At CinemaCon, Warner Bros chose to speak about their movies that are fairly close to their release date. Sinners comes out in about two weeks, Final Destination: Bloodlines comes out in May, F1 comes out in June, Superman comes out in July, Weapons comes out in August, and Mortal Kombat II comes out in October. The main exception to this was The Bride! which is just under a year from release.
Because WB chose to focus on their movies that are coming out sooner rather than later, some huge franchises went without an announcement.
Supergirl
Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow will be the first film to feature Kara Zor-El as the live action main character since Supergirl in 1984, just over forty years ago. Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow started filming in January, a bit before Lanterns. It's possible the team at DC Studios could have cooked up some footage to show fans at CinemaCon, but two months of filming isn't all that long. That being said, we haven't seen Kara's suit at all and we've barely seen a logo. We also could have been treated to a first look at Jason Momoa as Lobo which would have set the internet on fire.
The Batman
The Batman Part II has not started filming at all and we're not even sure if Matt Reeves is close to finishing the script, but fans will take anything we can get from The Batman Epic Crime Saga. There wouldn't be anything to show us, but Reeves, Gunn, Safran, or even Pattinson could have provided us with some details about the film. If Reeves has decided on a villain, Freeze, Hush, Scarecrow, whoever, that would be another announcement that would explode on the internet. If there's been any casting choices made for new characters, that would be another great announcement. As this movie isn't coming out for two more years, however, most of these decisions probably haven't been made.
Lord of the Rings
Lord of the Rings is one Warner Bros most popular and profitable franchises to date. The original trilogy of movies is adored across the fandom. The Hobit trilogy is less universally loved, but it still has a plethora of fans. The Rings of Power definitely has its critics within the fanbase, but it still brought in tons of viewers in Amazon Prime Video. The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum is a new Lord of the Rings movie that was announced in May of 2024 with a 2026 release date, but that date was pushed back to 2027. The only cast announcement is Andy Serkis who is reprising his role as Gollum and will also be directing the film. As filming hasn’t even started, there wouldn’t be any footage to show, but fans were still hoping for something.
Dune
Out of all the left out franchises, this was one of the most surprising as Dune is incredibly popular and generally well liked. Dune: Messiah is scheduled to come out in December of 2026. The film just went into production, but Dune: Prophecy ended not all that long ago, so some sort of panel regarding the franchise was expected.
Still, there were lots of great announcements at WB's CinemaCon appearance. What did you think of the lineup? Let us know in the comments!