New Mouth Taped Shut Post Leads to “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Viral Michael Lee, October 10, 2011October 10, 2011 We have been wondering for a long time what mouthtapedshut.com, the tumblr site for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, was really all about, was it a viral site or was it just a site for teaser images? Sony’s newly launched ComesForthintheThaw.com, we can surmise it is the latter. Hit the jump to see what this new site is all about.As hinted in their newest post (via Slashfilm), Comesforthinthethaw.com opens with a white background with text that reads “What is hidden in the snow, comes forth in the thaw. Clicking on the link takes you to a new page. We can hear yet another teaser for the score conducted by Trenzt Reznor and Atticus Ross and a POV look of Milleninum, the magazine that Mikael Blomkvist (Daniel Craig) runs. As cycle of ice begins to cover the screen and is quickly thawed out and the image becomes clearer to reveal sounds of trains and announcements, doors opening, water running, what sounds like to be a struggle, and some conversing between two characters.We can’t make much of this now, but this site takes from the mystery and specter of mouthtapedshut.com. Having never read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, I can only expect this mystery to grow darker even when clues shed more light. ARGs & Campaigns Viral Marketing comesforthinthethaw.comMouth-Taped-Shut.comThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
ARGs & Campaigns “Apollo 18″ Steps Up Viral With Top Secret Document and New Website December 15, 2010April 27, 2011Last month we told you about Dimension Films’ found-footage thriller Apollo 18, whose plot revolves around the idea that there is a (sinister) reason that we never went back to the moon (at least publicly) after the Apollo 17 mission. There was a strange viral video that accompanied the debut… Read More
Where to Find Super 8 and Rocket Poppeteers Comics June 1, 2011To help promote Paramount Pictures’ Super 8, two short form comic books have been created. The Rocket Poppeteers comic has been known for a while, and now we know where you can find them. Also, you can get the recently discovered Super 8 comic now, and without paying for it… Read More
Featured App: Smash Yourself On Facebook With NBCs “Smash” App January 30, 2012January 30, 2012The new NBC series “Smash” has garnered quite the buzz, earning itself the ‘most exciting new series’ prize by the Critics Choice Television Awards. To keep the promotion train chugging, NBC has released a new Facebook-based app that puts you on the front page of every mans favorite publication: Playbill… Read More