Movie Website Updates for June 10 - June 16
June 16, 2005
During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. Here the list of this week's releases, a couple of new sites and few updates, including this week's winner, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Official Site.
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Batman Begins
Beautiful Country
Bewitched
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Corpse Bride
Dear Wendy
Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story
The Dukes of Hazzard
Elizabethtown
George A. Romero's Land of the Dead
Heights
Me and You and Everyone We Know
My Summer of Love
Open Season
The Perfect Man
Pretty Persuasion
Sky High
Somersault
Stealth
The Talent Given Us
V For Vendetta
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
The trailer was added to the site, but it wasn't as funny as I was hoping for.
A few more text interview were added but the website still isn't as strong as I was hoping for.
The flash site launched this week and it's well done, if a little understated.
The trivia quiz was added to the site, but it feels more like an ad for the DVD release than a feature to keep surfers interested.
Most of the rest of the regular features were added to the site, image gallery, teaser trailer, etc., the first of five games were even added. However, the site still has too many missing features, (bios, production notes, soundtrack, QTVR and four more games) for final grade to be given. ... Ignore that last part. While normally I wouldn't give the award to a film that has this much content marked coming soon, it's a slow week and not only in the site the best on this week's list, but it is also the site with the most potential. And therefore it is the winner of the overindulgent Weekly Website Award.
The placeholder site is now has the synopsis, image gallery, (including poster) and trailer.
They changed the look a bit, but didn't mess with its award winning qualities.
The site as all the basics and it's done well, but there's not enough to set it apart from so many other sites.
The full placeholder site is up, but most of the content is still marked coming soon.
A photo gallery was added to the placeholder site.
The game was added this week. It's your typical FPS but the level is small and you only have one life.
No real changes in a long, long time.
No real changes in a while, although this is the third URL I've found for the site.
A few clips were added just in time for tomorrow's opening.
They fixed the broken link to the trailer.
The only feature still marked coming soon, What I Like About You, is still marked coming soon. However, it is early in the day and it could be added before the day it done. … Just checked and the last feature is up. It's not a personality quiz, it's a place to post messages for you Mom. Ahhhhh, how seet.
Simple placeholder site with just the trailer, or to be more accurate, a link to the trailer which is on Ifilm.
The site is up, and wow does it look cheesy. It's too soon to tell if it's cheesy in a good way or cheesy in a bad way with most of the features are still marked coming soon. There are the character bios, school history, image gallery and trailer to check out, but that's about it.
Simple site with all the usual features but it has a really unpolished look.
A week later and I'm still the tops on the leaderboard. There are no actual updates to the site this week, I'm just bragging.
No changes in a while.
Another news story was posted, this time on the finishing of the principal photography.
Several features were added this week including character bios, trailer and two clips. The film definitely has a British sensibility to it, which should please fans but that might keep a larger audience away.
Submitted by: C.S.Strowbridge
Filed under: Movie Website Updates, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Batman Begins, The 40 Year-old Virgin, Open Season, The Dukes of Hazzard, V for Vendetta, Sky High, Bewitched, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Corpse Bride, Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story, Stealth, Elizabethtown, George A. Romero's Land of the Dead, The Perfect Man, Heights, My Summer of Love, Pretty Persuasion, Dear Wendy