Fantastic Beasts Presentation At CinemaCon
By Ani Bundel
Warner Brothers closes out their CinemaCon presentation in Las Vegas with a Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them presentation.
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Does it feel to you like a whole lot of trailers suddenly came out in the last few days? Not just the one for Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them, but also Star Wars’ Rogue One, Suicide Squad, with Doctor Strange promising another one today, just to name a few. The reason for the season, my friends, is that out in Las Vegas, CinemaCon is on!
For those unfamiliar with the event, this is the “Official Convention of The National Association of Theatre Owners.” Basically, all of Hollywood treks out to a hotel in Las Vegas where they struggle mightily to convince theater owners–both national chains and and stand alones around the nation, that their movies are the ones they want to book on the most screens in their theaters when they open. To that end they bring along never before seen footage, behind the scenes videos, and make huge announcements of the latest spin offs in order to impress those who hold the fate of their movies successes in their hands.
Warner Brothers presentation was part of Tuesday’s session, and much like at the MTV Movie Awards, they saved their biggest splash–Fantastic Beasts–for last. Most of the movie’s cast was on hand: Eddie Redmayne, Alison Sodul, Dan Fogel and Colin Farrell. (Katherine Waterson was unable to make it.) According to those tweeting from inside the room, there wasn’t much in terms of new footage–the trailer was the same one we saw Sunday. Instead, the exclusive video was a behind the scenes look, including an interview with J.K. Rowling, and a single new “scene.” (The videos that show at these things very rarely are released to the public or on line, so chances are we won’t get to see it ourselves.)
LAS VEGAS, NV – APRIL 12: (L-R) Actors Dan Fogler, Eddie Redmayne, Alison Sudol and Colin Farrell attend CinemaCon 2016 Warner Bros. Pictures Invites You to “The Big Picture”, an Exclusive Presentation Highlighting the Summer of 2016 and Beyond at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace during CinemaCon, the official convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners, on April 12, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for CinemaCon)
No new Fantastic Beasts footage but bts pushed JK Rowling's involvement and Yayes says it's like getting the band back together #CinemaCon
— Gregory Ellwood - The Playlist 🎬 (@TheGregoryE) April 13, 2016
The Behind the Scenes did include one new scene:
Only one new #FantasticBeasts scene shown at #CinemaCon & that was a group of people in red cloaks. New quotes from @jk_rowling also
— Maura (@MauraLeamy) April 13, 2016
Speculation is that these might be Ilvermorny students, but that was just a few Twitter guesses.
JK Rowling says she has "a different level of involvement" w/ Fantastic Beasts v Harry Potter films. "I feel very close to this" #CinemaCon
— Julie Miller (@juliewmiller) April 13, 2016
"There's new wizards and witches and of course, those Fantastic Beasts." Warners ending strong #CinemaCon
— Erik Davis (@ErikDavis) April 13, 2016
Let’s hope the theater owners were impressed! Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them will be out in theaters (and hopefully booked on many screens) this November.