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It’s Day 2 of Disney’s D23 in Anaheim and the company’s mega-movies are front and center. Alan Horn, Co-Chairman and Chief Creative Officer of The Walt Disney Studios, is taking the stage to preview the upcoming slate of films, a list that includes Black Panther and Frozen sequels as well as the final installment of the Star Wars Skywalker saga that began in 1977.
Horn’s preview in front of 6,800 often delirious fans draws on Hollywood’s gaudiest roster of hitmakers. Marching under his Walt Disney Studios banner are Disney, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, Pixar Animation Studios, and, newly added, Twentieth Century Fox, Fox Searchlight Pictures, and Blue Sky Studios.
With a title card on the overhead screen showing the titles of upcoming Fox releases (including Avatar) but Horn said the Fox acquisitions are “not quite ready” to be part of the D23 presentation. Then he brings out filmmaker J.J. Abrams and Kathleen Kennedy, president of Lucasfim, who arrive on stage to the soaring fanfare of John Williams’ signature Star Wars theme.
Rise of Skywalker opens Dec. 20 and closes out the Skywalker saga that began when George Lucas launched his era-defining space opera in 1977 with the first Jedi film, Star Wars, later renamed Episode IV: A New Hope.
“What an ending. I can’t wait for you to share what we have all been doing all these months under J.J.,” Anthony Daniels says in a voice that has the familiar lilt of his character, C3PO, to a strong ovation. Abrams (getting a bit choked up) praises the late Carrie Fisher and confides that the Star Wars icon put a “special thanks” to him in her memoir, The Princess Diarist , that seemed to foretell the fact that Abrams would direct this final chapter of the Skywalker odyssey.
Abrams says work is still underway on the trailer (groan from the audience) but says there is something to share. Screens show a terrific teaser trailer. Scenes of Imperial Star Destroyers floating in the upper atmosphere of a planet under siege. Fisher’s image flashes on the screen and sentiment wells up in the room. Scenes of lightsabers spinning in the air and much Jedi combat. The Emperor returns and Star Wars fans in the room cheer so loud that they could probably be heard on Endor.
Horn moves on to Marvel Studios and introduces the “man with the hat” as he calls Kevin Feige, president of Marvel Studios, who comes on stage and brings out Ryan Coogler, director of Black Panther, the only superhero film ever nominated for best picture. “We really, really want it to be right,” Coogler says by way of explaining why there’s no footage or even a title. There is a release date however: May 6, 2012.
Marvel Studios is the hottest brand in Hollywood after closing out a first decade of almost unreal success. But it moves forward with new challenges to overcome. Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, and Tom Holland won’t be returning to the familiar Marvel ensemble while Scarlett Johansson (with one film left) and Jeremy Renner (with a Disney+ series left) are short-timers. The Marvel Cinematic Universe has also reluctantly deported Spider-Man back to Sony after revenue-split renegotiations ended the properties unique cinematic dual citizenship.
Feige’s bid to create the next wave of Marvel stars hinges on minting new characters and heroes. To that end he brings out the cast of the Eternals (including Angelina Jolie) who stand on stage and wave and then promptly leave without uttering a word. Feige announces Kit Harrington of Game of Thrones is joining The Eternals cast and the actor’s image flashes on overhead screen.
Feige cues up a surprise: overhead screens show Scarlett Johansson and David Harbour in a helicopter. The actors feign a scene and then break character to address the camera. “Can’t wait to see — can’t wait for you to see — what we’ve been cooking up,” Johansson says in the taped message from the London set of Black Widow.
Feige introduces Black Widow footage and it looks great. In scenes of dank alleys and cobblestone streets the footage follows Johansson’s Natasha Romanoff into atmospheric European espionage settings. “I have a specific skill set,” the super spy says at one point (evoking Taken) and action shifts into a high-velocity, close quarters combat scene in a kitchen (evoking the Bourne films). Scenes include a first look at Taskmaster, a relatively obscure character from the pages of Marvel Comics in the early 1980s.
The show keeps rolling. Dwayne Johnson emerges on stage to thunderous ovation and Introduces footage from new comedy, Jungle Cruise. Johnson, evincing a macho bluster, compares himself to Harrison Ford, Humphrey Bogart, and Michael Douglas and explains that the movie is an adventure that shows him “rescuing the girl.” Emily Blunt, his costar, comes on stage protesting her costar’s hubris (and riding in a vintage convertible). The pair keep up the playful facade and shows a different rebuttal trailer that shows the adventure more from the female point of view. The film opens July 2020.
Sean Bailey moves on Maleficent: Mistress of Evil and reintroduces Anglina Jolie. “I missed her and I love playing her. In the first film we brought two people, two creatures, who were very different and historic enemies in many ways, but they are family and we brought them together.” In the new film those differences pull the characters apart. “What is family and what defines family is what you believe in,” Jolie says, talking about the nature of family bonds transcending blood relations.
Jolie brings out two costars, one returning and one new. Elle Fanning, now 21, says the return has deepened her affection for the franchise which has “marked very special moments in my life.” Michelle Pfeiffer, who gets a warm welcome, says working with amazing women on the project and the script were the selling points for her.
Footage from Maleficent sequel shows Jolie and Fanning debating romance. “Love doesn’t always end well,” Jolie says in a line that will evoke smirks from many. Scene shifts to a royal dinner with Pfeiffer dripping jewels and dressed in a queen’s resplendent white regalia. The dinner doesn’t go well and ends with Maleficent unleashing bolts of green eldritch energy that create havoc.
https://deadline.com/2019/08/d23-rise-of-skywalker-frozen-2-marvel-plans-previewed-in-anaheim-1202703410/
2019-08-24 17:05:00Z
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