Lionsgate brings movies like Good Fortune, Energy Ballad, Now You See Me, Now You Don’t, and extra to the CinemaCon 2025 stage!
Lionsgate continues to roar at CinemaCon 2025 as one announcement after the opposite hits the con ground. Along with previewing films like Ballerina, The Housemaid, The Lengthy Stroll, Hurry Up Tomorrow, and confirming tasks like American Psycho, John Wick 5, the Donnie Yen-directed Caine spinoff, and an animated John Wick prequel, Lionsgate retains the hits coming by teasing extra of the studio’s upcoming releases.
First up is John Carrey’s newest movie, Energy Ballad, starring Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas. Within the preview, Rudd performs a marriage singer who impresses a large Justin Timberlake-style boy band chief performed by Jonas. The 2 turned pals and began writing music collectively. Jonas’s character needs to interrupt freed from his pop star picture as his profession is in freefall. With Rudd by his aspect, they make musical magic. Nevertheless, Jonas’s character pulls a quick one and steals their track to cross it off as his personal. Rudd’s character tries to show he wrote it, however he doesn’t perceive why he’s being taken benefit of. Rudd hits the highway to confront his former musical accomplice. Our editor-in-chief, Chris Bumbray, says Energy Ballad seems like a unbelievable position for Rudd.
One other film from Lionsgate is the following movie within the Now You See Me franchise, Now You See Me, Now You Don’t. Chris stated the brand new film seems extra important in scope and scale. Lionsgate is excessive on Ruben Fleischer, with this being the director’s fourth movie with Woody Harrelson and Jesse Eisenberg after Zombieland and others. Morgan Freeman, 87, returns for the sequel, with one other forged member being 17. The age hole makes Now You See Me, Now You Don’t attraction to many ages. Many of the tips within the new movie are sensible, and sure, Isla Fisher will return! The film focuses on a brand new staff that idolizes the Horsemen. They staff up with Eisenberg’s character to steal the Hart Diamond, because the household that owns it, headed by Rosamund Pike, funds terrorism. Dave Franco seems to have loads of battle scenes, whereas Mark Ruffalo is mysteriously absent from the footage.
We additionally noticed the primary official trailer for Good Fortune, which Chris wrote extensively about final 12 months. Aziz Ansari directs and stars. He performs the worker of a tech bro, performed by Seth Rogen. Keanu Reeves is his guardian angel. Reeves switches Ansari and Rogen’s roles, making Ansari the tech bro. Ansari loves being a tech guru and refuses to change again. As a result of he screwed up so royally, Reeves should dwell on Earth. Reeves turns into Rogen’s slacker roommate, and hilarity ensues.
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