Trailers, teasers, first looks and promo featurettes as they were posted, from 2007 through 2022. Each entry keeps its original date and links to the video.
Part of the VFX Breakdown Archives. 26 entries on this page.
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- Optimus Prime Talking or Fan Made Transformer Trailer?
- Iron Man 2 trailer
- JJ Abrams “Super 8” Teaser Trailer
- Battleship Visual FX Featurette
- SyFy’s Defiance Previewette
- First Peek At Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla
- Man of Steel – Superman – Teaser Trailer
- The Visual FX of Stephen King’s “The Mist”
- The Munsters Rebooted – 1313 Mockingbird Lane First Look
- Cloud Atlas Featurette
- Evil Dead 2013 Redband Trailer
- World War Z Sneak Peek
- Battlestar Galactica Blood and Chrome Trailer
- World War Z First Trailer
- Pacific Rim – Kaiju Emergency Alert System Viral Video
- Superman – Man of Steel 2nd Trailer Released
- Ron Perlman (Hannibal Chau) Pushes Life Extending Products in this Pacific Rim Promo
- The First Robocop Trailer Has Been Released
- Ender’s Game Official Trailer
- Warner Bros First Trailer For Edge of Tomorrow Released
- Transformers: Age of Extinction Teaser Trailer Posted
- Transformers: Age of Extinction 4K Trailer
- Watch Warner Bros First Interstellar Trailer in HD
- Legendary Pictures “Pacific Rim 2: Uprising” Official Trailer
- Oats Studio’s Bad President Trailer
- See the Deadly Hunt in Action with This Prey Featurette!
Trailers, teasers and featurettes
Optimus Prime Talking or Fan Made Transformer Trailer?
Originally posted 5/28/2007
Hmmm, this is a supposedly “leaked” version of a studio trailer that shows optimus prime speaking, it looks authentic however, in the way the actors gawp at prime leads me to believe that this is just a fan made Transformer trailer.
Iron Man 2 trailer
Originally posted 12/16/2009
This Iron Man 2 trailer previews Jon Favreau’s 2010 sequel, set six months after the first movie and introducing Nick Fury, Whiplash, War Machine and Black Widow. btw, according to wikipedia, Micky Rourke almost got a measly $250,000 to play whiplash. Watch on YouTube.
JJ Abrams “Super 8” Teaser Trailer
Originally posted 5/7/2010
Fans of Cloverfield got to see the trailer for the new JJ Abrams movie, “Super 8”, during the screening of Iron Man 2. This Super 8 teaser trailer previews the 2011 mystery film produced by Steven Spielberg, whose train-crash centerpiece and creature reveal effects were handled primarily by Industrial Light & Magic. Watch on YouTube.
Battleship Visual FX Featurette
Originally posted 5/8/2012
A quick look at alien designs and visual effects in the alien invasion movie Battleship. Watch on YouTube.
SyFy’s Defiance Previewette
Originally posted 5/22/2012
Will Syfy cancel this show? based on their track record, this show will be short-lived. Lets hope not.This Defiance TV series preview comes from Syfy’s biggest original series bet of 2013: a post-apocalyptic drama set in the year 2046, after seven alien races called the Votan arrived on Earth and reshaped the planet. Watch on YouTube.
First Peek At Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla
Originally posted 7/16/2012
Not bad, hopefully someone will release the full trailer online in the upcoming future. This Gareth Edwards Godzilla first look previews the 2014 reboot, whose creature effects fell to MPC under VFX supervisor Guillaume Rocheron. Watch on YouTube.
Man of Steel – Superman – Teaser Trailer
Originally posted 7/21/2012
The first Man of Steel teaser trailer from the newly rebooted Superman franchise has hit the fan. Directed by Zack Snyder and produced by Christopher Nolan, Man of Steel released in 2013 with Henry Cavill taking on the cape for the first time, kicking off what would become the DC Extended Universe. Watch on YouTube.
The Visual FX of Stephen King’s “The Mist”
Originally posted 9/19/2012
It’s great to see how these guys seamlessly marry practical creature effects with cg creatures to make an awesome Stephen King horror movie.The Mist (Two-Disc Collector’s Edition) [Blu-ray] Watch on YouTube.
The Munsters Rebooted – 1313 Mockingbird Lane First Look
Originally posted 10/13/2012
Let us forget that this show is going to be a reboot of the original “The Munsters” TV series, and just marvel at the visual effects for a moment. Here is the first preview of Mockingbird Lane, the NBC pilot created by Bryan Fuller, starring Jerry O’Connell as Herman Munster alongside Eddie Izzard and Portia de Rossi. Watch on YouTube.
Cloud Atlas Featurette
Originally posted 10/24/2012
Here’s a Cloud Atlas featurette jabbering about existential stuff that we don’t care about, or maybe we do. Watch on YouTube.
