The Official “LOST” Facebook Page Updates Timeline to Match Events Within the Show Dan Koelsch, March 30, 2012 You may not be following the Facebook page for ABC’s LOST considering it’s been off the air for almost two years, but you real fans may want to start. In honor of castmember Henry Ian Cusick (a.k.a. Desmond Hume) starring in the new ABC series Scandal, the LOST Facebook timeline has been updated to include some events from the show involving Desmond. It’s not surprising to see ABC use the Facebook page of another series to cross-promote, since LOST has over 9 million likes on the social networking site. The page was also used to help promote ABC’s other mystery drama The River to mixed results. While the premiere had a decent 7.59 million viewers, only about half of that those viewers remained by the season finale.The timeline includes images with each added event, including Desmond first meeting Jack, when Desmond killed Kelvin, and of course the day Oceanic 815 crashed. Check out the page to see more.The political drama Scandal debuts on April 5th at 10/9c on ABC. Social Networks Viral Marketing ABCFacebookLOSTScandal
“Dora The Explorer” Fake Movie Trailer Gets Turned into Real Web Series March 14, 2013March 14, 2013Last summer, the comedy website CollegeHumor made a fake trailer for a Dora The Explorer movie that turned the young educational traveler into an international spy. The action-packed trailer starring Modern Family‘s Ariel Winter as the title character went insanely viral, with people asking for this to really happen. CollegeHumor… Read More
Surrogates Viral Review September 29, 2009May 12, 2011As we reported yesterday, Surrogates opened this weekend to poor results, despite my glowing review. One of the points I brought up was how Disney/Touchstone Pictures dropped the ball in terms of marketing. Obviously the awareness of the film was low, and there are many things that contributed to that…. Read More
iPhone App Accepted Into Boston Film Festival April 13, 2010You read that right. For the first time ever, an iPhone application has been accepted in a film festival. The app, titled Walking Cinema: Murder on Beacon Hill, is an interactive murder mystery story that includes videos. The videos, to be shown together in order, are to debut at the… Read More
While the premiere had a decent 7.59 million viewers, only about half of that those viewers remained by the season finale.