Though superheroes are likely to dominate the early and mid summer box office, politics could be the highlight of August. That’s when The Campaign, Will Ferrell and Zack Galifianakis‘s political spoof, is scheduled for release. Timed to play around height of the 2012 Presidential elections,the Jay Roach film centers on two men – Cam Brady and Marty Huggins – running against each other for Congress.
The Facebook page for the film has just updated and given us our first taste of Ferrell and Galifianakis in character. Plus, each candidate has released their own ads which reveal our first glimpse of footage from the movie. As you’d expect, it’s all incredibly stupid and funny. Check everything out below. Read More »
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UPDATE: The final trailer is now officially online. Watch it here.
Monday morning, Warner Bros. launched a new viral campaign for Christopher Nolan‘s highly anticipated July 20 release, The Dark Knight Rises. Fans were urged to go to different locations to find a specific piece of graffiti which would then unlock frames from the new trailer, confirmed to be playing with The Avengers this weekend.
Well, the Internet is vast and fast and one fan has already spliced together the majority of the frames found into one GIF that basically shows the entire trailer. It’s lo-res, there’s no sound, and very small but it should be a nice bridge until the trailer comes online in the next few days. Read More »
In the past few weeks The Avengers has turned into the summer’s first superhero juggernaut, and Fox’s Prometheus has taken the lead in capturing the attention of event-movie trainspotters, thanks to an excellent ad campaign.
In comparison, Warner Bros. and The Dark Knight Rises have seemed fairly quiet. But that changes this weekend with a new trailer bowing in front of The Avengers, and likely other new materials making their way into the wild before the film hits on July 20.
Before that trailer, however, there’s a nice little bit of viral marketing that appeared on the official site for The Dark Knight Rises. What you’ll find below is a reproduction of the wanted pages put together by the Gotham City PD as part of the official hunt for the Batman. But related to that is a graffiti campaign that is helping unlock new images from the upcoming trailer. You can get instructions for the graffiti hunt below, along with some of the newly revealed screens. Read More »
One of the most buzzed about films at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival is finally making its way to theaters next week. Sound Of My Voice, directed by Zal Batmanglij and starring Brit Marling, focuses on two people who attempt to infiltrate a cult lead by a woman who has an incredibly intriguing claim. Made for well-under half-a-million dollars, the film shows that smart genre filmmaking doesn’t need to have big effects, just big ideas with equally big answers.
Fox Searchlight will begin to release the film April 27 and, after the jump, you can watch a making of featurette and read some of my thoughts on the film. Read More »
TNT is known for their catch phrase “We Know Drama” and, with the channel coming to Belgium, they decided to show the people of that country just what to expect. A red button was placed in the middle of an unassuming village square with the sign “Push to Add Drama” above it. There it laid in wait for someone to push it. They did and the resulting video has over 20 million views in less than a week. Check it out below. Read More »
Earlier today, the world was introduced to David-8, the latest humanoid android from Weyland Industries. It’s a character played by Michael Fassbender in Ridley Scott‘s upcoming sci-fi film Prometheus and the video shows a technology where robots can mimic human emotions even though they have no feelings. He also says he can perform tasks humans might find questionable or unethical. A prelude to what’s to come on June 8?
After the jump, you can get an exclusive code to unlock one of David’s emotions. Read More »
Some weeks ago Fox began to launch a series of promotional video spots meant to expand our knowledge of the world of Ridley Scott‘s new film Prometheus. The first featured Guy Pearce as industrialist Peter Weyland; the second was a very brief introduction to the android David, played by Michael Fassbender.
Now, in a new video, we’re given a far more thorough portrait of David. It’s almost like an old video dating spot meant to tell potential suitors all they might want to know about David’s personality and interests. In fact, because this is modeled as a sales pitch for the ultra-lifelike David android model, the line between advertisement and dating profile is quite thin. There isn’t much difference between ‘client’ and ‘suitor’ when one is shopping for a human replacement, is there?
See the video below. Read More »
James Bond has it so tough. Not only is he bad ass, rich and handsome, he always has multiple gorgeous women at his side. Sure, a lot of the time those women try to kill him, but that’s the price you pay for being a secret agent.
In Sam Mendes‘ upcoming Bond film, Skyfall, Daniel Craig‘s James Bond will again have two lovely ladies to interact with. There’s Bérénice Marlohe as a woman named Sévérine and Naomie Harris as a field agent named Eve. What’s the deal with these two women? You can find out in two new video blogs. Read More »
