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
Potential Viral: Buried Starring Ryan Reynolds January 24, 2010January 24, 2010Update: Lionsgate has won the bidding war to distribute the film domestically. In June 2009, /Film reported that Ryan Reynolds (Waiting, Smoking Aces) was going to participate in an small independent thriller called Buried, a movie about a civilian contractor who is abducted in Iraq and wakes up buried alive… Read More
Viral Marketing Hipsters Compare Jeans not Cards in ‘American Psycho’ Inspired Viral Video January 21, 2014January 21, 2014This is almost too painfully purposefully ironic. The folks over at the creative agency Flickering Wall take on one of the best scene’s of the 2000’s cult classic ‘American Psycho’ in their ad video for Denham Jeans and ingeniously make business card obsessed yuppies into jean obsessed hipsters. Hit the… Read More
‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ Marketing Jazzes Up New Posters With Spotify Playlists April 4, 2014April 4, 2014In the four weeks since its release, Wes Anderson‘s The Grand Budapest Hotel has grossed over $25 million. Not bad for a film that’s been open in only 1,200 theaters. The film’s marketing campaign has matched Anderson’s quirkiness with fun websites and hilarious trailers. Now new interactive posters have popped… Read More