The A-List Filmmakers Evangelizing Movie Theaters

The Town with Matthew Belloni

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Society & Culture

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🗓️ 8 April 2026

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Matt is joined by Cinema United President and CEO Michael O’Leary to discuss their new filmmakers council including Jerry Bruckheimer, Emma Thomas, and Ryan Coogler, what this council plans to accomplish, the promising start at the 2026 box office, if we are seeing a shift in the types of movies that are getting made, and how they plan to improve the moviegoing experience (02:32). Matt finishes the show with a prediction about the release dates of 'Dune: Part Three' and ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ (28:57). Host: Matt Belloni Guest: Michael O’Leary Producers: Craig Horlbeck, Jon Jones, and Matt Pevic Theme Song: Devon Renaldo This episode is brought to you by AMC+. Start your free trial today at join.amcplus.com Hacks returns April 9 on HBO Max. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode of The Town is presented to you by AMC Networks.
0:08.6	Billy Magnuson and Zach Galfinakis star in the new series The Audacity on AMC and AMC Plus.
0:15.1	Influence rises, people unravel, and CEO meltdowns are business as usual among Silicon Valley Elite,
0:21.5	executive produced by Jonathan Glasser, a writer-producer of succession and Better Call Saul.
0:26.6	The audacity premieres April 12th, only on AMC and AMC Plus.
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1:02.8	It is Wednesday, April 8th. If it's early April in Hollywood, that means it's time for
1:06.9	CinemaCon. That's the annual convention in Las Vegas for movie theater owners. About 3,000 of them. They get together next week for studioCon. That's the annual convention in Las Vegas for movie theater owners.
1:11.3	About 3,000 of them.
1:12.7	They get together next week for studio presentations of the upcoming movie slates.
1:17.2	A lot of steak dinners, demonstrations of the latest in cutting edge projection and
1:21.4	popcorn technology.
1:23.2	Last year, Craig and I went to see David Copperfield with Sean and Amanda from
1:26.7	the Big Picture podcast.
1:28.3	That was before he got canceled for good.
1:30.1	I'd like to point that out.
1:31.5	David Copperfield, not Sean or Amanda.
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