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Universal and DreamWorks Animation’s live-action take of How to Train Your Dragon will be getting a global debut at exhibitor-studio confab CinemaCon on Wednesday, April 2, at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace.

EXCLUSIVE: In a year in which the prolific Shawn Levy director turned out the upcoming Deadpool & Wolverine, and the lauded limited series All The Light We Cannot See, he has been tapped to receive the Director of the Year Award at the upcoming CinemaCon in Las Vegas.

Brent Lang Executive Editor Will Smith and Martin Lawrence kicked off CinemaCon by talking up their return to “Bad Boys” business. “We’re hype, we’re excited,” Smith told the crowd of movie theater owners. He apologized for not being able to be in Las Vegas for the annual convention of the exhibition industry…well, kinda. “We’re not sorry we couldn’t be there,” Lawrence admonished him, noting they were four weeks into film the fourth film in the franchise. “We glad we not there because we here and they’re paying us to be here,” Smith said.

Ajay Bijli, founder of India’s PVR Cinemas and Managing Director of PVR Inox, will deliver the Exhibition Keynote address on International Day at this year’s CinemaCon (April 24-27) in Las Vegas.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer CinemaCon is making sure things don’t get Wilde this year. The annual convention of movie theater owners is updating security protocols for its 2023 edition, after a shocking breach last year involving “Don’t Worry Darling” director Olivia Wilde. The filmmaker was served child custody papers on behalf of former partner Jason Sudeikis at the 2022 convention while in the middle of a presentation on stage at Caesar’s Palace. Images of Wilde opening a manila envelope slipped to her by a process server went viral on social media, an incident she would later describe as “vicious.”

Oscar-nominated actress, writer and producer Melissa McCarthy has been named as CinemaCon’s Cinema Vérité Award recipient for 2023.

Anthony Ramos and Dominique Fishback have been set to receive the Rising Stars of the Year Award at CinemaCon 2023.

Zendaya has been set as the recipient of CinemaCon 2023’s Star of the Year Award.

The stars of Joy Ride will receive at Comedy Ensemble of the Year Award at CinemaCon next month. Ashley Park, Sherry Cola, Stephanie Hsu and Sabrina Wu will be honored April 27 during the confab’s Big Screen Achievement Awards at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

Rachel McAdams opted for a bright look while attending an exclusive Lionsgate presentation of their upcoming films at the 2022 CinemaCon in Las Vegas on Thursday.The Notebook actress, 43, wore an orange Tory Burch dress with a mock-neck top and plaid pleated skirt with ared band at the waist.Joining her at the event was Robert De Niro, 78, and Keanu Reeves, 57, who looked dapper as ever in black suit jackets. Picnic vibes:Rachel McAdams opted for a bright look while attending an exclusive Lionsgate presentation at the 2022 CinemaCon in Las Vegas on ThursdayMcAdams finalized her outfit with a pair of open-toe red heels and wore her hair down, and elegantly pinned back.

Changing the rules. CinemaCon promised to reevaluate its security after Olivia Wilde was served with custody papers while speaking on stage at the event.

Don’t Worry Darling at CinemaCon when she was handed a brown envelope.A person approached the stage at Caesars Palace from the seats and slid an envelope marked “personal and confidential” across the front of the stage to her.“This is for me?” Wilde asked. She then opened it, according to Deadline, to find custody documents related to her two children with Sudeikis, the comedian and star of Ted Lasso.A source for Sudeikis, told Variety: “Papers were drawn up to establish jurisdiction relating to the children of Ms Wilde and Mr Sudeikis.“Mr Sudeikis had no prior knowledge of the time or place that the envelope would have been delivered as this would solely be up to the process service company involved, and he would never condone her being served in such an inappropriate manner.”The pair split up in late 2020 after nearly 10 years together.Following the incident Mitch Neuhauser, CinemaCon’s managing director, said: “We have never in the history of the convention had an incident where a delegate has approached the stage who was not authorised to be there.“In light of this incident, we are re-evaluating our security procedures to ensure the safety of all our attendees.”Wilde has since started a relationship with Harry Styles who stars in Don’t Worry Darling alongside Florence Pugh.She recently shared a black-and-white photo of Styles sat in an old sports car, and praised him for his “humility and grace” during filming for the movie.Wilde also recently said Don’t Worry Darling is the equivalent of “The Feminine Mystique on acid”, and was inspired by psychosexual thrillers like Fatal Attraction and Indecent Proposal.

Olivia Wilde was handed child custody papers on behalf of ex-fiance Jason Sudeikis while appearing on stage to promote her new film. The director was appearing at CinemaCon in Las Vegas to promote her upcoming thriller Don’t Worry Darling, which stars her partner Harry Styles and actor Florence Pugh, when she was given a brown envelope.

Ellise Shafer Jason Sudeikis “had no prior knowledge” that his former fiancée, Olivia Wilde, would be served with child custody documents during her appearance at CinemaCon, a source tells Variety.“Papers were drawn up to establish jurisdiction relating to the children of Ms. Wilde and Mr. Sudeikis,” the source said.

Olivia Wilde was reportedly served with custody papers from her ex, Jason Sudeikis, while in the middle of a presentation at CinemaCon.An eyewitness attending the event Tuesday night at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas tells ET that the 38-year-old actress was previewing the never-before-seen trailer for her and her beau Harry Styles' new movie,, when an unidentified person approached the stage and slid a manila envelope towards her.When presented with the envelope, Wilde asked, «Is this for me?» The eyewitness said the scene was «odd» but «everyone assumed it was something about her presentation,» and that Wilde «didn't seem to be shaken» by what had just transpired.The same eyewitness tells ET that Wilde laughed off the seemingly uneventful act, so much so that people attending the event wondered if it was some sort of bit. The manila envelope was never addressed again.But according to, which first broke the news, the manila envelope contained legal documents regarding the custody of their two children — Otis, 8, and Daisy, 5.

Zack Sharf CinemaCon is set to reevaluate its safety protocols following an incident on April 26 in which Olivia Wilde was served a mysterious manilla envelope on stage at the Las Vegas event while presenting her new film “Don’t Worry Darling.” The envelope included the words “personal and confidential” on it. Wilde thought the file was a script when she opened it on stage.

Cineworld Group Chief Commercial Officer Renana Teperberg has been set to receive CinemaCon’s Global Achievement in Exhibition Award at the event which takes place in Las Vegas next month. Teperberg will be presented with the honor at the International Day Luncheon on April 25.