coming attractions

Upcoming movie previews

Coming attractions are previews of upcoming films shown before the main feature at a movie theater.

The term dates from an era when theaters routinely showed trailers, newsreels, and shorts before the feature presentation.

It extends figuratively to any preview of future events or offerings: Let me give you a glimpse of coming attractions for next quarter's product lineup.

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upcoming · movies · cinema · big screen · silver screen · marquee · posters · blockbuster · summer blockbuster · premiere · opening night · release · Hollywood · red carpet · showtime · feature · feature film · film

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temporal status in entertainment programming

coming attractionsnow playing

Actively being broadcast

back catalog · reruns · retrospectives · classics · revivals

program hierarchy/importance

coming attractionsmain attraction

Primary point of interest

the show · main event · headliner

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G