Sony Pictures has plenty of exciting developments in store for its panel at CinemaCon 2026. CinemaCon is the world's largest gathering of the movie theater industry, where theater owners and studios unite to showcase major movies coming to theaters. Taking place at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada, this conference is expected to deliver announcements for some of the most high-profile movies coming out in 2026.
Sony Pictures' panel at CinemaCon 2026 is set to run from 9:30 - 11:30 p.m. ET (6:30 - 8:30 p.m. PT) on Monday, April 13. The studio has a strong presence on the CinemaCon floor, and its presentation is expected to highlight some of the year's biggest movies (including the next MCU movie, Spider-Man: Brand New Day).
Bouncing off the recent success of Nintendo's Super Mario Galaxy movie, Sony could come to CinemaCon with the first look at their own Nintendo movie based on The Legend of Zelda franchise.
Some other notable movies to expect from Sony are Zach Cregger's Resident Evil movie, the final installment in Dwayne Johnson's Jumanji franchise (Jumanji 3), and the sequel to The Social Network, The Social Reckoning.
Courtesy of @FilmUpdates on X, a new image reveals a paneled poster for Spider-Man: Brand New Day, featuring one of the movie's most memorable scenes from its first trailer. Tom Holland's Spider-Man swings through the air above Boomerang, one of about half a dozen antagonists appearing in the movie.
Additionally, Spider-Verse writer Phil Lord teased that there may be an update on next year's Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse, the final film in the Spider-Verse franchise. After a fan on X asked Sony for any new information about the movie, Lord responded with the "eyes" emoji, hinting that Sony plans to discuss this trilogy during its presentation.
Every Update from Sony Pictures' CinemaCon 2026 Panel
Sony Pictures' CinemaCon 2026 panel has officially begun, as attendees enjoy the opening festivities.
After a long awards presentation, Sony kicked off the presentation with a montage of some of their most popular movies. This included a look back at multiple Marvel movies, such as Spider-Man: No Way Home and films from the Venom and Spider-Verse franchises (No Way Home still ranks as a top 10 highest-grossing movie ever). Sony also featured Karate Kid, Hotel Transylvania, The Woman King, Groundhog Day, Men in Black, and more.
The Breadwinner
Actor/comedian Nate Bargatze took the stage first for Sony to promote The Breadwinner, which is being released on May 29, and features him alongside Kumail Nanjiani and Mandy Moore. Moore then joined Bargatze on stage, calling the movie "a truly funny and wonderful family comedy that everyone can go out and see this summer."
Sony shared new footage from this movie, showing Bargatze's character having to take care of his three daughters by himself when his wife goes on a trip. This leads to disaster, as they troll him and tease a hilarious new comedy story.
Resident Evil
Sony then released a new official title card for Resident Evil, which stars Austin Abrams, Zach Cherry, and Paul Walter Hauser. Directed by Zack Cregger and written by Cregger and Shay Hatten, this movie will be released in theaters on September 18, 2026.
Sony Pictures Chairman/CEO Tom Rothman took the stage next, commenting on how this year's box office growth will be "faster, higher, stronger" (quoting the slogan of the Olympics).
He went on to urge movie theaters to shorten the number of advertisements shown before movies, give films longer theatrical windows, and make movies more affordable overall. Rothman then added a plea to invest in the value and quality of the theater-going experience and upgrade facilities to make this happen, saying, "We will work with you on all of this, together" (again quoting the Olympics).
Later in the presentation, Cregger took the stage to share how much Resident Evil he has played, knowing he had "big shoes to fill." He wanted to be true to the spirit of those games, which lead into new footage from the movie.
Much of the trailer recreated classic imagery from the original games, including a snowy setting with a flipped-over police car. Zombies took the spotlight in a quick first look at the movie, with the heroes thinking they would not make it through the night.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
The presentation then moved to Spider-Man: Brand New Day, which Rothman described as "as big as anything we have ever made" and something that "feels like nothing we have ever made." He also celebrated the movie's trailer becoming "the single most launched trailer in history."
