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Disney and Marvel at CinemaCon 2025: The Biggest Moments

April 4, 2025 Ogghy Filed Under: ENTERTAINMENT, IGN

Disney’s CinemaCon presentation was filled with footage showcasing some of the upcoming films from Disney, Marvel, and more.

While the studios have yet to release most of the clips, we were in attendance and are here to break down the biggest moments for you from The Fantasic Four: First Steps to Thunderbolts* to Avatar: Fire and Ash and more.

New Fantastic Four Footage Reveals a Major Plot Point… and the Female Silver Surfer

The Fantastic Four took center stage at CinemaCon and we got a look at brand-new footage of the long-awaited film that will be released in theaters on July 25, 2025.

The footage begins with Mark Gatiss’ Ted Gilbert hosting his 1960s Ed Sullivan Show-style talk show and recapping the story of the Fantastic Four. We get to see the space trip that transformed them, their popularity amongst the people, and their powers, minus the stretching abilities belonging to Pedro Pascal’s Reed Richards.

We then cut to a look at the Fantastic Four’s home life and see more of our favorite robot, H.E.R.B.I.E., who is cooking with Ebon Moss Bachrach’s Ben. The big reveal here is… SPOILER WARNING… Vanessa Kirby’s Sue Storm is pregnant.

It doesn’t end there as we were then treated to the first shots of Julia Garner’s Shalla-Bal, the Silver Surfer. She says, “your planet is now marked for death,” and that is followed by shots of Galactus’ shadow over New York.

Lastly, Reed is seen getting ready for a mission and questioning whether or not they are safe. We also saw a large crowd running through the city and a little girl finding a The Thing action figure before being enveloped in Galactus’ shadow herself. The final shot is off the SIlver Surfer flying towards the camera on her surfboard.

Thunderbolts: New Footage Revealed the Sad Outcome of Bucky’s Political Career

To help with the wait until Thunderbolts* is unleashed into theaters on May 2, Marvel has revealed new footage of the upcoming MCU film.

It all begins with the team driving to Jefferson Starship’s ‘Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now,’ and we hear Bucky (Sebastian Stan) and Red Guardian (David Harbour) talking about the Super Soldier Serum and Hydra. In the back, Yelena (Florence Pugh) is talking about her Widow’s Bite bracelets with Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen) and John Walker (Wyatt Russell).

The vehicle our heroes are in then smashes through glass walls and a fight breaks out where we see some of the unique skills and powers of these Thunderbolts in action. The fight is interrupted by Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), who tells them to come upstairs in what is revealed as the building once known as Avengers Tower.

Valentina talks about purchasing Avengers Tower and then addresses the team one by one, all before mocking Bucky’s brief time as a congressman as he couldn’t even make it half a term. Bucky lunges at Valentina, but he is stopped by an unseen force that we soon learn is caused by the Sentry. His reign of terror doesn’t end there either as the footage ends with him taking out our favorite new team with ease.

Avatar: Fire and Ash Footage Introduced New Na’vi Allies and Adversaries

Ahead of its December 19 release date, Avatar: Fire and Ash was given an introduction by director James Cameron before the first-ever footage was shown to the audience.

“The Sully family are really put through the ringer on this one as they face not only the human invaders, but new adversaries: the Ash People,” Cameron said in his introduction.

We got to see about five minutes of the film in 3D, and it featured two new groups of Na’vi – the Tlalim clan, a.k.a. the Windtraders, and the Mangkwan clan, a.k.a. the Ash People. The former are nomads who “sail” the skies and the latter have rejected their diety and the ways of the Na’vi after a volcano destoryed their homeland and left nothing but ash.

The next sequence starred Jak Sully, Neytiri, Lo’ak, Tuk, Kiri, and Spider living amongst the Windtraders and sailing high above the sky in their membrane-like sails that look like jellyfish. All is well until they are attacked by the Ash People.

First Predator: Badlands Trailer Shown at CinemaCon

Elle Fanning took the stage at CinemaCon to unveil the first trailer for Predator: Badlands, where the Predator is a… good guy?! This new Predator is a younger warrior who has been cast out from his tribe and chooses to work with Fanning’s character.

“Something unprecedented happens in this movie,” Fanning said. “My character is not the one being chased. My character actually teams up with the Predator. And you get to see him in a completley new light. And… I’ll stop there!”

As for the trailer, it kicks off with Predator relics on a ship and then a Predator standing on the shore of a planet that is not Earth. He also isn’t wearing his helmet. Alongside glimpses of the Predator being surrounded by giant deadly monsters and Fanning’s character saying, “You’re somthing that cannot be killed,” the footage ends with a bang as the Predator roars and faces down another massive creature with no fear.

Predator: Badlands will be released in theaters on November 7, 2025.

Tron: Ares Footage Gives Us a Tease of the Digital and Real Worlds Colliding

Program initiated. #CinemaCon pic.twitter.com/QUan8n66ma

— Walt Disney Studios (@DisneyStudios) April 3, 2025

Tron: Ares will be released in theaters on October 10, 2025, and CinemaCon gave us a tease of this new adventure that will see the digital and real worlds collide. The footage begins with a highly sophisticated program, Jared Leto’s Area, entering the real world from his digital home. This momentous occasion marks the first time humanity has encountered these AI beings in their world.

