Boxoffice Pro - October 2019

CELEBRATING MOVIES
ShowEast in Miami Beach Puts Films First
BY KEVIN LALLY
THE CAST OF RIAN JOHNSON’S WHODUNIT, KNIVES OUT
Celebrating its 33rd year, ShowEast is the industry convention where the movies are front and center.
The annual confab takes place at the Fontainebleau Resort in Miami Beach, October 14–17, in the early weeks
of award season, making it a prime showcase for some of the year’s most anticipated films.
>> At press time, ShowEast announced four movie
screenings: Fox and Walt Disney Studios’ race car competition
drama Ford v Ferrari, starring Matt Damon and
Christian Bale; Fox Searchlight’s World War II satire Jojo
Rabbit, directed by Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok); Lionsgate’s
comedic murder mystery Knives Out, starring Daniel
Craig, Chris Evans, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Shannon,
Toni Collette, Christopher Plummer, Don Johnson, LaKeith
Stanfield, and Ana de Armas; and Neon’s Sundance Grand
Jury Prize–winning prison drama Clemency, starring Alfre
Woodard. In addition, Paramount Pictures and Warner
Bros. will be unveiling “surprise” movies.
The show will also offer two sessions of coming
attractions, with distributors large and small providing
sneak peeks at their upcoming product. The first follows
the keynote address on Monday afternoon by Cineplex
president/CEO and NATO chairman Ellis Jacob, with
presentations by Sony Pictures Releasing, Entertainment
Studios Motion Pictures, Neon, STX Entertainment, Fathom
Events, 101 Studios, and Trafalgar Releasing. Part two
happens on Tuesday morning, with previews from Focus
Features, Lionsgate, United Artists Releasing, Universal
Pictures, Walt Disney Pictures, and Aviron Pictures.
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