George Lucas originally told press that the trailer for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull would hit theaters around Thanksgiving, but before Christmas. Thanksgiving has come and went, and speculation that the Indy 4 trailer will be attached to Disney’s National Treasure 2 is looking unlikely. Coming Soon is now reporting that the teaser will hit theaters in February attached to The Spiderwick Chronicles. This sounds like a terrible idea for me. The National Treasure sequel seems like a better targeted film. And why is Paramount giving up the chance to attach the trailer to Sweeney Todd at the end of the month?
We’ve previously told you that seven minutes of The Dark Knight will be attached to the IMAX version of I Am Legend on December 14th, but did you know that a new Batman trailer will also be attached to the traditional release?
ScreenRant is reporting that the teaser trailer for JJ Abrams’ Star Trek reboot will be attached to Cloverfield, which opens on January 18th 2008.
I saw a horrendous trailer for Inkheart attached to The Golden Compass, which hits theaters on December 7th 2007. My friend Alex Billington also tells me that a new hilarious trailer for Semi-Pro was attached to his screening. My Fox sources say that a second trailer for the computer animated Dr. Suess adaptation Horton Hears a Who will also be attached to this New Line release.
December 3rd, 2007 at 2:52 am
I still don’t understand the point of showing extended chunks of whatever film prior to their release. I hate spoilers (as I’ve pointed out on this site) so of course I’m a little biased but what can a 7-minute clip do that an extended trailer can’t? The extended trailer for I Am Legend that ran prior to American Gangster was fantastic and was long enough and descriptive enough to peak my interest greatly. If they’d shown 7 minutes of I Am Legend I’d be like.. what the hell? If somehow the 7 minutes drew me in, I’d be pissed as hell that I knew that much more of the film before I went in and saw it.
Granted this is all late night rambling, the only real reason for my displeasure is probably because I know I’ll have to walk out of the theater and return upon The Dark Knight’s footage completing, prior to I Am Legend.