“Reading Rainbow” Kickstarter Ends Campaign With $5.4 Million Michael Lee, July 3, 2014July 2, 2014 Briefly: LaVar Burton‘s Reading Rainbow may have reached it’s $1 million goal in a day, but fans would keep backing the project for days and weeks until it reached its $5 million goal. And now that the 35-day campaign has come to an end, it’s time to count how backers donated to the project. We recently reported that Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane promised to match every dollar donated to the campaign when it reached $4 million. That must given the campaign the extra push it needed to reach the $5 million goal, plus approximately $400K of interest.Mashable is reporting that the Reading Rainbow Kickstarter’s final numbers are $5.4 million. You can add another million that will be donated by MacFarline as promised, which would make it a grand total of $6.4 million. The campaign first started back on May 28, and as aforementioned, the project reached its $1 million target in a day. Then it reached $2 million on day two. ARGs & Campaigns Viral Marketing Viral News LaVar BurtonReading Rainbow
YouTube Tuesday: Auralnauts June 25, 2013We at MovieViral know our viral videos pretty well, so we decided to share our knowledge to those looking to expand their Internet horizons. YouTube Tuesday is a weekly feature where we shine the spotlight on our favorite YouTube channels related to movies and television. We focus on channels that… Read More
Watch Michael Cera Get a Jersey Shore Makeover January 9, 2010February 18, 2011So, there’s this video going around on YouTube that has actor Michael Cera hanging out with the cast of MTV’s “Jersey Shore”, which is apparently part of their most recent episode. The appearance is meant to be a promotion for Cera’s new film Youth in Revolt, opening this weekend, but… Read More
Viral Video: A Brief History of Conspicuous Product Placement in Movies January 12, 2011Product placement has been a staple of American filmmaking since the motion camera was invented. Sometime it’s done with subtlety, while other times it’s blatant (which comical, whether intended or not). Oliver Noble over at Film Drunk gives us a history lesson on product placement in movies, specifically the more… Read More