Author: Megan Williams

Trailer Talk: Dec 2025

It may be the time of joy and giving, but this month’s trailers have decided that Halloween is still upon us, starting with the latest big screen adaptation of ‘Silent Hill’. 

Based on the most popular entry ‘Silent Hill 2’, this adaptation follows James Sunderland (Jeremy Irvine – Baghead) as he finds himself in the eerie foggy town. While it looks like it’ll have intense sequences and creepy monsters and entities that inhabit the town, it also looks like a TV movie despite having a cinema release of next month.

In contrast, another video game adaptation has chosen the cinematic but goofy route: ‘Street Fighter’. This counts as the third time the fighting game will getting the big screen, live action treatment and it looks like a lot of fun. While the announcement trailer is only under a minute, it’s colourful, full of action-packed fighting sequences and the characters all look accurate to the source material.

From action-packed video games to horror with the surprising sequel ‘Ready or Not 2’. Following on from the fantastic 2019 film, Grace (Samara Weaving) believes she’s escaped the hunt first conceived by her in-laws but soon finds out that they were part of a bigger game. Not only has the second film been fun with the title, ‘Ready or Not: Here I Come’, but they’ve given this the sequel treatment which is to add more cast members to the list and make the situation bigger than before. And, with these films, that works with a continuation that makes sense and an incredible cast: Kathryn Newton (Freaky), Elijah Wood, Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and even horror legend David Cronenberg (The Fly, Videodrome)!

Next year is looking to be an even more fantastic year for films, and there are so many more that I look forward to in 2026!

Trailer Talk: July 2025

The summer is not only known for its Blockbuster movie releases, but also for the number of trailers that are announced. So, I’ve compiled a few that arrived this month, starting with Disney/Pixar’s latest original film.

‘Hoppers’ has been rumoured for a long time, so it’s exciting to finally see the idea come to light. Directed by Daniel Chong (Creator of ‘We Bare Bears’), it follows two scientists as they discover a way to ‘hop’ human consciousness into life-like robotic animals. It not only looks adorable, but the art style resembles that of Daniel Chong’s previous work. Plus, it’s a delight to see another original film from Pixar after the beautiful ‘Elio’. 

Another delight is a big screen appearance from Spongebob Squarepants in ‘The Search For Squarepants’. This will mark the first time in 5 years that the animated sponge will appear in cinemas, and it looks like a lot of fun. While the show’s art style still won’t be transferred to the film, ‘Search for Squarepants’ tone and gags are reminiscent of earlier seasons. 

From animated originals to more video game adaptations, starting with an unexpected one: ‘Exit 8’.

This is based on a 2023 Japanese indie game about spotting anomalies in a subway tunnel and was an unexpected surprise. While the premise is fantastic, it’ll be interesting to see how the film adaptation will stretch it out to 90 minutes or more, considering that the game’s runtime can either be 10 minutes or 2 hours depending on how you play. The film also stands out due to it being the first video game adaptation to be shown at Cannes Film Festival.

However, one video game adaptation that’ll probably never be shown at that festival ‘Mortal Kombat 2’. This is the long-awaited sequel to the enjoyable 2021 predecessor of the same name. While it’s only a teaser, fans are finally introduced to Johnny Cage, played by Karl Urban (Amazon’s The Boys), and he’s a fantastic casting choice. 

And, finally, this month’s Trailer Talk ends with another video game adaptation sequel, this time based on a pizzeria: ‘Five Nights At Freddys 2’. While the teaser released 3 months ago only showed small details, this one reveals some of the plot as well as a better look at Mangle, the Toy animatronics, Marionette’s music box and even two of the Withered animatronics, both of which look terrifying! With the Blumhouse promise that the sequel will be scary, it’s starting to look like they’re keeping that promise. 

Wolf King: Trailer Talk

‘Wolf King’ follows Drew Ferran, a commoner who, after coming of age, discovers he’s the last in a long line of werewolves and heir to the throne. 

While I am unfamiliar with its source material, a book series by Curtis Jobling called ‘Wereworld’, I am happy to see more media revolving around werewolves. Out of all the classic horror monsters, it always seems like the canines are left out a lot which is a shame. Plus, from watching the trailer, it looks like the series will portray werewolves as the good characters instead of the villains, another trope that follows this creature often.

The animation looks incredible too; it’s great to see the animation industry experiment with different art styles in its shows and films, and ‘Wolf King’ is no exception. The shadows and lighting especially look gorgeous, as well as the character designs. And, with everything going on in the trailer, it makes sense for this to be a Netflix series instead of a film; the source material spanned six books so this should follow in its footsteps.

Even though I am unfamiliar with the ‘Wereworld’ series, the adaptation ‘Wolf King’ looks fantastic. The animation style is beautiful and it’s wonderful to see more werewolf media overall.

Marvel Studios’ Thunderbolts: Trailer Talk

‘Marvels Thunderbolts’ follows a group of unconventional antiheroes as they embark on a dangerous mission that will force them to confront their pasts.

From the concept alone, it sounds like a parallel to DC’s ‘The Suicide Squad. However, it looks like a lot of fun and is evidently being used as an opportunity to highlight characters that have been underused/forgotten: Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen – Ant-Man and the Wasp), Taskmaster (Olga Kurylenko – Black Widow), John Walker (Wyatt Russell – The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) and Red Guardian (David Harbour – Black Widow). Furthermore, it will continue Bucky Barnes’ story (Sebastian Stan – Captain America: The Winter Soldier). It’s great to see these characters be given more of a spotlight, plus the cast look like they’ll work great together onscreen.

But, with this comes a couple of interesting scenarios: ‘Marvels Thunderbolts’ will question whether a world without The Avengers is good or not. Not only that but, with John Walker and Bucky Barnes clashing once again, how will that work out considering they now have to work together instead of against each other this time?

‘Marvel’s Thunderbolts’ will surely bring up a couple of interesting questions, and it looks enjoyable. I also appreciate the fact that Marvel is giving these characters a bigger limelight.