{"id":458720,"date":"2026-02-09T19:33:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T19:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/458720\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T19:33:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T19:33:48","slug":"from-spielberg-to-tarantino-the-years-big-super-bowl-movie-trailers-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/458720\/","title":{"rendered":"From Spielberg to Tarantino: the year\u2019s big Super Bowl movie trailers | Movies"},"content":{"rendered":"

With Super Bowl<\/a> spots now up to a reported<\/a> $8-10m, the market has grown a little less welcoming to Hollywood, an industry still not quite up to pre-pandemic numbers (the global box office for 2025 was down almost $10bn on 2019).<\/p>\n

So while last night saw us assaulted with ads for beer and, depressingly, AI, there was a continued decrease in the number of major film ads, a harder spend to justify in this weakened climate. But the biggest of guns still came out, from Spielberg to Ghostface to the Minions<\/a> \u2026<\/p>\n

The Mandalorian and Grogu<\/p>\n

Disney<\/a>\u2019s Star Wars<\/a> strategy \u2013 decrease quality of movies, increase amount of TV shows \u2013 hasn\u2019t really been paying off all that well, Andor aside. While there is a fanbase for The Mandalorian<\/a> and his little baby Yoda friend, it remains to be seen if a big enough audience is excited enough to see this as something other than an extended episode of something they\u2019re used to watching on their smartphone. I do appreciate a specially made \u2013 or at least freshly packaged \u2013 big game teaser, though, not purely reliant on the same cocktail of clips, and let\u2019s hope such invention suggests more much-needed creativity in the series to come.<\/p>\n

Disclosure Day<\/p>\n

Arriving at just the right time for increasingly energised UFO conspiracy theorists, Steven Spielberg<\/a>\u2019s big return to the sci-fi genre is still looking like a whole bunch of question marks (Good or bad aliens? Bad CGI? Why is every American played by a Brit?) but it is thrilling to have a summer blockbuster that\u2019s actually original once again. The latest spot shows a giant ship emerging through clouds, Independence Day-style, and some more questionable accents. Time will tell.<\/p>\n

Minions & Monsters<\/p>\n

A pretty smart new direction for the consistently popular Minions<\/a> franchise (perhaps the most reliable animated series Hollywood now has?), which sees them aim for movie stardom. As one would expect from a Minions trailer, there is little to no understandable dialogue here (maybe kids would figure out more words after endless rewatches of the previous films) but it looks like another sure Disney-enraging thing.<\/p>\n

Scream 7<\/p>\n

Poor old Sidney Prescott. It\u2019s almost been 30 years of menacing phone calls, non-lethal stab wounds, severed relationships (some literally), unwanted press attention, and now, as the Scream<\/a> franchise continues to be more commercially successful than ever before (the sixth chapter<\/a> was a record-breaker), here comes Ghostface threatening her teenage daughter. But as Sidney\u2019s bad luck continues, Neve Campbell\u2019s does the opposite. The actor was lured back<\/a> after taking one film off over a pay dispute, and it\u2019s her most substantial role \u2013 and we assume salary \u2013 to date. The new spot offers more of the same, keeping the film\u2019s long list of back-from-the-dead cameos under wraps, but the repetition is almost reassuring, the biggest secrets not being spoiled just yet.<\/p>\n

The Adventures of Cliff Booth<\/p>\n

While most of the trailers last night were either confirmed by the studio or predicted by those in the know, no one really saw this one coming. It makes sense really, a surprise reveal of footage from a film that felt like a shock when it was announced, a Quentin Tarantino<\/a>-penned sequel<\/a> to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood directed by David Fincher<\/a> for Netflix. The first tease of Brad Pitt<\/a>\u2019s return as Cliff Booth looks as stylish as one would expect (despite his move to the streamer, Fincher has remained well outside of the dreaded Netflix murk) while poking fun at what can\u2019t be shown on network TV at such an hour. It\u2019s a fascinating match of auteurs that should make for one of the year\u2019s most unusual films.<\/p>\n

Project Hail Mary<\/p>\n

Even if I remain a little disappointed with Ryan Gosling\u2019s Reese Witherspoon-like<\/a> declaration<\/a> that he will no longer be delving into darker territory, Project Hail Mary is looking like a smart, safe use of his post-Barbie career bump. The Fall Guy<\/a> might not have set<\/a> the box office alight, but this sci-fi adventure (which is essentially The Martian but with a cute alien pal) feels like an easier win. The third trailer offers more of the same (thankfully it\u2019s the \u201cfinal\u201d trailer) and with a budget of $150m, expectations are high, but with a concept less reliant on his global star power and more on effects-heavy space antics, this could be a much-needed leading man hit.<\/p>\n

Hoppers<\/p>\n

Pixar<\/a>, a company that used to turn the wildest premises into both critical and commercial gold, has been struggling to impress either side in recent years. After Elio<\/a> was a historic flop<\/a> for them, they\u2019re hoping Hoppers might turn the tide, and they might have a safer hit on their hands. It\u2019s a fun, grabby premise \u2013 tech that allows humans to masquerade as animals \u2013 and while there\u2019s not that much here in this big game spot, here\u2019s hoping the recent billion-dollar success of Zootopia 2<\/a>\u2019s animated animals will help nudge it along.<\/p>\n

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie<\/p>\n

It\u2019s gonna be a Disney-crushing year for Universal, with both a new Minions movie and a sequel to their Mario smash, which made over $1.36bn back in 2023. One could argue that maybe the novelty factor for those on the older, nostalgia-seeking side has weakened given the quality of the first but that might not matter with the younger superfans who are now that much more Nintendo-pilled, eager for another film to quote on a loop. The big game tease was just the reveal that Baby Mario and Baby Luigi will be appearing along with a dinosaur (Universal crowbarring in a Jurassic Park tie-in?) but even if ad spend for this one was kept to a minimum, it\u2019d still be another $1bn in the bank.<\/p>\n

Supergirl<\/p>\n

Technically this one didn\u2019t actually air during the telecast but rather the Puppy Bowl, which is a) cheaper and b) a smart way to appeal to a female fanbase who might not have been watching an incredibly dull game<\/a>. There\u2019s not much here we haven\u2019t seen before, other than predictably more dog shots, and I\u2019m a little cautious of the post-Guardians \u201csuperhero but rock\u2019n\u2019roll\u201d tone (especially from the director of I, Tonya<\/a>). But given how surprisingly necessary last year\u2019s Superman<\/a> felt, there\u2019s potential here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With Super Bowl spots now up to a reported $8-10m, the market has grown a little less welcoming…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":458721,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[88,206],"class_list":{"0":"post-458720","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-movies"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/458721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}