I’m undecided who created the now-pervasive apply of releasing six or eight or 40 character posters for each Hollywood film. (Somebody ought to determine that out and write a prolonged journal profile on that individual.) All I do know is you’ll be able to’t go to a multiplex nowadays with out being inundated with numerous posters for motion pictures, lots of them that includes actors you barely acknowledge enjoying characters you’ve by no means heard of earlier than.
There should be in depth research or focus-group studies on the market that show it is a good technique to market a film, or no less than to get a boatload of additional protection on movie blogs. And in 2024, even with fewer huge blockbusters on account of 2023’s twin labor strikes in Hollywood, the apply confirmed so signal of slowing down. Even mid-level motion pictures now typically get entire fleets of character posters. (You wouldn’t imagine what number of Nosferatu posters there have been if I instructed you.)
All 12 months, any time I visited film theaters round New York Metropolis, I’ve saved a operating listing of the strangest examples; those with extremely minor characters, or amusing pictures, or “Zendaya Is Meechee”-esque phrases. With 2025 nearly upon us, it’s time to unveil my listing of the 20 strangest character posters of the 12 months. I can’t wait to see what surprises the brand new film 12 months has in retailer for us. And please, no matter else you do, all the time keep in mind: Dwayne Johnson is Callum Drift.
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