“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
USA Network’s “Psych” Launches Ambitious Social Media Game for New Season October 1, 2011January 10, 2012Psych is one of my favorite shows on television. The USA Network mainstay is known for its unique brand of offbeat humor and tremendous chemistry among the show’s cast, and now has ambitious plans of incorporating social media and viral websites into the its upcoming 6th season. Announced this past… Read More
Watch NBC’s Community Web Series April 23, 2010As we promised, NBC’s Community debuted their first ever webisodes yesterday on their homepage. In “The Spanish Video Assignment”, Abed and Starburns present their video assignment to the Spanish class. Though highly entertaining, the video didn’t follow the guidelines, so Professor Chang allows them to do it over again, as… Read More
Watch the First Episode of Interactive Social Film “The Beauty Inside” August 15, 2012The Beauty Inside is a new interactive web series from Toshiba and Intel, makers of the social film experience Inside. While the last time around we got to dive to the horror/thriller genre, this time we have a romantic comedy with a unique twist. The first episode debuted tonight, so… Read More