Whilst watching John Badham’s action-comedy The Hard Way (1991) the other evening, the fake trailer for Michael J Fox’s (entitled film star Nick Lang) movie Smoking Gunn II got me thinking about other examples.

Some we’re all familiar with – such as Tropic Thunder, but I hope to surprise with a couple of unexpected choices, such as this – a trailer for a remake of Tinto Brass’s Roman porno picture Caligula (1979).

Spot the stars:

A Tarantino selection:

The aforementioned Tropic Thunder:

From Adam Sandler’s under-appreciated Funny People (2009)

The Last Action Hero (1993):

SCROOGED (1998) – a fake TV special:

THE ROCKETEER (1991) not exactly a fake trailer, but this is worth a look:

THREE AMIGOS (1986):

Let’s linger with three funny scenes from the flick:

Any others? I know that I must have missed quite a few…

Adiós, muchachos!