'Breaking Dawn' Before 'Hunger Games': Five Other Large Trailer Debuts

Perhaps the greatest news during the day was Lionsgate's announcement the studio could be premiering the "Twilight Saga: Breaking Beginning Part 2" trailer before "The Hunger Games" in theaters on March 23. Though this really is certainly a match produced in youthful-adult paradise, it's not even close to the very first time trailers for long awaited films have opened before similarly large new releases. We have made the decision to return and pick our five favorite good examples of large trailer premieres in the past couple decades. The films havent always matched up the hype (we are searching to you, "Phantom Menace"), however they certainly gave us valid reason to obtain excited. "The Exorcist: Episode I The Phantom Menace" before "Meet Joe Black" Include me to a period lengthy, sometime ago (1998) inside a universe far, far (where Kaira Pitt was still being playing romantic leads). "Meet Joe Black" only agreed to be striking theaters, but fans were not always scrambling to theaters opening evening to trap Pitt playing the Dying. Rather, many fans were anxiously waiting for the very first trailer of George Lucas's long awaited "The Exorcist" prequel, "The Phantom Menace." Thinking about the public's transformed opinion around the movie as "The Phantom Menace" launches its 3-D rerelease today, it's difficult to think everyone was once so looking forward to the film. However they were seriously. "The Dark Dark night" before "I'm Legend" At that time, a viral-advertising campaign had possibly never produced quite the fervor for any movie that Warner Bros' had for "The Dark Dark night." Between your "Why So Serious?" campaign and Empire's slow reveal of Heath Ledger's Joker, fans were eager for an initial-consider the much-over-blown film. A trailer finally arrived 2007 before non-IMAX tests of "I'm Legend." But the majority of us were prepared to shill the extra dough and catch the "The Dark Knight's" opening sequence and sizzle reel before IMAX tests of Will Smith's publish-apocalyptic film. "Harry Potter and also the Deathly Hallows" before "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" Say what you should about evaluating "Harry Potter" to "The Twilight Saga," but both Warner Bros and Summit Entertainment understood their audiences overlapped when one studio paired its highly-anticipated trailer for that final two "Harry Potter" films using the similarly-anticipated discharge of "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" this year. Not just was the "Harry Potter and also the Deathly Hallows" teaser the most popular trailer of the season, "Eclipse" also continued being the greatest-grossing "Twilight" film in those days. Friendship! "The Avengers" after "Captain America: The Very First Avenger" Ah-hah! A general change in a clip-before-a-movie plan! Marvel switched some misconception a little once they had "The Avengers" teaser trailer premiere after tests of "Captain America: The Very First Avenger." It had been much more of a cliffhanger sizzle-reel than a real trailer, however it still got fans pumped for that movie. Iron Guy, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Hawkeye and Black Widow on this page?! Heck, we are still looking towards that at MTV News. "The Hunger Games" before "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Beginning Part 1" Similar to "Harry Potter" before it, the very first full-length "The Hunger Games" trailer opened before 2011's "Twilight Saga" installment, "Breaking Beginning Part 1." "But wait!" you say. "Is not the 'Breaking Beginning Part 2' trailer now being released before 'The Hunger Games'?" Very intuitive individuals, faceless, nameless MTV Movies Blog readers. It appears as if Lionsgate (that has lately absorbed Summit) has made the decision to reciprocate the hype that "The Hunger Games" gave "Breaking Beginning" using a little switcheroo. When the "Breaking Beginning Part 2" trailer is even half just like that first full "Hunger Games" trailer, I'm going to be thrilled. What are a few of your preferred trailer premieres before movies? Inform us within the comments section below or on Twitter!