Golden Globes Announced, District 9 and Sherlock Holmes Get Nominations Alex Gerage, December 16, 2009December 16, 2009 The nominations for this year’s Golden Globes were announced yesterday. Without surprise, the same actors who seemingly are nominated every year for their work are represented again. Only this time, it appears one nomination for Meryl Streep wasn’t enough. And Rob Marshall’s musical, Nine, managed just five nominations. You would figure a film whose sole purpose appears to be winning awards would at least lead in nominations (Up In The Air had six). But I digress, it appears my resentment for Marshall’s previous musical, Chicago, and the mockery of the 2002 Academy Awards hasn’t been fully suppressed. To see a full list of the nominees, click here. Ranting aside, arguably the best news to emerge from today’s nominations is that Neill Blomkamp is in the running for Best Original Screenplay for District 9. In addition, Robert Downey Jr. was nominated in Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical for Sherlock Holmes, and Avatar was nominated for four awards, including Best Picture and Director. Although few have seen the latter two films, I think today’s news bodes well for their public reception (although I can’t stray too far from my above stance that most award shows are a joke). The fact is though that if successful films are employing viral marketing, then we are more likely to see viral campaigns with more films in the future. That’s good news for us. Do you have any reactions to the nominations? Think District 9’s chances of garnering Oscar attention has improved? Let us know by leaving some comments. Viral Marketing AvatarDistrict 9Sherlock Holmes
ARGs & Campaigns Warner Bros. Wants You To Prepare For “Into The Storm” March 25, 2014March 25, 2014This is some very resourceful marketing. To hype up the release of it’s first trailer in theaters March 28, Into the Storm has sent out a handy-dandy survival kit. Warner Bros. has put together an emergency preparedness kit filled with glowsticks (for lighting the way not rave dancing), water, tools… Read More
Tron Tuesday: A New Clu 2.0 Poster and Five New Character Banners November 2, 2010Its Tuesday, which means Disney has released yet another Tron-elated promotion for their upcoming film Tron: Legacy. This time we have a poster of Clu 2.0, a program that looks like a young Kevin Flynn who is the film’s primary villain, as well as five new character banners. Click the… Read More
“Jackass” Guys Spoof “Inception” For Critics’ Choice Movie Awards January 13, 2011Johnny Knoxville and the rest of the Jackass gang are making parody videos for all the Best Picture nominees at this year’s Critics’ Choice Movie Awards, which airs tomorrow night on VH1. First up is their spoof of Inception, which I have to say falls flat for me. Let us… Read More