FOX’s “Terra Nova” Starts Viral Campaign Dan Koelsch, August 10, 2011 One of the most anticipated new shows this Fall is the FOX sci fi drama Terra Nova from executive producer Steven Spielberg. The series is about a group of colonists from 2149 who travel back in time and settle on prehistoric Earth since the human race is facing extinction in the future thanks to pollution. A viral campaign has been created to make you want to join the colony. Get the details after the break. I was lead to the LiveTerraNova.com website from a video that was posted to the FOX YouTube channel. I’m sure this will be used as a television ad on the network as well to entice peoples’ curiosity.The site plays out as a Hub for a lottery for “The Eleventh Pilgrimage”, which is presumably the name of the colony featured on the series. Getting a second chance at life is probably pretty popular, so I can see where a lottery would be needed. There are several different nodes you can choose, and the whole thing connects through Facebook (like these things so often do).The first node is an Evaluation Test to see who your group would be, what position would be best for you (Medical Staff for me), and eventually even if your group would make the cut. There are more tests that are coming soon, including “Endurance”, “Recall”, and “Dexterity”. There’s a “Top Stories” node with news headlines that help you get a better picture of what is going on. There’s an sponsor node for Rebreathex, a company that makes breathing masks to counteract the poor air quality of 2149. There’s even a node that uses Facebook to provide live weather info on your city, as well as a node for the video featured above.Take a look at the site for yourself and let us know what you think. Do you think you have what it takes to win the lottery? Terra Nova premieres on September 26th at 8/7c on Fox. Follow the film on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. ARGs & Campaigns Viral Marketing Viral Videos FoxTerra NovaViral video
Firefly Video Follow Up: “Simon Tam M.D.” Intro July 14, 2010A few days back, we posted an 80s style intro for Firefly that io9 had made. One of the criticisms was that the character Simon Tam was not given a title card, which io9 explained was due to the video becoming too long. Fortunately, they have rectified the situation with… Read More
Toy Story 3 Videos: Ken’s Dating Tips June 20, 2010Earlier this week, we got to see more of the new character Ken from Toy Story 3 thanks to a short series called “Ken’s Dating Tips” on the Disney Pixar YouTube page. The film is doing great this weekend, and some of that may be due to the popularity of… Read More
2012: First Clip September 5, 2009September 5, 2009Our friends at HeyUGuys have a new clip from Roland Emmerich’s 2012. Watch it here: Gotta love that Bentley voice-activation plug, eh? Other than that, I think I can safely say that we’ve never seen a destruction/apocalypse movie like this before. Emmerich went ice-age style with The Day After… Read More