The Union Needs You: Repo Men Required Iain Welford, February 22, 2010 If you have been following the Repo Men viral, you’ll know that Wired held an open application for runners to go undercover and evade the Repo Men for one month to win a cash prize of $7,500.The runners have now been selected and there are only 2 days left before their payments run out. If you head over to the site you’ll find a timer counting down to when the chase begins.Although applications for runners have been finalized, there is still an opportunity to join in the hunt posing as a Repo Man. The opportunity to apply will be available soon, and if the previous contest held by Wired is anything to look at, it will be worth following.In the last contest the goal was to find Evan, one of Wired’s staff writers, and clues were hidden all over New York – including the New York Times crossword. It’s important to note that only registered Repo Men can take part, so keep watching for the rules and apply for what promises to be a great ARG contest.We want to know if anyone has been selected as a runner or a Repo Man. Leave your comments below if you have been successful. Good luck to all the participants and we’ll be sure to post updates when we get them. Viral Marketing ARGForest WhitakerJude LawRepo menwired
Super 8 Updates: Footage Mailed Out, New Editing Room Clip, and STIES Print Out April 14, 2011The past few days have seen a flurry of updates to the Super 8 viral campaign, culminating in /Film (and possibly other bloggers) receiving in the mail an actual Super 8mm film reel with a new clip for our mysterious S8editingroom footage. That viral site has also been updated with… Read More
Latest “Star Wars Episode VII” Tweet Teases A Mysterious Droid Hand August 11, 2014August 11, 2014We’ve watched how Disney and J.J. Abrams have been marketing their Star Wars Episode VII “Force For Change” OMAZE UNICEF campaign for quite some time. With each new update, comes a very exciting tease, or hilarious video between two late night comedians, or a brand new look at a classic… Read More
Photos From Fantastic Fest’s “Buried” Event September 22, 2010September 26, 2010Last month we told you about Fantastic Fest’s plan to let a select few people watch the Ryan Reynolds-helmed Buried while actually being buried. Called “Buried with BURIED: Rolling Roadshow of One”, four people were picked up, blindfolded, then stuffed into coffins to watch the film. The winners get to… Read More
I’m sure it would’ve been fun to have been selected as a runner, boy would I like to walk away from my life at the moment.