We are just a little over a month away from the release of Justice League, and what is likely to be the final trailer has been released. Titled “Heroes”, you can find it at the Justice League (2017) page.
And if you have not heard already, the new trailer for Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi will be released tonight during half time on ESPN Monday Night Football. I expect to get it soon after, and will have it up as soon as possible.
When an even more unstoppable threat is unleashed to tear through our cities and bring the world to its knees, a once-promising Jaeger pilot (John Boyega, Star Wars: The Force Awakens) is given one last chance to live up to his father’s legacy by his estranged sister, Mako Mori (Rinko Kikuchi)—who is leading a brave new generation of pilots that have grown up in the shadow of war.  As they seek justice for the fallen, their only hope is to unite together in a global uprising against the forces of extinction.
Here is something that I thought would be fun. With the upcoming Blu-ray release of Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) I put together a little “Get Ready For Spider-Man” clip for you to play before you watch the movie. I hope you like it.
You can get the MKV with 5.1 PCM, DTS, and AC3 mixes here (120 Mb). And the MP4 with AC3 5.1 can be found here (36 Mb).
Attribution: “Get Ready For Spider Man” contains EndingEpic.wav by sepal — https://freesound.org/s/120091/ used under the Creative Commons Attribution license.
If you have not yet pre-ordered Spider-Man: Homecoming you can do so at Amazon.com, here. Spider-Man: Homecoming will be released on Blu-ray on October 17th.
For those of you who were not happy with the up-mix from last week, I now have a mix using the music and effects tracks. You can find it at the Annihilation (2018) page.
I am expecting Universal to release the first trailer for Pacific Rim: Uprising within the next 24 hours. I should be able to post it rather quickly. Please note though, unless Universal has changed their ways, the source will be stereo. If you want to see it on the big-screen, your best bet would be to catch a screening of Blade Runner 2049.
From Marvel, we may have the first trailer for Avengers: Infinity War, the speculation ranges from right now to early next week. We will have to wait and see for that one. Releasing it with Thor: Ragnarok (2017) would also make sense.
Another trailer expected on Monday is the second, and possibly the last one for Star Wars Episode VIII – The Last Jedi (2017) after Mark Hamill tweeted that you should watch Monday night football on Oct 9 – for no particular reason. The tweet was deleted shortly thereafter. Take from that what you will.
Finally, I am expecting the second trailer for Marvel’s Black Panther (2018) sometime soon. It has been almost 4 months since the first one, and we are just a little over 4 months from release.
Today, Paramount released the trailer for Annihilation (2018) with a HD master that contained a stereo soundtrack. I am not sure if that is the way they plan to move forward, but I don’t recall only a stereo track being provided by Paramount in the last few years. I have uploaded four files for this trailer, containing a variety of options. Two mp4 files – one AC3 stereo and one with an AC3 5.1 upmix. And two mkv files – one with PCM, DTS, and AC3 stereo and one with PCM, DTS and AC3 5.1 upmix tracks.
Since this is the third studio in recent weeks to offer stereo only it makes me wonder if there has been some pressure from a large theatrical chain to ensure that there is some exclusive content for the theaters. That might be far fetched, but I would not be surprised.
If you are from a movie studio and happen to be reading this, I want you to know that the people interested in 5.1 trailers are probably your ideal audience. They are not interested in watching crappy pirated copies of movies filmed with a cell phone. These people go to the movies, and purchase blu-rays. They have a desire to watch the trailer for your film in the best way possible. These are marketing materials, and this is a platform that is providing marketing for your film, at no cost to you. Why not make the most of it?
Sorry for the rant. Head over to the Annihilation (2018) page to get the best versions of this trailer available on the internet.
Another trailer from 20th Century Fox – this time Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018). The Death Cure will be released in January, which will be here in no time. Sorry for the stereo trailers – if I had a 5.1 mix I would post that instead. Also, don’t be alarmed at the file sizes. Although they are about half of what I normally post, the bitrates are at the usual level. The reason they are smaller is that the trailer is only a minute long.
This one did not go exactly as planned, as I only received mono music and effects tracks. There is not much I can do with those, so I am going with the stereo mix. The first trailer is now up at the Tomb Raider (2018) page.
The second trailer for Jumanji (2017) has been uploaded. This one took more time than expected, as there was an error in the master – a quarter of a second or so without sound, so I had to fix it. You can get it at the Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) page.
Liam Neeson stars in the upcoming thriller “The Commuter”, where a business man (Neeson) is caught up in a conspiracy after speaking with an intriguing woman on his daily commute. The first trailer from Lionsgate is available with PCM, DTS and AC3 stereo encodes at The Commuter page.
I now have the first trailer for Red Sparrow, staring Jennifer Lawrence as a naughty spy. Since it is from 20th Century Fox, it is in stereo – but at least the picture is 32 MBps! You can find it at the Red Sparrow (2018) page.
Thank you to those who have purchased the “MISSION” pre-show trailer. I have started working on the next one, but it won’t be finished for a while.
There are more trailers coming this week as well: The Commuter, Jumanji Trailer 2, and Tomb Raider!
