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Tom Holland is Spider-Man in the Sony-Marvel movie “Spider-Man: No Way Home”.
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LAS VEGAS – CinemaCon kicked off Monday with a major announcement from Sony Pictures – his next “Kraven the Hunter” would mark the first R-rated wonder film produced by the studio.
The reveal came during the company’s presentation at the annual Hollywood Studios and Theater Owners Convention in Las Vegas, where Sony unveiled new images and trailers for its upcoming slate, including “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”, “Gran Turismo”, and “No Hard Points”.
“F—yes, it’s rated R,” Kraven himself Aaron Taylor-Johnson said in a pre-recorded teaser for the film before Sony showed the first trailer for the profane, gory action flick.
Kraven wouldn’t be the first R-rated superhero movie to hit theaters in the past decade. Fans of the genre have been treated to “Logan”, “Deadpool”, “Watchmen” and “The Suicide Squad” in recent years from 20th Century Fox (now owned by Disney) and Warner Bros. Discovery. But it does open the door for Sony to develop darker, bloodier, and more mature movies set in the Spider-Man universe, namely around fan-favorite character Venom.
Sony currently owns the film rights to Spider-Man and his cavalcade of villains and has found success in alternate universe productions outside of Disney’s Marvel Cinematic Universe. The companies have partnered with three standalone MCU Spider-Man films starring Tom Holland in the spider suit and granted Disney permission to use the character in its ensemble films.
In 2023, the studio will have a sequel to its Oscar-winning animated feature “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.” On Monday, the company shared an in-depth look at “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” in which Miles Morales reunites with Gwen Stacy after becoming Brooklyn’s friendly, full-time neighborhood Spider-Man.
He is catapulted into the multiverse where he encounters a team of Spider-People assigned to protect him. When the heroes clash over how to deal with a new threat, Miles comes face to face with the other spiders.
Sony showed 14 minutes of the film – which was due out June 2 – to CinemaCon audiences, who laughed and cheered for the unique animated feature.
Josh Greenstein, chairman and CEO of Sony’s Motion Picture Group, announced the company would release 23 films in 2023, after being introduced via video by Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, who are currently filming ‘Bad Boys 4’.
Sony showed the opening clip of “Dumb Money,” a film by Craig Gillespie about how an ordinary investor played by Paul Dano flipped the script on Wall Street, putting all of his life savings in GameStop in 2021. The film due out in October also stars Sebastian Stan, Seth Rogen, Pete Davidson, Shailene Woodley, America Ferrera, Anthony Ramos, Vincent D’Onofrio, Dane DeHaan and Nick Offerman.
It followed with trailers for “Insidious: The Red Door,” which hits screens in July, “The Machine,” coming in May, and “Gran Turismo,” hitting screens in August.
Sony also showed off a clip from Jennifer Lawrence’s upcoming R-rated drama “No Hard Feelings” to loud applause. He also teased an R-rated comedy “Anyone But You” starring Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell as well as a sequel to “Ghostbusters: Afterlife.”
After accepting CinemaCon’s Lifetime Achievement Award, Denzel Washington brought Antoine Fuqua and Dakota Fanning on stage to show a trailer for “The Equalizer 3.”
“You can see at Sony that we don’t f — not mess up,” said Tom Rothman, president of Sony Pictures Entertainment, closing the presentation.
He revealed that “Napoleon” from Apple and Ridley Scott will be distributed by Sony. The film, due out Thanksgiving, will have a “robust window,” Rothman promised.
“Hold on to your tricorns,” he teased before showing the first images of the wartime epic, which received thunderous applause.