Ares can be seen speeding through a city on his red-tinged light cycle, leaving police cars in his wake that have no hope of catching him. A Recognizer can also be seen hovering over the city with terrified citizens looking on.

Gillian Anderson’s character, who appears to be a business executive, makes an appearance alongside Jeff Bridges’ Kevin Flynn, who can be heard saying, “Are you ready? Because there’s no going back.” And yes, the footage was accompanied by music by Nine Inch Nails.

Lilo & Stitch Clip Shows Stitch Causing Chaos at Jimmy’s Luau

The live-action remake of Lilo & Stitch is set to be released in theaters on May 23, 2025, and CinemaCon presented us with a clip that fans of the original should be familiar with. The footage takes place at Jimmy’s Luau, where Nani works, and sees Lilo and Stitch joining her. People still think Stitch is some weird dog, even David, but he doesn’t behave like a good boy as he escapes his leash and has a western showdown with Lilo with a soda gun.

Zootopia 2 and Elio Steal Our Hearts With New Footage, Adorable Animals, and More

Zootopia 2 and Elio both got new looks at CinemaCon, wit helio getting roughly 10 minutes of showtime with footage we’ve seen in the trailers ane beyond.

For Zootopia 2, Ke Huy Quan, who plays Gary De’Snake, took the stage to share new details about the much-anticipated sequel, including that Quinta Brunson will be playing an adorable quokka therapist named Dr. Fuzzby.

🚨NEW ANIMAL JUST DROPPED🚨 Meet the newest addition to Zootopia 2 with Quinta Brunson as the quokka therapist Dr. Fuzzby! pic.twitter.com/0iIk8hEvET

— Disney Animation (@DisneyAnimation) April 3, 2025

Nick and Judy are seen chasing after Gary De’Snake and are searching for clues as to his wherabouts. Alongside the way, they stop at therapy and meet the wonderful Dr. Fuzzby.

Lindsay Lohan Flirts With Chad Michael Murray Even Though She’s Really Jamie Lee Curtis in New Freakier Friday Footage

Did you feel that? Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis reunite at #CinemaCon to celebrate Freakier Friday coming to theaters August 8. pic.twitter.com/3Hv3djwG5G

— Walt Disney Studios (@DisneyStudios) April 3, 2025

After Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis took the stage at CinemaCon, footage was shown of Lindsay’s Anna, who is actually housing Curtis’ Tess in her body after they swap, flirting with Chad Michael Murray’s Jake. Jake then asks if Tess’ husband is still alive and she confirms she is and that he’s very old.

Freakier Friday will be released in theaters on August 8, 2025.

Thunderbolts: New Footage Revealed the Sad Outcome of Bucky’s Political Career

April 3, 2025 Ogghy Filed Under: ENTERTAINMENT, IGN

With the release of Thunderbolts just a month away, some new footage was shown from the film today at CinemaCon in Las Vegas, introduced by stars Florence Pugh (“Yelena Belova”), David Harbour (“Alexei Shostakov / Red Guardian”), Hannah John-Kamen (“Ava Starr / Ghost”), Wyatt Russell (“John Walker / U.S. Agent”) and Julia Louis-Dreyfus (“Valentina Allegra de Fontaine”) – with Pugh saying how much she loved getting to jump from the second highest building in the world in the film.

In the footage, we see the team driving, making small talk, as Jefferson Starship’s “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” (used prominently in the film’s recent trailer) plays on the radio. Up front, Bucky (Sebastian Stan) and Red Guardian talk about the super soldier serum and Hydra, while in the back, Yelena is discussing her Widow’s Bite bracelets with Ghost and John Walker, and asking John about the helmet he wears in battle.

They then pull up to their destination, smashing their vehicle through the glass walls of the bottom floor. The minute they get out, we get the quick juxtaposition from the laid back vibe on the drive to how all-business they can be in fight, with them all doing fairly brutal takedowns of the soldiers attacking them, as Ghost, the most notably superpowered of the bunch, uses her phasing abilities.

The fight is then interrupted by the voice of Valentina, who tells them to come upstairs – though Bucky still punches out the guy he was fighting. It turns out they’re in what was once Avengers Tower!

In the top floor where Tony Stark once declared “We have a Hulk,” Valentina talks about how expensive it was to buy the building, and then laughs about the unlikely group in front of her – as she and Yelena face off about Valentina pitting them all against each other, only for them to become a team. Valentina goes through the group one-by-one, throwing out insults, calling John Walker “Jr. Varsity Captain America.”

However, she doesn’t recognize Red Guardian at all, asking who “Santa” is, infuriating him. On the flip side, Valentina seems to know Ghost quite well, casually calling her “Ava.” She then mocks Bucky’s brief time as a congressman (he was running for office in Captain America: Brave New World), saying it’s embarrassing he only served less than half a term.

Bucky lunges at Valentina when an unseen force stops him in his tracks, making him unable to move. That’s when we see boots coming down the stairs, clearly belonging to the Sentry, and get glimpses of him wiping the floor with the team (though we still don’t see him fully in the shots included).

For more CinemaCon coverage, here’s we learned about The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Avatar: Fire and Ash, Predator: Badlands, Superman, Mortal Kombat II, Resident Evil, Spider-Man: Brave New Day, Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse, John Wick 5, Jurassic World Rebirth, Now You See Me: Now You Don’t, Masters of the Universe, The Beatles, The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender, TRON: Ares, and Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning.

