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The trailer for Captain Marvel, who emerges from relative obscurity to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe next spring, features a few interesting cameos—but none more unexpected than that of Blockbuster.
The video rental chain has a lengthy, front-and-center product placement right at the beginning of the first official trailer for the superhero film, despite the fact Blockbuster entered a death spiral around 2010 that rapidly shuttered thousands of locations. Today, only one Blockbuster location remains open, as an
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