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  • Marlon Wayans Uses Every Social Medium Imaginable to Promote ‘A Haunted House 2’

    Marlon Wayans can’t stop. The comedian will use every medium at his disposal to promote his latest movie, A Haunted House 2. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube are the usual suspects. But whoever heard of using Snapchat to promote a movie? And what is Whosay? We’ve already seen plenty of selfies and humpings of inanimate objects out of the comedian, so what’s a few tweets more?

    Because the film had its premiere last night and doesn’t hit theaters on a wide release until tomorrow, A Haunted House 2 has no Rotten Tomatoes score. But through all the hype Wayans has created, 88% of 18,674 “want to see” this movie. The only review so far, from the Seattle Times, calls the movie “a scattershot, anything-goes affair that’s unapologetically stupid. Proudly stupid. Aggressively stupid.” Maybe that will deter others, if the trailer hasn’t already:

    “Seeing the reactions of the fans and their tweets, they are nothing but supportive and they love the movie. So I feel good that I did my job and gave them their money’s worth, and they saw it for free. There are some big, big laughs in this movie,” Wayans told TalkTalk on the red carpet of the premiere. His previous movie made sixty million dollars worldwide, so it appears stupid jokes won’t stop fans from seeing it. For those new to the series, Wayans gave some advice over Twitter:

    Regal Entertainment Group is also recommending the first A Haunted House to their patrons. The movie theater chain is offering a digital download to those who come see the squeal in theaters. “Regal is happy to partner with Open Road Films in providing this offer to our guests,” Director of Film Marketing Robbie Arrington said in a press release, “After watching this hilarious sequel within the four walls of one of our theatres, Regal fans can watch the original “A Haunted House” on their own television, computer, tablet or smartphone.”

    On the A Haunted House Facebook page, Wayans has been involved in his own promoting, including a Live Tweeting/YouTube Q&A:

    Post by A Haunted House.

    And a live SnapChat session:

    Post by A Haunted House.

    In his previous Q&As, Wayans has not been shy. Talking to Amy Kaufman of the Los Angeles Times, the comedian said what it was like to have sex with a doll:

    She’s kinda sexy. I like when girls don’t blink. When I kiss, I kiss with my eyes open. I want to look into your soul. I grab women by the eyelashes and open their eyes up. They get a little nervous. But I think good sex is including five senses.

    When asked about this particular aspect of his humor, Wayans explained “I’ve never progressed past the age of 15. I laugh a lot, and I don’t take things too serious. … I think it’s good to be a kid again.”

    Wayans may tell jokes like a kid, but he looks like the only adult in this selfie at the premiere last night:

    And what is Whosay? It’s what Marlon Wayans takes selfies on, duh.

    Image via maximotv, YouTube.

  • Marlon Wayans Promotes Film, Humps Inanimate Objects

    With a new movie coming out, it only makes sense that we’d be seeing Marlon Wayans’ face everywhere.

    On Friday, fans can see the second installment of A Haunted House, and this time Marlon will be the only Wayans in the film. And with a new movie comes promotion to get people in the seats.

    The comedic actor most recently spent time on The Ellen Degeneres Show, Chelsea Lately, and SportsNation, just to name a few.

    After telling Degeneres he’d like to “swagger jack” her outfit, Wayans talked about being a dad with his teenage daughter in the audience. Apparently being famous doesn’t stop you from embarrassing your child any chance you get. You can watch Wayans tell Degeneres about his parenting skills in the video below.

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    The self-proclaimed “selfie king” also put up photos of himself from his recent promotional visits on all aspects of social media.

    To his WhoSay account Wayans posted a photo with himself, Degeneres, and the audience of her show.

    He even took a selfie with the infamous Oscar selfie, with the caption, “So @theellenshow called all her buddies from the #oscars and we reshot the #oscarselfie.”

    As things tend to do, Wayans got a little crazy on Chelsea Lately on Tuesday. It all started when Chelsea Handler brought up a scene from his upcoming movie involving a doll.

    “You have sex with a little doll in this movie. It’s not a blowup doll, just so you know. It’s a really funny movie. And he has sex, but for a really uncomfortable amount of time. And it’s a baby doll, like it’s a Cabbage Patch-sized doll,” said Handler.

    Explained Wayans, “It’s cabbage patchy. But it’s not the actual doll, the Cabbage Patch dolls are way too young to hump, you know. Now that makes it weird.”

    Wayans continued, saying he “always thinks it’s funny” to hump inanimate objects. Then Wayans proceeded to hump the chair he was sitting in and his mic pack.

    Of course, Wayans couldn’t leave without taking a selfie with Handler, which he captioned, “Me and the wifey @chelseah.”

    For those who know Wayans and are a fan of his work, his humor tends to be outside the box. “I’ve never progressed past the age of 15. I laugh a lot, and I don’t take things too serious. I still laugh at a fart. It makes me laugh, depending on what it sounds like. If I can smell your fart, it’ll make me laugh. I think it’s good to be a kid again,” said Wayans.

    Wayans will next be promoting A Haunted House 2 on Conan, Wednesday night at 11:00 pm EST on TBS.

    A Haunted House 2 hits theaters this Friday, April 18.

    You can watch a clip from the film in the video below.

    Image via Marlon Wayans, Instagram.