The First Footage From Edgar Wright’s The Running Man Shows How He’s Gone Back to Stephen King’s Source Material

April 3, 2025 Ogghy Filed Under: ENTERTAINMENT, IGN

At CinemaCon today, Edgar Wright and cast members Glen Powell, Josh Brolin and Colman Domingo debuted the first footage from the filmmaker’s new take on The Running Man. Like the 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger film, Wright’s movie is adapted from the Stephen King book of the same name (written under his Richard Bachman pseudonym) about a dystopian game show where trained killers hunt you to the death – though there’s a huge cash prize if you can somehow survive. Wright said that while he enjoyed the 1987 movie, he always wanted to see the book – one of his favorites as a teenager – more properly adapted, which is where his version comes in.

The footage shown today indicates many of the details from the book discarded in the earlier film are put back in, starting with Ben Richards (Glen Powell) now much more of an everyman who volunteers for the games, thanks to financial desperation, rather than Schwarzenegger’s framed police officer who was forced to play them. Wright noted that Ben initially wants to play one of the other, less lethal games, only to end up in “the big one.”

In the ‘87 film, the show’s host, Killian, was also the executive producer, but the new film restores these aspects to two separate characters, as King intended – with Josh Brolin’s Killian now solely the executive producer of The Running Man, while Colman Domingo’s Bobby Thompson hosts the show. We see Killian trying to convince Ben to play The Running Man and when Ben tells him “I’m not trying to get myself killed, so kiss my ass twice,” Killian replies “That right there is why you’re perfect!” Brolin described his character as “wonderfully maniacal.”

In the footage, we see that Domingo’s Bobby is quite the showman, spotting a cowboy hat at one point and surrounded by dancing girls (the one aspect that feels inspired by the 1987 film). But we then see him scream in anger, presumably as the film goes on and Ben proves to be better at avoiding death than expected: “This is America, damn it, and we don’t put up with no bullshit! Hunt. Him. Down!”

Domingo described Bobby as someone who “knows he’s loved by America and they listen to him. He’s having a good time.” He added that he and Wright “talked about game show hosts and their function. The show must go on. The show must happen every day.”

Where the 1987 film had the game confined to a specific area, here Ben is on the run across the country, with Hunters trying to kill him wherever he goes.

Where the 1987 film had the game confined to a specific area, here Ben is on the run across the country, with Hunters trying to kill him wherever he goes. He’s also followed at every turn by drone cameras, and we see him grab a hold of one at one point and scream into it “Stop following me!” before smashing it. As you’d expect from Wright, the action looks dynamic and exciting with flourishes of dark humor, as bullets and arrows fly and some big fights break out.

The footage ended with a very well received moment where Ben takes refuge with a man (Scott Pilgrim himself, Michael Cera) who turns out to have readied himself for attack by electrifying the floor of his hallway. As he and Ben stand safely in the next room, Cera takes out a large pump action water gun and sprays the floor, frying a group of Hunters as they storm in.

Powell noted he regularly seeks career feedback from his Top Gun: Maverick co-star Tom Cruise, but was especially aware he had to speak to the actor – who is fairly legendary for his big running scenes at this point – about starring in a movie literally called The Running Man.

Powell revealed Cruise’s advice about getting ready for a role with a lot of onscreen running was simply “Film yourself running. You don’t look as cool as you think you do.”

The Running Man opens November 7, 2025.

That Robot Giggling in the Superman Sneak Peek Is the Secret to James Gunn’s Success

April 3, 2025 Ogghy Filed Under: ENTERTAINMENT, IGN

With the wide release of the five-minute Superman sneak peek that was first shown at CinemaCon earlier this week, one thing stands out even more than Krypto’s lovable (if painful for Superman) hijinks: It’s the fact that James Gunn understands the most important thing he can do for his reboot of not just the Man of Steel, but the entire DC universe, is to make us care about the characters. All of the characters, great and small, Kryptonian and human, canine and, yes, even robot. Giggling robots.

The extended preview features footage from the film that we’ve seen before, including of course Kal-El’s incredibly cute super dog arriving on the icy scene when his master is at a real low point. But it expands on that sequence from the film’s first trailer, showing us that Krypto is very much the troublemaker Gunn has described him to be. Yes, Superman is bloodied and beaten, pleading with Krypto to take him “home,” but all the pup wants to do is play. And he makes this point by jumping on the hurt Supes with all of his super-dog strength, and even dragging Kal-El’s leg up into an extremely awkward yet entirely believable pose. “Play with me, Dad!” he’s saying, in deeds if not words. It’s all very funny and it makes you love Krypto even more than you already did. Oh yes, you will believe that a super-powered dog can fly – and be lovable.

But Superman is hurt, and Krypto finally gets it, bringing Kal to the Fortress of Solitude. And that’s where we meet that giggling robot, who is one of the keys to understanding why James Gunn is so good at what he does. But before we get to that, consider that the first time we ever saw Gunn’s version of the Last Son of Krypton in action, he was in bad shape – beaten up, bleeding, needing his dog to save him. And we don’t yet know who dished out this punishment either, so this first image of Gunn’s version of Superman battered and broken is not for the benefit of getting a villain over. There’s no “look how scary this antagonist is because they beat the hell out of the Man of Steel.” The purpose of beginning the entire marketing push for this film is to show Superman in dire straits and in need of help. It’s a far cry from the typical introduction of any superhero, let alone the superhero, and yet it makes perfect sense coming from Gunn.

