High Res Image From “Prometheus” Unlocked on Viral Website Through Morse Code Dan Koelsch, March 6, 2012March 21, 2012 The viral campaign continues for the Alien prequel that’s not an Alien prequel. Ridley Scott’s Prometheus has gone the viral route by focusing on Weyland Corp., including creating an official website where a bit of morse code was found on the About Us page. Find out what it reveals after the break. For those who need to dust off their Alien franchise knowledge, the company Weyland-Yutani is featured heavily, as the company owns the Nostromo, the ship in which the events of the first film unfold. In Prometheus, Guy Pearce plays Peter Weyland, founder of Weyland Corp., which presumably merges with Yutani in between the events of this film and the events of Alien.The Weyland Corp. website, WeylandIndustries.com was recently updated, and very attentive fans discovered what seemed to be Morse Code on the About Us page. Our own Steve Kidd actually deciphered the code, which can be added to the website’s URL to unveil a stunning high res image, seen below.In case you are not aware, the image is from the film’s trailer, and it shows the holographic star map in the Space Jockey control room (according to our friend Anton Volkov). Let us know if you find any other clues that could reveal more cool things like this. We’ll definitely be keeping an eye out.Prometheus opens in theaters on June 8th. Follow the film on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube. ARGs & Campaigns Viral Marketing PrometheusWeyland Industries
“Total Recall” Launches Viral Site March 28, 2012July 8, 2012Ahead of the release of its first teaser trailer this Sunday, Sony Pictures has launched a rather interesting viral site for it’s upcoming sci-fi remake, Total Recall. You’re one phone call away from “the memory of a lifetime.” Get more details after the jump. Read More
Trip Your Balls Off To Ellie Goulding’s “Lights” January 14, 2012January 14, 2012Briefly: We don’t cover music very often here at MovieViral, but we like to branch out on occasion, and this is one of those. You may have heard Ellie Goulding’s hit song “Lights” on the radio in the past year, but when you try what her website simply calls “An… Read More
AMC Scares New Yorkers in “Walking Dead” Viral Video Aimed At Dish Network July 31, 2012The AMC television network has been having a long battle with Dish Network, with Dish Network actually cutting the network, along with sibling channels like IFC, Sundance, and WeTV, at the beginning of July. The dispute is complicated, but as usual, involves money. AMC has now started a campaign to… Read More