UPDATE: Warner Bros. Discovery's panel has concluded. You can catch up on all the updates from the event below!
CinemaCon 2025 pushes forward with its next big panel as Warner Bros. Discovery hopes to make a splash for a waiting Las Vegas crowd.
CinemaCon serves as the biggest gathering worldwide for movie theater vendors and movie executives as news on theatrical releases for multiple studios comes to light.
Following Sony Pictures' panel on March 31 and Lionsgate's presentation from April 1, the time has come for Warner Bros. to throw its hat into the ring. This comes after a slow start to 2025, with the studio having released movies like Mickey 17 and A Working Man but not much else as of writing.
Every Update From Warner Bros.' CinemaCon 2025 Panel
Starting at 4:30 p.m. PT, Warner Bros. Discovery will take the stage for its presentation at CinemaCon 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. This panel will run until 6:30 p.m. PT.
One of the biggest movies the studio is expected to promote is July's Superman, which will kick off James Gunn's DCU on the big screen. Warner Bros. is also expected to distribute other big films such as F1, Final Destination Bloodlines, and Mortal Kombat 2.
The full list of updates will be shared below.
Minecraft and Sinners Teased Ahead of Release
Warner Bros. co-CEOs Pam Abdy and Mike De Luca took the CinemaCon stage to start the presentation by celebrating Minecraft and Sinners, the company's next two releases.
This included a video message from Sinners director Ryan Coogler, who called the movie his "love letter to cinema" and his "most personal film to date."
One Battle After Another Hyped at CinemaCon
Paul Thomas Anderson's new movie, One Battle After Another, is the first new film of Warner Bros.' presentation for CinemaCon. Included in the presentation are stars Regina Hall, Tiana Taylor, and Leonardo DiCaprio on stage.
DiCaprio described it as an honor to work with such an incredibly collaborative team, which was backed up by Hall.
Hall went on to say the film is "heartfelt" and "funny" while indicating it "has a lot of everything." Taylor went on to describe her own character as "just not likable" and as being "in a situationship."
The presentation then moved to an extended preview for the new movie, teasing some of what to expect from DiCaprio's character, who is trying to get information from someone over the phone who refuses to budge.
Cast & Crew of The Bride! Tease Frankenstein Spin-off
The Dark Knight star Maggie Gyllenhaal produces and directs a Frankenstein spin-off called The Bride!, which features Christian Bale, Penélope Cruz, Julianne Hough, and Jake Gyllenhaal. It will draw inspiration from the 1935 Bride of Frankenstein movie.
The film is shot in IMAX, and Maggie Gyllenhaal and Jessie Buckley were in attendance with Buckley saying this film shows "a world that could only spring from Maggie’s imagination."
Gyllenhaal reflected on the Bride being in the original movie "for three minutes" with no lines, which is said to be "quite a bit different than [her] movie."
She asks the question, "What happens if The Bride who comes back is beyond [Frankenstein’s] wildest imaginations?" when talking about the film with the crowd.
Buckley spoke about the script and remembered feeling like she was "being plugged into an electrical current" as she dove in. According to her, Gyllenhaal could have asked her "to be a sheep and [she'd] say yes."
She went on to call The Bride's relationship with Frankenstein "the punkest love that’s ever existed" before moving to the benefits of IMAX filming. The two agreed on being converted to the format.
In a short trailer, Frankenstein discusses how The Bride is killed on purpose before saying, "There is nothing left to do now but live."
The movie is due to hit theaters on May 6, 2026.
Small Update on The Conjuring
New Line Cinema President & CEO Richard Brenner gave a small update on the upcoming The Conjuring: Last Rites. This film is said to "take on one last terrifying true story case" as it gets set for release on September 5.
Final Destination: Bloodlines Gets a New Clip
Fans then saw a clip from Final Destination: Bloodlines, which showed two brothers (played by Richard Harmon and Rya Kihlstedt) trying to cheat Death as it comes for them. They attempt to flatline one of them in a hospital so that the staff will bring him back to life.
One of the brothers has an allergy (played by Rya Kihlstedt) that they try to activate with peanut butter. They try to get a cup of peanut butter from the vendor, but it gets stuck in the machine.
They hit the vending machine and break the glass before going behind the machine and almost tipping it over, which includes a number of fakeouts making the audience believe it will crush him.
The real death looks like it will happen courtesy of an MRI machine unintentionally going off, as the brothers momentarily hide out in the MRI room.
Death does what death does, and the machine is slowly activated in the background.
Richard Harmon's character takes the Epipen from his brother, telling him that getting him to briefly die via nut allergy is " the only way."
Kihlstedt starts to choke after getting peanuts, just as the MRI machine starts to go haywire. Metal starts flying to the machine.
This includes all the piercings getting ripped off of Harmon's character—including his penis piercing.
Eventually, metal chairs and equipment trap Harmon's character, who gets stuck at the opening of the MRI machine. The pressure of all the metal behind him eventually causes him to fold inward killing him.
Eventually, the metal rods pierce through Harmon's skull-tatted back.
The other brother takes an epipen, thinking he might survive. However, a metal piece of the vending machine flies in and kills him as the footage ends.
Brenner jokingly hyped the movie to the audience, saying, "See you guys at the Oscars."
