Persia and Alice Superbowl ads

The Superbowl has certainly treated us over the past few days with its confection of new movie trailers.

That tradition continued apace over the weekend, as new spots for Mike Newell's Prince Of Persia and Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland surfaced.

Neither give much more away in terms of plotting, but both feature some great imagery and a handful of shots that we’ve not seen before.

Among them is a glimpse of Mia Wasikowska’s Alice in a full suit of armour facing off against a fire-breathing dragon.

Meanwhile, Persia still balances on the edge of “could be amazing, could be dire”. If it’s like the first Stephen Sommers Mummy we’ll be happy. If it’s like the second we’ll be devastated.

Anyway, here they are:

Both or neither? Which film's getting your hard-earned cash?

Josh Winning has worn a lot of hats over the years. Contributing Editor at Total Film, writer for SFX, and senior film writer at the Radio Times. Josh has also penned a novel about mysteries and monsters, is the co-host of a movie podcast, and has a library of pretty phenomenal stories from visiting some of the biggest TV and film sets in the world. He would also like you to know that he "lives for cat videos..." Don't we all, Josh. Don't we all.