It’s the Harrison Ford Syndrome. Which isn’t so much a syndrome as it is a legitimate strength of Ford’s on screen persona. Either way, think about how badly Indiana Jones gets roughed up. We don’t love him because he’s so good at fighting; it’s because he’s tired and in pain just like the rest of us. Think about the scared-as-shit look on Ford’s face when he was on the run in The Fugitive, the desperate man leaping off of a dam en route to prove his innocence. Think about the hurt on Han Solo’s face, the fully bruised ego when he thought Leia was into Luke and not him at the start of Empire. It’s an everyman appeal that few actors have ever really been able to pull off. Honestly, it might just be Ford and Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley that do it completely right. The point is, seeing your heroes beat up a little bit kind of makes you love them even more, especially when they rise to the occasion later to be, you know, heroes, despite everything they’ve been through.

Giving us a Superman who right off the bat has broken ribs, a jacked-up bladder, and is in awful pain is a very Gunn choice.

Gunn knows this, and he has a track record of putting his characters through the ringer. Think back to the first time we met the Guardians of the Galaxy. The first trailer for that film shows that nobody knows Star-Lord’s name and that it stings a little. And yes, Star-Lord was a little known character from the depths of Marvel’s roster, and Superman is… well, it’s almost apples to oranges, but Gunn’s approach is exactly the same here. Let’s put some dents in our main character as quickly as we can. Let’s meet a protagonist at a moment when they’re not heroic, not saving the day, when they don’t even have the upper hand – that’s part of what makes Gunn’s superhero work resonate as well as anybody’s ever been able to.

So giving us a Superman who right off the bat has broken ribs, a jacked-up bladder, and is in awful pain even when/because his robots are healing him… it’s a very Gunn choice, and it goes a long way to getting us invested in his version of a character who, let’s not forget, has had like 10 movies and 15 TV shows or something at this point and is older than your grandparents. Superman and all his pals have been around forever, so why should we care about yet another version of his story?

And not for nothing, it’s important to remember that a significant criticism has been lobbed at Superman over the years saying his invulnerability and squeaky clean boy scout-ness are just plain boring. He was, after all, created to be the best of us, but crafting interesting narratives around an overpowered alien with only a single weakness can start to get hard after a century. So how do you make this familiar story engaging? Opening on a shot of a damaged Kal-El is a great start, but we still need to fall for the supporting cast.

And that brings us back to the giggling robot. Once Krypto gets his dad into the Fortress (which is a cool re-thinking of the classic Richard Donner ice-crystal Fortress of Solitude, only in this case one that grows out of the snowy landscape on command), the robots take custody of Superman as they carry the injured hero in to treat his wounds. In the comics we know that the ‘bot known as Kelex is usually the main caretaker of the Fortress, although here we see the main robot has the simple designation of “4” on the Superman-shield on his chest.

As they tend to Superman, 4 (voiced by Alan Tudyk) introduces the newest robot of the group: “Meet 12. She’s new.” Superman nods to her weakly, and 12 practically blushes, despite being made of metal, as she giggles and says “Oh, he looked at me!”

12 has just that one line of dialogue (we’re not sure who’s voicing the character but it’s gotta be someone we know, right?), but we’re already so invested in her and these other robots that we’re a little embarrassed to admit it. 4 also tells Kal-El that there’s no need to thank them for their service because they have “no consciousness whatsoever. Merely automatons here to serve.” But you know what? We’re calling bullshit on that right now, because you can be guaranteed that half of us are going to be crying when we see the movie and one of these robots gets killed (something that in fact has already been teased in the first trailer). There’s also something about Tudyk’s delivery of those lines, like he’s dripping with sarcasm. No consciousness my red-briefs-clad-butt.

So even while comics fans can dig in and try to figure out if 4 is Kelex or how Superman’s biology works (he has intestines!) or whatever other lore or Easter egg stuff comes to mind, Gunn isn’t actually that concerned with that stuff. At minimum, we feel comfortable saying it doesn’t seem like his first priority. Yes, he understands the geeky things, he’s a fan himself and he’s read the comics – and loves them, no doubt – but what he’s doing here is building out little character moments and beats that will make us actually care about these people. And robots. And dogs!

This isn’t gonna be a Superman movie as much as it is a James Gunn movie, and we can’t wait.

TRON: Ares Footage Shows the Digital World Entering the Real World

April 3, 2025 Ogghy Filed Under: ENTERTAINMENT, IGN

New footage from TRON: Ares was unveiled today at Disney’s CinemaCon presentation by two of its stars, Oscar winners Jared Leto and Jeff Bridges.

The footage revealed the havoc unleashed when the highly sophisticated Program, Ares, enters the real world from the digital world. It’s humanity’s first encounter with AI beings and judging from this footage, it’s not the most cordial of meetings.

Leto plays Ares, who is on a dangerous mission to our world which brings him into contact with Bridges’ Kevin Flynn, the protagonist of the prior two TRON films.

The footage showed Ares on his red-tinged light cycle zooming through a real-world city pursued by police cars who are no match to catch him. The overwhelmed citizens are terrified by the sight of a giant hovering Recognizer looming over them. There was a quick shot of Gillian Anderson’s character, who appears to be a business executive.

