In a jam-packed week for movies, the major studios brought their highly anticipated projects to Las Vegas to show a select crowd of press as the year reaches its halfway point and promises to be just as busy,

CinemaCon 2026, four days of intensive presentation of movies released this year and in production now for next year, made clear that the business of going to a movie theater — buying a ticket and sitting with strangers in a dark room — has come back with the passion of religion.

A new Top Gun, a Disney cast, and Nicole Kidman saying the thing.

CinemaCon was a star-studded affair, as studios brought their top talent to the stage to preview their upcoming slates.

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It showed the Fantastic Four meeting the other Avengers, Gambit fighting Shang-Chi, Mystique transforming into Florence Pugh’s Yelena and Dr. Doom blocking Thor’s axe with his hand. We also see the return of a bearded Chris Evans’ Captain America saying “Hey pal” before calling Mjolnir to him.

CinemaCon 2026 featured teases of many franchise movies. These 12 original movies stunned audiences even more.

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Still, their shared appearance carried extra intrigue because both were promoting major upcoming films. Kidman attended alongside Sandra Bullock to spotlight the upcoming “Practical Magic” sequel, while Cruise took the stage with filmmaker Alejandro G. Iñárritu for his new dark comedy “Digger.”

During the WB presentation today at CinemaCon 2026 we were able to have a first look at J.J. Abrams ’ The Great Beyond , which he wrote and directed. I knew nothing going into this and now I am intrigued.