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Ah, film, a global medium. It's certainly provided a number of moments to cheer about.

Movies with their own pages:

Other examples:

  • The Transformers Film Series (and the Transformers series in general) has its own page, the main example being the announcement that Peter Cullen would be playing Optimus Prime (hence the trope's original name, Cue Cullen).
  • Perhaps the original example of this trope is with the first Tim Burton Batman film and the decision to cast Michael Keaton in the title role. Batman fandom did a collective, "Michael Keaton?!?!?" and complained so loud and so furiously that Warner Brothers decided to take action with some emergency marketing. The centerpiece was a quick teaser that proved so popular that it silenced many fan complaints with the hope that Burton and Keaton were right after all. People were attending theaters just to watch the trailer and walking out when it was over, not even seeing the movie they paid for.
  • There had been doubts in the fandom over Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Cue the awesome, awesome trailer.
    • Also the announcement of the return of Karen Allen as Marion, reuniting the franchise One True Pairing for literally everybody.
  • The trailer for Watchmen. The fact that they salvaged a good song from Batman & Robin and made it even more awesome really says a lot.
    • Jackie Earle Haley as Rorschach, who heard about it thanks to a fan petition to get him the role.
  • The casting of Evanna Lynch as Luna Lovegood in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. There was wank over Helena Bonham Carter and the script and that kiss... then the fans saw their Luna and promptly shut up.
    • In a similar vein, the casting of Imelda Staunton as Dolores Umbridge. Which turned out to be a good omen for her performance in the film.
    • Bill Nighy as Scrimgeour in the Deathly Hallows films. Is it possible to read the books and not immediately picture Nighy as Scrimgeour?
    • As soon as the book Half-Blood Prince came out, a good many fans read the character Horace Slughorn and simply said, "Well, that's Jim Broadbent". Throughout the casting period these same people were just wondering when they would announce that the role had gone to Jim Broadbent. Then they announced that Slughorn was going to be played by Jim Broadbent. Perfect casting.
    • Also, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. "Meh, they changed the director, Dumbledore's actor is dead and... wait... Gary Oldman will be cast as Sirius? And David Thewlis will be Lupin? Count me in, when it'll be released?!" And while these casting choices might not have been the top picks for everybody, it’s generally agreed that Oldman and Thewlis do a great job playing the parts.
    • Like the Jim Broadbent example above, casting Alan Rickman as Snape was such a natural choice that fans were relieved that he got the role, since hardly anybody could imagine anyone else playing Snape. There was a somewhat major outcry when it was reported Tim Roth was up for the part as well, because, as one reviewer later put it, Alan Rickman couldn't have been a better pick for Snape if he'd been expressly built for the role. Helps that Rowling had him partly in mind when she first made the character.
    • Similarly, Dame Maggie Smith as McGonnagal. Simple, obvious casting.
    • All the movies cut too much stuff, I'm afraid of what will happen to Deathly Hallows...the film will be split in two parts?!
      • But it's probably going to be PG like Half-Blood Prince...wait a second, is it PG-13!?
      • THEY'RE KEEPING THE GRINGOTTS DRAGON!
    • Wait, did they really put in the old music from the end of the first film at the end?! OHMYGOSH WARNER BROS., I LOVE YOU!
    • Neville declares that he's "mad for" Luna! Yes!
    • What's this? J. K. Rowling's writing a screenplay? No doubt for a film adaptation of of her other wor — wait, what's that you say? It's set in the Potterverse? It's a prequel about the author of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them? Set in The Roaring '20s? Cue the sound of the fandom exploding.
  • In order to mitigate the fact that it's a sequel to T3, the first thing we get to know about the fourth Terminator movie is that John Connor is played by Christian Bale.
    • And the score for T4 is being composed by Danny Elfman. Engaging soundtrack geek Squee in 3...2...1...
    • This news.
    • Terminator Genisys: If Arnold back, along with Sarah Connor, played by Emilia Clarke, wasn't enough, the first trailer managed to raise interest. (then the spoiler-heavy second trailer took some good will down)
    • Confirmed for 2017 - for the 20th anniversary of what would have been Judgment Day (before T3 mucked with the timeline), a cinematic re-release of Terminator 2, converted to 3D. Said conversion supervised by James Cameron himself. Only the Creator Does It Right.
    • And on the heels of T2's re-release came the bombshell announcement of a sixth Terminator movie due for Summer 2019, to be directed by Tim Miller (Deadpool), produced by James Cameron, and starring not only Arnold Schwarzenegger, but also Linda Hamilton, returning as Sarah Connor. As if all that wasn't enough, news that this movie would ignore all the movies after Judgment Day was the cherry that really got the fandom buzzing.
  • The makers of the 2009 G.I. Joe movie may have pulled this off by releasing The first pictures of Snake-Eyes.
    • Christopher Eccleston playing the villain Destro◊ is enough to make fans yell, "Fantastic!!"
    • They hired Larry Hama, author of the long-running comic book and shaper of the franchise, as creative consultant, and they appear to have listened to his advice.
      • That's the big one. Let's just say that the Joe fanbase would be perfectly fine with GI Joe being turned into a yaoi storyline as long as they were assured Hama was involved somehow.
    • While hiring the director of the Justin Bieber movie to film the sequel caused a Tainted by the Preview, the casting of big name action movie stars such as Dwayne Johnson as Roadblock and Bruce Willis as Joe Colton made some fans cautiously optimistic. When pics of Snake Eyes's new look came out, fans were happy they ditched the molded mouth). Then the teaser trailer came out. Fans were very happy (the lack of sci-fi and Cobra Commander's new look were two things of note).
