Denzel Washington Tells Theater Owners ‘We’d Be Nothing Without You’ Appears As ‘Equalizer 3’ Preview – CinemaCon

“Thank you from the bottom of my heart,” Denzel Washington told a coliseum packed with exhibition directors at CinemaCon on Monday.

The star of The equalizer 3 — the first trailer to be released tomorrow after being shown in-room tonight — received a Lifetime Achievement Award presented by director Antoine Fuqua during Sony’s presentation that opened the annual four-day event in Las Vegas.

“Without all of you, we would be nothing. We are here for you. we are here because of you I thank you from the bottom of my heart. I am blessed beyond measure,” Washington said.

“Real movie stars are more important than ever,” Sony studio boss Tom Rothman said in his opening remarks. “Streaming doesn’t produce movie stars, only real world hits.” And Sony, he emphasized to the audience, is “the only major movie studio devoted exclusively to theater,” with a variety of films ranging from superheroes to Where the crayfish sing Unpleasant A man named Otto.

“You know, the more they say these genres are dead, the more we love them. Originality is always a risk. But for me, I’ve always felt that higher risk kills audiences with consistency,” Rothman said.

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Washington, Fuqua added, “doesn’t like to be called a movie star … I think the public now knows what to expect from Denzel, a sense of honor, dignity and morality, commitment to what is right, and determination to see it through.”

The equalizer 3 Preview trailer opens up the tension of “Volare”. Robert McCall (Washington) lives quietly in Italy, where he is “one of us now”, says a resident. When the mob arrives, a character says, “You’re like cancer, not a cure,” and Robert must protect his friends.