“Real Steel” Trailer Debuts Online Dan Koelsch, May 10, 2011 We’ve been covering the slow progression of the background-heavy viral campaign for Real Steel, but now we finally get to see the first full theatrical trailer for the robot boxing movie from director Shawn Levy. Watch it after the break. Real Steel stars Hugh Jackman as a washed up boxer who has to train a robot to fight in order to pay off his debts and gain the respect of his son. Set in the near future where robots box instead of humans, we’ve learned quite a bit about the World Robot Boxing league. The Walt Disney film opens in theaters on October 7th. ARGs & Campaigns Viral Marketing Real SteelTrailer
Nokia Provides Exclusive “TRON: Legacy” Trailer After Code is Cracked November 27, 2010November 27, 2010Nokia is one of the many sponsors for TRON: Legacy, and they got into the viral game a bit over the Thanksgiving holiday. On their blog site for the N Series phone, after enough people entered in the Konami code “up up down down left right left right b a”,… Read More
Castle: “Heat Wave”, the Novel From the Series, is Now Available October 15, 2009October 15, 2009Even we at MovieViral miss good viral news sometimes, and this is one that I am personally upset about not knowing. ABC’s hit show Castle is about a well-renown writer of detective novels (played to perfection by Nathan Fillion) who follows around a real detective (portrayed by Stana Katic) who… Read More
12 Days of Viral – DAY SIX December 18, 2009December 17, 2009On the sixth day of viral, my movie gave to me….. Password protection. This, by far, may be one of the most exciting parts of a viral. Once you see that screen where you have to enter a password, people go nuts trying everything from 1234 to the zip code… Read More