  • Sean Connery being cast as Alan Quatermain in the film adaptation of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen!? Excellent.
  • Mission: Impossible:
    • The fourth Mission: Impossible is coming in 2011. You're still apathetic about it over Tom Cruise's unfortunate mouth-openings? Yeah, me t- ...Sawyer is gonna be in it and Brad Bird is directing?!? Well, hot damn!
    • Ilsa Faust stole the show in Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation! Shame the next movie will probably replace her with a different woman... Wait, Ilsa will return in the sixth movie? Yes!
    • There's no way we'll be lucky enough to get Rebecca Ferguson starring in three consecutive MI movies, right? Wrong. Ilsa will be back for Mission Impossible 7note . Glory hallelujah!!
  • Peter Jackson. Guillermo del Toro. The Hobbit.
    • Guillermo is also really in touch with the fanbase- he actually posts on theonering.net message boards.
    • And this just in: Martin Freeman as Bilbo.
    • Guess what? PJ IS DIRECTING THE FILM. And he's bringing back Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens. It's actually going to be shot in New Zealand...
    • A FILM OF THE HOBBIT WILL ACTUALLY BE MADE AT ALL.
    • Everyone from LOTR is returning! (even if they weren't in the book, leading the script to some adaptation)
    • Fans of 3D will certainly like this.
    • Stephen Fry as the Master of Laketown.
    • Barry "Dame Edna" Humphries as the Goblin King. Even knowing next to nothing about him, I can tell this will be quite a spectacle.
    • The Doctor comes to Middle Earth. Sylvester McCoy is Radagast!
    • And Legolas is back! You can hear the ensuing squeeing from the other side of the planet.
    • Saoirse Ronan as an elven archer.
    • The trailer is in. And Martin Freeman is Bilbo Baggins. World, get ready, 'cause you're about to be hit over the head with just how damn good this man really is.
    • Back in The Fellowship of the Ring, an unnamed elf extraplayed by Bret McKenzie] got some attention, and was actually given the name "Figwit"note  by the fandom. In The Return of the King, he reappeared and was actually in the credits as "Figwit". In the cast of The Hobbit, Bret McKenzie is returning as Lindir, a character who actually appeared in the original booksnote .
  • Speaking of hobbits, Peter who? The guy who made those schlock horror flicks?...wait...what's that?
  • A TRON sequel movie? What's the catch? ...Jeff Bridges is coming back to play Kevin Flynn? NIIIIIICE....
    • And Bruce Boxleitner as the program himself? REALLY NIIIIIICE....
    • And Daft Punk is doing the score.
    • This is what a rejoicing fandom sounds like. In 2008, there had been rumors for several years that Steven Lisberger had been trying to pitch a sequel to TRON, but nothing concrete had ever been announced. Now, Disney is holding a panel at San-Diego Comic-Con to promote Race to Witch Mountain, and at the end of it, the studio rep says they're going to show a video for another project they have in the works. The audience sees a dark sky, a neon-lit city, a man with a glowing suit, and the whispers start: "Is this TRON?" They're not sure — a lot of other sci-fi settings could look like this. Then the lightcycle materializes around him with the original sound effects! A huge cheer erupts... then they see that Jeff Bridges is back on board and the crowd goes NUTS.
    • In this Youtube clip from ComicCon 2009, you can clearly hear fans having a religious experience as their walk through Flynn's Arcade ends at...an actual lightcycle.
    • AND NOW BRAD BIRD AND MICHAEL ARNDT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO WORK ON THE SCRIPT. YEAH!
    • They shot epilogues for the DVD? THAT MENTIONS THE VIRAL CAMPAIGN?! WITH RAM?!?! Pre-ordered now.
  • When the cast for the film of The Twilight Saga was announced, to say that fans went into an uproar would be an understatement. From complaints that Robert "Cedric Diggory" Pattinson wasn't good looking enough to play Edward, to people whining that Bella was not being played by Emily "Violet Baudelaire" Browning, there was backlash to be seen miles away. And then promotional pictures, trailers and behind-the-scenes stories came out, and the fandom collectively melted into puddles of ecstatic tears and anticipation...
  • Will Ferrell in a Land of the Lost movie? I'll watch the trailer...lame...lame...lame...lame...SLEESTAK! Okay, you sold me.
  • Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. Michael Cera as the titular Scott Pilgrim, yawn. Mary Elizabeth Winstead playing Ramona Flowers, could be interesting. Edgar Freakin' Wright directing the film, SCORE!
  • The live-action adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are. Hmmm, not really feeling it... wait, you said Spike Jonze is directing this? And Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs is writing the score? And the teaser trailer uses a rare acoustic version of Arcade Fire's Wake Up?!? Two tickets, please!
    • Then there's the promo video in which the book's author Maurice Sendak gushes over how great the film is.
    • For many, the best moment came when they saw the first trailer and saw, holy crap, real puppets instead of 100% CG.
  • The Edge of Darkness film adaptation. For some it was Mel Gibson and Robert De Niro (later replaced by Ray Winstone). For some it was Martin Campbell, director of GoldenEye, Casino Royale (2006) and the original miniseries.
  • It's recently been confirmed by Fox that there will be another Alien film. "Ugh, you got to be kidding me, another Alien movie? It better not be another crappy AVP movie...HOLY HELL!! Ridley Scott is directing! And it's a prequel! Redemption is at hand!"
    • How about Noomi Rapace as the protagonist?
