A Shi... Er, Shed-Load Of Trailers, Part I!

Hi again… thought I’d take a look at some new and recent trailers – though not all necessarily for films I’m all that keen on catching. So consider this a kind of ‘trailer review’! Okay, off we go with part one:

David Fincher’s The Social Network is based on Ben Mezrich's book The Accidental Billionaires, and concerns the founding of the enormously-popular social networking site Facebook (what do you mean, "What’s Facebook?"?!). This first full-length trailer strives to create a sense of drama… hmmm, we’ll wait and see.



This red band trailer for Robert Rodriguez’s Machete seems a lot more representative of the film’s Grindhouse roots that the non-restricted one, and is a lot more fun. Not to mention gory. You have been warned!



Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch could prove to be a bit of a entertaining mess; there’s certainly a lot going on in this teaser. Looks like more eye candy from the 300/Watchmen director, who has described it as “Alice In Wonderland with machine guns”. Could have done with some of those when Johnny Depp did the futterwacken dance in Tim Burton’s Alice…



I’ve never read any of Bryan Lee O’ Malley’s Scott Pilgrim graphic novels, but this International trailer for Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World is both fun and funny. Directed by Edgar Wright (Shaun Of The Dead/Hot Fuzz) and starring Beck-lookalike Michael Cera as the titular hero, it looks like a blast.



Another comic series I’m familiar with but have never read is Eric Powell’s The Goon, which is being brought to the screen as a CG animated movie produced by David Fincher (him again!). Check out this gorgeous-looking (though somewhat gross!) full-length trailer.



Along with the forthcoming The Resident, Let Me In marks the return of classic horror studio Hammer Films. It’s based on John Ajvide Lindqvist’s vampire novel Låt den rätte komma (Let The Right One In) and the excellent Swedish film of the same name. Here's the red band-version for the recent International trailer for Let Me In, which is directed by Matt ‘Cloverfield’ Reeves and stars The Road’s Kodi Smit-McPhee, Kick Ass’ Chloë Moretz and veteran stalwart Richard Jenkins. The first trailer resembled the Swedish film a little too closely for my liking; this one does at least suggest a dash of originality.



…And that’s all for now! More trailers next time.