Archive for August, 2006
Stormbreaker gets a poster and re-branded
The film previously known as Stormbreaker has been re-branded as Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker (the new name hasn’t made its way to IMDb yet). The new name is obviously meant to give the producers a bit more consistancy when it comes to sequels in this franchise. Stormbreaker is the first in a series of books [...]
Open Season official website upgraded
Sony has seriously upgraded the official website for the animated flick Open Season. Check it out.
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movie marketing, sony pictures
DVD Review: The Wanderer
The setup for The Wanderer is pretty simple. Two women are first seen as the sole mourners over a grave. The woman whose death is being mourned is the best friend of one and cousin to the other. On their way home the two almost hit a strange woman who looks like she’s just gone [...]
Are big stars enough?
There seems to be a seismic shift underway regarding the role of celebrities in the making and marketing of a variety of things, but specifically films. With people like Tom Cruise getting publicly spanked by a former corporate partner, high-cost comedies with stars like Jim Carrey getting pulled in pre-production and other such incidents, stars [...]
Shortbus trailer
ThinkFilm is releasing the movie Shortbus, an exploration of sex and sexuality. That’s about the long and short description of the movie. The one additional note is that the movie is pretty graphic, all the more so for showing actual people having actual sex. It’s not porn, but only because it’s put on the clothing [...]
Costner and Kutcher visit Coast Guard stations
Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher, stars of the upcoming The Guardian, are visiting Coast Guard stations across the country to promote the film. The movie has the two starring as members of the Coast Guard, the grizzled veteran and the cocky newbie respectively. Be warned the Kutcher is atually quoted in the story.
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Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning poster
Ooooo…scary.
I don’t get the need to go back and examine what makes psychopaths what they are, like they seem to be doing with Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning. I mean, I get that this isn’t going to be a deep character driven portrait but just another excuse to show people getting cut up into tiny [...]
Aurora Borealis trailer
Donald Sutherland plays the mentally degraded grandfather of Joshua Jackson (Pacey from “Dawson’s Creek” - I’m ashamed that I know that) in Aurora Borealis. The movie, whose trailer you can watch here, is about a young man (Jackson) realizing he has to grow up and accept responsibility for his life and the people around him. [...]
Spider-Man 3 trailer coming with Casino Royale?
Based off a comment from producer Grant Curtis that we’d be seeing a new trailer for Spider-Man 3 sometime this fall, speculation is building that it will be attached to Casino Royale, the next installment in the Bond franchise. Makes a certain amount of sense in that Royale is a big release from Sony in [...]
Recap of Veritalk’s Snakes on a Plane promo
iMediaConnection has a nice review of the “have Samuel L. Jackson call a friend” promotion from New Line and Veritalk for Snakes on a Plane.
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movie marketing, new line
Departed official website and character posters
Warner Bros. has launched the official website for the Martin Scorsese gangland flick The Departed. (HT to Wells) Ordinarily I’d say to stay tuned for updates to the site but considering they studio doesn’t appear to be pushing the film to any festivals I’d venture to guess that what you see now is what you’re [...]
Nickel’s Worth of Free Advice: How not to pitch
Darren got a pitch from a studio that started off with what I call a “conversation killer,”
“Dear Webmaster,”
Darren then went about doing what I warn people all the time is going to happen when they send awful pitches that aren’t invitations to engage in an ongoing dialogue - he reprints the entire pitch email for [...]
Black Dahlia newspaper insert
In this past Sunday’s edition of the Chicago Tribune, Universal had insterted a reprinting of some pages from the Los Angeles Times as part of the promotion for Black Dahlia. The insert reprinted the LAT coverage of the real life death portrayed and investigated in the movie. You can see the front page of the [...]
Trailer Park Boys on Squidoo
I noticed something surprising when analyzing my visitor stats the other day. I had gotten a referral from a Trailer Park Boys page on Squidoo. Squidoo, for those of you who might not know, is project started by Seth Godin where people can build “lenses” on topics they’re excited about. It’s basically like a blogging [...]
Ultimate Star Wars DVD set
Shoot me now.
It’s not like we didn’t all see this coming. Still.
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movie marketing, 20th century fox, star wars
