Oscar-nominated actress, writer and producer Melissa McCarthy has been honored with CinemaCon’s 2023 Cinema Vérité Award.
The awarding of the award by the NATO conference at the Big Screen Achievement Awards ceremony, which will take place on the evening of April 27 in the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, comes just less than a month before the release of Disney’s new live action Tasks instead of op The little mermaidby filmmaker Rob Marshall, in which McCarthy plays the sea witch Ursula.
Others to be honored besides the hyphen in the plural include Oppenheimer‘s Christopher Nolan & Emma Thomas, who will receive the NATO Spirit of the Industry Award; the cast of Lionsgates joy ride, receiving the Comedy Ensemble of the Year Award; The dune Zendaya of the franchise, who is up for the Star of the Year award; and the Transformers: Rise of the Beasts Duo of Anthony Ramos and Dominique Fishback who will win the Rising Stars of the Year award.
“Melissa McCarthy has moved audiences around the world to tears with such unforgettable performances on film as in theaters bridesmaids, The heat And spy and left them on the edge of their seats with their memorable roles in it can you ever forgive meAnd Saint Vincent to name a few,” said CinemaCon Managing Director Mitch Neuhauser. “Her upcoming role in the iconic role of Ursula is sure to delight audiences around the world and we couldn’t be more honored to present her with this year’s CinemaCon Cinema Vérité Award.”
McCarthy joins The little mermaid by Halle Bailey, Jonah Hauer-King, Daveed Diggs, Awkwafina, Jacob Tremblay, Noma Dumezweni, Art Malik and Javier Bardem. The film, which opens in theaters nationwide on May 26, features music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Howard Ashman, and new lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, in which Bailey stars as the title character Ariel.
Recently published in Thor: Love and Thunder and Hulu’s star-studded miniseries Nine total strangersMcCarthy is also part of the cast for Jerry Seinfeld’s feature film debut defrost – a comedy feature for Netflix that traces the origins of Pop Tart. Also coming after Peacock is Richard Curtis’ untitled New York Christmas comedy, in which she plays the lead role i can destroy you’with Papa Essiedu.
This year’s edition of CinemaCon will take place from April 24 to 27 at Caesars Palace.
Source: Deadline
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