Disney shows new terrifying clips from the movie Alien: Romulus in cinemas in Europe

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Disney arrived at the CineEurope trade show on Wednesday riding a wave of goodwill from across the industry thanks to the recent breakout success of “Inside Out 2.”

Before Wednesday’s European exhibitor presentation — the last offering from major studios — the Pixar sequel had already broken records with a $295 million global opening weekend, the biggest opening of the year so far, and the biggest ever for an animated film. . worldwide film and the highest international animated opening of all time ($140.8 million).

But as Tony Chambers, Disney’s president of worldwide theatrical distribution, revealed on stage, the film’s latest numbers give the company — which has received praise all week from other studios — even more reason to smile, as the global total now stands at $380 million thanks to Tuesday’s sales. . Breaking box office records.

While there was time in Barcelona to celebrate a film that brought some much-needed welcome relief to the industry after several underperforming major releases so far this year, Disney has turned its focus to new features that it hopes will reap similar rewards. Chief among them, arguably the studio’s most non-family-friendly title is “Deadpool & Wolverine.”

With just 34 days to go until the third installment in the R-rated Deadpool franchise (and the first since Disney’s acquisition of Fox) is released on July 26, an extended scene was shown showing Ryan Reynold’s Wade Wilson living a quiet, monotonous life among his family. friends, including fan favorite Peter, with Rob Delaney reprising his role from the second film. Adding some firepower to the presentation, Reynolds – in full Deadpool costume – sent a special message to the CineEurope audience (introducing Chamber as “Tony Bloody Chambers”), while original costumes from the film were displayed outside the hall, where Reynolds’ own flying gin was introduced (with Stickers saying “Welcome to the world of Deadpool Ginematic”).

Landing just weeks after “Deadpool & Wolverine,” the latest entry in one of the most popular franchises of all time — “Alien: Romulus,” which will be released on August 16 — has received some special attention, as director Fede Álvarez takes to the world of… Cinema. stage to introduce some new extended footage. Alvarez said the film harkens back to the “early days” of Alien and its “horror roots,” and the scenes shown confirm just that.

Farther on the horizon, Disney showed great love for “Moana 2,” scheduled for release on November 29, with a troupe of dancers and a rendition of one of the songs from the animated sequel, while Barry Jenkins appeared on video to express his excitement about “Mufasa: The Lion King, the origin story of the 2019 film “The Lion King” set for release in December, particularly featuring the voices of both Beyoncé and her daughter Blue Ivy Carter.

Looking ahead to 2025, an exclusive behind-the-scenes video from the recently completed Marvel movie Thunderbolts, starring Florence Pugh and Sebastian Stan, was also shown, and an early look at The Amateur, starring Rami Malek as a trooper sent to the CIA to train to… He is able to track down his wife’s killers. Meanwhile, behind-the-scenes footage and footage from the live-action film “Snow White” was shown, starring Rachel Ziegler in the iconic lead role and Gal Gadot as the Evil Queen.

On Disney’s Searchlight arm, Brendan Fraser scored a special shout-out for CineEurope from Japan and the “Rental Family” set, which recently wrapped production. The comedy-drama, Fraser’s first film since winning an Oscar for “The Whale,” sees him play a disabled actor living in Tokyo who is hired as the token American man for a Japanese family rental company.