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Avengers reassemble and Top Gun flies back - Hollywood studios preview their new movies

Hollywood studios previewed upcoming films at CinemaCon, announcing several sequels and reunions. Marvel's "Doomsday," set for release on December 18th, will feature returning actors Chris Evans as Captain America and Patrick Stewart as Professor Xavier, alongside new characters.

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Avengers reassemble and Top Gun flies back - Hollywood studios preview their new movies
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Hollywood studios previewed upcoming films at CinemaCon, announcing several sequels and reunions. Marvel's "Doomsday," set for release on December 18th, will feature returning actors Chris Evans as Captain America and Patrick Stewart as Professor Xavier, alongside new characters. Paramount revealed "Top Gun 3" is in development, and Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart announced "Jumanji: Open World," a sequel honoring Robin Williams. Disney and Pixar are producing "Toy Story 5," with Tom Hanks and Tim Allen returning. Other films showcased included a live-action "Moana" remake, "Ice Age: Boiling Point," "The Devil Wears Prada 2" with Meryl Streep, and "The Mandalorian and Grogu," the latest Star Wars movie.

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The new Jumanji film uses the same dice as the original 1995 film.

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Toy Story is onto its fifth instalment.

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The latest film, out on 18 December, brings together a host of Marvel characters old and new.The trailer showed a fight between Gambit and Shang-Chi, played by Channing Tatum and Simu Liu respectively, and Patrick Stewart reprising his role as X-Men's Professor Xavier. "Something's coming, something we may not be able to deter," he warns.Chris Evans returns as Steve Rogers, aka Captain America, appearing before Thor, played by Chris Hemsworth, as the Norse god's Mjolnir hammer flies into the former's hands.On stage, Evans told the CinemaCon crowd: "I said I would only come back if there was a real reason. And in Doomsday, there is a very real reason that these heroes need Steve Rogers."Tom Cruise back in the Top Gun hot seatGetty ImagesTom Cruise is returning for Top Gun 3, Paramount announced.The follow-up to 2022 blockbuster Top Gun: Maverick is "officially in development with a script well under way", Paramount's Josh Greenstein told the convention.The trio announced that the new film will be called Jumanji: Open World, with Hart saying they are "pumped about being back".Johnson revealed that the new film uses the same dice as the original 1995 film starring Robin Williams, commenting: "Robin, as we like to say, this one's for you."Sequels, more sequelsToy Story is onto its fifth instalment and the conference also saw charming footage of Woody and Buzz Lightyear fighting over who can save the toys from digital extinction - in the form of a new threat, Lilypad.Voice actors Tom Hanks and Tim Allen took to the stage in Las Vegas and acknowledged how 30 years had gone by since the first film. "We looked at a video of us doing the first one - we look like our grandchildren," Allen joked.Elsewhere on Thursday, Johnson (again) and Queen Latifah showcased footage from their forthcoming Disney films, the live action remake of Moana and Ice Age: Boiling Point respectively.Disney also played clips from The Devil Wears Prada 2, with Meryl Streep reprising her role as ice cold fashion editor Miranda Priestly.And director Jon Favreau introduced the opening scene of his new movie, the latest Star Wars offering, The Mandalorian and Grogu.
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