Universal’s CinemaCon Presentation Made Stars of Struggling Movie Theater Employees

CinemaCon, the annual convention of movie theater owners, is all about flash.

It is designed to excite and inspire global exhibitors over each studio’s yearly film offerings and sweeten the pot with star cameos.Sure, the trade halls at Las Vegas’ Caesars Palace are full of the newest in reclining chairs and the latest trends in concessions, but the rank-and-file employees who populate America’s cineplexes can often get lost in the crush of comic book film footage or a fleeting glance at Scarlett Johansson next to the Wheel of Fortune slot machines.In a year when around 115,000 U.S.

theater workers saw their employers forced to shutter, Universal Pictures spent the time and money to celebrate the ushers, greeters, ticket-tearers and theater managers who kept us moving through the cinema before coronavirus devastated the industry.On Wednesday, Universal presented some 75 minutes of footage from upcoming films including “Halloween Kills,

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