201cThe Batman\u201d busted a two-month box office slump with a $134 million opening weekend \u2014 second only to \u201cNo Way Home\u201d in the pandemic era \u2014 and became just the fifth film since theaters reopened to gross over $750 million worldwide. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As proven by the $760 million and counting theatrical run of \u201cThe Batman,\u201d DC blockbusters have been Warner Bros.\u2019 crown jewel, so it\u2019s little surprise that comic book movies made up a major portion of the studio\u2019s CinemaCon showcase, which is its first public presentation since the completion of the Warner Bros. Discovery merger. All […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":96583,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[101,3,105,106],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1651057995_Warner-Bros-Brings-a-Batload-of-DC-to-CinemaCon-But.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96582"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96582\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}