    • Years later, seeing that Neill Blomkamp was doing a fifth Alien that will ignore all movies since Aliens while bringing back Ripley and Hicks.
  • When Quantum of Solace showed that James Bond went back to the iconic PPK, the fans went wild.
  • They're making a movie out of Mamma Mia!? Oh God, musicals have just hit a new lo- wait. Did you just say they cast Meryl Streep as Donna? Yes!
  • Interest in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides was fairly low until it was revealed it would be a new story ejecting everything apart from Johnny Depp and Geoffrey Rush, whose awesome-cred had survived the third film intact. The news that movie would be based on Tim Powers' book On Stranger Tides which had inspired both the first Pirates movie and also The Secret of Monkey Island, which is often heralded as also inspiring the series. There is now much greater interest in the project.
  • People were uneasy about the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time movie adaptation, admittedly with good reason. Details trickled out such as the casting of Jake Gyllenhaal as Prince...Dastan, giving a name to the previously nameless Prince. Then Jordan Mechner, the man behind the original game, was revealed to be involved very heavily with the project, and photos trickled out, mostly of shirtless-Gyllenhaal. No one seemed to be willing to commit to a strong opinion either way even after these revelations, though. It was the trailer, which contained intense action sequences with Le Parkour that was so emblematic of the Prince, as well as his trademark snark, that had people saying "holy crap, this might actually be the greatest video game movie ever!"
    • It gets even better if you read the manual. Aside from Jordan Mechner's involvement, who do they get to help with the stunts? David Belle, the founder of parkour.
  • When Games Workshop announced the much-awaited Warhammer 40,000 movie, the fan reaction was generally like "Meh, Ultramarines again...", but then the people heard that Dan Abnett is going to write the script — and there was much rejoicing.
  • So there's another W40K film, probably Marines again... Wait a moment, it's called "The Lord Inquisitor"? It's not focused on Space Marines? Gray Knights are in it?! And Holy Emperor, what a trailer!
  • The A-Team movie? Meh. Imagined they'd get around to it sooner or later, they're doing all the other 80's TV shows, and like the rest of them it'll probably be cr-Liam Neeson is Hannibal?? I love it when an adaptation comes together! (On the other hand, no Mr. T.) On the other other hand, Sharlto Copley is Murdock.
    • Bradley Cooper as Face.
    • Liam loves it when a plan comes together!
  • "They're doing a live action version of the anime cult classic Speed Racer? It's probably gonna be some generic "realistic" reimagining...wait, The Wachowskis are directing this?? And they've got an all-star cast, with John Goodman as Pops just to sweeten the deal?? This is gonna be awesome!!"
  • From the start, it was blatantly obvious that the The Sorcerer's Apprentice movie would be In Name Only. The trailer reveals that brooms are still going to come alive!
  • Richard Coyle is Moist Von Lipwig in Sky One's Going Postal. YES!!!
  • The announcement that Robert Rodriguez would be directing Predators was very much welcomed.
  • After being in Development Hell for nearly 20 years, Bryan Singer being announced as the director of what became Superman Returns was seen as one of the best omens any fan could hope for. And Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor was some nice icing on the cake.
  • From Paris With Love: Another film where John Travolta continues to ruin his career. Man he was so good in his early da... DID HE JUST HAND SOMEONE A ROYALE WITH CHEESE!?
  • What? Hollywood's doing Eva Live-Action movie? Wait...WETA Workshop's gonna be the studio? AND they're fans of the show?! AND they're going to go for actors who are actually Asian!? GOD'S IN HIS HEAVEN! AND ALL IS RIGHT IN THE WORLD!!!
  • They're remaking Conan the Barbarian (1982)? Meh. Wait, they cast Jason Momoa in the title role? Awesome!
  • Joss Whedon released at least three more films in 2012 besides The Avengers.
  • Another remake of Godzilla? It's being made by Legendary Pictures!? AWESOME!!!!
  • Frankenstein. Directed by Guillermo del Toro. With Doug Jones as the Creature. With creature design by Bernie Wrightson.
    • They're doing an adoptation of At the Mountains of Madness? And Guillermo is writing and directing? He's assured it stays true to the story with no tacked on romance? And James Cameron is producing?
    • Disney's doing The Haunted Mansion again? Didn't you learn your mistake last—GUILLERMO DEL TORO! Let's face it, he makes everything better.
    • Hmm, let's see...Guillermo del Toro! Your film is now diamonds. It works!
  • This was the original reaction to a A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) remake: Hmmph, might as well not bother, it's just another generic 80's slasher remake, who cares... wait, Jackie Earle Haley is playing Freddy?! WHOO!!!
  • They're making a remake of The Karate Kid? I don't know- Jackie Chan is in it?!
  • Wait, an Atlas Shrugged film adaptation! They cast Ethan Cohn and are splitting it into two parts!
  • A Green Lantern (2011) movie starring Ryan Reynolds? Riiiiight— OH MY GOD. This is equal parts awesome and adorable. Is the movie out yet?!
  • The last Superman movie wasn't so great. The sequel languished in Development Hell, and at a certain point the studio decided to turn into a Darker and Edgier reboot. Then Zack Snyder was confirmed as the director of Man of Steel...
    • Aided by the fact that Christopher Nolan was producing and fan favorite Henry Cavill has now been cast as the Man of Steel. You will believe once again that a man can fly.
    • Amy Adams as Lois Lane!
    • Russell Crowe as Jor-El has been getting this same reaction as well.
