The list isn’t huge – though a later update adds Noah to the list – since studios may be playing a longer game and looking at less expensive events later in the year. A stark change from seven or eight years ago, when it seemed a full quarter of Super Bowl ads were for movies.
Instead, all of the tentpoles without Super Bowl pushes will get promoted elsewhere — perhaps during the upcoming Winter Olympics, which will also attract a massive audience and cost slightly less for airtime. Or their studios will go straight to the Web with trailer launches, a move that will quickly get the ads shared to audiences via social media and prove more cost effective.