10 Movies Teased In Other Movies YEARS Earlier
Batman v Superman was YEARS in the making.
The nature of filmmaking is such that basically any major movie is already angling to set up a sequel before the end credits have even rolled, teasing a possible follow-up if fans like what they saw.
But sometimes films will tease upcoming movies in a slightly more obtuse and unexpected way, namely films that largely don't exist within the same continuity.
Perhaps a director decided to slyly tease a future project or was even trying to position themselves for the gig, or maybe it was simply something they hoped they'd get around to making one day.
These 10 films all teased films that didn't come to fruition until years later, from just a couple of years to literally close to an entire decade.
The wheels of Hollywood can turn slowly, and so watching these films today, seeing the upfront tease for an eventually realised project is quite bizarre indeed.
And yet, these teases are incredibly easily missed for the most part, appearing on screen for mere seconds a-piece at most. Knowing that directors and studios had these irons in the fire often very far in advance is fascinating in retrospect, though...
10. The Original The Thing Is Shown On TV - Halloween
No matter how many times you've seen John Carpenter's 1978 classic Halloween over the years, you might've failed to appreciate that Carpenter hid a hint at one of his future projects in plain sight.
While Laurie (Jamie Lee Curtis) and Tommy Doyle (Brian Andrews) are watching TV, for a moment we can see that they're viewing the 1951 sci-fi classic The Thing from Another World.
Though Carpenter followed up Halloween by directing The Fog and then Escape from New York, four years after Halloween's release he finally got around to helming his masterful remake of The Thing from Another World, simply entitled The Thing.
Carpenter wasn't merely hedging his bets by including this Easter egg, though: The Thing had been in development throughout the 1970s, and Carpenter was originally approached to direct in 1976, though was passed over due to his lack of experience.
Carpenter clearly didn't take the rejection lying down, though, nodding to his desire to remake The Thing in Halloween regardless, and following Halloween's phenomenal box office success, he became attached to make the movie when he was ready. A happy outcome for everyone, then.