(Las Vegas) Disney stuck strictly to the script Wednesday at CinemaCon in Las Vegas: the entertainment giant revealed images of its upcoming blockbusters, IndianaJones And The little Mermaidwithout commenting on the legal battles and the massive layoffs that dot its news.
The group has just filed a lawsuit against Governor Ron DeSantis, whom it accuses of waging ‘political revenge’ by stripping Disney World’s special status in Florida and appointing a new committee to oversee the future of the amusement park. .
The company also began a new wave of layoffs this week, as part of a plan announced in February that should allow it to cut 7,000 jobs.
But faced with the gratin of movie theater owners gathered in Las Vegas, the group focused on its catalog of cinematic releases. Starring a new episode ofIndianaJonesof which Disney revealed an extract of a breathtaking chase in the alleys of Tangier, Morocco.
Embodying the adventurer for more than forty years has meant a lot to me “, explained in a video message Harrison Ford, who finds his hat and his whip in this fifth installment entitled Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.
“These films are full of adventure, of heart,” continued the actor, who will present the new version of Indy at the Cannes Film Festival in May before a summer release on the big screen.
In this new opus, actress Phœbe Waller-Bridge plays the goddaughter of Indiana Jones, who does not hesitate to upset the archaeologist by calling him an “aging grave robber”.
Artificial intelligence
Disney also unveiled new clips from its remake of The little Mermaidfor which he chose live action rather than cartoon.
We see the sea witch Ursula, played by Melissa McCarthy, manipulating the heroine Ariel – the African-American actress Halle Bailey – into agreeing to take human form for three days, as part of a diabolical bargain. .
“She’s attractive, she’s a dishonest girl. Maybe that’s why I identify with her,” Ms.me McCarthy, the only actress present on stage for the entire Disney presentation.
Besides these two blockbusters, the group discussed a new science fiction film in which humans fight against an artificial intelligence in a post-apocalyptic future.
Renamed The Creatorthis feature film which should be released in September benefits from a “very opportune timing” according to Disney, at a time when the capacities of software like ChatGPT and Midjourney generate a broad public debate around artificial intelligence.
The group also presented elementala new Pixar cartoon, a new adventure by detective Hercule Poirot titled A Haunting in VeniceAnd Haunted Mansiona fantasy film starring Owen Wilson.
As for its Marvel superheroes, the group must release the third installment of Guardians of the Galaxy in May and The Marvels in November.
Finally, the same month, Wish will mark the 100e Disney’s anniversary with “an original animated musical adventure inspired by the classics”.
The film stars Ariana DeBose as a young woman who lives in a magical kingdom “just off the Iberian Peninsula”, where “wishes do come true”.
CinemaCon runs through Thursday in Las Vegas.