Sony CinemaCon 2026: Every Major Announcement From Sony Pictures’ Panel

UPDATE: The panel has concluded. You can catch up on all the updates from the event below! 

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 ceremony, Sony kicked off its presentation with a montage of some of its 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 among the top 10 highest-grossing movies 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 the movie, showing Bargatze's character having to take care of his three daughters on his own when his wife goes on a trip. This leads to disaster as they troll him and create a hilarious new comedy. 

Sony Pictures Chairman/CEO Tom Rothman took the stage next, commenting that this year's box office growth will be "faster, higher, stronger" (quoting the Olympics' slogan).

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 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).

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 Zach Cregger and written by Cregger and Shay Hatten, this movie will be released in theaters on September 18, 2026.

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.

The trailer had a classic feel, clearly pulled straight from the original games. The footage featured a snowy setting, a flipped-over police car, a mysterious, overweight creature, and plenty of very quick, action-packed scenes with zombies and unidentified humanoid threats. The trailer reveals that Austin Abrams' lead character doesn't think he'll live 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 shows a close-up of Spider-Man's mask, with Zendaya as Michelle Jones-Watson (MJ) in the 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 watched a new scene from Brand New Day, which reveals the consequences of Peter's actions at the end of Spider-Man: No Way Home and what came after 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, while Peter follows, holding flowers.

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 the web-slinger's location. 

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 arrives and kisses MJ, prompting 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 a group of unfriendly Department of Damage Control officers at a prison who are about to start a fight. Before fists are thrown, Spidey starts stretching and cracking jokes to prepare, leading to chaos breaking out. Additionally, the new footage included some swinging by Spider-Man, though a good chunk of the montage was from the previously released trailer, and there were no new looks at any of the film's villains or 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, Amelia Eve's Gemma is revealed as the film's protagonist. She has a daughter, and is desperate to protect her, saying how she "need[s] someone to tell [her] how to stop this."

That person is no other than Lin Shaye's Parker Crane, who is revealed to play a key role in the film. She reveals that Gemma has the ability to travel through realms into The Further, and can even bring demons back to the human world permanently—something Parker has never seen before.

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, set for October 23. Taika Waititi is directing and producing the movie, and Jenna Ortega stars as Klara. 

New footage from the movie reveals Ortega's Klara, an artificial friend. Artificial friends are given the brain of toddlers and then learn everything else from their humans. Klara's humans are Amy Adams' Chris and her son. In the footage, Adams' character doesn't seem to be the biggest fan of Klara, telling her that Klara's "still under warranty" and that she will not "hesitate to send [her] back" for making a wrong move.

The story is clearly a mystery-thriller, and Jenna Ortega gives a fantastic, unique, and quirky performance that creates an intensely charming and intriguing portrayal of Klara. It's the polar opposite of the Wednesday character so many have come to know in recent years.

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.

Grandgear

Produced and directed by Takashi Yamazaki, the director of Godzilla Minus Zero (the sequel to the hit movie Godzilla Minus One), revealed his new movie, Grandgear. The movie will premiere on February 18, 2028, and will be his first English-language film. 

A brief bit of new footage was shown to attendees, featuring large mechs fighting kaijus as they do some intense damage to the surrounding city—very much in the same vein as Pacific Rim.

The Legend of Zelda

Ahead of the release of the live-action The Legend of Zelda movie, the Sony team announced that production is officially wrapped. No new footage or images were shown, but it was confirmed that video game adaptations are "a [heavy] focus" for the studio, with this movie set to be released on May 7, 2027.

Bloodborne

An R-rated, animated Bloodborne movie was announced for production, with Jacksepticeye working as a producer. Described as "one of the greatest games ever made" by Sanford Panitch, president of Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group, this movie will be "very true" to the spirit of the original game, which centers on a traveler journeying into a gothic city inhabited by deranged mobs and nightmarish creatures.

Additionally, Justin Lin came on stage to tease his upcoming Helldivers movie, which he described as "explosive" and "large-scale." Though he made sure to explain that not only is the film action-packed, but it's also driven by character work.

The filmmaker confidently declared that he felt Jason Momoa, who is starring in the movie, was the only person who could help pull this project off.

The movie will be filmed in New Zealand, but production has not yet started.

The Social Reckoning

The presentation then moved to writer/director Aaron Sorkin's highly anticipated sequel, The Social Reckoning, as Panitch returned to the stage to discuss the new movie. Describing it as a "companion piece to the original" and a thriller, he noted that "the consequences of technology are transforming our world."

