‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day' and More at Sony’s CinemaCon Presentation

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• Sony has made its big presentation to the 2025 CinemaCon crowd.
• ‘Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse’ and ‘28 Years Later’ were among the major titles showcased.
• The studio also showed footage from ‘Karate Kid: Legends.’

Theater owners are suffering right now, with takings down compared to last year, even with a solid start to 2025. So the cinema chain owners allied under what is now known as Cinema United –– formerly the National Association of Theater Owners –– will be looking for good news and plenty of potentially successful movies from the studios.

The mantra for the big cinema chains was “survive ‘till ’25,” and we’re here. Which is where CinemaCon comes in –– the big show in Vegas each year where the companies roll out stars and footage to tease what they have in the coming year.

First up was Sony, home of the 'Karate Kid', and we can expect both to show up somehow in the studio’s presentation.

With two and a half hours of show time to fill, the company kicked off like any student forced to give a verbal presentation –– talking about other things, including a sizzle reel of 2024 movies and lots of talk about HDR and distribution. Which is what you get when you’re at a show intended for theater owners.

But then the presentation proper began with The Studio’ is based on him.

According to Rothman, the focus of Sony’s presentation will be the filmmakers who have been laboring to produce their new output, and what better choice to start with than Danny Boyle?

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‘28 Years Later’

The long-anticipated third entry in the ‘Alex Garland back behind the camera.

As the title suggests, it’s set years after the original movie set a virus that turns infected humans into rageful creatures upon London and the wider environs on England.

Boyle was there to introduce the premiere of the new trailer for the movie, which had a hard act to follow given the impressively impactful first teaser.

We’re introduced to a new world order for the country –– save havens are in place, where the likes of Cillian Murphy will be back for the new movie.

Fiennes is mentioned as also appearing in the follow-up, ‘Nia DaCosta also showed up on stage.

Boyle mentions that DaCosta is in production now on that movie, and that they’re looking for financing for the third. So if anyone has some quarters they can spare…

The first movie seethes onto screens on June 20th.

Unlikely to need more in the way of cash is a certain animated sequel…

‘Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse’

Bob Persichetti and Justin K. Thompson took the stage to announce that the third ‘Spider-Verse’ outing will be “bigger than the past two,” and a massive movie, in fact. So massive that it’ll be the first Sony animated pic to show on IMAX screens.

The movie, as you might have suspected from the cliffhanger ending of the second, picks up immediately, so no waiting to see what happens with Miles and co.

We also finally know when the next ‘Spider-Verse’ movie is landing… Prepare to wait until June 4th, 2027 to see this one. Yep, more than two years away!

That’s followed by a newcomer to the CinemaCon stage…

‘Caught Stealing’

This is Darren Aronofsky’s first trip to CinemaCon, and he’s here to promote ‘Caught Stealing,’ his new crime thriller ‘Caught Stealing.’

The first trailer for the movie –- featuring Vincent D’Onofrio was showcased, giving a hint to the tone of this one.

‘Caught Stealing’ will be with us on August 29th.

That was followed by…

‘Resident Evil’

The next adaptation of the hugely popular video game franchise comes from ‘Milla Jovovich movies, but still call it a ‘Wild Ride.’

Here’s what he said:

“The movie I’m going to make is unlike any of the previous adaptations...It’s a story that follows one central protagonist from point A to point B as they descend into hell.”

Though only currently in pre-production, the movie has a September 18th, 2026 date on the books.

And now the whistlestop tour of Sony’s slate continues with…

‘A Big Bold Beautiful Journey’

Stars Kogonada to talk up the fantastical romantic adventure, and debut the first trailer.

Expect that on September 19th.

A change of pace to…

‘GOAT’

The animated animals-playing-basketball movie is produced by sporting icon Steph Curry, and he appeared via video to introduce the movie, which will be out on February 13th, 2026.

Following ‘GOAT,’ it was the turn of Sony distribution chief Adam Bergerman to discuss release windows, which if we’re honest, is catnip to the CinemaCon crowd.

He also mentioned the company’s continued investment in anime, spotlighted by a clip from...

‘Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Infinity Castle.’

From there back to more live-action matters, with word that a new ‘Insidious’ movie, co-produced by Blumhouse will be in theaters next year (August 21st, 2026, to be exact).

That leads on to more horror…

‘I Know What you Did Last Summer’

For this one, it’s a case of Classic Story, New Kids as a new group of teens will try to cover up a road accident only to be stalked by a hook-handed killer.

We’re promised the return of Freddie Prinze Jr. as Ray Bronson.

It’ll be out on July 18th.

After that, the studio’s team rattled through other titles we can expect in the coming months and year, including a third ‘Paul Verhoeven movie, but instead be a fresh take on Robert Heinlein’s novel.

All that, and official confirmation that Zelda’ movie is in the works, with a March 26th, 2027 release.

But it wasn’t over, as another big title needed a big introduction…

 ‘Karate Kid: Legends’

The next iteration of the ‘Karate Kid' movie franchise blends the classic (Ben Wang’s Li Fong.

A live karate demonstration gave way to Macchio and Wang on stage, who talked up the new movie, and showed a couple of clips and the first trailer.

The movie itself is in cinemas on May 30th.

And now… the big finish!

‘Spider-Man 4’

The latest Spidey outing brings MCU proper.

With Destin Daniel Cretton taking over directorial duties, he was on stage to hype the film.

But we also heard from star Holland, who appeared via video from the set of The Odyssey’ to extol how the new ‘Spider-Man’ will be a “fresh start” for the franchise.

And that’s seemingly confirmed by the title: ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day.’ Which makes some sense given the world-memory-wiping antics of ‘No Way Home.’

It’ll land on July 31st, 2026.

But wait! There’s more. Tom Rothman returns to the stage to talk about Sam Mendes’ four Beatles biopics, one each focused on John, Paul George and Ringo (kids, ask your grandparents).

It’s being touted as a four-movie cinematic event.

The bold idea for this one is four separate movies, each one focusing on a different band member’s perspective, all shot across one year and then released together in April 2028, to make, as Rothman touts, “the first bingeable theatrical experience.”

And here comes the confirmation of the official cast…

George Harrison. All four were on stage to do the Beatles bow.

Thus ends the Sony presentation. Some hefty hitters there, and a good mix of horror and Spider-action. We’ll have to wait and see how it all plays out.

Editorial Note: Jami Philbrick contributed to this reporting.