The emphasis of the footage — which boasted music by Nine Inch Nails — was on wild video game elements invading the real-world and the sort of terror and destruction they can yield.

At one point, we hear Flynn say, “Are you ready? Because there’s no going back.” And then we see Ares suiting up for action.

The cast also includes Greta Lee, Evan Peters, Hasan Minhaj, Jodie Turner-Smith, Arturo Castro, and Cameron Monaghan.

Directed by Joachim Rønning, TRON: Ares zooms into theaters on October 10, 2025.

For more CinemaCon coverage, find out what we learned about The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Avatar: Fire and Ash, Predator: Badlands, Superman, Mortal Kombat II, Resident Evil, Spider-Man: Brave New Day, Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse, John Wick 5, Jurassic World Rebirth, Now You See Me: Now You Don’t, Masters of the Universe, The Beatles, The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender, and Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning.

New Fantastic Four Footage Reveals a Major Plot Point… and the Female Silver Surfer

April 3, 2025 Ogghy Filed Under: ENTERTAINMENT, IGN

At CinemaCon in Las Vegas today, the Marvel Studios portion of Disney’s presentation featured the debut of brand new footage from The Fantastic Four: First Steps, including the first look anywhere of the Silver Surfer and a notable reveal about Sue Storm.

The start of the footage shows a talk show, The Ted Gilbert Show, clearly modeled after a 1960s Ed Sullivan Show style series, with Mark Gatiss (Sherlock, Game of Thrones) as the host. Ted Gilbert recaps the story of the Fantastic Four – with more glimpses of the footage we’ve seen previously of the space trip that transformed them – as we get footage showing their widespread popularity amongst the public, with cheering crowds, children included. We see Ben (Ebon Moss-Bachrach), Johnny (Joseph Quinn) and Sue (Vanessa Kirby) in action, using their powers – though, amusingly, we still weren’t given any shots of Reed’s stretching power in action. Gilbert then introduces the foursome onstage, and they stand together, in costume, in the shot we saw ending the first trailer.

Glimpses of the FF’s home life find more of the robot H.E.R.B.I.E. and Ben cooking together and Johnny chastising Reed (Pedro Pascal) and Sue for being late for dinner, leading to the big reveal about Sue, as Johnny is told his sister is pregnant. He then tells Sue she’ll be a great mom while teasing Reed he’ll be a terrible father.

We then got our first shots of Shalla-Bal, the Silver Surfer (Julia Garner), in all her gleaming, metallic glory, announcing “Your planet is now marked for death.” We then see more shots of Galactus’ shadow over New York, like in the teaser (though not a full reveal of the character yet).

Reed is seen readying for a mission, walking away from camera in a 4-logo labeled space suit as someone asks him “Are we safe?” He turns back towards them and grimly responds, “I don’t know.”

Shots of crowds running in panic across the city include a little girl stopping to retrieve an action figure of The Thing she’s dropped, but when she goes to pick it up, the giant shadow of Galactus falls over her.

The final shot of the footage then shows the Silver Surfer flying towards the camera on her surfboard.

The Fantastic Four: First Steps will be released on July 25, 2025!

Avatar: Fire and Ash Footage Introduced New Na’vi Allies and Adversaries

April 3, 2025 Ogghy Filed Under: ENTERTAINMENT, IGN

In a pre-recorded message to CinemaCon from his post-production facility in New Zealand, James Cameron introduced Zoe Saldaña to present the first-ever footage from Avatar: Fire and Ash, in theaters December 19th.

“The Sully family are really put through the ringer on this one as they face not only the human invaders, but new adversaries: the Ash People,” Cameron said in his introduction.

Roughly five minutes from the film were presented in 3D, two sequences followed by a sizzle reel. The focus of the footage presented to an audience of theater execs and press was to show an expanded look at new corners and cultures in the world of Pandora.

Two new groups of Na’vi are introduced in this third Avatar film: the Tlalim clan, aka the Windtraders, and the Mangkwan Clan, aka the Ash People. The former are nomads who “sail” the skies like sailors from the Golden Age of Sail, while the latter are baddies who have rejected their deity and the ways of the Na’vi after a volcano left their homeland a desolate wreck covered in ash.

Zoe Saldaña is back on the #CinemaCon stage to introduce Avatar: Fire and Ash. pic.twitter.com/RS8T21L4O5

— Avatar (@officialavatar) April 3, 2025

David Thewlis plays Peylak, the leader of the Windtraders, while Oona Chaplin plays the Ash People’s sinister leader, Varang. Both are featured in the footage that was shown at CinemaCon, which began with a series of images showing the expanded look at Pandora.

Then a sequence shows Jake Sully, Neytiri, their kids Lo’ak and Tuk, Kiri, and Spider living among the high-flying Windtraders whose sky boats fly with membrane-like sails that look like jellyfish. They’re then attacked from above by a raiding party of Ash People.

It then transitioned into more of an extended trailer featuring lots of action and battles in the air and land, with Varang at one point telling Neytiri that “her God has no dominion here.”

The footage – which was as eye-popping and visceral as viewers have come to expect from the Avatar films – was presented in 3D and in a high frame rate to provide an immersive, sensory experience.