Sorkin then came on stage and explained that there "isn't a life that Facebook's algorithm hasn't touched," saying the film is based on a true story. Calling it a true David-and-Goliath story, it is about a woman who becomes a whistleblower and risks everything to take on the social media giant.

In new footage, Mikey Madison's Frances Haugen calls herself a "fan of Facebook" and says she is here "to help it, not hurt it." She and Jeremy Allen White's Jeff Horwitz, a Wall Street Journal reporter, meet on a park bench to break the massive story.

Mark Strong then comes on screen as Mark Zuckerberg and clearly crushes it, offering an incredibly strong performance in just a few brief moments. He is taking over the role from Jesse Eisenberg, as the story is set 16 years after the first movie. Zuckerberg is much more combative here and seems remorseless about the company's impact on society, calling himself "a free speech absolutist."

The story is based on a real-life Wall Street Journal exposé called The Facebook Files, and it will be released on October 9.

Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse

Sony Animation took the spotlight at CinemaCon to present new material from Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse, which included appearances by director Bob Persichetti, director Justin K. Thompson, and writers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. Miller described the movie as "the most emotional Spider-Verse movie we've ever made" before showing off new footage. Lord then said the team is "going places that [they] literally could not have gone before."

Following up directly from the end of 2023's Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, the sequel was teased as a race against time for Miles Morales to travel across space and time to save his family, while the Earth-42 versions of Aaron Davis and Miles G. Morales try to stop him.

Brian Tyree Henry (Jefferson Davis) and Hailee Steinfeld (Gwen Stacy) both return for the new movie, with Henry previously calling this movie "even more epic than the last" and telling fans to "get [their] hankies ready" while promoting the latest Godzilla x Kong film two years ago.

Lord assured fans that more than a few fan-favorite characters will return, teasing that the movie hopes to "represent goodness" and show how "the love that the characters in the movie have for Miles" helps him grow. The team then showed footage from early in the movie, with Miles trapped in Earth-42, fighting his way out against his doppelganger and his alternate-reality uncle.

Miles is tied to a punching bag while the other two interrogate him, eventually using his electric powers to free himself. The footage shifted into a montage, where we see more of Miles fighting his alternate self, Miles and Gwen sharing a moment, Peter B. Parker handing his kid to Spider-Ham before heading into battle, some intense battles between Miles and Miguel O'Hara, and some sporadic flashback footage of Miles and his dad's past.

This film will swing into theaters on June 18, 2027.

Jumanji: Open World

Sony Pictures closed out its CinemaCon presentation with a look at Jumanji 4, which is now officially titled Jumanji: Open World. This included a first trailer for the movie, which was shown exclusively at the event.

Opening with the post-credits scene from the last movie, Lamorne Morris' computer repairman finds the broken Jumanji console at Marin Hinkle's home, where Janice (Marin Hinkle) is the mother of Alex Wolff's Spencer Gilpin. Clouds then form over the house while ostriches run down the street before going to a restaurant where Spencer and his friends are. Spencer's grandfather, Eddie, points them to a booth in which Dwayne Johnson's Dr. Bravestone sits, speaking with a Spanish accent.

Kevin Hart's Mouse Finbar, Karen Gillan's Ruby Roundhouse, and Jack Black's Professor Shelly Oberon all show up there too, this time in "demo mode." Black then says, "I'm beginning to suspect that we're not in Jumanji."

Multiple animals roam the real world, as the characters from Jumanji are set on a quest in a world foreign to them. Plenty of epic action sequences were shown, including a komodo dragon running down the streets of New York City, a rampaging rhino, Oberon riding a Segway, and Ruby Roundhouse slamming Alex Wolff's Spencer onto the hood of a car.

The end of the footage confirmed that fans shouldn't fret, and the real-life characters will be going back into the game at some point as they did in the previous two installments.

Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, and Jack Black came on stage to promote the movie, with Black saying it was the most fun he has ever had making a movie. Hart joked back that he hated it, exclaiming how it was only work—though he quickly backtracked to make it clear that he was joking.

Another interesting tidbit Jack Black revealed is that all of them, including Karen Gillan, get to play three different versions of their characters in this movie.

"Game rules don't apply," said Hart before Johnson called this movie "the biggest of the franchise so far." Johnson also paid tribute to the late Robin Williams, the star of the original 1995 Jumanji movie.

Jumanji: Open World is set to debut in theaters on December 25.