10 Major Reveals From The Super Bowl Trailers

Pirates, priestesses, and Eggos - Super Bowl 51's trailers turned the world Upside Down. 

Javier Bardem Pirates
Disney

The beer. The betting. The halftime show. The chicken wings (or angel wings?). Heck, maybe even the (American) football itself. There are plenty of reasons a billion people tune in every year to watch the Super Bowl, but one of the biggest is the trailers.

While those who watched the game for, well, the game (and not just to tweet about how they were watching the #SuperBowl) remain in shock over Tom Brady's heroics and the Patriots' incredible comeback win, movie (and TV) fans are going gaga over all the latest looks at the biggest upcoming films and shows.

It was another huge year for the Super Bowl spots, with Marvel rolling out a new Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 teaser, first looks at upcoming sci-fi movies Life and A Cure For Wellness, two different movies starring Dwayne Johnson, and an excellent first tease of Stranger Things Season 2.

The football's over, but the hype for these is just beginning. Here's the biggest reveals from this year's Trailer Bowl.

10. The New Line-Up - Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2

Javier Bardem Pirates
Marvel Studios

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 was perhaps the biggest movie to get a trailer during the Super Bowl, with Marvel rolling out a new TV spot that perfectly showcased the team.

It didn't give too much away, but we did learn a couple of key new details, one of which was the confirmation of the new line-up.

As the trailer reminded us, the ol' gang are all back, but this time they're joined by Yondu, Nebula, and Mantis, who are all very much now a part of the Guardians.

Each of them get their own individual moments - Yondu has a particular strong moment with Baby Groot and Rocket, Mantis fusses over the former, Nebula pilots the Milano and looks like a badass - before they come together in the first major group shot (which, er, doesn't go too well for Mantis).

A huge reason the first movie was such a success was the chemistry between the team, so it's obviously a risk to add more into that. Based on this glimpse, though, there shouldn't be any worries.

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