And we all thought Warner Bros. would be all trailered out by now…

Not so!

Here’s the new The Dark Knight international trailer, featuring some never-before-seen clips and some really great action!

A trailer for Disney’s Bolt has appeared online and can be seen below.

At the beginning when I saw all of the ‘I’ve altered him, he can protect you know’ and then the huge superbark I got rather excited, however it then cut to a normal movie about a dog who finds some friends and goes on a journey. Don’t get me wrong it looks good, and will look even cooler in 3D, however I’d prefer superdogs and evil villains rather than a deluded canine voiced by John Travolta who is trying to find a girl who has the same voice as Miley Cyrus.

We arent getting the teaser until Monday, but 10 seconds of it can be seen below!

A teaser for a teaser! How exciting!

There are many components that contribute to the success of a movie. Of course, there are the obvious things: strong plot, relatable/believable characters, great actors, sharp editing, stimulating music, and stunning visuals (be they special effects or just great cinematography). However, there are things you need to do before people even see the movie, which includes all forms of marketing, and movie trailers are the most important of all the marketing techniques.

I love movie trailers. In fact, I’m a self-professed Movie Trailer Whore. If they hadn’t been eating up so much of my computer’s memory, I would have upwards of 1000 trailers right now, though I’ve sadly had to delete the majority of them. Thankfully, they will live on throughout the internet for all time.

What makes a good trailer? Much the same things that make a good movie, in fact. Yet, it’s much harder to do. In a movie, you get hundreds of minutes to go through your plot and such, but with trailers you only get a couple. In those few minutes, a lot of things need to be accomplished: explain the story, create an emotional connection with the viewer, plant the seed for wanting to see the movie when it comes out, and hold on tight!

Below, I have collected twelve of my favorite movie trailers from the past five years. Why are there twelve and not ten? Because I can’t choose between them! They span a broad range of movie genres, but they all have one thing in common: they made me want to see the movie REAL effing bad! And, they worked. I’ve seen all of these movies. Most of them were great, but some of them didn’t live up to the trailer, which can completely set the tone for the movie (rightly, or wrongly, it would seem!).

They’re in alphabetical order, since I couldn’t possibly choose a favorite!

What about you? You seen any trailers in the past few years that sent shivers of excitement up your spine? List them below with a link (not code) so everyone else can see them, too!

Enjoy!

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There are a number of things I like about this trailer. It starts out with very simple music and slow moving scenes, and progresses nicely into electronic guitar riffs and hardcore action sequences. It also showcases the stunning special effects job done on the film. One of the best parts are all of the great one-liners that are spattered throughout, giving lots of quotables for around the office water-cooler.

Music: Just Like You Imagined - Nine Inch Nails (iTunes : Amazon)

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The new trailer for upcoming Shia LaBeouf lead, Steven Spielberg produced, super thriller Eagle Eye sheds some new light on the plotline and gives a LOT more than the teaser (which is why it was a teaser, I guess!).

I’m actually REALLY excited about this movie! Shia may not have the best reputation as a person, but I really like him as an actor. Plus, with Spielberg running the show, what have we got to lose?

A second trailer for the Wolverine and the X-Men cartoon has appeared online over at Marvel. The short trailer is everything we expect from the X-Men, lots of powers, fighting and Sentinels. If there are any X-fans out there still licking their wounds after X-Men 3, then this should get them all excited.

Marvel also say:

Although, we are still months away from its Nicktoons television début, you can be the first to see the THREE-PART PILOT of Wolverine and the X-Men at the SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON.

Excuse me while I shoot myself in the left temple.

And here, we have yet another The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor trailer. This one adds a bunch of new scenes that we haven’t seen before, including a glimpse at Rick and Evelyn’s son, Alex (who looks like he’s in his 20s now… and is played, in fact, by 26 year old Luke Ford).

Still don’t know how I feel about this without Rachel Weisz!

I love it when people re-cut trailers. It can turn a family friendly film such as Marry Poppins into a psycho horror, and a psycho horror such as The Shining into a family friendly film.

On this occasion someone has turned geeky comedy Superbad, into a rather cool looking action film. The re-cut trailer below shows the true power of a trailer, and how the marketing people could have actually marketed Superbad as an action film…kinda.

Okay, I have to admit that I hadn’t heard ANYTHING about this movie until I saw the first trailer.  Now, another trailer has popped up with a whole crapload of new scenes.  Looks AWESOME.

I love seeing Brad Pitt in funny roles, because he can actually pull it off!