Warner Movies Dazzle CinemaCon But Preview Lacks Pizzazz

LAS VEGAS, , (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 30th Mar, 2017 ) - Warner Bros. previewed its stunning slate of some of the mostly hotly anticipated upcoming movies at CinemaCon Wednesday -- but its tightly scripted format lacked the personality of many rival shows.

Warner is among ten studios presenting its output for the coming months at the four-day Las Vegas convention, where studios tend to allow their stars off the leash to improvise, banter and reveal secrets behind their productions.

The studio flouted that convention, however, eschewing Q&A panels and having its actors read scripted speeches voicing excitement with little in the way of insight or revelation. For the lion's share of the presentation, at the Caesar's Palace hotel, the celebrities were either relatively obscure or were beamed in from elsewhere by video link.

Even the big finish -- a personal appearance by Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Jason Momoa, Ezra Miller and Ray Fisher to promote D.

C. movie "The Justice League" -- turned into a damp squib. The stars, who play Batman, Superman, Aquaman, Flash and Cyborg respectively, left the stage after only a few minutes without uttering a single word, leaving director Jack Snyder to make prepared comments.

"That was lame," said one delegate as the lights went up and people began to file out of the hotel's packed Colosseum theater. It's not that the footage of the movies themselves failed to live up to expectations; the crowd shrieked with fright during previews for upcoming horrors films "Annabelle Creation" and "It." And they howled with laughter during previews of comedies "The House," starring Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler, and "Bastards," the directorial debut of Larry Sher, the cinematographer on "The Hangover" and its sequels.