Peter Jackson Starts Production Vlogs For “The Hobbit” Dan Koelsch, April 15, 2011 When Peter Jackson was directing The Lord of the Rings trilogy starting in 2000, he would periodically post video blogs from the set of the films. At the time, it was a rather innovative idea, considering YouTube was years away, and video sharing on the Internet as a whole was limited at best. While it may not be as revolutionary now, getting to go behind the scenes in an almost real-time fashion is still a treat. After the jump, check out his first video blog from the set of his Rings prequel The Hobbit, which was revealed on Jackson’s Facebook page. Part 1 of The Hobbit opens in theaters on December 19th, 2012. Many of the cast from the Rings trilogy will return, including Andy Serkis as Gollum. Social Networks Viral Marketing Viral Videos The HobbitThe Lord of the RingsViral video
Short Film Round Up: “Star Wars Bounty Hunter”, “3 Minutes”, and “The Trashmaster” January 12, 2011The last day or so I’ve seen a few cool short films, so I thought I’d do a round up to feature them all. First, we have a 20 minute Star Wars film from Aaron Burke titled Star Wars Bounty Hunter, which features more Boba Fett than the entire original… Read More
Michel Gondry Directs Jimmy Kimmel Live January 15, 2011As a smart marketing ploy to promote this weekend’s release of his superhero film The Green Hornet, Academy Award winner Michel Gondry guest directed a special episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live on Thursday. If you know anything about the director, then you know this wouldn’t be just any episode. Watch… Read More
The Room – A Fan Made Viral Campaign February 16, 2010February 16, 2010On June 23rd 2003, Tommy Wiseau premiered The Room to an unsuspecting LA audience, which included notable critic Scott Foundas, and the reaction was not good. The film was clearly supposed to be a drama, with the tagline “A film with the passion of Tennessee Williams.” but, according to Foundas,… Read More