Receive a Call From the Takers Dan Koelsch, August 20, 2010 Briefly: Sony Pictures has tried a few viral marketing attempts to gain interest in the upcoming heist film Takers, starring Chris Brown, rapper T.I., and an ensemble cast. Their latest gimmick is to let you get a call from one of the “Takers” on opening day, August 27th. Sign up at PhoneCallFromATaker.com, and choose between cast members Brown, T.I., Idris Elba, and Michael Ealy. I’m not sure why’d you want to do this, but if you get the call, let us know what they say. Are you going to sign up? Viral Marketing Phone CallSony PicturesTakers
Viral Marketing “The Wolf Of Wall Street” Reenacts Party Scene For Unsuspecting Office Workers March 26, 2014March 26, 2014In order to promote the release this week of Martin Scorsese‘s The Wolf of Wall Street on home video, a prank was pulled on several unsuspecting office workers based on one of the crazy party scenes from the film. Of course, there were cameras everywhere to catch their reactions. What happened… Read More
Newly Launched “Dredd” Viral Site Riffs The Drudge Report August 21, 2012Dredd may be coming out in theaters next month, but the film’s promotion is just kicking off. After Dredd received some solid reviews at Comic-Con earlier this year, the film is entering a new stage of the marketing campaign. Firstshowing reports that a viral site called The Dredd Report has… Read More
Zombify Yourself! September 10, 2009April 30, 2010How did we miss this? We’ve mentioned before the viral happenings surrounding the upcoming horror comedy Zombieland, most notably the clips of Jesse Eisenberg and Woody Harrelson explaining the 47 rules of Zombieland. Well, the folks behind the October film have also introduced a viral site that allows you to actually zombify… Read More