So, obviously, there’s the Luke Wilson joke at the end winking at the decade that’s passed. But there’s also the way the trailer really plays up the fact all four leads are Oscar nominees and one, Stone, is an actual winner. (Interestingly, all of Eisenberg and Stone’s nominations came after Zombieland; Breslin’s came before and Harrelson had one before and two after.) That kind of mainstream critical success usually means you don’t have to do movies like Zombieland: Double Tap any more, but it’s a credit to the filmmakers that the cast wanted to come back. Their agents too, probably.

I have to admit, though: This trailer is the first one that got me excited about the film. I’m a huge fan of meta-humor, as well as the work of writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, but up until now the trailers just looked like more of the same. Zombies, slow motion, we got it. But here, the fact that “that guy” appears (I won’t spoil it in case you didn’t watch) and the way the film pokes fun at its mere existence have both swayed me. Here’s hoping the team leans into those kinds of things and Double Tap changes things instead of repeating them.

We’ll find out October 18.

For more, make sure you’re following us on our Instagram @io9dotcom.