    • As more and more info comes out, like the latest trailer, it's increasingly clear that it's not as Darker and Edgier as people assumed.
    • Here's◊ the first image of Michael Shannon as General Zod! This is so badass!
    • There's the Man of Steel seque/l coming out. That's cool and wait? It's going to feature BATMAN!?! The dream movie featuring the World's Finest is coming to a reality.
      • And whose Batman, but Ben Affleck. Batman, the Man without Fear!
    • Following that announcement, they're also planning a Flash film and a JLA one for 2016 and 2017 respectively!
    • Jason Momoa's in talks to appear in this movie? *crosses fingers* Please be playing Hawkman, please be playing Hawkman...
    • If all of that was not enough to make You have a fangasm, there was the news that, after years of struggles and failed attempts and when it seemed like it was never going to happen, Wonder Woman will finally be making her first big screen appearance. Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman all in the same film and that's only what we know so far?! When is this film out again?
    • The movie's panel during SDCC 2014 is several fandom rejoicing in quick succession. First we have the first official image of Gal Gadot in her Wonder Woman costume being released, which several fans are happy with, which is then topped by the panel dropping a teaser depicting Batman in his bat-armour from Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, shining the Batsignal on a spot in the sky—revealing Superman prepping his heat vision! The attendees went nuts. To top it all off, Henry Cavill, Ben Affleck, and Gal Gadot all showed up for the panel, which marks the first time EVER that the Big Three—the Holy Trinity of DC—appeared together in the flesh!
    • Ladies and gentlemen, the teaser is here. You may jump in excitement now.
  • Justice League (which was more of "Executive Meddling: The Movie" than Zack Snyder's own) left a bad taste in pretty much everyone's mouth back in 2017. Then, in May 2020... Zack Snyder's Justice League was announced for release on HBO Max! The unthinkable happened. The #ReleaseTheSnyderCut fandom won its crusade, and the Internet went berserk.
  • Karl Urban claims that Judge Dredd will not take his helmet off in Dredd. A good first indication that the film will not be like the disaster that was the Stallone version.
  • The announcement that Star Wars would be released on Blu-Ray was accompanied at Celebration V by a video of a deleted scene from Return of the Jedi of Luke building his green lightsaber. The fandom's rejoicing could literally be heard.
    • October 30, 2012. Disney drops $4 billion to buy Lucasfilm and its associated properties, including Industrial Light & Magic and, yes, the rights to Star Wars and Indiana Jones. The purchase is accompanied by the announcement of... THE SEQUEL TRILOGY.
      • J. J. Abrams is directing The Force Awakens. And Lawrence Kasdan is writing it. In other words, the ideal artistic situation for Star Wars: Lucas just supplied general ideas, while staying at least arms length while proven artists with genuine talent develop them into real stories.
    • The big three are going to be in the movie! So are R2-D2, C-3PO, and Chewbacca.
    • Max von Sydow is going to be in the movie, and he's possibly a bad guy!
    • John Williams is returning to score the film. On top of that, it was revealed that the Sequel Trilogy will use less CGI and more authentic props/sets/etc. Seriously, this keeps getting better and better.
    • Some people were worried about Disney's Continuity Reboot of the Expanded Universe, even after they announced they would reuse concepts from the EU. One such worry is that Boba Fett would not come Back from the Dead after going out like a punk in Return Of The Jedi. However, George Lucas himself said that Fett never died in the Sarlaac Pit in either continuity - and whatever he says, goes. George Lucas is not so bad after all!
    • After the initial cast revealed that Daisy Ridley was the only new female main character, fans were afraid that the sequels would be victim of The Smurfette Principle like it happened in the previous two trilogies (even if these movies at least will two female main characters instead of just one). Fortunately it was shortly announced that it wouldn't be the case, as more women in leading roles were announced. And among those women are Lupita Nyong'o, who's an Oscar winner, and Gwnedolyne Christie, well known for her role as Brienne of Tarth.
    • Miltos Yerolemou is joining the cast of the movie. To clarify: Syrio Forel is joining the cast of the movie!
    • The first trailer. Stormtroopers, Tatooine, droids, X-Wings, Awesome, but Impractical Sith lightsaber, TIE-Fighters, the Millennium Falcon... Hell. Yes. Hearing the oh so familiar fanfare while watching the Falcon soar across the screen was a freakin' godsend.
    • "Chewie...we're home."
    • The behind the scenes look. Can whoever's chopping onions please stop?
    • When the teaser to The Rise of Skywalker was released, the fandom exploded over Emperor Palpatine's laugh, and then the "no one is ever really gone" voiceover just tossed more dynamite into the fire.
  • After the lackluster performance of Prince Caspian at the box office (compared to the first film), there was doubt that The Chronicles of Narnia film series would continue, despite that Prince Caspian being one of the less popular entries in the series. Disney lost faith in the series and ended their involvement with Walden Media, leaving fans to speculate if another studio would pick them up. Then Fox swooped in, gave new hope to the series, and promptly delivered a mind-blowing trailer for The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, a near-universal fan favorite.
    • Also for many, Liam Neeson and Tilda Swinton as Aslan and the White Witch, respectively. And holy crap!? Eddie Izzard voicing Reepicheep?! Unfortunately, Eddie won't be reprising the role, but Simon Pegg will be replacing her and may be just as awesome.
    • After a lull in the series after the release of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader there was universal glee with news of a adaptation of The Silver Chair and easing worries that the series would be left incomplete.
