“Star Trek Into Darkness” Viral Site Discovered In Teaser Trailer Caleb Hamilton, December 17, 2012December 17, 2012 Last week, we got our first look at Star Trek Into Darkness, J.J. Abrams’ follow up to his 2009 hit, Star Trek. If you saw The Hobbit over the weekend in IMAX 3D, you got to see the first 9 minutes of the film. Today the teaser trailer that was supposed to show with non-IMAX screenings of The Hobbit went online with a little surprise hidden in one of the shots. Are You The 1701? Find out after the jump! At the 1:07 mark in the new Star Trek Into Darkness teaser, we see Benedict Cumberbatch’s character, John Harrison, in some sort of high-tech holding cell aboard the Enterprise. To the right of this shot, there are some readouts and other screens, but if you don’t look carefully, you’ll miss the web address that wasn’t there a second ago. As the the camera slowly pushes in on Harrison, AreYouThe1701.com suddenly appears over on the screen to the right. It’s so small and happens so fast that you most likely did not pick up on it (I know I didn’t). AreYouThe1701.com isn’t much right now, but if you click on the set of grey circles, you’re taken to a page to sign up for more information and to be contacted when “the search begins”. You can then like their Facebook page and follow them on Twitter. What do you think they’ll be searching for? Let us know in the comments below! Thanks to Anton Volkov (@antovolk) on Twitter for the tip! Star Trek Into Darkness in 3D and IMAX 3D on May 17th, 2013! ARGs & Campaigns Social Networks Viral Marketing Viral News ParamountStar Trek Into DarknessViral marketing
10 Awesome Uses of Augmented Reality Marketing December 27, 2009December 27, 2009 Mashable has collected a nice little list of 10 innovative ways augmented reality has been used for marketing. While many of the items on the list are for regular products like cars and feminine hygiene (no joke), but of course there are some examples of films using it, as we… Read More
Special LIVE ViralCast: Repo Men Hunt – Starting at 2PM PST, 5PM EST March 7, 2010March 7, 2010 UPDATE: The ViralCast has ended and is online here. ViralCast will be broadcasting LIVE today with special guests Ciji and Alex, two Repo Men runners. We’ll also be chatting with Mike Selinker, President of Lone Shark Games, the company behind the hunt. You can listen live after the jump, or… Read More
“The Lizzie Bennet Diaries” DVD Kickstarter Is Over 600% Funded With 2 Weeks Left April 8, 2013April 9, 2013 Tomorrow will mark the one year anniversary of The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, a modern retelling of Jane Austen’s classic novel Pride and Prejudice, premiering on YouTube. The series ended just over a week ago after 100 episodes, and now the production company Pemberley Digital is in the midst of a… Read More