Fall is here, and the early days of this magnificent season are the time for studios to start promoting their upcoming films for the remainder of 2018 and for the early Summer months. This past week gave us a minor avalanche of new trailers, and here is how they landed in the Good, Bad, and Glorious.
THE GOOD
BUMBLEBEE – The 6thfilm in the TRANSFORMERS franchise, which is serving as a soft reboot and is focusing on one character, thrilled long-time fans with their second full trailer. The new spot has highlights which included the original, first-generation designs of the classic fighting robots, and gave away enough to hold our interest without spoiling. This could be one of the surprise hits of the year. Watch the trailer HERE.
CREED 2 – Tons of new footage in the ROCKY spinoff, which includes some stunning shots of ol’ Rock training the son of his best friend/former rival out in the desert. Quite the departure from the streets-of-Philadelphia trainings we’ve grown used to over the years. Also has new footage of the big Russian Ivan Drago and his son. Good trailer even though it seems really dour. Watch it HERE.
HOLMES AND WATSON – The return of Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly, this time as the classic detective duo. This isn’t the first time Holmes has been given a comedy treatment, and this trailer contained a ton of laughs and a few surprises. Already looks better than the Guy Ritchie abominations. Watch it HERE.
THE BAD
X-MEN: DARK PHOENIX – This trailer was released in the wee-hours of the morning, which is a move that doesn’t scream confidence from 20thCentury Fox. Besides that, the trailer contained footage which made the film look like the same storyline the X-MEN franchise has pursued at least three times already. Plus it doesn’t release until next Summer. Nothing exciting here at all. Watch it if you dare, HERE.
ROBIN HOOD – This is the thirdtrailer for this oddball film, which is still trying to turn Robin into a superhero. This annoying trailer, which was curiously pulled from the internet a few days after release, was much of the same from the previous trailers with rock/rap music and clothing and dialogue that does not belong in a 12thcentury period piece.
ROCKETMAN – This oddball, which is an Elton John biopic, is being marketed as a fantasty with a floating Elton…despite being based on the life of the famous singer and songwriter. Not to mention this doesn’t release for another eight months. Try to make sense of it HERE.
THE GLORIOUS
FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD – The second spin-off film to the HARRY POTTER universe (now called the Wizarding World), gave us a ton of new footage, some peeks into the storyline, and a few surprises; with one of those surprises a real humdinger which changes the way we perceive a classic Potter character. Be amazed HERE.
THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD – Nothing released last week can compare to the trailer for Peter Jackson’s upcoming WWI documentary film. The famed director of THE LORD OF THE RINGS surprised everyone with this trailer, which boasts how the film is made; by digitally restoring 100-year-old war footage so that it looks like it was shot yesterday. The visuals, music, and setup are breathtaking, and contains more emotion and hits below the cockles harder than any trailer released in the past week. Simply fascinating. Watch it HERE.
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BUMBLEBEE rolls out December 21st.
CREED 2 steps into the ring on November 21st.
HOLMES AND WATSON will be afoot December 21st.
X-MEN: DARK PHOENIX lands June 7thof 2019.
ROBIN HOOD is aiming for November 21st.
ROCKETMAN blasts off May 17thof 2019.
FANTASTIC BEASTS will apparate on November 16th.
THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD premieres on October 16th.
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