“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
Viral Video: Honest Trailers For “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” August 19, 2014There are three types of parody trailers and film summaries: Cinema Sins, How It Should Have Ended, and Honest Trailers. We’ve seen many types of these videos for various films, and it shouldn’t be the least bit surprising that we have one for Captain America: The Winter Soldier. We already… Read More
ViralCast #16: District 9! August 17, 2009August 17, 2009This week on ViralCast, Dan, Ian and I discuss and review District 9. We talk about the viral campaign, a sequel and so much more! Make sure you check out the MovieViral.com Official Forum. (District 9 Spoilers) Subscribe to the podcast on Read More
Video and My Account of The Crazies Premiere February 25, 2010February 25, 2010As I briefly mentioned in my review of the film this morning, the premiere of The Crazies was an event like no other. Overture really went all out to get this audience pumped for the film, treating it like a military quarantine. I’ll explain the “crazy” night (my first premiere!)… Read More