LAS VEGAS – From a surprise Cher performance to new footage of everything from Damien Chazelle’s Neil Armstrong biopic “First Man” to M. Night Shyamalan’s “Glass” and Jamie Lee Curtis’s return to “Halloween,” Universal Pictures pulled out all the showstoppers for CinemaCon attendees Wednesday morning.
Cher and a dozen backup dancers brought the house down at Caesar’s Palace with a lively performance of Abba’s “Fernando.” The legendary performer co-stars in the upcoming movie musical “Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again!” a sequel to wildly popular 2008 film, which arrives in theaters on July 20. She plays the mother of Meryl Streep’s character.
The performance closed out Universal’s presentation at the annual gathering of theater owners and exhibitors, where the studio wowed the audience with first looks at a number of their most anticipated releases, including the scary opening to “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom,” out June 22.
Universal also brought out stars like Chris Pratt, Bruce Willis, Kevin Hart, Ryan Gosling, Tiffany Haddish and Samuel L. Jackson to hype their upcoming slate.
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