Surfing Down New York City Streets for “Chasing Mavericks” Dan Koelsch, October 24, 2012October 24, 2012 The film Chasing Mavericks is based on true story of Jay Moriarity and his quest to surf America’s most dangerous wave with the help of local surf legend Frosty Hesson (Gerard Butler). To promote the film, which opens this weekend, 20th Century Fox had two surfers in wetsuits surf down New York City on motorized surfboards and uploaded the video to YouTube. Check it out after the break.Source: Mashable (via Kyle F.) Viral Marketing Viral Videos Chasing MavericksViral video
Win ‘Tweet to See it First’ and See “Paranormal Activity 3” Before Its Release September 28, 2011September 28, 2011Yesterday, Paramount’s marketing team sent out clips for Paranormal Activity 3 to horror specified blogs and now they have unveiled another part of their marketing scheme to have tweeters tweet to see it first. The studio has launched a campaign early this morning where the top 20 cities in the… Read More
“Super 8” Deleted Scene Features Rocket Poppeteers June 27, 2011We know that the Rocket Poppeteers side of the Super 8 viral campaign has a sponsoring tie-in with 7-Eleven. What we didn’t know is that the partnership originally made its way into the film itself. After the break, check out a deleted scene from Super 8 that has the kids… Read More
“Star Trek Into Darkness” Viral Finally Launches, Only a Chosen Few Can Be The 1701 April 24, 2013April 24, 2013Last December, a link was hidden in the first Star Trek Into Darkness teaser trailer. It lead us to AreYouthe1701.com, to sign up for what many hoped would be a huge campaign centered on the USS Enterprise (1701 is the ship’s registration number), turned out to be a dud. Sitting… Read More