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
New Character Posters For “Pacific Rim” Jaegers Have Arrived March 28, 2013March 28, 2013One of the more hotly anticipated films being released this summer is director Guillermo Del Toro’s big robots versus big monsters sci-fi epic, Pacific Rim. With the release date growing ever closer we are starting to see the marketing machine kick into gear. First, we had photos of the Kaiju… Read More
What If: Surrogates October 14, 2009January 23, 2010We followed the viral campaign for the Bruce Willis film Surrogates for months before it was released. Our first article in February reported the film’s first viral website, ChooseYourSurrogate.com had gone live, and on initial reactions the site looked very promising. In May, we all watched the trailer and the… Read More
News Tron Tuesday: New Music Video for Daft Punk’s “Derezzed” December 7, 2010December 7, 2010The penultimate Tron Tuesday is upon us and with the release of the Tron: Legacy soundtrack in full swing today Disney has decided that today’s promotion would come in the form of a brand new Daft Punk music video for “Derezzed.” The video is a hybrid of the original Tron… Read More