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The king of voiceover in trailers is Don LaFontaine, who basically is the father of the genre. There are others, but he's the king of them. He has the deep, gravelly voice that says, "In a world where..." and I once saw a short segment about him on some TV show. He has his own limo with his name painted in calligraphic style on the side. He drives around Hollywood, and arrives at a movie studio, where the script is prepared for him, usually just a few sentences. He records several takes of it, spends about 15 minutes there, and collects $5,000 for his trouble. Then he's off to another studio to record another one. He's done more than 4,000 trailers so far.

http://www.donlafontaine.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_LaFontaine