“Cedar Rapids” Viral Website Goes Live, BrownStar Insurance To Have Office At Sundance Dan Koelsch, January 21, 2011 Last week we told you about Fox Searchlight dabbling in some viral for their Ed Helms-starring comedy Cedar Rapids, which is set to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. I was a bit harsh in my assessment of the endeavor, and it looks like it wasn’t a one-off thing. The film is about an insurance agent (Helms) who goes to Cedar Rapids, IA to represent BrownStar Insurance at a convention. Fox Searchlight mailed out a calendar and business card for Brownstar that gave a phone number, website, and made reference to Sundance. The website was under construction, but now it is live, though it is still pretty thin in content. There’s only two pages, one that gives bios of the main characters, and one that allows you to put your head into an ID badge for a number of the fictional insurance agencies with funny names and imagery. What’s more interesting is something I heard about the film’s viral presence at Sundance. Ignition Interactive seems to be heading up the marketing, and they have let us know that they will actually set up a BrownStar Insurance office at the film festival. While we don’t have anymore details, below is a picture released by their Twitter account. This is more like it. Cedar Rapids debuts in theaters on February 11th. Events Viral Marketing Cedar RapidsSundance
Comic Con Attendees Get A Chance To Experience A “Godzilla” Encounter July 15, 2013We are less than two days away from the biggest geek gathering the world has experienced; Comic Con officially starts this Thursday, and it wouldn’t be much of an experience without a little fan participation. By that I mean virals. So one of the biggest virals to go down this… Read More
Zack Snyder’s “Batman Vs Superman” Batmobile And Batsuit Reveal Tweet Instantly Goes Viral May 13, 2014May 13, 2014Yesterday, Zack Snyder tweeted a teaser image of the Batmobile, a month before the film officially starts production. A brilliant marketing move to say the least, one that would help get the official image out before leaked set photos would appear on the web. Snyder did state that he would… Read More
UPDATED: Puzzling New Viral for “The Hunger Games” December 15, 2011December 15, 2011UPDATED: All the pieces have been collected, and the new poster for The Hunger Games has been revealed. Hope you all had fun looking for the pieces! Scroll to the bottom of the article to see the new poster. The original article follows. Today marks 100 days until Gary Ross’… Read More