FOX pranks Norman Reedus
I’m not going to lie to you, I’m a massive The Walking Dead fan. Zombies have always been a massive fascination of mine since I first saw Night of the Living Dead the 1968 black & white film by George A. Romero. At present the 4th series of the show is on a mid season break cuing the outbreak of Ads and social media posts, but we expect this so FOX decided to add a little spice to the already bubbling cooking pot that is fans collectively gossiping and speculating what will happen next by releasing a promo. Like stated we already expect this but they also decided to prank one of their cast members, the incredible crossbow wielding bad ass that is Norman Reedus AKA Daryl Dixon.
It’s quite genius really, they use a social star named Nick Santonastasso who is best known for his zombie pranks on the public via Vines as part of the “#getFOXed” campaign. This is where fans of their shows get the all star extraordinary fan experiences by meeting the cast and getting involved in so as Nick is a massive fan and his pranks combined it makes a perfect opportunity to help promote the shows revival come February 9th. They send him all the way to Tokyo, get the incredible Greg Nicotero to apply his award winning special effects on to him and then set the stage for the prank to begin.
I’ll let the video give you the rest of the explanation, enjoy!
Currently the fan base of the comic book (sorry! “Graphic Novel”) gone TV show is incredibly strong, the series is shown in over 120 countries and often averages 10.40 million viewers as of season 3.
Never ignore the power of a great prank to get people talking, it makes for incredible marketing. I like
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