‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’ Has A Speedy Social Media Marketing Campaign Michael Lee, September 25, 2014September 25, 2014 Following the launch of the latest viral marketing campaign from the X-Men film franchise, comes the latest social media campaign to promote the Blu-ray/DVD release of the upcoming X-Men: Days of Future Past.To capitalize on the popularity of Quicksilver, which was probably one of the most surprising characters considering how the character was originally introduced, the 20th Century Fox marketing team has decided to use the character as the face of their latest social media marketing campaign. Using Vine and Instagram, we see, what we assume is an older Quicksilver try to make a speedy recovery after forgetting his girlfriend’s birthday. Hit the jump to check it out.Here isn’t much more to it then these videos, who are using the Peter Maximoff name as their Instagram and Vine handle. You wouldn’t really know that this is part of a viral marketing strategy until you see the X-Men: Days of Future Past tag pop up at the end.So it should be interesting to see how many more videos (if that’s the plan) pop up during the X-Men: Days of Future Past marketing campaign. We’ll just have to wait and see.20th Centure Fox Home Entertainment will release X-Men: Days of Future Past on Blu-ray and DVD on October 14. ARGs & Campaigns Social Networks Viral Marketing Viral News InstagramvineX-Men: Days of Future Past
The Soapbox: Remakes And How People React To Them June 29, 2009June 29, 2009Recently, Ive noticed a certain amount of bitching stemming from announced remakes, such as ‘Flight of the Navigator’ and ‘Total Recall’. My question for the week is, why do people bitch about remakes? Remakes are both a good and a bad thing. On one hand, remakes allow talented filmmakers to… Read More
‘Furious 7’ Trailer: Vin Diesel Doesn’t Need Friends, He’s Got Family November 1, 2014The week long Furious 7 trailer launch marketing campaign has finally come to its epic conclusion. Universal has released various featurettes highlighting what makes the series so fantastic, but now the moment we have all be waiting for has finally arrived. The first trailer for Furious 7. Vin Diesel, Paul… Read More
“Transformers: Age Of Extinction” Trailer May 15, 2014May 15, 2014Paramount has released a brand new trailer for Michael Bay’s fourth Transformer film, Transformers: Age Of Extinction. The film takes place years after the events of Dark Of The Moon where Autobots and Decepticons are left to hide from the humans that are hunting them down. But a new threat… Read More