Said trailer goes a bit more somber than the earlier ones the studio released, even if it does employ more than its fair share of weird little mechanic dudes hanging out with our ol’ pal Baby Yoda. (Babus Frik?) It also makes it clear that Disney knows you don’t go see a Pedro Pascal movie not to see his face, giving audiences even more shots of Din Djarin violating the Mandalorian code. (Wait, that sounded dirtier than we intended it to; we just meant he has his helmet off.)

The audience for The Mandalorian And Grogu is pretty obviously built-in; The Mandalorian has been one of the big success stories this franchise has had since the sequel trilogy wrapped up last decade. For those of us who are more casual observers, meanwhile, there’s still fun to be had here—it’s weirdly cool to see Sigourney Weaver running around in a Rebellion flight suit, for instance—and, again, a whole bunch of Babu Friks (we’re going to go with Babu Friks) in case one adorable little guy getting into things and messing with stuff wasn’t enough.

Of course, true to form, this trailer is still significantly less than what CinemaCon audiences got today: Those in attendance at the theatrical convention were treated to the first 17 minutes of the movie, apparently an extended action sequence in which the title pair take out a crew of Imperial throwbacks dressed in their old ice planet gear. (Complete with our guys hijacking an AT-ST as they make their escape.)

The Mandalorian And Grogu arrives in theaters, Babi Frik in tow, on May 22.

That starts most especially with Avengers: Doomsday, one of several Disney properties that got showcased at CinemaCon on Thursday. That included a trailer that will presumably arrive online someday, in which Chris Hemsworth’s Thor delivers some portentous monologues while showing various members of the X-Men and their enemies (Mystique, Cyclops, Gambit, and more), facing off both against, and alongside, established Marvel characters. It also included the first real footage of Robert Downey Jr. as Dr. Doom—and, just to hammer home the “Make it 2019 again by science or magic” of it all, a shot of Chris Evans apparently returning as Steve Rogers. 

Elsewhere at the convention, Disney finally brought Star Wars back to theaters, too, showing off a new trailer (plus 17 minutes of actual footage) from The Mandalorian And Grogu. Which sounds like it opens with a riff on The Empire Strikes Back, with its Lone Wolf And Cub (With Magic Powers) facing off against a base full of Imperial snowtroopers and blowing up a bunch of AT-AT walkers. Disney also showed off new footage of Toy Story 5, apparently revealing the terrifying fact that even sentient toys can suffer from age-based hair loss.

Not that it’s only been the House Of Mouse holding court in their cinematic ivory tower: Universal and Paramount have also gotten in on the fun this week, with the former showing off new footage from Steven Spielberg’s alien thriller Disclosure Day. (Mostly sounding like an expansion on the trailers we’ve already seen, with Colin Firth playing the bad guy while various people around the planet start spouting alien gobbledygook.) Fans of both Minions and meta-ness (and, we guess, monsters) got a treat with a look at this July’s Minions And Monsters, showing that the animated film will take place at least in part on a movie set, with the Illumination mascot creatures tasked with making a movie called… Minions And Monsters. Horror fans in attendance were gifted footage from Jessica Chastain’s Other Mommy and Robert Eggers’ Werwulf, while the rest of us were forced to subsist on the Focker-In-Law trailer that got dropped online yesterday.

As for Paramount: We did get a chance to indulge in the sheer weirdness of the Street Fighter trailer earlier today, as Kitao Sakurai’s film publicly embraced the fighting game franchise’s inherent camp. Meanwhile, the other pickings from the studio felt a little slimmer, despite new owner David Ellison showing up at the convention to double down on his commitment to putting movies in theaters. That includes stuff like a new look at Sonic The Hedgehog 4—making it clear that, yes, Jim Carrey really is back—David Corenswet’s sports movie Mr. Irrelevant, Gina Prince-Bythewood’s Children Of Blood And Bone, and, in the most apparently eye-catching bit of Paramount’s presentation today, a showcase for Ti West and Johnny Depp’s ridiculously named Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol. (“Ohhh,” audiences seeing the subtitle for the first time are apparently expected to say. “That Ebenezer.”) Besides proving that there are still crowds who will cheer their heads off for Depp, the footage from the CinemaCon appearance apparently included shots of West’s ghoulish takes on the story’s ghosts, and, from reports, more comedy than you might be expecting from this particular Dickens adaptation. 

Finally, the other major studios had their chances to shine earlier in the week: Warner Bros. showed off new footage from Dune: Part 3, Clayface, Supergirl, Practical Magic 2, and more; Sony showed off more of Spider-Man: Brand New Day and the first looks at Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil movie; and Amazon MGM showcased Michael B. Jordan’s The Thomas Crown Affair, that new title for the Spaceballs sequel, and a further look at Chad Stahelski’s upcoming Highlander remake. Which is, admittedly, a pretty huge bushel of sour grapes to contend with—but we’ll be damned if we won’t do our best to get it down.

We’ve reported on Witherspoon’s desire to have herself named Machine Queen Of The Dust-Choked Wastes before, of course; she’s been banging the drum on artificial intelligence for years at this point, generally framing it—just like she did her “World Of Women” NFT scheme from a few years back—as a feminist issue. (We noted her initial advocacy for women learning AI to keep up with their male counterparts back in 2024, while our colleagues over at Jezebel highlighted her doubling down on the topic in a Glamour interview last year.) Now Witherspoon has taken another crack at convincing her legions of social media followers that they have a duty and responsibility to embrace our glorious metal overlords, with a post that’s gone viral (for not entirely positive reasons) on her Instagram this week.

“I think it’s time to learn about AI,” Witherspoon says into the camera, whilst engaging in the business of preparing herself a smoothie. (She skips the part of the process where the machine messily and loudly reduces a bunch of recognizable components down into an easily digestible but totally anonymous slurry, which feels weirdly apt for the hard sell she’s giving here.) Telling a story about how women in her book club are “not keeping up” with technology, the Morning Show star asks her 30.5 million followers “Do you want to learn with me?” (Meanwhile, the fact that we aren’t actually sure whether Witherspoon is proposing something informal, or delivering the first stage of an actual sales pitch for some AI teaching course she’s about to launch, speaks to how aggressively influencer-speak has infiltrated all realms of social media.)

Witherspoon’s comments come as an increasing number of Hollywood types are attempting to play the “Everybody’s doing it!” card for their AI advocacy. We already wrote this week about Doug Liman’s hellish gray movie box and the producers of As Deep As The Grave‘s hideous Val Kilmer puppet; meanwhile, the University Of Southern California just announced an “Institute For Actor-Driven Innovation” that will attempt to indoctrinate/educate acting students on all the ways AI can enhance their careers. (Suggested use cases included being able to run scenes with the digital corpses of beloved actors, getting acting notes from shoddy computer copies of actual celebrities, and having an AI agent feed you potential casting notices. Verily, what a glorious future we’re bringing this generation up within.)

Not that Reynolds is the only draw here: Schousboe has a pretty stacked comedy cast on hand for this trip back through memory lane, many of them (including Jo Firestone and SNL writer Gary Richardson) pulled from the universe surrounding his long-time gig as the director of Adult Swim’s Joe Pera Talks With You. Other ringers in the main cast include The Bear‘s Carmen Christopher and Single Drunk Female‘s Sofia Black-D’Elia, while supporting roles will be played by Topher Grace, Rudy Pankow, Jackie Cruz, Ana Gasteyer, Patti Harrison, and Zach Cherry.

Never Change! is set to have its debut at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 9; the film will then roll out on Hulu (and Disney+ internationally) later this summer.