Super 8 Updates: Chat Icon Appears and Video Footage From Weirton Set Dan Koelsch, October 9, 2010 Today we have a small viral update and video footage of film production in action in Weirton, West Virginia for Super 8, the sci-fi film being produced by J.J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg. First, we have footage of Super 8 being shot on location from William Blakenship (via AICN). Then we have a new icon on our favorite remote desktop. See it all after the break. On the STIES website, there’s a new icon on the desktop tool bar that is a chat bubble with a hashtag in it. Could it be a reference to Twitter, or as Super 8 News suggests, IRC messaging? Hopefully this means there will be some two way communication coming soon, or at least we’ll know more about this PDP-11 remote computer. For more information on the Super 8 viral campaign, go to our Super 8 Viral Page. ARGs & Campaigns Viral Marketing Scariest Thing I Ever SawSuper 8Weirton
Comic-Con UPDATED: Play 80’s Video Games At Comic-Con To Win Walk-On Role In “Pixels” July 24, 2014July 25, 2014The upcoming feature film Pixels starring Adam Sandler and Peter Dinklage and directed by Chris Columbus is based on the viral video hit of the same name. The story involves the world being attacked by old school video game characters, so for this year’s Comic-Con, Sony has created an 80’s video game… Read More
‘Gone Girl’ Marketing Makes Final Push With “River Of Secrets” October 2, 2014Fox has done a brilliant job with the marketing for Gone Girl. Starting off by using a viral marketing campaign to get fans to call the Find Amazing Amy Hotline, which was really just a voice recording of a person reading the first few pages of the book of the… Read More
What IF: Se7en September 26, 2009January 23, 2010It’s 1995, and all that anyone is talking about is Se7en. This film, like so many before and after it stunned the audience with its twist ending. People still talk about it to this day and after the question recently put to me by Nick about cult classics during our… Read More