Super Bowl LX wasn’t just about touchdowns and halftime hype. While the Seattle Seahawks celebrated their big win, Hollywood quietly hijacked the spotlight.
Like every year, studios used the most-watched sporting event in America as a launchpad — and this time, at least nine major films dropped fresh footage, exclusive TV spots, or blink-and-miss surprises.
With an expected viewership hovering around 125 million, the Super Bowl remains prime real estate for blockbuster marketing. And 2026? It delivered cinema spectacle in full force.
Here’s everything that premiered.
👽 Disclosure Day
Steven Spielberg is officially back in alien territory. Decades after E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and War of the Worlds, the legendary filmmaker unveiled a new look at Disclosure Day — and it leans heavily into tension and chaos.
The footage shows Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor, Colman Domingo and Colin Firth navigating a world shaken by extraterrestrial presence. The tone feels darker, more action-heavy — less wonder, more survival.
🚀 The Mandalorian and Grogu
Grogu is heading to the big screen.
The teaser for The Mandalorian & Grogu showed Din Djarin, played by Pedro Pascal, riding through icy terrain alongside the galaxy’s most marketable Force-sensitive toddler.
It’s a big shift — taking a Disney+ hit and giving it theatrical scale. Expect wider action, bigger stakes, and yes, more Grogu moments designed to melt hearts (and probably box office records).
🦸♀️ Supergirl
James Gunn brought capes to the championship.
The new spot for Supergirl teased Kara Zor-El’s emotional final days on Krypton. Milly Alcock steps into the role, and fans were quick to notice the return of Krypto, the super-dog.
It felt smaller and more character-driven than a typical superhero trailer — a smart move as DC reshapes its cinematic universe.
🍄 The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
Following the billion-dollar success of The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Nintendo’s animated universe expands again.
The sequel introduces Yoshi and features Baby Mario and Baby Luigi in peril, with a T-Rex adding chaos. Chris Pratt returns as Mario, continuing Illumination’s colorful gaming takeover.
Release date: April 1, 2026.
🔪 Scream 7
Ghostface isn’t done.
Scream 7 shifts its emotional core. Instead of focusing on Sidney Prescott, the story now centers on her daughter — now the same age Sidney was when the nightmare began in 1996.
The tone of the teaser? Brutal. Fast. Personal.
The franchise continues evolving while still honoring its legacy roots.
🟡 Minions & Monsters
The chaos agents from Despicable Me are going supernatural.
Minions & Monsters promises ghosts, ghouls, and absurd disaster-level comedy. The teaser hints at Hollywood fame, total collapse, and monster mayhem spiraling out of control.
It’s ridiculous — and that’s exactly the point.
🌌 Project Hail Mary
Project Hail Mary brought something rare to the Super Bowl: emotional sci-fi.
Ryan Gosling plays a science teacher who wakes up alone on a spacecraft, memory wiped, tasked with saving humanity. The new footage highlighted Rocky, a spider-like alien companion, and the unlikely bond between two beings trying to stop their suns from dying.
It’s less explosions, more heart — and that contrast stood out.
🦫 Hoppers
Family-friendly but surprisingly inventive, Hoppers follows Mabel (Piper Curda), who uses futuristic tech to “hop” into a robotic beaver’s consciousness to save her forest home from destruction by a mayor played by Jon Hamm.
It’s quirky, environmentally conscious, and different from the typical Super Bowl blockbuster fare.
🎬 The Adventures of Cliff Booth
Finally, Netflix surprised viewers with a teaser for The Adventures of Cliff Booth.
Brad Pitt returns as the effortlessly cool stuntman from Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, this time under the direction of David Fincher with Quentin Tarantino writing the script.
It’s stylish. Retro. And very much designed to stir nostalgia while pushing the character into a new decade.
Final Words
Super Bowl LX proved again that football may own the field — but Hollywood owns the commercial breaks.
From alien invasions to animated chaos, from DC superheroes to slasher revivals, studios used America’s biggest stage to remind audiences that 2026 is stacked.
If these glimpses are anything to go by, the coming year at the movies won’t just be loud — it’ll be massive.
