Stallone’s Explosive Expendables Interview on YouTube Dan Koelsch, August 4, 2010May 12, 2011 If you’ve been on YouTube since yesterday, you may have noticed the banner advertisement on the homepage for The Expendables. Specifically, it directs you to an “explosive” interview with director, writer, and star Sylvester Stallone that is on YouTube. However, what you see isn’t exactly what you get. The link directs you to YouTube.com/Expendables, which would usually mean that’s the profile page for the film, but what you see is a video of the aforementioned interview, which was posted by Insider Hollywood. However, there is no such thing as Insider Hollywood (the profile doesn’t even really exist), and you can’t click anything on the page, so you may see where I’m going with this. Just watch the interview and you’ll see what’s going on. Sly has to stop his interview to take care of some enemies in the video thumbnails to the right. While it’s all a bit over-staged and corny, it’s still a cool idea from The Visionaire Group and is definitely a different approach to marketing. What do you think? The Expendables opens August 13th. Viral Marketing ExpendablesThe Visionaire GroupYouTube
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“Where Will You Be When It Happens?” – A Cryptic “Fringe” Countdown March 29, 2011March 29, 2011Late last week, FOX renewed J.J. Abrams’ sci-fi hit Fringe, which was on the verge of being cancelled since its shift to Friday nights. Luckily, fans continued to watch and the show hit a creative goldmine. The third season of Fringe is nearly over and a recently aired promo reveals… Read More
Tron Legacy: Encom to Hold Press Conference March 25, 2010October 18, 2011Just when we thought there might be a lull in the Tron Legacy viral after the Encom badges were issued, 42 Entertainment is keeping their foot on the pedal. It looks like those badges will come in handy next week, because Encom International will be holding a press conference on… Read More