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…
Super 8 Updates: Footage Mailed Out, New Editing Room Clip, and STIES Print Out Dan Koelsch, April 14, 2011 The past few days have seen a flurry of updates to the Super 8 viral campaign, culminating in /Film (and possibly other bloggers) receiving in the mail an actual Super 8mm film reel with a new clip for our mysterious S8editingroom footage. That viral site has also been updated with…
Watch the Live “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” WETA Chat Right Here! (Updated with Footage) Dan Koelsch, April 13, 2011April 13, 2011 Livestream will be hosting an interview with the WETA visual effects team for the upcoming film Rise of the Planet of the Apes called “Weta Live: ‘Apes’ Revealed”, and it goes down at 2:30PM PT/5:30PM ET today. You can watch it right here by clicking through.
Become an Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. at JoinSHIELD.com Michael Lee, April 12, 2011January 10, 2012 Last March we reported that a viral campaign for Thor and The Avengers was being launched. JoinShield.com made its viral debut at the C2E2, a comic and entertainment event regularly held in Chicago. There attendees were able to submit their e-mail addresses and “become” agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Details were sketchy…
Mortal Kombat Web Series Debuts First Episode Dan Koelsch, April 12, 2011 After Kevin Tancharoen’s self-made Mortal Kombat short film spread like wildfire on the Internet, Warner Brothers and Machinima teamed up with Tancharoen to produce a ten episode web series based on the film. Now the highly anticipated first episode is finally online as of midnight, and it’s already gotten over…