Sony kicked off this year’s CinemaCon in Las Vegas yesterday and unveiled first-look footage and news updates on its slate of upcoming titles – including the Brad Pitt-starring Bullet Train from John Wick filmmaker David Leitch, the historical epic The Woman King starring Viola Davis, and the much-anticipated Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. 

Sony brass also confirmed further instalments in a couple of its existing franchises, with Venom 3 and a Ghostbusters: Afterlife sequel officially greenlit.

Here’s everything we have learned so far:

– Bullet Train, the action thriller about Brad Pitt’s bucket hat-wearing, Tokyo-dwelling assassin sees readying for the famous “One Last Job”. Bullet Train will release July 29th, and new footage of the film’s opening was reportedly very well-received by audiences at Caesar’s Palace.

– The first trailer was unveiled for Gina Prince-Bythewood’s The Woman King, about the general of an all-female military regiment of the Kingdom of Dahomey that existed until 1904 (Dahomey was one of the most powerful states of Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries).
The Woman King was described as the “real-world Black Panther“, and will release September 16th in time for awards season. Viola Davis, who also attended the presentation, described the film as her “magnum opus”.

– Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Part II has been renamed as Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse. 

– Across the Spider-Verse‘s will splash its adventure on an even bigger scale than expected!  Phil Lord and Chris Miller took to the stage before presenting the first 15 minutes of raw footage for the 2023 animation, revealing that the film will take place across six dimensions and has 240 characters in it – for comparison, the Oscar-winning Into the Spider-Verse was set in one dimension and had just 40 characters.

CinemaCon continues until Thursday 28th April, so expect further updates from us as the week progresses!