How About Some Transformers, Dungeons & Dragons, and Mission Impossible 7 Updates?

Early footage from 2023’s Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves and Mission: Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1 simply screened at CinemaCon in Las Vegas and we’re right here to let you know all about it.

First of all, sure, Mission: Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1 is the official title of what we had lengthy been referring to as Mission: Impossible 7 (which implies, we assume, Mission: Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 2 will probably be the title of Mission Impossible 8). And although it gained’t be out for effectively over a yr—its launch date is July 14, 2023—Paramount screened a full trailer for the movie. The motive? We suspect it will likely be connected to subsequent month’s launch of star Tom Cruise’s different massive blockbuster, Top Gun: Maverick, although Paramount had not confirmed this as of publication.

Nevertheless, the trailer was action-packed, as one would suspect, with a really unique-trying key apparently enjoying a significant function. There had been motion scenes on horses, on a submarine, on high of a prepare because it went by a tunnel (very very similar to the primary movie), and even a shot of a prepare flying off the facet of a cliff. We additionally see Cruise and Hayley Atwell in a automotive chase on the streets of some ornate, previous metropolis, in a very tiny yellow Fiat. All of which culminates with Cruise on a bike rushing off a cliff, letting go of that motorbike, and letting it crash as he pulls a parachute and glides towards the bottom. Filmed from above. For actual. (Which we all know as a result of at CinemaCon 2021, Cruise and director Christopher McQuarrie confirmed a bunch of footage of it.)

The star and director additionally appeared on display with a pre-taped introduction for the footage (in addition to Top Gun: Maverick) filmed mid-air, above an enormous mountain vary, as Cruise stood on high of an airplane. Literally. McQuarrie then got here up in one other airplane subsequent to him to inform him they wanted to get again to capturing Mission: Impossible 8. Then the three planes (two on display, one filming) all banked exhausting left and flew down. With Cruise nonetheless standing on high of it.  

Because Paramount selected to point out Top Gun: Maverick in its totally (which we gained’t be masking as a result of it’s extra of a straight motion movie, however I nonetheless cherished it very, very a lot), the remainder of its presentation was a bit of shorter than different studios. We noticed some logos for upcoming movies, like John Krasinski’s mysterious If with Ryan Reynolds, in addition to A Quiet Place Day One. And then a reel of footage from a couple of different films which included two massive style movies: Transformers: Rise of the Beasts and Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts opens June 9, 2023, and although there have been just a few photographs of footage proven at CinemaCon, they had been tremendous cool. There was considered one of Optimus Prime, who regarded very very similar to the mix of Michael Bay and G1 designs we noticed in Bumblebee. Just a few photographs of star Anthony Ramos reacting to what we assume can solely be large robots coming at him. One of him driving and seeing about six of the identical Porsche criss-crossing in entrance of him, and even a shot of a Transformer we expect could be Arcee, who was rolling alongside an enormous Volkswagen van. You couldn’t actually inform what was happening general but it surely was apparent the movie could have the size and scope of the earlier Transformers movies. You can learn extra concerning the plot and Beast Wars tie-ins from earlier reporting.

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves hits theaters March 2, 2023 and sadly additionally didn’t present plenty of footage. What we did see nonetheless was giant, stunning vistas, Chris Pine and Regé-Jean Page wearing ornate armor, and most notably, a number of of the movie’s characters standing in some type of area that was transferring round them. Like platforms elevating and decreasing from the bottom. I’ll be sincere. I don’t know a lot about D&D so whether or not or not that’s one thing from the mythology is past me—however took a film that I had zero curiosity in and moved the dial for positive. It definitely looks like the franchise is being handled with the utmost respect.

And with that, io9’s CinemaCon 2022 protection involves an finish. Thank you a lot for studying and we’ll see you subsequent yr.

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