For more CinemaCon coverage, find out what we learned about Superman, Mortal Kombat II, Resident Evil, Spider-Man: Brave New Day, Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse, John Wick 5, Jurassic World Rebirth, Now You See Me: Now You Don’t, Masters of the Universe, and The Beatles.

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April 3, 2025 Ogghy Filed Under: ENTERTAINMENT, IGN

Thank your own personal deity—possibly Odin the Aragami—it’s Friday! From sprawling RPGs to cosmic rhythm games, this week’s digital discounts are a goldmine for gamers across every platform. Stock up for your weekend, stay safe, save often, and I’ll catch you Monday!

This Day in Gaming 🎂

In retro news, I’m celebrating the 32nd birthday of Final Fight CD, arguably the best home version of Capcom’s touchstone beat ’em up. Way more faithful than the SNES and Mega Drive versions—or the iffy Amiga one I was raised on—this must-own was scarfed by game starved Mega-CD owners, quicker than a free oil drum chicken.

Aussie bdays for notable games

– Final Fight CD (MCD) 1993. Get

– Super Monkey Ball Jr. (GBA) 2003. Sequel

– Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil (PC) 2005. Get

– Persona 5 (PS3, PS4) 2017. Redux

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  • Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance (-53%) – A$48
  • Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled (-42%) – A$41
  • Kingdom Come Deliverance: Royal Ed. (-41%) – A$48
  • Burnout Paradise Rem. (-25%) – A$30

Or gift a Nintendo eShop Card.

Switch Console Prices

How much to Switch it up?

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Exciting Bargains for Xbox

Over on Xbox Series X, Tekken 8 (A$49) packs a punch with its dramatically cinematic story mode and real-time slow-mo KO cams. And don’t miss Gotham Knights (a bat-tastic A$15!). While it skipped Batman, it features one of gaming’s slickest co-op experiences with sneaky nods to the Arkham universe scattered throughout.

  • Star Wars Outlaws (-55%) – A$49
  • Star Wars Outlaws Gold (-60%) – A$68
  • Monster Hunter Wilds (-14%) – A$99
  • Gotham Knights (-86%) – A$15
  • Tekken 8 (-42%) – A$49

Xbox One

  • TopSpin 2K25 (-76%) – A$29
  • No More Heroes 3 (-44%) – A$43
  • Monopoly 2024 (-51%) – A$24

Expiring Recent Deals

  • Hogwarts Legacy (-57%) – A$48
  • Lies of P (-40%) – A$54
  • Witcher 3: Complete Ed. (-48%) – A$42
  • Mortal Shell: Enhanced Ed. (-90%) – A$5
  • Metaphor: ReFantazio (-33%) – A$78
  • Lords of the Fallen (-71%) – A$30
  • Inside & Limbo Bundle (-90%) – A$4
  • EA Sports FC 25 (-57%) – A$48
  • F1 24 (-55%) – A$50
  • Carrion (-75%) – A$8
  • Batman: Arkham Col. (-85%) – A$13

Or just invest in an Xbox Card.

Xbox Console Prices

How many bucks for a ‘Box?

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Pure Scores for PlayStation

And for the PlayStation 5 crowd, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth drops jaws at A$49. Alternatively, Granblue Fantasy: Relink (A$36) delivers skyfaring action and was in development for nearly a decade—originally as a PlatinumGames collaboration!

  • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (-57%) – A$49
  • Alan Wake 2 Del. Ed. (-36%) – A$77
  • Granblue Fantasy: Relink (-58%) – A$36
  • Sea of Stars (-32%) – A$36
  • Tales of Arise (-67%) – A$34
  • Harvest Moon: The Winds of Anthos (-60%) – A$28

PS4

  • Grand Theft Auto V: Premium Ed. (-64%) – A$20
  • Sleeping Dogs Def. Ed. (-38%) – A$25
  • DayZ (-49%) – A$40
  • F1 24 (-67%) – A$36

Expiring Recent Deals

  • SteelSeries Arctis Nova 7 (-40%) – A$239
  • Split Fiction (-16%) – A$60
  • Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (-74%) – A$30
  • Stray (-22%) – A$32
  • CC Final Fantasy VII – Reunion (-45%) – A$47
  • Tekken 8 (-42%) – A$50
  • The Callisto Protocol (-88%) – A$11

PS+ Monthly Freebies
Yours to keep from Apr 1 with this subscription

  • RoboCop: Rogue City | PS5
  • The Texas Chain Saw Massacre | PS4/5
  • Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth HM | PS4

Or purchase a PS Store Card.

What you’ll pay to ‘Station.

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Purchase Cheap for PC

PC players get the steal of the century with Mafia III: Definitive Edition and Minecraft Legends both dropping to nothing on Prime Gaming. It’s a top-tier open world adventure with one of my favourite soundtracks ever. 1968. What a year for music.

  • Logitech G705 Wireless (-32%) – A$92
  • Minecraft Legends (-100%) – FREE w.Prime
  • Mafia III: Def. (-100%) – FREE w.Prime
  • Session (-100%) – FREE w.Prime
  • Deus Ex: Invisible War (-100%) – FREE w.Prime
  • Mortal Shell (-100%) – FREE w.Prime
  • Legacy of Kain Defiance (-100%) – FREE w.Prime

Expiring Recent Deals

  • Haste (-20%) – A$24
  • Tekken 8 Advanced (-30%) – A$70
  • Hyper Light Drifter (-70%) – A$9
  • Atomic Heart (-67%) – A$30
  • Frostpunk (-85%) – A$6
  • Marvel’s Midnight Suns (-85%) – A$14

Or just get a Steam Wallet Card

PC Hardware Prices

Slay your pile of shame.

