Its official Marvel fans, Sony Pictures is developing a Venom 3 featuring Tom Hardy and a sequel to Jason Reitman’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Earlier on Monday, April 25 at CinemaCon 2022 – the studio unveiled its roster of upcoming titles with a larger focus on the Spider-Man Universe, particularly, Across the Spider-Verse from Phil Lord and Chris Miller. But besides the anticipated Miles Morales animated feature, here is the list of projects officially addressed at the Las Vegas exhibition.
Sony’s CEO Tom Rothman took the stage on the opening night to highlight their upcoming releases along with 15-minute footage reveal for David Leitch’s Bullet Train and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. Additionally, a new spinoff based on EL MUERTO was confirmed to be in development, the character will be portrayed by Bad Bunny and scheduled to release on January 12, 2024.
El Muerto a Spider-Man Spin Off Movie😐 pic.twitter.com/wiGJXaTjuT
— Cris Parker (@3CFilmss) April 26, 2022
The film is confirmed to be a 'GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE' sequel! pic.twitter.com/02xfC5n3hM
— One Take News (@OneTakeNews) April 26, 2022
The Hall H-Esque main event at CinemaCon 2022 ended with a finishing reel from Sony offering a teasing glimpse at Kraven the Hunter starring Aaron Taylor Johnson, EL MUERTO, Madame Web directed by S.J. Clarkson featuring Fifty Shades Darker actor Dakota Johnson and Euphoria star Sydney Sweeney, Adam Driver’s 65 and many more.
As part of a sizzle reel we saw footage from Madame Web, Kraven the Hunter and news of sequels to both Ghostbusters and Venom. No specifics beyond that. #CinemaCon
— Germain Lussier (@GermainLussier) April 26, 2022
In a finishing reel, Sony showed glimpses of all their upcoming films, including Kraven the Hunter, El Muerto, Adam Driver’s 65 and more. They also touted new installments of #Venom and #Ghostbusters on the way. #CinemaCon pic.twitter.com/pqBak2z8bg
— Erik Davis (@ErikDavis) April 26, 2022
First up, BULLET TRAIN. David Leitch in the house. Showed us the first 10-15 mins. of the film. It turns out Brian Tyree Henry is playing Lemon, not Logan Lerman, as I had suspected. It felt like John Woo got his hands on a Guy Ritchie script. Does that sound good or bad to you?
— Jeff Sneider (@TheInSneider) April 26, 2022
Early footage from the George Foreman biopic was also showcased. Furthermore, an exclusive look at Viola Davis starring The Woman King was included with some praising it as an Oscar contender. It remains to be seen if Sony will share the promo online. Readers can check out tweets from journalists that attended CinemaCon below.
GEORGE FOREMAN teaser looked great. And the REAL champ appears onscreen to give the project his blessing. Who knows, maybe that'll be an awards contender next year? Sony also has the Whitney Houston biopic, plus THE WOMAN KING. Pretty diverse slate…
— Jeff Sneider (@TheInSneider) April 26, 2022
Congratulations to The Woman King’s @ViolaDavis on her undeniable achievement in film and the inaugural recipient of the @CinemaCon Trailblazer Award. 👏👏👏 See Viola be the badass she is in #TheWomanKing, exclusively in movie theaters this fall. pic.twitter.com/UwPDoSWcQY
— The Woman King (@WomanKingMovie) April 26, 2022
And now it's Viola Davis's THE WOMAN KING, which will be Sony's Oscar player in 2022-23. #CinemaCon
Gina Prince-Blythewood will direct. Once, she was up for SILVER & BLACK at Sony.
— With Great Power Book (@WGreatPowerBook) April 26, 2022
So far, reactions from attendees are raving over Sony’s forthcoming slate though the studio didn’t address its future plans for Tom Holland’s Spider-Man, Sinister Six and the future of Spider-Verse. More new projects lined up for this year and 2023 will be revealed this week at CinemaCon with much anticipation for Warner Bros. DC film and Disney possibly offering new look at Avatar 2, etc.
