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Posted by Dave Williams (Member # 299) on 11-17-2001, 11:02 PM:

Our corporate told us to remove the SW2 trailers from harry potter, and all other trailers as well, except for the five minutes attached.

They are under the impression that WB has said that no other trailers are to be attached.

Are they insane? Or is this true? I looked at the letter from WB and all it says is that no other trailer can be attached EXCEPT those approved by WB prior to attachment.

Anyone have any light on this?

Dave

PS, picture coming soon, just lazy.

Posted by Darryl Spicer (Member # 711) on 11-18-2001, 12:43 AM:

We were told not to put the star wars 2 trailer on but to follow the list of trailers that they sent us......

Posted by John Walsh (Member # 168) on 11-18-2001, 05:57 AM:

I rarely believe those letters (that come in the cans) saying "Your home office has approved these included trailers.." The few times that there was a contractual obligation, the home office sent their own memo about it.

It is interesting that Potter is from Warner, but SW is from Fox. Co-op advertising?

Posted by John Schulien (Member # 215) on 11-19-2001, 12:51 PM:

That's funny. There was an article about this in the Chicago Tribune today:

BRIEF `Star Wars' trailer doesn't make the cut

Rob Elder
Published November 19, 2001

Some movie fans expecting to see the new full-length trailer for "Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones" in front of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" were let down over the weekend when the trailer didn't run. But it wasn't a phantom menace that kept the trailer off some prints. It was logjam.

"We'd love to show it, but there are so many movies coming out in the next couple weeks . . . whereas `Star Wars' doesn't open for another six months. We will be showing the trailer as soon as we can," said Brian Callaghan, spokesman for General Cinemas.

"Every studio wanted their trailer put on this [film]. Everyone is jockeying and begging and pleading for this small little patch of very prime real estate."

Lucasfilm reported a wide release of the trailer in theaters, and debuted the clip called "Forbidden Love" on www.starwars.com.

"It wasn't attached to the movie, it was just sent in the can with it, so it's up to the distributor and individual theaters to decide which trailers to run," said Lucasfilm spokeswoman Lynne Hale.

Posted by Michael Gonzalez (Member # 593) on 11-19-2001, 07:42 PM:

Funny I didn't get the Episode 2 preview in the cans with HP. However, I thought that FOX was just the distributor so that technically it isn't a FOX trailer on a WB film.