V Peace Ambassador Program Dan Koelsch, October 29, 2009October 29, 2009 Because Hollywood can’t keep remakes to just movies, next week the series “V” debuts on ABC. The new series, based off the 1983 miniseries and subsequent TV show, is about aliens (called “Visitors”)who arrive to help mankind, but in reality have alterior motives. To promote the series, ABC.com has created a “Peace Ambassador Program”. What you get by signing up is breaking news about the Visitors. There are two videos from the Visitors themselves talking about the program, so check it out below: Normally I wouldn’t even bother to mention something like this, since it seems to be a very simple online marketing plan. However, there is some speculation in our forum and on Unfiction that this might turn into a viral campaign or ARG. ABC has done it before with LOST, so it is possible, especially since both the series and the Peace Ambassador Program look to have a LOST-ish feel to it. You can check out the first 9 minutes of “V” right here: “V” debuts next Tuesday, November 3rd at 8/7c on ABC. Viral Marketing V
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Megan Fox And Will Arnett Talk “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” Their Characters, The Legacy Of TMNT, And More July 25, 2014July 25, 2014In Johnathan Liebesman‘s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, crime runs New York City, and with its citizens’ paralyzed with fear, only the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles can stop them. Working together with April O’Neil (Megan Fox) and Vern Fenwick (Will Arnett), the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles must realize their destiny and… Read More
The Underworld Hacks “Real Steel” Press Kits September 8, 2011September 7, 2011Our friends over at FusedFilm got a pretty cool Real Steel press kit on Wednesday that actually involves the World Robot Boxing viral campaign we have been covering. It looks like an anti-WRB group called “The Underworld” has found a way to make its presence known. Read More