Trailers Weekly: “Need For Speed”, “Muppets Most Wanted”, “RoboCop”, “The Wind Rises”, “Sabotage” Michael Lee, November 23, 2013December 11, 2013 Trailers Weekly is a feature in which we bring you the most popular and talked about trailers of the week. Sharing trailers is a classic viral practice, and trailers are still the most mainstream way for people to learn about movies. We’ve got trailers from Need For Speed, Muppets Most Wanted, RoboCop, The Wind Rises and Sabotage. Need For Speed Aaron Paul stars in this Scott Waugh‘s action redemption film Need For Speed. Based on the video game of the same name Paul plays a recently released convict looking to get revenge on the driver (Dominic Cooper) that killed his best friend. Kid Cudi and Imogen Poots also star. the film opens in theaters on March 14, 2014. The Wind Rises A look at the life of Jiro Horikoshi, the man who designed Japanese fighter planes during World War II. Written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. RoboCop In RoboCop, the year is 2028 and multinational conglomerate OmniCorp is at the center of robot technology. Their drones are winning American wars around the globe and now they want to bring this technology to the home front. Alex Murphy (Joel Kinnaman) is a loving husband, father and good cop doing his best to stem the tide of crime and corruption in Detroit. After he is critically injured in the line of duty, OmniCorp utilizes their remarkable science of robotics to save Alex’s life. He returns to the streets of his beloved city with amazing new abilities, but with issues a regular man has never had to face before. Muppets Most Wanted Following on from 2011’s smash-hit The Muppets, all your favorite characters are back in an hilarious all-new spy thriller adventure in Disney’s Muppets Most Wanted, hitting cinemas March 2014. Packed with celebrity cameos and featuring star turns from Ricky Gervais, Tiny Fey and Ty Burrell, Muppets Most Wanted takes the entire Muppets gang on a global tour, including stops in Berlin, Madrid, Dublin and London. But mayhem follows them overseas as they find themselves unwittingly entangled in an international crime caper headed by Constantine, the World’s Number One Criminal, and dead-ringer for Kermit. Sabotage Arnold Schwarzenegger leads an elite DEA team with Sam Worthington, Terrence Howard, Joe Manganiello, Josh Holloway and Mireille Enos from director David Ayer (End of Watch). Which was your favorite? Do you agree with the Internet buzz? Of course, every week there are a lot more trailers, teasers, TV spots, and clips that we can’t cover, so go to TrailerAddict.com to see your favorites. You can also download trailers in HD at Apple.com, or the new iTunes Movie Trailers App on your iPhone or iPad. Features Trailers Weekly Viral Marketing Muppets Most WantedNeed For SpeedRobocopThe Wind Rises
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