Hollywood TrailerFest Gives a Peak at Upcoming Films

The New York edition of the annual American Black Film Festival (ABFF) treated attendees to a sneak peak of movie trailers from some of the most anticipated upcoming films. Featuring projects from six major Hollywood studios including: Universal Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 20^th Century Fox, Fox Searchlight, and Walt Disney Pictures, ABFF’s “Hollywood Trailerfest” was a blast for moviegoers that love to watch snippets of films right before the main feature begins.

Senator turned MPAA chairman, Chris Dodd, was on hand at the SVA Theatre where the Trailerfest took place to give a brief introductory speech about MPAA’s long standing relationship with ABFF founder, Jeff Friday. He reminded the audience that last year, ABFF showed a sneak peak of the Oscar winning film 12 Years a Slave, five months prior to its theatrical release date.

After Dodd wrapped his speech, Rick Ramirez of Warner Brothers Pictures presented three short movie trailers for the films Tammy, Into the Storm, and Dolphin Tale 2 starring Morgan Freeman. Ramirez mentioned that we can expect to see the first trailer for the sequel to the Jamie Foxx film Horrible Bosses during the week of June 30. While Get Hard, which pairs funnyman Kevin Hart and Will Ferrell, will be released in March of 2015.

Other film executives attended the trailer festival like Michele Bell, Senior Vice President of Creative Services at Paramount Pictures, and Talitha Watkins, VP of Multicultural Marketing at Universal Pictures. They mentioned that next month, Universal Pictures’ NWA biopic Straight Outta Compton, and the sequel to Ride Along, both begin production. Another juicy tip was the announcement that Best Man director Malcolm D. Lee will be directing the film Girls Trip.

And actor Chadwick Boseman attended the event to speak briefly about his portrayal of late soul legend, James Brown, in the upcoming biopic Get On Up.

Below is the full listing of films previewed at ABFF’s “Hollywood TrailerFest:”

The Gambler (Paramount- 2015)

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (Walt Disney Pictures- October 10^th, 2014)

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (Paramount-February 6, 2015

Think Like A Man Too (Sony Pictures- June 20^th, 2014)

Tammy (Warner Brothers-July 2^nd 2014)

The Purge Anarchy (Universal- July 18^th 2014)

Sextape (Sony -July 18^th 2014)

Planes Fire and Rescue (Walt Disney Pictures-July 18^th, 2014)

Lucy (Universal-July 25^th, 2014)

Hercules (Paramount-July 25^th, 2014)

Guardians of the Galaxy (Walt Disney-August 1^st, 2014)

Get On Up (Universal-August 1^st, 2014)

The Hundred Foot Journey (Walt Disney Pictures- August 8^th, 2014)

Into The Storm (Warner Brothers-August 8^th,2014)

Let’s Be Cops (20^th Century Fox-August 13^th, 2014)

When The Game Stands Tall (Sony -August 22^nd 2014)

The Drop (20^th Century Fox- September 14^th, 2014)

The Maze Runner (20^th Century Fox- September 19^th, 2014)

The Equalizer (Sony- September 26^th, 2014)

Gone Girl (20^th Century Fox-October 3^rd 2014)

The Interview (Sony- October 10^th, 2014)

Book of Life (20^th Century Fox-October 17^th 2014 )

Birdman (20^th Century Fox-October 17^th, 2014)

Kingsman: The Secret Service (20^th Century Fox-October 24^th, 2014 )

Peanuts Movie (20^th Century Fox- November 6^th, 2015)

Interstellar (Paramount- November 7^th 2014)

Big Hero 6 (Walt Disney Pictures-November 7^th, 2014)

Fury (Sony-November 14^th, 2014 )

Annie (Sony- December 19th, 2014)

Hot Tub 2 (Paramount-December 25^th, 2014)