New ‘Dark Knight Rises’ Trailer In Front Of ‘The Avengers’
As if you needed more incentive to check outThe Avengerson May 4, a Warner Bros. exhibitor site has let it slip that a brand new trailer forChristopher Nolan’sThe Dark Knight Riseswill likely play in front of the Marvel superhero movie. It’s not guaranteed though. Read more after the jump.
The news comes fromNolan Fans(viaComic Book Movie) who saw the information on an official Warner Bros. website:
Even with that seeming confirmation, there’s no guarantee you’ll seeThe Dark Knight Risesin front of your screening ofThe Avengers. As you can see above, the trailers are “In Can” which means Warner Bros. sends the trailers to theaters with the strong suggestion they place them somewhere. At the end of the day, though, it’s up to the theaters of which trailers run in front of each movie. It makes perfect sense, of course. Advertising the biggest comic book movie of the year in front of the year’s other big comic book movie, but because they’re different studios, it’s not a sure thing.
SinceThe Avengersis a Disney movie, and not a Warner Bros. movie likeDark Knight Rises, they can only guarantee placement of their own films, usually as the final trailer before the feature starts. (This is called the “attached” trailer.) That’ll likely be a new one forBraveor maybe something crazy like anOz The Great and Powerfulteaser. Probably the former.
To be fair, though, Warner Bros. has used the allure of the sure-to-be massive blockbuster in the past. They got IMAX and Paramount to agree to place the first several minutes of their film in front ofMission: Impossible – Ghost Protocolthis past December.
Rumor has it this latest trailer forThe Dark Knight Riseswill be a little more Catwoman centric, which would also make sense, as we’ve seen a lot of Bane destruction but none of how Selina Kyle fits into the film.
And, of course, the second this new trailer hits the internet, you can expect to find it here.
Do you think placing the trailer forThe Dark Knight Risesin front ofThe Avengersis a smart move for Disney and Warner Bros.?
