Short Film “Mortal Kombat: Rebirth” Debuts Online Dan Koelsch, June 8, 2010 Today there was some mystery brewing about a short film that debuted on YouTube yesterday titled Mortal Kombat: Rebirth. The 8 minute long video looks well done (and possibly made with at least some budget), but there is very little info given about who made it and why. There are no credits, but Devin at CHUD figured it out. It’s some kind of demo reel/proof of concept for investors for a new Mortal Kombat movie. With the previous MK attempts falling flat, “gritty realism” seems to be the selling point this time around. It’s still unclear whether thus is meant directly for investors or simply to show them the appeal of the material, since views and comments on YouTube are a good indicator of how the potential audience would receive the movie. What do you think of it? Would you want to see a full length Mortal Kombat movie that was in this style? Viral Marketing Mortal Kombat: RebirthViral video
Surrogates Viral Review September 29, 2009May 12, 2011As we reported yesterday, Surrogates opened this weekend to poor results, despite my glowing review. One of the points I brought up was how Disney/Touchstone Pictures dropped the ball in terms of marketing. Obviously the awareness of the film was low, and there are many things that contributed to that…. Read More
2014 Best Picture Nominee Posters In Lego Form February 13, 2014February 13, 2014American commercials may not be as adept to getting A-list stars to appear on their commercials like international commercials do – have you seen what they did for The Lego Movie-, but they sure know how to spark some interest through satirizing or parody. Now the film may not be… Read More
WonderCon 2010 Preview March 31, 2010October 18, 2011Most people know about Comic-Con International’s yearly convention in San Diego (soon to be Anaheim?), but what you may not know is that the organization has more than one event every year. WonderCon is held annually in San Francisco, and the 2010 convention is this weekend, April 2-4. Find out… Read More