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Are movie trailers too long?

The National Association of Theater Owners has come out with new guidelines, calling for movie trailers to be no more than two minutes long. That’s 30 seconds shorter than the…

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By Avishay Artsy • Jan 29, 2014 • 1 min read

That’s 30 seconds shorter than the typical preview right now.

And the guidelines say that a trailer cannot be shown more than five months before a movie comes out.

These guidelines are supposed to apply to movies that open on or after October 1st.

Pamela McClintock is senior film writer at The Hollywood Reporter, and she spoke with KCRW’s Steve Chiotakis.

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