About this episode

Sean and Amanda recap their trip to CinemaCon and discuss their most anticipated movies from the event.

Sean and Amanda are joined by Puck’s Matt Belloni to recap their trip to the annual Hollywood Studio and theatrical exhibitor trade show CinemaCon! First, they break down their trip to Las Vegas and review their experience seeing ‘The Wizard of Oz’ at the Sphere (1:12). Then, they discuss the general state of movies in 2026 and share all of their main takeaways from CinemaCon (18:14). To close out the show, they each share their five most anticipated movies coming out of the event (54:21). Have a question for our 900th episode mailbag? Email us at bigpicmailbag@gmail.com or call us at 323-488-3241 and leave a message! Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins Guest: Matt Belloni Producer: Jack Sanders Production Support: Lucas Cavanagh Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins

Guest: Matt Belloni

Topics covered

• CinemaCon
• movie anticipation
• film industry
• Las Vegas
• The Wizard of Oz
• 2026 movies

Keywords

• CinemaCon
• The Wizard of Oz
• 2026 movies
• film industry
• movie anticipation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Puck

Books & works: The Wizard of Oz

Places: Las Vegas

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