The Hancock Trailer is Back in Glorious HD!

Posted by Neil Miller (neil@filmschoolrejects.com) on December 21, 2007

First JoBlo put it up, then we linked to it. Then JoBlo took it down, so we found it somewhere else and put it back up. Then we were asked by the studio to take it down, and like that it was gone. And now, like a zombie risen from the dead to attack us all, the trailer for Hancock is back. This time it has made its debut over on Apple.com — in glorious high definition quicktime, no less.

If you click on the header image above, you will be taken to the official release page for the trailer, where you can get it in HD. It is actually a little different from the trailer that we showed you a few days ago. There are a few more quips, a lot more detail and the CGI doesn’t look as bad as it did at first. The comments we received on the first one were that most people thought it looked funny.

Then we saw the plot synopsis: “There are heroes… there are superheroes… and then there’s Hancock (Will Smith). With great power comes great responsibility – everyone knows that – everyone, that is, but Hancock. Edgy, conflicted, sarcastic, and misunderstood, Hancock’s well-intentioned heroics might get the job done and save countless lives, but always seem to leave jaw-dropping damage in their wake. The public has finally had enough – as grateful as they are to have their local hero, the good citizens of Los Angeles are wondering what they ever did to deserve this guy. Hancock isn’t the kind of man who cares what other people think – until the day that he saves the life of PR executive Ray Embrey (Jason Bateman), and the sardonic superhero begins to realize that he may have a vulnerable side after all. Facing that will be Hancock’s greatest challenge yet – and a task that may prove impossible as Ray’s wife, Mary (Charlize Theron), insists that he’s a lost cause.”

And it no longer seems funny. Even if it is in HD.

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