Toy Story 3 Oscar Campaign Gets Noticed Dan Koelsch, December 28, 2010 Almost every film with a shot at an Oscar (and even some that don’t) starts a campaign around this time of year for their respective category. Usually they are simple and uninteresting, thus go unnoticed. However, Disney’s Best Picture campaign for Toy Story 3 is drawing attention for its unique take. Take a look at the ads for yourself after the break. The ads (some of which you can click on below to see in full) use the phrase “not since…” to compare the film’s great reviews (99% on Rotten Tomatoes) to critically acclaimed Best Picture winners that had an underdog status like Toy Story 3, which has an uphill battle being both a sequel and an animated film. What do you think of the campaign? Let us know in the comments below. You can find all the different ads in the campaign at /Film and Disney. Viral Marketing Academy AwardsawardsDisneyOscarsPixarToy Story 3
DVD Tuesday: Sci-Fi Blu-rays Under $10 October 27, 2009October 27, 2009New DVD and Blu-ray movies usually release on Tuesdays, so most of the film blogs will promote and review them. We, as usual, like to take a different approach, so we’ll try to find the more obscure deals out there. Today, we bring you Sci-Fi films that are now on… Read More
Canadian Time Travel Television Show “Continuum” Has In-Depth ARG May 30, 2012May 29, 2012Briefly: I’m sure much of our regular readers in the US aren’t familiar with Canadian television, but a new series debuted this past Sunday (very successfully) on the Showcase channel called Continuum. The show is about a detective from 2077 who travels back to 2012 to stop terrorists. To promote… Read More
Real Steel: WRB Trading Cards Given at E3 That Reveal New Viral Website June 16, 2011August 1, 2011While we don’t cover the E3 Expo, the Comic-Con of video gaming, sometimes things pop up that pertain to our world of movie viral marketing. Such is the case with Dreamwork’s Real Steel, which shouldn’t be a surprise since earlier this year the film made an appearance at another gaming… Read More