Weapons
Coming up after Final Destination is Weapons, which is set to hit theaters on August 8. The film stars Julia Garner, Benedict Wong, Josh Brolin, and Alden Ehrenreich.
Writer/director Zach Creggor took the stage to describe Weapons as "a very twisty, turny movie" a well as a movie that "unravels and reinvents itself as it goes."
The film also had a creepy teaser trailer show for attendees, which promised another terrifying movie from Creggor.
F1 Hoping to Replicate Top Gun: Maverick Success
Joseph Kosinski (director) and Jerry Bruckheimer (producer) headed on stage to promote the thrilling new racing movie, F1. The film stars Brad Pitt, Damson Idris, and Javier Bardem.
Bruckheimer teased this movie as being "the cinematic event of the summer," while Kosinski was convinced it will have the same success he saw with his work on Top Gun: Maverick. Bruckheimer later called the movie "the ultimate theater experience."
While teasing that Brad Pitt really drives up to 180 mph with no stunt double in this movie, fans prepped to see the first 10 minutes of footage. That footage showed Pitt's character being quite cocky and a bit of an ass on the track.
He is described as a drifter who never stays in one place for long, but he is brought on by Javier Bardem's character to save his racing team.
The film is due to hit theaters on June 27.
Small Look at DC's Dynamic Duo
A small tease is shown on screen for DC Studios' animated Dynamic Duo movie, which revealed that the series would be a mix of animation and puppetry.
New Tease for Animated The Cat in the Hat
WB animation head Bill Damaschke came on stage to tell fans how "telling original stories and taking risks is the only path to [creating new successful franchises]."
He moved on to tease what's coming in the animated The Cat in the Hat, which "expands the story way beyond the book." He also coined the movie as the start of what will be called the Seuss-a-verse.
Cat in the Hat actor Bill Hader took the stage and told fans how he had been "chasing this role for years." His audition for the role was also shown, but jokingly, it was a clip from Saturday Night Live showing him as the titular character.
Both of Hader's children were excited about him getting the titular role in the movie, but his youngest supposedly said, "Booooooooo! Ryan Gosling! Boo! Boo!"
An early trailer was shown that featured plenty of hilarious moments and meta-jokes and revealed not only Thing 1 and Thing 2, but at least ten more of them.
New BTS Look at DC Studios' Superman
Late into the presentation, James Gunn's Superman movie had its time to shine with a short hype reel showing behind-the-scenes footage from the movie.
Gunn I heard in the video saying, "This character is noble, and he’s beautiful" while fans get the first full look at Hawkgirl and Metamorpho through promo pictures taken on set.
The costumes and characters look quite comic accurate, with Rachel Brosnahan telling audiences in a promotional video that this film is "the beginning of a whole new adventure and a whole new universe."
The audience is greeted by the stars of the movie, including David Corwnswet, Rachel Brosnahan, and Nicholas Hoult.
Gunn also teased the idea of "pocket universes" coming into the new DCU for the crowd.
Hoult reflected on one of his days on set where he saw Superman flying, noting how he was "witnessing the magic of cinema." Brosnahan took a more NSFW approach, remembering telling Corenswet, "Dude, you're f***ing Superman!" after seeing him in the suit.
This led to Hoult joking with the crowd in saying, "As an icon, it's exciting to finally play an icon." Corenswet humbly told the audience it was "a great honor" to play a character who "exists so clearly in the public consciousness."
"It feels like you’re riding a tidal wave of good vibes…" Corenswet mused, while Brosnahan spoke on feeling that "these stories endure because there’s something in them for everyone."
Gunn moved on to talk about Krypto the Superdog, joking about being "f***ked" if he encountered a dog with superpowers:
"What if this dog had superpowers? I'd be f***ked…I know what I’m doing to do with Superman."
Gunn joked about Brosnahan "[wanting] to fly so bad" during the production of the movie. Brosnahan then recalled speaking "to a lot of journalists" in order to help prepare her to play one of the most prominent journalists in the DC Universe.
When asked by DC Studios co-CEO Peter Safran which other characters the cast would like to play in the DCU, Corenswet pointed out Batman, while Brosnahan said Lex Luthor.
Hoult then jokingly reflected on auditioning for both Batman and Superman before missing out on both major DC superheroes.
CinemaCon attendees got a new look at Superman, starting off with an extended look at Corenswet's crash into the ice. He whistles for Krypto, and although the dog comes immediately, he bites and jumps all over the wounded hero and wants to play with him.
Krypto eventually drags Superman away by his cape to the Fortress of Solitude, which busts out of the ice as they get close to it. A group of robots greet them at the door, including one voiced by Alan Tudyk.
The robots start performing medical treatment on Superman, using a magnifying glass to give him a big dose of yellow sun.
The rest of the footage was shown trailer-style as Superman saves a girl while Lex Luthor looks on at the Man of Steel from his tower. The kaiju from another trailer shows back up, and Clark and Lois are seen possibly conducting an interview in a living room.
Fans got a new look at the stadium fight before the footage cuts to Superman at the Fortress of Solitude, where Krypto has wrecked the inside due to his chaotic canine nature. Superman's response is simply, "What the hey, dude?"
After the trailer came to an end, the Warner Bros.' CinemaCon 2025 presentation came to a close.
See more on the schedule for every major panel from CinemaCon 2025 here.