Laptop Deals

  • Apple 2024 MacBook Air 15-inch (-12%) – A$2,197
  • HP Envy x360 16″ 2-in-1 (-39%) – A$1,399
  • Lenovo ThinkPad E16 Gen 2 (-40%) – A$1,129

Desktop Deals

  • HP OMEN 35L Gaming (-10%) – A$2,799
  • Lenovo ThinkCentre neo 50q (-35%) – A$629
  • Lenovo ThinkCentre neo 50s (-45%) – A$1,018

Monitor Deals

  • Dell G Series G2724D (-27%) – A$398.60
  • Samsung 57″ Odyssey Neo Curved (-22%) – A$2,499

Component Deals

  • AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D (-8%) – A$885.70
  • Corsair Vengeance 32GB (-35%) – A$82
  • Kingston FURY Beast 16GB (-30%) – A$48

Storage Deals

  • Kingston 1TB USB 3.2 SSD (-14%) – A$119
  • SanDisk 128GB Extreme PRO (-59%) – A$32
  • SanDisk 32GB Ultra SDHC (-53%) – A$9.90

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Legit LEGO Deals

  • Pink Flower Bouquet (-41%) – A$59
  • Sunflowers (-41%) – A$14
  • Cherry Blossoms (-41%) – A$14
  • Lotus Flower (-41%) – A$14

Expiring Recent Deals

  • Minecraft Nether Portal (-37%) – A$39
  • Minecraft Baby Pig House (-27%) – A$23
  • Animal Crossing Isabelle’s House (-43%) – A$41
  • Mobile Crime Lab Truck (-35%) – A$66

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Hot Headphones Deals

Audiophilia for less

  • Samsung Galaxy Buds2 Pro (-34%) – A$229
  • Sony MDR7506 Pro (-18%) – A$199
  • Sony WH-CH720N (-47%) – A$139

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Terrific TV Deals

Do right by your console, upgrade your telly

  • Kogan 65″ QLED (-50%) – A$699
  • Kogan 55″ QLED (-45%) – A$549
  • LG 55″ UT80 4K (-28%) – A$869

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Adam Mathew is our Aussie deals wrangler. He plays practically everything, often on YouTube.

How to Watch A Minecraft Movie: Showtimes and Streaming Details

April 3, 2025 Ogghy Filed Under: ENTERTAINMENT, IGN

The new Minecraft movie has looked interesting from the very virst trailer. With Jack Black and Jason Momoa plopped into the world of Minecraft, it’s a video game movie that has the potential to be popular with a massive audience of both kids and adults. Minecraft is one of the best-selling video games of all time that has infiltrated pretty much every medium, so its jump to a feature film was all but a matter of time. In our review of A Minecraft Movie, we found it to be surprisingly funny despite its contraints.

If you’re hoping to catch the new live-action Minecraft movie in theaters this weekend, I’ve gathered all of the details below. For those of you waiting for it to come out on streaming and digital, I’ve also gathered the latest info I could find about release dates for both.

Where to Watch A Minecraft Movie

A Minecraft Movie, with a wide release date of April 4, is now available in theaters everywhere. To find when and where you can watch the film near you, check the listings featured below for local showtimes.

  • Fandango
  • Regal Theaters
  • AMC Theaters
  • Cinemark Theaters
  • Alamo Drafthouse

When Will It Come to Streaming?

We don’t yet have a streaming release date for A Minecraft Movie, but we know that it will land on Max when it does hit streaming because it’s a Warner Bros. project. There is no clear time period when we can expect the movie to make the jump to a streaming service since it depends on how the film does in the box office, but we can make an educated guess based on past Warner Bros. movies. Theatrical windows have shrunk in the last few years, some as short as 14 days before hitting VOD. For a movie with such crossover appeal like this one, we’d bet that it has a longer life in theaters and won’t hit streaming for three to four months. That would place the potential streaming release date sometime in June or July 2025.

What about the digital and physical release?

A Minecraft Movie does not currently have a release date for when it will become available to rent or purchase digitally. We also don’t have any details about the 4K and Blu-ray physical releases. We know that both of things will most likey happen before the film comes to streaming, so I’d venture a guess that it will be sometime closer to the end of May 2025. Considering the marketing team has pushed Minecraft Movie LEGO sets and toys ahead of the film’s release, it seems likely we could see preorders go live for the 4K/Blu-ray as early as next week.

A Minecraft Movie – Plot Summary

If you haven’t been keeping up with the latest trailers for A Minecraft Movie, here’s a quick synopsis of the film directly from the Warner Bros. website:

“Welcome to the world of Minecraft, where creativity doesn’t just help you craft, it’s essential to one’s survival! Four misfits – Garrett “The Garbage Man” Garrison (Jason Momoa), Henry (Sebastian Hansen), Natalie (Emma Myers) and Dawn (Danielle Brooks) – find themselves struggling with ordinary problems when they are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into the Overworld: a bizarre, cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination. To get back home, they’ll have to master this world (and protect it from evil things like Piglins and Zombies, too) while embarking on a magical quest with an unexpected, expert crafter, Steve (Jack Black). Together, their adventure will challenge all five to be bold and to reconnect with the qualities that make each of them uniquely creative… the very skills they need to thrive back in the real world.”

