“Star Trek Into Darkness” Villain Takes a Page from General Zod in Viral Video Dan Koelsch, April 20, 2013April 20, 2013 It’s easy to forget that Summer blockbuster movies open internationally, especially when the marketing that is not often tailored to them. Paramount’s Star Trek Into Darkness, however, has a viral video on a few international versions of Yahoo! and official Facebook pages where the antagonist John Harrison (played by Benedict Cumberbatch) talks about Captain James T. Kirk. The video intercuts clips we’ve seen in trailers with fuzzy images of Harrison, and it reminds me (and TrekMovie) of the Man of Steel viral video where General Zod calls out Superman. Check out the Star Trek video after the break.Star Trek Into Darkness opens in US theaters on May 17th. Viral Marketing Viral Videos Star Trek Into Darkness
3 Short Prequels To “Dawn of the Planet Of The Apes” Explain 10 Year Gap After “Rise” July 1, 2014Tucked in the credits of Rise of the Planet of the Apes was what descended the earth into a viral epidemic. This so-called Simian Flu is what wiped out most humans and left the apes in a very strong position at the beginning of Dawn of the Planet Of The… Read More
Video of the Week: The Muppets Bohemian Rhapsody November 28, 2009April 28, 2010Ok, so we don’t really have a VOTW feature, but this music video is a few days old and is so great, I had to post it. Muppets Studio (part of Walt Disney) has posted a video on YouTube of the classic Muppet characters singing Queen’s hit Bohemian Rhapsody. I… Read More
“The Other Social Network” Trailer, MySpace Was Everybody’s First Friend July 16, 2010July 16, 2010Sony has been promoting #SocialNetwork on twitter today, but it looks like a new movie may steal the buzz. BestWeekEver has obtained an exclusive trailer for The Other Social Network, a flick revolving around MySpace creator Tom. Obviously this isn’t a real trailer for a real film, instead a mocking of the… Read More