“Star Trek Into Darkness” Viral Finally Launches, Only a Chosen Few Can Be The 1701 Caleb Hamilton, April 24, 2013April 24, 2013 Last 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 unchanged for nearly 5 months, the site finally went live today. So just what is Are You The 1701? Find out after the jump!The first thing you’ll notice when you enter the site is that it has been redesigned. You still see the question “Are You The 1701?”, but now ‘the 1701’ is a hashtag (#The1701). Paramount has set this up as a contest using social networking site Instagram and Vine. Digging through the official rules, there will be 1701 winners and each will receive a prize with an ARV (Approximate Retail Value) of $2.00. Exactly what that prize is remains to be seen, but the contest ends on Monday, April 29th, so hurry and get those entries in!Star Trek Into Darkness hits theaters in 3D and IMAX 3D on May 17th! ARGs & Campaigns Viral Marketing Viral News AreYouThe1701ContestsParamount PicturesStar Trek Into DarknessViral marketing
“They’re Here,” and They Have Been For a While October 9, 2010The countdown for “They’re Here” ended tonight and the wait is finally over. So, what was it; An independent film about aliens invading earth? A cool promotion for an upcoming Hollywood blockbuster? Nope. It was something even better. Find out and watch the movie after the break. Read More
Castle: “Heat Wave”, the Novel From the Series, is Now Available October 15, 2009October 15, 2009Even we at MovieViral miss good viral news sometimes, and this is one that I am personally upset about not knowing. ABC’s hit show Castle is about a well-renown writer of detective novels (played to perfection by Nathan Fillion) who follows around a real detective (portrayed by Stana Katic) who… Read More
Viral Video: Nicolas Cage Losing His Sh*t November 23, 2010We’ve featured some of Pajiba‘s great movie mash-up videos before, and while the Arnold Schwarzenegger yelling video was not by them, it certainly was in the same vein. Now the website is making a similar mash-up, with a video that showcases the great Nicolas Cage losing his shit over and… Read More