Here we have the sequel to the November 2010 premiere trailer for Jon Favreau’s Cowboys & Aliens. It combines nearly everything we saw in that trailer with the Super Bowl 30-second spot and adds 0h-so-much more. In this brand spankin’ new trailer we are provided with more detail about Daniel Craig’s character and where he comes from. Apparently he was abducted by aliens and instead of killing him the foreign creatures dropped him into Arizona Territory in the year 1873. The weapon they fastened onto his arm looks to be a tracking device that ends up leading the alien race to the desert. Olivia Wilde has some speaking lines here, and co-star Harrison Ford also makes an appearance. Watch the trailer above, and hop after the break to read an updated synopsis.
Cowboys & Aliens releases July 29, and damn it’s gonna be good.
Synopsis: 1873. Arizona Territory. A stranger (Daniel Craig) with no memory of his past stumbles into the hard desert town of Absolution. The only hint to his history is a mysterious shackle that encircles one wrist. What he discovers is that the people of Absolution don’t welcome strangers, and nobody makes a move on its streets unless ordered to do so by the iron-fisted Colonel Dolarhyde (Harrison Ford). It’s a town that lives in fear. But Absolution is about to experience fear it can scarcely comprehend as the desolate city is attacked by marauders from the sky. Screaming down with breathtaking velocity and blinding lights to abduct the helpless one by one, these monsters challenge everything the residents have ever known. Now, the stranger they rejected is their only hope for salvation. As this gunslinger slowly starts to remember who he is and where he’s been, he realizes he holds a secret that could give the town a fighting chance against the alien force. With the help of the elusive traveler Ella (Olivia Wilde), he pulls together a posse comprised of former opponents–townsfolk, Dolarhyde and his boys, outlaws and Apache warriors–all in danger of annihilation. United against a common enemy, they will prepare for an epic showdown for survival.