Cruise was not present at the presentation, but did narrate a film used to open the event, which focused on the studio\u2019s commitment to releasing films on the big screen.<\/p>\n
At the end, Cruise \u2013 sitting atop the water tower on the studio\u2019s lot \u2013 says: \u201cThe future looks great from here.\u201d<\/p>\n
Paramount Skydance chief David Ellison told attendees that the studio would guarantee a 45-day theatrical release window for its films before moving them to streaming platforms.<\/p>\n
\u201cOnce we combine with Warner Brothers, we\u2019re going to make a minimum of 30 films annually,\u201d Ellison said in a pledge to theatre owners. \u201cLong live the movies.\u201d<\/p>\n
Paramount has launched a massive US$111b bid to take over Warner Bros, topping a rival bid from Netflix.<\/p>\n
But many in Hollywood fear the mega-merger will lead to cuts that will forever change the film industry.<\/p>\n
Also on Paramount\u2019s upcoming slate is a film adaptation of the popular video game Call of Duty, due in theatres in June 2028.<\/p>\n
CinemaCon attendees also saw early footage from Heart of the Beast, a thriller starring Brad Pitt as a military veteran who must survive a plane crash in Alaska with his combat dog.<\/p>\n
And Johnny Depp showed up to offer a preview of Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol, the latest adaptation of the classic Charles Dickens tale, in which he plays the grumpy Scrooge.<\/p>\n
-Agence France-Presse<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cruise was not present at the presentation, but did narrate a film used to open the event, which…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":383560,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1863,10474,2037,32764,156,4522,6101,3606,59567,78,56929,5430,5971,111,43,139,69,59966,40290,19723,544,25093,6100,223,684,3010,102,15146],"class_list":{"0":"post-383559","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-back","9":"tag-control","10":"tag-cruise","11":"tag-daring","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-feel","14":"tag-good","15":"tag-gun","16":"tag-happening","17":"tag-in","18":"tag-maverick","19":"tag-mitchell","20":"tag-need","21":"tag-new-zealand","22":"tag-news","23":"tag-newzealand","24":"tag-nz","25":"tag-officially","26":"tag-pete","27":"tag-pilot","28":"tag-some","29":"tag-speed","30":"tag-still","31":"tag-the","32":"tag-there","33":"tag-top","34":"tag-with","35":"tag-works"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=383559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383559\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/383560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}