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The talk of the industry is always about how to get more people to go the theater when they can have just as good of a movie-going experience at home thanks to the advances in home electronics. Theaters and studios have tried numerous gimmicks and tricks from 3D to motion seats. The theory is to make the experience more interactive for the audience, and a new film takes it to a whole new level. The characters in the German film Last Call will actually call you in the theater. Find out more after the jump.
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You’ve waited for it, and here it is. The first trailer for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse has finally premiered online at Yahoo. Yesterday’s 10 second preview of the teaser already has almost 3 million views on YouTube, so I expect the full thing to be even more popular. You can check out the full trailer after the jump.
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One of my favorite LOST fan videos is one posted on CollegeHumor years ago that theorized how LOST’s unique intro could be changed to include theme song and everything. Fortunately, someone else has put their own spin on the LOST intro, testing out how it would look if it was modeled after the TV show Baywatch. Hilarity ensues. Enjoy the video after the break.
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The guys over at MovieWeb talked to The Crazies stars Radha Mitchell and Timothy Olyphant days after the movie’s opening weekend, and in both cases the actors got asked about the possibility of a sequel. So, could there be a 2 Crazy 2 Furious in the horizon? Find out after the break (warning, spoilers ahead).
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Have you ever felt like every movie campaigning for an Academy Award was the same, or at least promoted the same way? Well, the guys behind Britanick Comedy think so, so they put together a faux trailer that shows just how easy it is to make an Oscar-worthy ad. Check it out after the jump.
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Disney sure knows how to market their films. Along with a intricate viral campaign, the studio has started to utilize their other assets to promote Tron Legacy. The Monorail Trains at Disney World Resort in Orlando will be painted to resemble the Tron Legacy lightcycles as early as this month. Check out both concept designs after the break, as well as the cool new billboard they have for the film.
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We don’t usually cover the Twilight series here at MovieViral (less than 1% of our articles have even mentioned it), but this is just too hard to believe. Summit Entertainment has released a 10 second snippet of the trailer for this summer’s Eclipse, and it’s spreading like wildfire on the Internet. That’s right, a teaser for a trailer. Wow. Check out the clip after the jump.
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The Repo Men official website now has a Director’s Cut Red Band trailer. While Director’s Cuts are common in DVD releases of films, this is the first time I’ve ever heard of one for a trailer. You can definitely tell the difference between director Miguel Sapochnik’s take verses a marketing team’s take. Check out the trailer after the break, courtesy of FirstShowing.
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Two mysterious skeleton-like Oscar statues showed up Thursday in two different areas of Los Angeles, one in the middle of Hollywood, and another near the famed Hollywood sign. They were created by UK artist D*Face, but their purpose outside of being connected to last Sunday’s Academy Awards, is not known. We actually got wind of these statues last week thanks to The Wrap, but it didn’t really hit our radar until Dane Cook posted a TwitPic of him next to one of them. Check out the photos after the jump.
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The new trailer for Iron 2 premiered last night, and now GeekTyrant has some of the new promotional materials being used by Paramount. We have a new image of Iron Man and War Machine together, two solo posters, and a great 3D theater standee. Check out the high res images after the jump.
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