It’s very easy to miss an AAA trailer these days, even with all the endless marketing concentration around teasers, pre-trailers, and other forms of movie advertising campaigns. A good trailer is an art form that is able to convey the plot, tone and style of a movie, while resisting this ever-present urge to score it on a slow-moving pop song. So here is the Trailer Park, where we park all the trailers that you may have missed, lost or want to visit again last week. Appreciate them. Choose them. Find out if the movies they sell will be really good. After all, all of this is part of the fun.
This week, we have a nice juicy look at Robert Pattinson taking on his hood Batman, the festival-favorite The lost daughter as well as a trailer for the very real and definitely random video game customization Uncharted.
Director: Matt Reeves
Release date: March 4, 2022
If you thought that the news about Robert Pattinson coming up as a new Batman was just one of his brazen pranks or that it was just too good to be true, now is the time to get over it and start believing it. The official trailer for Batman was released over the weekend and shows RPatz in all its superhero glory. And, yes, these are some great wings to fill: Christian Bale was as iconic as the vigilant in Christopher Nolan The dark Knight, as well as Ben Affleck in Zack Snyder’s Batman vs. Superman. And should we even mention Michael Keaton? But I know Pattinson can do it. He has proven over the years that he has a dark, nervous side – and I’m not just talking about Twilight. He made the action sequences perfectly Doctrine, and played convincingly a criminal running inside Good time. Batman directed by Matt Reeves (Cloverfield, The Dawn of the Planet of the Apes), who also co-wrote it with Peter Craig (The city). In addition to Pattinson starring Bruce Wayne, Zoë Kravitz plays Selina Kyle / Catwoman and Paul Dano plays Edward Nashton AKA The Riddler. The cast also includes Jeffrey Wright, John Turturro, Peter Sarsgaard, Andy Serkis and Colin Farrell. Based on the trailer, this will not be your average Batman movie. Playing over a moody rendition of Nirvana’s “Something in the Way,” this hidden culmination of the two-and-a-half-minute film is intense and melancholy. It also has the line “What is black and blue and dead everywhere?” in that, which is reason enough to watch it. And if for some reason you do not like Battinson’s idea, take comfort in the fact that it is a standalone film, so Ben Affleck will return as your favorite superhero in no time.—Aurora starch
Director: Ruben Fleischer
Release date: February 18, 2022 (Netflix)
It’s time for another adventure that spins the world, because the first real trailer for Uncharted has finally swum in the eye. The long-awaited adaptation of the platform / adventure game series stars Tom Holland as Nathan Drake, along with the greatest assistant Victor “Sully” Sullivan, played by Mark Wahlberg. Rest assured that the Internet’s collective reaction to this trailer was already screaming about the lack of Sully’s iconic mustache, which some sadly speculate will be saved for some sort of silly post-credits revelation. Regardless, Uncharted promises adventure, archeology and puzzled Indiana Jones as Drake and Sally begin to hunt down “one of history’s greatest mysteries and treasures,” whatever that may be. Standing in their way is none other than the great Antonio Banderas, so at least we can not say that the film lacks a worthy actor to play its rival. Likewise, the following trailer is full of humor and heavy for CGI-based action, with lots of shots and some local rhythm remakes from games throughout the series… despite the fact that the film serves as the game’s original story and prequel. instead of actually adapting one of them directly. There are some weird choices here, in fact, like the apparent end of the trailer on a cliffhanger and then revealing the result of the same cliffhanger about 30 seconds later. Why spoil the gag of such a reward? Hard to say, but obviously this is what Sony thinks is putting a butt on the seats.—Jim Worrell
Director: Maggie Gyllenhaal
Release date: December 17, 2021 (theaters); December 31 (Netflix)
There are not many contemporary novelists whose work filmmakers are more willing to adapt than the Italian writer Elena Ferrante. In 1995, her novel Ugly Love turned into a thriller directed by Mario Martone. The days of abandonment adapted by Roberto Faenza in 2005. And, in 2016, it was announced that its book series in four parts Neapolitan novels took over HBO as a 32-part television show. The latest addition to the Ferrante display customizations is The lost daughter, based on the novel of the same name in 2006. The film, which is the directorial debut of actress Maggie Gyllenhaal, stars Olivia Coleman as Leda, a middle-aged woman on vacation who becomes obsessed with a young mother played by Dakota Johnson. The cast also includes Jessie Buckley as a young Leda, SuccessionDagmara Dominczyk as Callie, Peter Sarsgaard as Professor Hardy, Normal peoplePaul Mescal as Will, Oliver Jackson-Cohen as Toni, Jack Farthing as Joe and Ed Harris as Lyle. Based on the trailer, The lost daughter it seems to be an atmospheric slow burning that slowly unfolds mystery after mystery. Why is Leda so attracted to this young mother? what happened to her children? These are all things we just have to wait until December to find out. Until then, you know that another dynamic show by Olivia Colman is on its way.
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Director: Lee Haven Jones
Release date: November 19, 2021
If you are looking for a new horror movie that will knock your teeth out this fall, get ready for the long-awaited food-based horror movie The celebration. Led by the first feature film director Lee Haven Jones (Doctor Who) and was written by Roger Williams, The celebration is located on a large estate in the Welsh countryside. The atmosphere is already quite… creepy… up there, so it is no big surprise that when the family living there hires a new cook, Cadi (Annes Elwy), things get a little bad. The film broke at the SXSW Film Festival earlier this year and also starred in Beyond Fest and the Telluride Horror Show. The cast also includes Nia Roberts, Julian Lewis Jones, Steffan Cennydd, Sion Alun Davies, Caroline Berry, Rhodri Meilir and Lisa Palfrey. A lot happens in this trailer. We have the beautiful Welsh countryside contrasted with scary images: A bloody leg, a lame, dead rabbit, Candy spitting on a plate of food. And, of course, there is definitely a lot more mystery lurking beneath the surface that we will have to wait to see when the film comes out.—Aurora starch
