This Week In Viral: Terminator, Star Trek, Watchmen & More Dan Koelsch, February 15, 2009July 18, 2010 This week’s viral update is brought to you by Skynet Research, whose website is now functional. Some quick updates on virals in the past week after the jump. There’s even a District 9 update! (sorta) Star Trek – The official website now has panoramic views of two sections of the Enterprise. Nothing spoilery, but great views of the interior of the ship. Watchmen – The trailer for “Tales of the Black Freighter”, the animated film based on the in-story comic, premiered on mtv.com: 2012 – Charlie Frost (Woody Harrelson) has a new blog on his website: District 9 – For those who thought the Ghost Spy website was either for a trailer for D-9 or some incantation of Ghostbusters, sorry to burst your bubble, but it was just a foreign car commercial: As always, check out the MovieViral Forum for the most up-to-date news and discussion. Viral Marketing 2012District 9Star TrekTerminator SalvationThis Week In ViralWatchmen
Paranormal Activity 4’s Viral Campaign Featuring “Jacob Degloshi” Ends October 31, 2012Jacob Degloshi is a character in the Paranormal Activity ARG universe who is haunted by the same demon from the movies. The movie franchise may have dwindled down to pinpoint formula and stupid characters, but the viral is still standing strong…or was. Details after the break. Read More
Birdemic: Worst Film Ever? April 15, 2010April 14, 2010One of the things that made last year’s Paranormal Activity a success was viral at it most fundamental: Word of mouth. It is the best form of advertising that a film could wish for. Word of Mouth has been responsible for the success of sleeping blockbusters such as The Blair… Read More
Tron Legacy: New Trailer Online! March 8, 2010March 11, 2010A new viral website has been revealed for Tron Legacy by compiling a string of codes that appear during this video. The codes, once combined, lead to this website. Over at Unfiction, they cracked all four puzzles which pointed them directly to the trailer that is attached to Alice in… Read More