This April, the annual CinemaCon event will take place at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas but you can forget about seeing Sony Pictures there. It's been confirmed today that despite the studio having a slate made up of movies like Spider-Man: Far From Home, Men In Black: International, and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, they won't be in attendance.
It's unclear why they're choosing to give the show a miss but they were there last year alongside the likes of Disney, Fox, Paramount, Universal, and Warner Bros., so this is definitely a departure for the studio (it could just be that they're confident enough in their slate that they don't feel the need to spend money attending...that's why Marvel Studios frequently skips Comic-Con).
It's said that Fox may also choose to give it a miss but there is talk of folding their presentation into Disney's following the acquisition. If that happens, it will be interesting to see whether or not Dark Phoenix is referenced in any way or if it's overlooked in order to keep all eyes on the eventual reboot.
"We can be disappointed by Sony’s decision but we can’t be upset," Mitch Neuhauser, managing director of CinemaCon says. "There’s been an outpouring of support from the other studios about it. The upcoming show will be one of the best we’ve ever had."
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Happy Hogan
The trailer kicks off with Peter's Aunt May clearly enjoying her nephew's fame but things take an unexpected turn when Happy Hogan arrives and, well, the two of them seem to be getting on a little too well for the wall-crawler's liking!
Happy played a small but pivotal role in Spider-Man: Homecoming and with Tony Stark's status unclear following the events of Avengers: Endgame, it makes sense for him to step up here (it also wouldn't have really added up for Tony to be romantically involved with May now he's rekindled things with Pepper Potts).
The question is, when did Happy and May get the chance to grow close? Presumably, it has something to do with the charitable work Peter appears to be doing as his superhero alter-ego.
But What's The Deal With His Powers?
Here's something we didn't read in the descriptions of the trailer that popped up online last month.
Mysterio's powers definitely appear to be magic based as symbols are being conjured in front of his hands which don't look at that different to what we see from Doctor Strange during his adventures. Rather than Beck making his suit from salvaged Chitauri tech, is it possible that he's a failed sorcerer who is now using his limited abilities for nefarious means?
That would definitely be a more interesting route to take things down that recycling a plot point from Spider-Man: Homecoming and basically making him Vulture 2.0 as a result.
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