LAS VEGAS (AP) — Hollywood studio executives are making their case for theatergoing with just a little assist from John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr — together with the newly introduced stars set to play them.
Sony Photos kicked off the annual CinemaCon conference and commerce present in Las Vegas on Monday by touting their 4 upcoming biopics informed from the angle of every member of The Beatles.
At their presentation on the principle stage at Caesars Palace, the studio confirmed and introduced out the long-rumored leads for every movie — Paul Mescal as McCartney, Joseph Quinn as Harrison, Barry Keoghan as Starr and Harris Dickinson as Lennon.
Director Sam Mendes stated all 4 movies will premiere April 2028, calling it the “first binge-able theatrical experience.”
“I’ve been trying to make a story about The Beatles for years,” Mendes stated.
The conference attracts 1000’s of movie show staff from world wide annually, as the main Hollywood studios make large shows full of movie clips, trailers and stars to make the case that their upcoming slate will lure audiences to theaters.
Sony additionally introduced out Oscar-winning filmmaker Danny Boyle to debut the brand new trailer for “28 Years Later,” his long-awaited zombie apocalypse sequel to “28 Days Later” hitting theaters in June, in addition to the staff behind “Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse” to tease their third movie within the Spider-Verse trilogy.
Sony CEO Tom Rothman inspired movie show homeowners to get inventive with weekday reductions, and Sony govt Adam Bergerman made the case for holding movies in cinemas for longer.
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The conference comes contemporary off an Oscars rallying cry for seeing motion pictures in theaters.
Though a fuller launch schedule is anticipated this yr in comparison with 2024’s depleted calendar due to twin historic strikes, Hollywood marked the primary quarter of 2025 with a large field workplace deficit. Gross sales are down 11% from the identical level in 2024, and almost 40% from 2019, in line with media analytics firm Comscore.