  • Man, it sucks to be an American horror fan these days. The only good horror movies are being made in Europe and East Asia, they all go straight to DVD with zero promotion when (or if) they get here, and most American horror movies are either remakes (of either the classics or of the aforementioned foreign films), heavily sanitized by the MPAA, or Z-grade garba... wait, you're telling me that Hatchet II is getting a wide theatrical release? Unrated, with the gorn fully intact? Holy shit, there is still hope for American horror!
    • Sadly, that's about where the good news ended with this one. The film's release in Toronto and Montreal was canceled due to it being unrated, and every theater chain except AMCnote  refused to carry it for the same reason, meaning that its release was shrunk from "wide" (more than a thousand screens) to just 68 theaters for only four days. And then the reviews came in, and said that the film was So Okay, It's Average at best, falling into the "Z-grade" part of the above description more than anything else.
  • The Ender's Game movie is FINALLY Saved from Development Hell. Wait, is that the writers from Star Trek (2009) working on the script? WHO'S PLAYING PETRA?
  • It's been three years since the release of Grindhouse. Not our fault that it failed in the box office since the Weinsteins released it on of all times, Easter. Wait, what's this about a "Don't" commentary Edgar? Grindhouse on Blu-ray? The theatrical cut on DVD and Blu-ray?! With ALL the fake trailers?!!! note . ALL IS FORGIVEN!!
  • Resident Evil: Afterlife will probably not be so great, so why bother? Wait, CHRIS REDFIELD himself is finally in it?!
    • Also, Sienna Guillory was announced to reprise her role as Jill after not appearing in Resident Evil: Extinction, although she only appears in the last 30 seconds as a Sequel Hook under Wesker's mind control.
    • After four movies of being absent, Leon Kennedy and Ada Wong were announced for the fifth movie.
  • As if Guy Ritchie's adaptation of Sherlock Holmes wasn't fantastic on its own, you could practically hear the moment the internet broke when Stephen Fry himself announced he was cast as Holmes' brother Mycroft.
    • Jared Harris as Professor Moriarty? Very unexpected, but not a bad choice at all.
    • And Noomi Rapace will play a role as well.
  • Most fans were indifferent to the rumored Mass Effect movie, at best; as soon as this thread was posted, though...the people who made The Dark Knight and Watchmen are producing the movie? Casey Hudson as one of the executive producers?! It'll be an original story and not an adaptation of the game?!
  • Bill & Ted 3, later given the name Bill & Ted Face the Music. Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter will be returning as Bill and Ted, with the original creator/writer duo of Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon as well. To further cement things, in an interview Winter said that the movie will retain the spirit of the originals without giving into "retro cynicism".
  • Early response to Last of the Mohicans (1992), especially among Native Americans: that Mighty Whitey film about disappearing Indians? Based on an adventure novel about Noble Savages written in the 1820s? One year after Dances with Wolves? DO NOT WANT. Featuring the Oscar-winning actor from My Left Foot? Wait...Russell Means is playing the title character? The leader of The American Indian Movement? And he's wielding a spiked club?◊
  • They're finally making RENT into a movie? WITH ALMOST THE ENTIRE ORIGINAL CAST?
  • Queen of the Damned movie? Okay...Oh God, that's Lestat? Wait, and he's singing? It sounds great, though...OHMIGOD IT'S THE GUY FROM KORN! (and in fact the musical score is the only thing that had some impact and good reception in that movie)
  • A fourth Scream movie, after how much the third one sucked? And a decade after the films were last relevant? Puh-leezzz...wait, Kevin Williamson is coming back to write it? Time to mark April 15 on the calendar, this is gonna be awesome! note 
  • Anyone seeing the trailer for Your Highness for the first time must have felt this. We already knew Natalie Portman was in this, then we find out it also has Zooey Deschanel! Two nerd goddesses in the same movie!
  • A new Ghostbusters movie? That's cool. Wait, Eliza Dushku? And not as some heroine, either, as one of the new Ghostbusters?!? This one may have induced actual orgasms.
    • The fact that the original cast and director are attached also helps.
  • They're making The Dark Tower into a movie?! And they're getting J. J. Abrams to direct??? No, Abrams has pulled out. Who will they get to replace him...RON HOWARD??? And they're getting JAVIER BARDEM to play ROLAND??????!!!!
    • Annnnnnnnnnnd...the project has been shelved. But wait... it's back, and Idris Elba is Roland! Matthew McConaughey is the Man In Black! And how about this little tidbit..it's a sequel to the book series!
  • A Fright Night remake? Wait, David Tennant as Peter Vincent?
  • A sorta-remake of Django, one of the greatest cult westerns of all time, directed by Quentin Tarantino?
  • Steven Spielberg announced in mid-2011 that a fourth Jurassic Park film will be made. Once the actual trailer came out four years later, the excitement could not be held!
    • They're also bringing back Dr. Wu from the first film. And Mr. DNA. And... The original T. rex?! The same one that saved the humans from the raptors?!! THE QUEEN OF THE DINOSAURS IS BACK!!!
      • Three Words: "Open Paddock Nine"
    • Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom confirmed they'll be using more animatronic dinosaurs, which were seldom used in the previous movie. And they also confirmed three familiar dinosaurs fans long-waited to see in the films that will be finally appearing in the flesh: Allosaurus, Baryonyx, Carnotaurus.
    • Colin Trevorrow has confirmed there will be no genetic hybrids in Jurassic World Dominion. JP is all about real dinosaurs again!
      • Sam Neill, Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum are reprising their roles from the first three films! The original trio who witnessed and survived Jurassic Park's glory days are together again!
