Super Bowl Sunday is traditionally a big day for trailer premieres, and with Disney paying for an undisclosed number of ad slots for the Big Game, fans have been getting their hopes up that Lucasfilm is about to deliver an early glimpse of the upcoming Star Wars: Episode IX.
Universal’s one-movie Dark Universe will go down as a cautionary tale for any producers looking to hop onto the bandwagon that Marvel Studios started. But while the disastrous box office performance of 2017’s The Mummy forced the studio to hastily scrap the various plans they’d presumptuously laid out, it seems that Universal is taking a second stab at the franchise with a fresh new strategy, namely: let Blumhouse Productions do the work.
As the release date for Toy Story 4 looms closer, many fans are approaching the project with mixed feelings after Toy Story 3 did such a fine job of wrapping up the saga. But if there’s one thread that the 2010 film left hanging, it was the story of Bo Peep, whose absence is explained away in just a couple of lines of dialogue, meaning that if a fourth movie has to happen, then the character’s return is perhaps a fitting way to keep the series going.
The new teaser for Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of one Harley Quinn) clocks in at just under 20 seconds, and much of that runtime is dedicated to unveiling Margot Robbie and her colorful new outfit, but in a series of pause-worthy shots, the preview also shows off several of Harley’s supporting players.
It’s been a good morning for new material from the upcoming Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of one Harley Quinn), with the first image of Harley’s new outfit quickly being followed by a short teaser that offers a few fleeting glimpses of the film’s supporting players.
The X-Men franchise has proven more enduring than just about anyone could’ve anticipated when the series first launched back in 2000, but with the Disney/Fox deal on the horizon, it looks like this incarnation of the property is now living on borrowed time, and James McAvoy, for one, seems acceptant that his run as Charles Xavier is most likely in its final days.
No sooner has Margot Robbie provided our first look at Harley Quinn's new outfit than the first teaser for Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of one Harley Quinn) drops online to introduce the rest of the gang, if only in fleeting glimpses.
Despite the commercial success of Suicide Squad, many saw the critically panned feature as a bit of a false start for Harley Quinn’s run in the DCEU, though this collective disappointment had less to do with Margot Robbie’s performance than with the film as a whole. You can therefore expect a lot of fans to be pinning their hopes on Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of one Harley Quinn) as the work that finally delivers the big screen Clown Princess of Crime that they’ve been waiting for.
Last month, John Boyega shared a video from his trip to Disneyland Paris which saw the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy lead getting arrested by the park’s stormtroopers, and in a recent Instagram post, the actor offers what appears to be a callback to that clash with the First Order.
Now that the first trailer for Avengers: Endgame has been analyzed for all its worth, fans are feeling more than ready for some fresh material, and while Marvel Studios remains typically mysterious on when another trailer might come our way, it’s looking increasingly likely that next Sunday’s Super Bowl broadcast will be just the occasion for some new footage.
