DreamWorks to Have a “Fright Night Feeding Freenzy” Event At Comic-Con Michael Lee, June 24, 2011June 25, 2011 With Marvel announcing that they would not be making an appearance at Comic-Con this year, it seems that other studios will be taking advantage of their absence by filling it with their own panels. Fright Night will be making a special appearance at the San Diego Comic-Con this year, a…
No Hall H Panel For Marvel Studios At Comic-Con Dan Koelsch, June 22, 2011 Early last week, we told you that many major movie studios had decided not to devote their marketing efforts towards this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, and others were still on the fence, including Marvel Studios. Many of us thought there was no way Marvel could back out of Comic-Con with…
Hollywood Second-Guessing Comic-Con, Could Viral Marketing Be Next? Dan Koelsch, June 13, 2011June 13, 2011 The New York Times ran a piece yesterday about how movie studios are taking a more cautious approach to this year’s San Diego Comic-Con. After propelling the comic book convention into the mainstream in recent years, why are they turning away now? Also, what could this shift in priorities mean…
Nerd Herd To Open Shop At Comic-Con (Updated) Dan Koelsch, April 11, 2011April 13, 2011 Briefly: San Diego Comic-Con 2011 may still be over three months away, but we just got word from Chuck himself that the NBC show will feature its fictional Geek Squad-ish Nerd Herd at the convention in the form of their “own building in downtown SD”. We’ll try to find out…
WonderCon 2011 Recap and Gallery Dan Koelsch, April 6, 2011 While WonderCon celebrated its 25th Anniversary this weekend, MovieViral celebrated its first year covering it live from the event. After the break see some of photos and video I took, as well as my overall thoughts on the comic book convention.