      • After being Put on a Bus for a long, LONG time, Ingen's rival Biosyn is coming back for the film!
      • After being left out in the last two films in spite of what science currently thinks, feathered dinosaurs are FINALLY coming in!
      • The film is also bringing back a dinosaur from the original film that's been Put on a Bus for far too long, Dilophosaurus!
      • Pterosaur fans rejoiced when the film breaks the franchise's streak of extremely outdated pterosaur designs by introducing a very accurately-designed Quetzalcoatlus, with its only inaccuracy being size.
      • The tie-in website shows the third film’s raptors, who were one of the most popular designs despite the frequent hate heaped on the film, made it off the island.
      • The scene showing Rexy having made a family unit with the second film’s rexes.
    • Two years after the release of Dominion, it's been confirmed that another Jurassic World film is in the works. And this time, David Koepp will be writing the script for the first time since The Lost World!
  • The 25th anniversary of Back to the Future brought not only remastered Blu-Ray versions of the movie and its sequels, but a video game follow-up starring Christopher Lloyd and Michael J. Fox in the finale, and theatrical re-releases of the movie. Great Scott!
  • Oh great, an English-language remake of Oldboy, one of the best 21st-century Korean films is going to be ruined. . Wait, Spike Lee is directing? Maybe this has potentia- CHRISTIAN BALE MIGHT PLAY LEE WOO-JIN? And Josh Brolin is already signed on for Oh Dae-Su, as icing on the cake.
  • Les Misérables (2012): Oooh, sweet, they're making a film version of Les Mis! With Cameron Mackintosh producing and Tom Hooper directing! Fantastic! And hey, Hugh Jackman is playing Jean Valjean. That could work! And Russell Crowe as Inspector Javert. Well, that will either go very well or very badly. Anne Hathaway as Fantine - wonderful! But nothing too spine-tingling yet...wait, Helena Bonham Carter as Mme. Thenardier??? YES PLEASE!!!
    • I'm sorry, did you just say Colm Wilkinson (the original Valjean) is going to play the Bishop? BEST. CAMEO. EVER.
      • When the first images of Colm as Bishop came out, the entire fandom stopped everything else it was doing and just squeed like crazy over those. Colm's appearance is the most highly anticipated part of the movie for some people.
    • The one casting decision no one has complained over and everyone has celebrated (quite a feat in a fandom as divided as the Les Mis fandom)? The casting of some of the West End actors as the barricade boys. Killian Donnelly's casting as Combeferre alone caused some of the greatest collective squee fandom has seen in a long time. Because everyone adores Killian Donnelly. When Fra Fee, Alistair Brammar, and Jamie Muscato were also announced as fellow Barricade Boys, it was just the icing on the cake for many.
      • And who's going to be Enjolras, the fangirl-bait leader described in the book as "angelically beautiful" and belting out some of the most glorious notes in musical theater? Why, it's the golden-voiced, extremely beloved Broadway leading man Aaron Tveit, best known for swinging around poles in Next to Normal. That sound you hear is the collective swoon of the fandom.
    • It's Samantha Barks of the 25h Anniversary Concert as Eponine!!! Both Lea Salonga and Frances Ruffelle are rejoicing.
    • Hadley Fraser as the Loudhailer has also gotten a pretty positive reception, to say the least.
  • Benicio del Toro has signed on to play a "mystery part" in the sequel to J. J. Abrams' Star Trek (2009).
    • Aaaaaaaaaaand that seems to have fallen through. Wonder who's going to be repl- Benedict Cumberbatch as the villain, you say? Sweetness.
    • Behold, set photos.
    • Speaking of which, a lot of people remember this trailer, also known as the ultimate fangasm. "Well, this film looks interesting. Something's obviously being built... Ooh, a John F. Kennedy voice-over, and a voice-clip of the first moon landing, I wonder if the movie will be about that... Wait, I recognize the shape of that ship... and is that Leonard Nimoy saying... THE ENTERPRISE!?! OMG, STAR TREK'S BACK!!!!!"
    • In another example, Star Trek: Enterprise has now been shown as being part of the Star Trek universe in BOTH realities; meaning that all the criticisms that Enterprise is not truly part of the Star Trek universe have been rendered invalid.
    • Fandom went nuclear in the worst way when it was announced that Bob Orci - 9/11 conspiracy nut who many blame for ruining Star Trek Into Darkness - would be replacing J.J. Abrams as director, despite having no directing experience whatsoever. Everyone heaved a huge sigh of relief when this was announced.
  • Another cliche romance comedy? So what if it has Jason Segel, Amy Adams, Kermit the F- wait, THE Kermit the Frog? Miss Piggy too? "Are there MUPPETS in this movie?!" OH MY GOD THE MUPPETS ARE BACK! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!
    • And now, there's a SEQUEL!!! HUZZAH!
  • A Spider-Man reboot? I dunno- Wait... the Lizard is the villain? Niiice.
    • And a wise-cracking Spidey is just icing on the cake.
    • So they're making a sequel and wait a sec... they've changed Spidey's costume for it? And it looks more comic-accurate than the original costume from the first one? Sweet.
  • They're doing another remake of Carrie just ten years after the last one. Directed by Kimberly Peirce? Alright, Boys Don't Cry was pretty good, let's see who they're casting as... CHLOE GRACE MORETZ IS PLAYING CARRIE? With Julianne Moore as Margaret? Screen Gems, shuddupandtakemymoney!
    • Wow, this is a pretty cool fan-made poster of Moretz as Carrie. Kimberly Peirce likes it too? Even cooler. She based the official teaser poster on it? SWEET! Looks like she knows what she's doing.