A Minecraft Movie Cast

A Minecraft Movie is directed by Jared Hess (Napoleon Dynamite, Nacho Libre) and stars:

  • Jason Momoa as Garrett
  • Jack Black as Steve
  • Sebastian Hansen as Henry
  • Emma Myers as Natalie
  • Danielle Brooks as Dawn
  • Jennifer Coolidge as Vice Principal Marlene
  • Rachel House, Jemaine Clement, Bret McKenzie, Matt Berry, and YouTubers Valkyrae, DanTDM, Aphmau, Mumbo Jumbo, and LDShadowLady all appear in various cameos or voice roles.

Rating and Runtime

A Minecraft Movie is rated PG for some violence, language, suggestive humor, and occassionally scary images. It has a total runtime of 1 hour and 41 minutes including credits. There is a mid-credits and post-credits scene you’ll want to stick around for as well.

The Alienware Aurora R16 RTX 5080 Gaming PC Is Now Available for $2,399

April 3, 2025 Ogghy Filed Under: ENTERTAINMENT, IGN

Starting today, Dell is offering an Alienware Aurora R16 gaming PC equipped with the new GeForce RTX 5080 GPU for just $2,399.99 shipped. This is one of the best prices you can get right now for an RTX 5080 equipped prebuilt, especially since most other brands seem to be jacking up prices steadily since the RTX 50 series launch in January. The only other prebuilt you can get at Dell with an RTX 5080 GPU costs over $4,000. Good luck trying to find a standalone GPU to build out your own DIY PC; you’ll probably spend as much for the GPU as you would this entire system.

Alienware Aurora R16 RTX 5080 Gaming PC for $2,400

This Alienware Aurora R16 gaming PC is equipped with an Intel Core Ultra 7 265F CPU, GeForce RTX 5080 GPU, 16GB of DDR5-5200MHz RAM, and a 1TB NVMe SSD. The current-gen Intel Core Ultra 7 265F Meteor Lake CPU boasts a max turbo frequency of 5.3GHz with 20 cores and a 30MB cache. It’s cooled by a robust 240mm all-in-one liquid cooler and the entire system is powered by a generously equipped 1,000W 80PLUS Platinum power supply.

The RTX 5080 is one of three new Blackwell graphics cards that are out (and impossible to find). In our Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 FE review, Jackie writes that “If you already have a high-end graphics card from the last couple of years, the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 doesn’t make a lot of sense – it just doesn’t have much of a performance lead over the RTX 4080, though the extra frames from DLSS 4 Multi-Frame Generation do make things look better in games that support it. However, for gamers with an older graphics card who want a significant performance boost, the RTX 5080 absolutely provides – doubly so if you’re comfortable with Nvidia’s AI goodies.”

New Release: Alienware Area-51 RTX 5080 PC

Alienware has also released its new-for-2025 Area-51 system and you can order it right now at Dell. This particular config has been upgraded with an Intel Core Ultra 9 285K processor, 64GB of RAM, and a 1TB M.2 SSD for $4.649.99 after a $400 off instant discount. The CPU is cooled by a 360mm all-in-one liquid cooler and the entire system is powered by a massive 1,500W 80PLUS Platinum power supply. Dell estimates this system to arrive at door in early April.

New for 2025: The Alienware Area-51 Chassis

Dell unveiled the new Alienware Area-51 gaming PC at CES 2025. The chassis looks similar to the 2024 R16 system with some minor aesthetic and cooling redesigns and updated components. The I/O panel is positioned at the top of the case instead of the front, and the tempered glass window now spans the entire side panel instead of just a smaller cutout. As a result, the side panel vents are gone, and instead air intakes are located at the bottom as well as the front of the case. Alienware is now pushing a positive airflow design (more intake than exhaust airflow), which usually means a less dusty interior. The internal components have also all been refreshed, with a new motherboard, faster RAM, and more powerful power supply to accommodate the new generation of CPUs and the RTX 50 series GPUs.

RTX 5080 and 5090 GPUs Are Sold Out Everywhere

The first wave of Nvidia GeForce RTX 50-series graphics cards went up for preorder and sold out within the first hour. First to be released were the two highest-end GPUs in the stack: the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080. The RTX 5070 Ti followed shortly after in February. Sadly, the same is the case with prebuilt gaming PCs equipped with these new GPUs. We saw a number of systems listed at launch, and at this point these are either out of stock, have gone up in price, or are currently experiencing extended delivery delays.

Check out more of the best Dell and Alienware gaming deals of 2025.

Why Should You Trust IGN’s Deals Team?

IGN’s deals team has a combined 30+ years of experience finding the best discounts in gaming, tech, and just about every other category. We don’t try to trick our readers into buying things they don’t need at prices that aren’t worth buying something at. Our ultimate goal is to surface the best possible deals from brands we trust and our editorial team has personal experience with. You can check out our deals standards here for more information on our process, or keep up with the latest deals we find on IGN’s Deals account on Twitter.

Eric Song is the IGN commerce manager in charge of finding the best gaming and tech deals every day. When Eric isn’t hunting for deals for other people at work, he’s hunting for deals for himself during his free time.

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