Evil Dead 2013 Redband Trailer
Originally posted 10/24/2012
Check out the newly released redband trailer for the remake of “The Evil Dead”! Watch on YouTube.
World War Z Sneak Peek
Originally posted 11/6/2012
Entertainment Tonight showed a glimpse to a trailer for the upcoming zombie epic zombie movie, “World War Z”, starring Brad Pitt. My predictions. There will be plenty of cg zombies, and one wooden actor in this movie. This World War Z sneak peek previews Marc Forster’s 2013 film, notorious for extensive reshoots that pushed its budget past $200 million. Watch on YouTube.
Battlestar Galactica Blood and Chrome Trailer
Originally posted 11/7/2012
Syfy finished the BSG: Blood and Chrome mini series and released it on YouTube. Reports say the entire thing was filmed on a bluescreen and greenscreen stage, so it is almost entirely CGI set extensions, flying craft and explosions. Watch on YouTube.
World War Z First Trailer
Originally posted 11/9/2012
Here is the first full trailer for World War Z. The latest zombie apocalyptic horror movie to hit the screen. Loosely based on a popular book of the same name, this movie adaptation employs thousands of berserking cg zombies who run around like a plague of rats and destroy everything in their paths. That’s some impressive crowd simulation right there. Watch on YouTube.
Pacific Rim – Kaiju Emergency Alert System Viral Video
Originally posted 11/28/2012
Here it is, Guillermo del Toro’s epic monster vs robot movie who’s cast includes: Son of Anarchy’s Charlie Hunnam, Ron Perlman and a Kaiju. This is the first viral video of the Kaiju emergency broadcast alert system going off during the event in which a huge-ass monster attacks all of the syfy cgi animators in Hollywood, CA. Video 1 | Video 2.
Superman – Man of Steel 2nd Trailer Released
Originally posted 12/12/2012
Check out the latest trailer for Man of Steel; by the look of the trailer, it seems like it will be a nicely shot movie containing a massive dose of awesome visual fx, for us junkies. Watch on YouTube.
Ron Perlman (Hannibal Chau) Pushes Life Extending Products in this Pacific Rim Promo
Originally posted 7/2/2013
Anybody want fresh Kaiju organs? Hannibal Chau is out with an impressive black market infomercial in this Pacific Rim promo. Call, click, or look for the kaiju symbol at your local black market. Watch on YouTube.
The First Robocop Trailer Has Been Released
Originally posted 9/5/2013
The first trailer for Robocop reboot has arrived! Looks like Robocop’s suit has been Murdered out. Watch on YouTube.
Ender’s Game Official Trailer
Originally posted 11/8/2013
Harrison Ford stars in “Ender’s Game”, (out in theaters now!) a futuristic tale of an alien invasion and the battle to defeat them. Is this the first sci-fi movie Ford has been in, since “Star Wars”? Watch on YouTube.
Warner Bros First Trailer For Edge of Tomorrow Released
Originally posted 12/12/2013
Tom Cruise is back with another epic -earth vs aliens- movie, in “Edge of Tomorrow”, Based on the Japanese short story “All You Need Is Kill” by Hiroshi Sakurazaksa. Tom Cruise is a soldier caught in a time loop, fighting against an alien invasion on Earth. Teal & Orange ftw! Watch on YouTube.
Transformers: Age of Extinction Teaser Trailer Posted
Originally posted 3/5/2014
Michael Bay and crew have posted the latest teaser trailer for “Transformers: Age of Extinction”, an epic visual fx fest. Watch on YouTube.
Transformers: Age of Extinction 4K Trailer
Originally posted 5/15/2014
This Transformers Age of Extinction trailer previews Michael Bay’s 2014 fourth installment, the first without Shia LaBeouf and the first built around a new cast led by Mark Wahlberg. ILM returned once again to handle the transforming robots, by this point running an established pipeline built over three prior films. Watch on YouTube.
Watch Warner Bros First Interstellar Trailer in HD
Originally posted 5/16/2014
Check out Warner Bros’ first “Interstellar” trailer. Matthew McConaughey will boldly go where no man has gone before, through a newly discovered wormhole. Interstellar has a Nov 2014 release date. Watch on YouTube.
Legendary Pictures “Pacific Rim 2: Uprising” Official Trailer
Originally posted 10/11/2017
Robot Jox, er, Jaeger Pilots fight to the death against the dreaded Kaiju in Pacific Rim 2. Watch on YouTube.
Oats Studio’s Bad President Trailer
Originally posted 10/26/2017
Oats Studio releases their trailer for “BAD President!”, Check it out! Watch on YouTube.
See the Deadly Hunt in Action with This Prey Featurette!
Originally posted 8/8/2022
The Prey movie, released by Hulu in 2022, is a prequel to the Predator franchise that began with the 1987 original. Watch on YouTube.