    • It's gonna be rated R, and not a watered-down PG-13? Sweet!
    • And now Brian De Palma, the maker of the first adaptation, has given the remake his stamp of approval.
  • Why is Ron Burgundy making a random appearance on Conan? To anounce a sequel after 8 years? Great. Odin's. Raven.
  • Tim Burton is making a Dark Shadows movie and it's a comedy? Written by Seth Grahame-Smith? Set in The '70s? Awesome!
  • Mel Gibson is getting weirder and more controversial each day. Don't think his career can get any worse. Wait, that's his next movie? Man, this will rock!
    • Get the Gringo isn't getting a theatrical US release? Shucks... but it's being released on DVD? Awesome.
  • Well, animated films have been getting better lately. All we need now is for good ol' Aardman to get back in the game. That Arthur Christmas movie they're doing COULD be all right, but you can tell from the trailer that it just won't be the same... wait, what's this? They've got another movie coming out in 2012? Called The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists? It's in stop-motion? It's got Hugh Grant, David Tennant and BRIAN BLESSED doing voices?!? PETER FREAKING LORD IS DIRECTING?!?! AND IT'S STOP MOTION?! Dreams do come true!
  • Stephen King's The Stand is being made into a feature film, directed by Ben Affleck, and will apparently be released in three installments, a la The Lord of the Rings?
  • So they're making an The Expendables sequel? Cool, who's joining? Chuck Norris? Jean-Claude Van Damme? Excellent... wait, was that Arnold firing a gun? ARNOLD'S BACK!
  • Sigh, just going to the movies, nothing special is going o—wait did I hear "Welcome To Regal Entertainment"? REGAL BRUNG BACK THEIR ROLLERCOASTER POLICY TRAILERS FROM THE 90S! WOOHOO!!!!
  • The Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie remake has been shelved? Thank goodness!
  • Wait, Dwayne Johnson announced he was in talks to star in a Lobo movie. Repeat that please...
  • An Evil Dead remake, written by Diablo Cody, without Ash Williams? I'm not sure it- wait, you're telling me that Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell are producing it? And they've seen finished footage from the film and given it their thumbs up?
  • Huh, they finally made a movie out of The Lone Ranger. Looks.... wow, that actually looks pretty awesome! Wait.... IS THAT JOHNNY DEPP AS TONTO?!
  • Pierce Brosnan won't be reprising his role as Chiron in the next Percy Jackson and the Olympians movie? Aww, man! Who'd they get to rep - ANTHONY STEWART HEAD? Why the hell didn't they cast him the first time around?
    • Wait, Nathan Fillion is Hermes? YES! And Annabeth's hair is finally blonde! HALLELUJAH!
  • Guillermo del Toro is doing a new movie? Awesome! Kaiju! Giant robots! Wait... is that GLaDOS?
    • Near the end of the first trailer: Wait, what's that robot doing with the ship? Did he just use it to bash the monster?!
  • A Good Day to Die Hard is going to be R-rated! (and that was the last time anyone was optimistic)
  • Euch, a new Eli Roth movie? Godda-wait, he co-wrote it with someone else? This might not suck!
  • The Little Shop of Horrors Blu-Ray has the long-lost ending restored back into the movie, and presented in color, for the first time since test screenings!
  • A new Child's Play movie? And it's not goofy and jokey?
  • So, the Honor Harrington movie was announced two years ago, and seems to be in Development Hell. Oh, well... wait, they're still working on it? And they'll be starting with Honor Of The Queen and not On Basilisk Station? Excellent.
  • A reboot of The Three Stooges?? Thank you, Movie Production Beings....
  • So A Wrinkle in Time is getting a new movie? Sweet, with all the interdimensional travel it's sure to be interesting—Jennifer Lee is writing the screenplay? This should be good!
  • A new Jungle Book movie? Ugh, this is gonna be a train wre—wait, Jon Favreau is directing? Idris Elba is Shere Khan?! Scarlett Johansson is Kaa?! Lupita Nyong'o is Raksha?! Christopher Walken is King Louie?! Giancarlo Esposito is Akela?! Ben Kingsley is Bagheera?! Bill Murray is Baloo?! This may not be so bad...
  • Jungle Book: Origins? Do we really need two live action adaptations of this boo—Andy Serkis is Baloo?! Benedict Cumberbatch is Shere Khan?! Christian Bale is Bagheera?! Cate Blanchett is Kaa?! This should be interesting...
  • A film version of Into the Woods? Eh, I dunno, I'm not sure about some of the cast and Rob Marshall has been hit-or-miss when it comes to musicals and it's Disney so the whole thing will probably end up Lighter and Softer and is that the trailer? Wow, this might actually be awesome!
    • The first trailer showed none of the singing and was met with mixed reaction among fans. Later trailers showed the singing and increased anticipation for the film.
  • Pixels had an example Rotten Tomatoes' assessment shows this trope heavily:
    For a while now, we've been referring to Sony's adaptation of the FX-heavy short film Pixels as an Adam Sandler movie (he's also producing through Happy Madison), but this week, a new cast member signed on that might force us to re-evaluate our opinions. Game of Thrones costar Peter Dinklage is in final negotiations.
    • Then RT did it again when discussing the licensed arcade games whose characters would be featured in the movie.
  • They're making a sequel to Beetlejuice? After nearly 30 years? Ugh, this is probably gonna be a train wre—wait, what did you say? Tim Burton is directing, and Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder are reprising their respective roles?! SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!
  • Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!: What? Nova from the first Sharknado film is reprising her role? Oh Hell Yeah!
  • So, Warner Brothers is making a PG-13 horror film? Bet it's gonna be some cheap teen slasher movie and....Wait? It's a movie version of Five Nights at Freddy's? Scott Cawthon is directly involved? They're gonna be as faithful to the original lore as possible? Sounds awesome!
    • They're probably going to use hideous CGI for the animatronics, right? Nope! They're going to use actual animatronic puppets and costumes courtesy of Jim Henson Studios.
  • A live-action Beauty and the Beast? The original film is perfection, is this really necessary?... Wait, Emma Watson as Belle? Emma Thompson as Mrs. Potts? Ian McKellen as Cogsworth? Josh Gad as Lefou? All right, Disney, now you have my attention.
  • The Rocky Horror Picture Show is getting a remake for TV...it's possibly going to suck with all these poor casting choices Fox has made so far... wait a minute, Adam Lambert's going to play Eddie? And Tim Curry is the Criminologist? This might be worth a watch!
  • Literally the only thing most Jem fans liked about the Jem and the Holograms (2015) film was Kesha as Pizzazz. She had been a popular choice amongst fans for Pizzazz in a theoretical live-action Jem film for years. Now if only she had been in the film beyond The Stinger... They really missed out on their chance to have Ke$ha scream and throw fits as Pizzazz.
  • Hasbro is going to make another cinematic universe. The leading franchises are obvious, but it seems they'll be betting on more obscure brands. And one of them seems to begin as a direct crossover...◊
  • J-Horror fans must have lost their collective minds when the Ringu/Ju-on crossover was announced...
  • The success of the last two Super Hero Taisen movies led to a third one, this time with focus leaning more towards the Kamen Riders. Sadly, though, the previous two movies used a lot of Fake Shemps, and this movie puts focus on every primary Rider, so it seems like once again, other than recent ones...wait, Faiz AND Kaixa? WITH THE ORIGINAL ACTORS? And hold on... Keisuke Jin, Kamen Rider X, is returning with his original actor?! And... so is Takeshi Hongo?!
  • Star Wars: Rogue One was already getting a fair amount of buzz, but once it was confirmed that Darth Vader would be in it, AND voiced by James Earl Jones... well, search YouTube and you'll find a compilations of reactions to that little bit of news.
  • The 2018 Halloween film initially attracted skepticism; while it would be ending the longest drought in the series' history, most fans were unsure about the fact that David Gordon Green and Danny McBride would be writing and directing. Then it was announced that Jamie Lee Curtis would be reprising her role as Laurie Strode. Then it was announced that John Carpenter would be involved in a creative capacity, including working on the score. And then it was announced that the film would be ignoring every film after the first one, including dropping the second film's reveal that series villain Michael Myers was Laurie's long-lost brother (a reveal that's generally held by fans, including Carpenter himself, to be a Franchise Original Sin). Suffice it to say, those announcements got the attention of horror fans real fast.
  • Huh. The new Christopher Robin film seems interesting enough, featuring the titular character all grown up and encountering his childhood animals again. Well, it might be worth checking out the trailer, and—is that Jim Cummings as Pooh again?! And Tigger too!?
  • So they're making a movie about the Battle for Castle Itter? About damn time. And it's called The Last Battle, just like the Sabaton song... wait... Sabaton's going to be on the soundtrack? Sing with me, comrades!
    And it's the end of the line
    Of the final journey
    Enemies leaving the past
    And it's American troops
    And the German army
    Joining together at last
  • The initial reaction to Mary Poppins Returns was sour, due to Disney replacing Julie Andrews with Emily Blunt as the titular nanny. Then the trailer premiered and... holy crap, is that traditional hand-drawn animation in the same style as the animated scenes from the original?!
  • Fans of Maleficent have been waiting for years for a sequel, but the fact that almost every member of the cast is coming back (particularly Sam Riley) is causing a whole lot of squeeing.
  • Following its reveal trailer, the Sonic the Hedgehog live-action movie was widely mocked online for Sonic's incredibly Unintentional Uncanny Valley design. It was considered a success by the fandom that the director announced that the movie would be delayed so Sonic would be redesigned. Months later, a new trailer came out... to reveal to a stunned fandom that his new design was much more faithful to the styles of Sonic they were familiar with.
    • With The Stinger for the movie already making clear Tails was coming, the eventual reveal that the sequel would also have Knuckles - and for bonus squee points, voiced by Idris Elba!
    • The Stinger for Sonic the Hedgehog 2 has G.U.N. uncovering a file dating back 50 years ago. And sure enough, the final scene shows a pod rising up showing a black and red hedgehog inside of it. Shadow the Hedgehog is coming in for the next film!
    • The fandom couldn't hold in their excitement when Paramount releases a teaser for the third movie, accompanied by a remix of "Live and Learn" no less!
      • And then comes the reveal that Crush 40 are involved with the movie.
  • The first trailer for F9 already excited fans of that franchise enough with John Cena joining the cast, playing a villain who is Dom's younger brother, but then the fans lost their minds at the sight of Han seemingly coming back from the dead.
JUSTICE IS COMING
  • Firefly fans rejoiced when they found out Serenity was being made.
  • I'm glad that Disney's not constantly relying on Marvel and Star Wars right now and are willing to still make new legacy sequels. But there's only so much to work off of...wait...DID THEY JUST SAY THE PRINCESS DIARIES 3 IS FINALLY HAPPENING?!?!

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