Disney pronkte met Avengers: Endgame, Toy Story 4 en Maleficent: Mistress of Evil op de filmbeurs CinemaCon, maar lokte het meeste reactie uit met nieuwe beelden uit Guy Ritchie’s Aladdin en Jon Favreau’s The Lion King.

Uit de eerste werd een door Will Smith gerapte versie van Friend Like Me uit de originele animatiefilm vertoond. Het nummer zorgde voor evenveel verdeeldheid als de onthulling van Smith als de Genie van enkele maanden terug.

Based on the Disney #CinemaCon footage of "Aladdin" musical comedy does not come naturally to Guy Ritchie.

— Brent Lang (@BrentALang) April 3, 2019

And after they showed the footage

— Steven Zeitchik (@zeitchikWaPo) April 3, 2019

Got a look at the full musical number from #Aladdin when Aladdin first releases the Genie in the cave. Really energetic and full of visual flair. Looks fun! #CinemaCon

— JoBlo.com (@joblocom) April 3, 2019

The “Never Had A Friend Like Me” sequence was just shown from #Aladdin, which looked good. I am there for Will Smith’s Genie. #cinemacon

— Erik Davis (@ErikDavis) April 3, 2019

New look at ALADDIN includes full performance of "Friend Like Me" (including Will Smith briefly beat-boxing). I'm going to be honest: it is pure nightmare fuel. It just looks … unnatural. The #CinemaCon audience liked it, though. Wishful thinking, I guess.

— Barry Hertz (@HertzBarry) April 3, 2019

Wow the updated #Aladdin footage from CinemaCon is so much stronger than the earlier BTS stuff. Proves that post and VFX is everything on live-action adaptations. Had more personality than effects-heavy "Be Our Guest" number, which was flat, in hindsight.

— Matt Donnelly (@MattDonnelly) April 3, 2019

De nieuwe blik op The Lion King werd dan weer unaniem positief onthaald. Het betrof een live-action-versie van de scène waarin Mufasa (stem van James Earl Jones) aan Simba (Donald Glover) uitlegt hoe ver hun koninkrijk reikt.

Disney shows "everything the light touches" scene from #LionKing at #CinemaCon. Extraordinary effects. The way the grass waves in the wind, the fur on the lion's mane, a shimmering spider's web. So realistic. This is going to make so much $.

— Brent Lang (@BrentALang) April 3, 2019

The clip we just saw of THE LION KING gives a look at the flawless CGI. I mean, if all looks real. #CinemaCon

— Jason Guerrasio (@JasonGuerrasio) April 3, 2019

https://twitter.com/HertzBarry/status/1113582630170124289

THE LION KING. Looks. SO. GOOD.

— Jeff Sneider (@TheInSneider) April 3, 2019

https://twitter.com/ScottWamplerBMD/status/1113582393414148096

“Look Simba, everything the light touches is our kingdom.” Great little scene from #ALionKing is shown and the effects are damn incredible. Emotional, funny, adorable – it’s going to do just fine.#cinemacon pic.twitter.com/kkHu2VLl24

— Erik Davis (@ErikDavis) April 3, 2019

Disney loste ook de eerste plotdetails van de Maleficent-sequel. Daarin bindt Angelina Jolie’s koningin de strijd aan met nieuwkomer Queen Ingrith (Michelle Pfeiffer). Beiden eisen het moederschap van Aurora (Elle Fanning) op en Maleficent roept onder meer de hulp in van een elf gespeeld door Chiwetel Ejiofor.

Naast live-action-bewerking van animatiefilms stelde Disney ook de superheldenprent Avengers: Endgame voor met nieuwe fragmenten. Het ging om de ontmoeting tussen Thor (Chris Hemsworth) en Captain Marvel (Brie Larson), zoals te zien in de trailer, en een ruimtemissie tegen Thanos.

Just got a sweet ENDGAME clip shown. Yeah, everyone is a little pumped. #CinemaCon

— Jason Guerrasio (@JasonGuerrasio) April 3, 2019

“Let’s go get that son of a bitch,” says Captain America as the team hatch a plan to get the stones back from Thanos in a new scene from #AvengersEndgame. It’s the lead-up to the moment w/ Thor telling Captain Marvel he likes her. #CinemaCon pic.twitter.com/NLhtlmmtTM

— Erik Davis (@ErikDavis) April 3, 2019

Best moment from #AvengersEndgame scene is when Captain Marvel is ready to just go kill Thanos herself & Rhodey is like, “Wait, where have you been all this time anyway?”
“There are a lot of planets not as fortunate to have you guys,” she says
Note Stark is now with them here

— Erik Davis (@ErikDavis) April 3, 2019

Tot slot werden de eerste 17 minuten van Toy Story 4 vertoond. De openingsscènes doen uit de doeken wat er met Bo Peep (Annie Potts) is gebeurd sinds Toy Story 2.

Ook de geboorte van het nieuwe stuk speelgoed Forky (Tony Hale) komt aan bod. Aan de reacties te zien wist het publiek het begin van de film alvast te smaken.

Opening of #ToyStory4 already had me in tears, as Woody has to experience a hard goodbye during the Andy days. Then it picks up years later and shows how Forky comes to be. It’s a film about transformations & new transitions & I will need all the tissues please#CinemaCon pic.twitter.com/XP8g5hlu0C

— Erik Davis (@ErikDavis) April 3, 2019

#ToyStory4 footage was good. About what you’d expect (which is always a good thing) and it gives a picture into some of the threads they’ll follow for this one. Will discuss at length in our video wrap-up. At this point, you know if you’re seeing it or not anyway. #CinemaCon

— JoBlo.com (@joblocom) April 3, 2019

Well, TOY STORY 4 will make another however many billions of dollars. And it should sell just as many Kleenexes. No use rehashing the plot details of the footage, but I will say the animation is next-level. The real-world elements (rain, grass, wood) especially. #CinemaCon

— Barry Hertz (@HertzBarry) April 3, 2019

Disney's #CinemaCon presentation was stunning.

Toy Story 4 was beautiful and looks like a great film. The Lion King looks like it can be a tremendous film. Aladdin actually looks fantastic!

And, Avengers: Endgame showing the new team dynamic, was epic.

— BD (@BrandonDavisBD) April 3, 2019

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