‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’ Has A Speedy Social Media Marketing Campaign Michael Lee, September 25, 2014September 25, 2014 Following the launch of the latest viral marketing campaign from the X-Men film franchise, comes the latest social media campaign to promote the Blu-ray/DVD release of the upcoming X-Men: Days of Future Past.To capitalize on the popularity of Quicksilver, which was probably one of the most surprising characters considering how the character was originally introduced, the 20th Century Fox marketing team has decided to use the character as the face of their latest social media marketing campaign. Using Vine and Instagram, we see, what we assume is an older Quicksilver try to make a speedy recovery after forgetting his girlfriend’s birthday. Hit the jump to check it out.Here isn’t much more to it then these videos, who are using the Peter Maximoff name as their Instagram and Vine handle. You wouldn’t really know that this is part of a viral marketing strategy until you see the X-Men: Days of Future Past tag pop up at the end.So it should be interesting to see how many more videos (if that’s the plan) pop up during the X-Men: Days of Future Past marketing campaign. We’ll just have to wait and see.20th Centure Fox Home Entertainment will release X-Men: Days of Future Past on Blu-ray and DVD on October 14. ARGs & Campaigns Social Networks Viral Marketing Viral News InstagramvineX-Men: Days of Future Past
Skynet Becomes Self Aware, Twitter Notices April 19, 2011Briefly: In the fictional historical/future timeline of the Terminator franchise (specifically The Sarah Connor Chronicles), Skynet, the artificial intelligence system created by the US Military, becomes self aware today, April 19th, at 8:11pm. Skynet is the main antagonist of the franchise, waging war with humans and creating the Terminator cyborgs… Read More
Make Your Photos Look Like Michael Bay Took Them October 6, 2010A few months ago we told you about Cageflix, the website that lets you automatically add every Nicolas Cage film to your Netflix queue. Now the guys at Wonder-Tonic (via /Film) are back with The Michael Bayifier. Get the details after the break. Read More
Viral Video: Twilight Eclipse Remix June 27, 2010June 27, 2010DJ and mash-up expert Mike Relm created an Iron Man 2 remix video that got him a gig making a similar one as a TV spot. Now, Relm is back with a remix trailer for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. Check it out after the break. Read More