District 9 Viral: “George” Explained and Christopher Addresses Arc Gun on Ebay Dan Koelsch, August 6, 2009August 6, 2009 On a call with a Sony representative today, we got a little insight into the reasoning behind the change in names of the blogger on MNUSpreadsLies.com. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, read my original article about it. Apparently, the blog site was originally designed to be autonomous from the film. This was in part due to the fact the site was created before production had ended, so they were not sure whether or not they could tie it into the film. Once the film was locked, they reassessed the situation and went ahead and connected to the film’s character Christopher to the site. This was right around the time they restarted their viral, so only us diehards would really know the difference. Speaking of Christopher’s blog, he has a new post talking about the Arc Gun that is on Ebay. You may remember our original article on the prop gun’s auction. Of note is that Christopher treats the auction like it’s for a real gun. In the District 9 viral, Christopher is a non-human who blogs about how Multinational United mistreats his species. For more information on the viral and movie, check out the District 9 page. District 9 opens nationwide August 14th. Advance tickets are available on Fandango. Viral Marketing District 9
New Repo Men Director’s Cut Trailer March 10, 2010The 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… Read More
Check This Out: Your Favorite Movie Characters As Cartoons April 16, 2010Have you ever wanted to see what your favorite movie characters would look like animated? Apparently Dutch illustrator Patrick Schoenmaker has, since he as created multiple drawings of characters from the likes of Indiana Jones, Gremlins, Army of Darkness, and Star Wars. Take a look at a few after the… Read More
Viral Video Collection: Scott Pilgrim Remixes July 19, 2010July 19, 2010Over the last week, we’ve seen a few remix videos for Edgar Wright’s Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. These videos, made by DJ Osymyso, were commissioned by Universal Pictures. We got to see one at the Los Angeles Film Festival, and the response was generally positive. Check out all six… Read More