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The Weeknd Jolts CinemaCon Awake With Surprise Performance Touting ‘Hurry Up Tomorrow’

The Weeknd performed at CinemaCon to celebrate the launch of his film Hurry Up Tomorrow's second trailer, playing songs including Blinding Lights and Cry for Me.
The film, directed by Trey Edward Shults, features Jenna Ortega and combines music with psychological themes, releasing on May 16.
In the trailer, The Weeknd is seen experiencing emotional turmoil, including being kidnapped and having a tear fall from his eye, alongside scenes of Jenna Ortega running from a burning building.
Ortega described the collaboration with The Weeknd as effortless, noting the film feels more like an experience than a traditional movie.

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The Weeknd Plays a Complicated Idol in ‘Hurry Up Tomorrow’ Trailer

The Weeknd released the second trailer for 'Hurry Up Tomorrow' starring Jenna Ortega.

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The Weeknd releasing his sixth (and final?) album Hurry Up Tomorrow was just the beginning of his very busy year. The “Cry For Me” singer kicks off a worldwide tour in May, and he’s also got a movie coming out in May. Hurry Up Tomorrow follows a musician plagued by insomnia who is pulled into an odyssey with a stranger who begins to unravel the very core of his existence. Directed by Trey Edward Shults, the psychological thriller stars Abel Tesf…

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The Weeknd Wows CinemaCon With Performance Introduced by Jenna Ortega

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The Weeknd Rocks Out Lionsgate CinemaCon With Mini-Concert, Jenna Ortega Vamps As Second ‘Hurry About Tomorrow’ Trailer Unveiled

Lionsgate saved the best for last — Jenna Ortega and The Weeknd — to tubthump their May 16 movie Hurry Up Tomorrow from Trey Edward Schults. The Weeknd lit Caesars Colosseum ablaze with a performance of two songs from the movie, “Cry for Me” and “Open Hearts,” as well as his classic “Blinding Lights,” and […]

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The Weeknd Jolts CinemaCon Awake With Surprise Performance Touting ‘Hurry Up Tomorrow’

The largely corporate crowd at CinemaCon, rocking credential lanyards and jeans and button-ups, got to live the Sin City fantasy on Tuesday morning with a surprise performance from The Weeknd. The top-selling artist thrilled the Colosseum theater at Las Vegas’ Caesars Palace during a presentation for Lionsgate, the distributor releasing his upcoming film “Hurry Up Tomorrow.” The Grammy winner performed two songs: an original from the new proje…

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Hurry Up Tomorrow, the new audiovisual attack of The Weeknd: what it is and when it premieres Cinema and series The Voice of the Interior

On the 16th of May he will premiere in films Hurry Up Tomorrow, a psychological thriller starring The Weeknd who for these days revealed poster and trailer. In the realization, the Canadian artist shares poster with Jenna Ortega (Wednesday, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Scream, Wednesday) and Barry Keoghan (Eternals, The Spirits of the Island, Saltburn), as well as contributing to the sound band, already released as his new album last January. Abel …

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