Check Out These Skeleton Oscars Statues Dan Koelsch, March 10, 2010 Two mysterious skeleton-like Oscar statues showed up Thursday in two different areas of Los Angeles, one in the middle of Hollywood, and another near the famed Hollywood sign. They were created by UK artist D*Face, but their purpose outside of being connected to last Sunday’s Academy Awards, is not known. We actually got wind of these statues last week thanks to The Wrap, but it didn’t really hit our radar until Dane Cook posted a TwitPic of him next to one of them. Check out the photos after the jump. The only clues to the statues’ purpose are plaques at the foot of each that read “Beauty is one snip away” and “Beauty is skin deep”. What do you think of the statues? See more photos at The Wrap. Viral Marketing Academy AwardsDane CookOscars
Surrogates Viral Review September 29, 2009May 12, 2011As we reported yesterday, Surrogates opened this weekend to poor results, despite my glowing review. One of the points I brought up was how Disney/Touchstone Pictures dropped the ball in terms of marketing. Obviously the awareness of the film was low, and there are many things that contributed to that…. Read More
“The Dark Knight Rises” IMAX Prologue Reaction December 14, 2011December 19, 2011Through Operation Early Bird, fans were given a chance to see the opening sequence of Christopher Nolan’s final chapter in his Batman trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises. I was able to snag passes to the event and you will not believe how awesome the footage is, especially on an IMAX… Read More
“Gone Girl” Trailer Launches A Terrific Bone Chilling Viral Campaign April 14, 2014April 17, 2014David Fincher may have dropped out as director of Sony Pictures’ upcoming Steve Jobs’ biopic, but we still have his adaptation of Gillian Flynn‘s mega-bestseller Gone Girl to look forward to. Now at first it may seem like a film like this would not have a viral marketing campaign. But… Read More
Maybe it means how hollywood can buy beauty, that all it takes is plastic surgery to make them into the people they are. The sun is melting off the plastic, Or probably a farewell to Nip/tuck. Or a commentary on corruption. Who know? It look cool though.