Multiple new posters for this movie were shown off, including one with The Hand below Spider-Man as he jumps over them.
Another one shows a close-up image of Spider-Man's mask, which has Zendaya's Michelle Jones-Watson (MJ) in the left lens.
After further confirming Mark Ruffalo's role in the movie as Bruce Banner/the Hulk, Rothman went on to say this film has "Tom [Holland's] finest performance" as Peter Parker. Holland then showed up in a pre-recorded video to celebrate the movie's release.
Attendees then got to watch a new scene from Brand New Day, which shows the consequences of Peter's actions at the end of Spider-Man: No Way Home after he had Doctor Strange cast a spell to make the world forget about him.
Peter is seen in the cafe from the trailer when Jacob Batalon's Ned Leeds walks in before leaving with things in his arms, and Peter follows Ned outside. Ned meets some friends and heads to a party, as Peter follows and has flowers in his hand.
Realizing he is in Ned's room, Ned comes out of the bathroom and surprises Peter. He mentions Spider-Man having saved him a few times in high school, and he is trying to figure out who the hero is so he can thank him face-to-face. He even created a Spider-tracker app to track where the web-slinger is.
At this point, he has narrowed it down to two people: Flash Thompson and Mr. Harrington from the original trilogy. MJ then walks in and says "nice flowers" to Peter, before Peter tells her they are a "housewarming gift." They reintroduce themselves to one another, and Peter introduces himself as "Maynard," a neighbor from down the hall (the same scene in which MJ calls him a "friendly neighbor").
MJ had turned down a job in a soulless corporation, saying, "Something is telling me that I'm supposed to be waiting for something great." After this, Eman Esfandi's new character comes in and kisses MJ, leading Peter to get upset before he leaves the party.
A montage of new footage then plays, starting with the mysterious voice that says "spiders have three life cycles" just like it did in the trailer. Spidey then quips to guards at a prison before stretching and making a few more jokes before a fight breaks out. While new swinging footage closed out the trailer, this look at the movie did not include footage of any of the villains or of Sadie Sink's character.
Insidious: Out of the Further
Sony Pictures President of Distribution Adam Bergerman took the stage to discuss the new Insidious movie, Insidious: Out of the Further, which comes to theaters on August 21. This came with a first trailer for the movie after Bergerman teased "the demons from the further [invading] our world" in the plot.
Starting with a patient at the dentist, the dentist says something is "stuck in here" before a second mouth clamps onto the dentist. After a few scary moments, Emelia Eve's Gemma comes in with her daughter before saying, "I need someone to tell me how to stop this."
The footage teases Gemma having the ability to travel through realms to The Further and bring demons back to the human world permanently. Once the demons learn about her powers, the world becomes their own playground. Bergerman also described the movie as "the most terrifying in the franchise."
The full trailer can be seen below:
Klara and the Sun
Nicole Brown, the President of Tristar Pictures, came on stage to celebrate the release of Klara and the Sun, which is officially being released on October 23, 2026. Taika Waititi is directing and producing the movie, and Jenna Ortega plays the leading role of Klara.
New footage from the movie shows Jenna Ortega's Klara (an artificial friend/robot) being bought by a mother (Amy Adams) and her son. Adams tells Ortega's character that she is "still under warranty" and that she will not "hesitate to send [her] back" for making a wrong move.
Dakota and Elle Fanning then appeared in a video to promote the movie, celebrating it as the first time they had worked together. Shown on the movie's set, they commented on how they "fell in love" with the original book before the presentation moved on.
Godzilla Minus Zero
Produced and directed by Takashi Yamazaki, Godzilla Minus Zero (the sequel to the hit movie Godzilla Minus One) took the stage at CinemaCon and had a February 18, 2028 release date confirmed. A brief bit of new footage was shown to attendees, featuring robots and kaijus. Compared to Pacific Rim, these shots include a giant robot/mech suit fighting a kaiju and casually wrecking a massive city.
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