In 2009, Fox’s marketing team posed a $237 million question: How can we make sure that hordes of moviegoers turn out to see an ambitious tentpole about beastly blue humanoids living in a distant land no one has ever heard of? Click here to read the story at vulture.com. Discussion Read more…
Miley Cyrus turns up the volume on a Beats Pill and applies eos lip balm in “We Can’t Stop”; Ariana Grande whips out a Samsung Galaxy Note in the first 5 seconds of “Focus”; Lil Nas X, dressed as a vampire, reaches for an Estée Lauder anti-aging serum in “Rodeo.” Click here to read the story Read more…
Summer is nearly over, which means it’s time to transition into Spooky Season. Baseball appears to be doing so a bit before October, as MLB fans have noticed people sitting stock-still behind home plate holding some creepy smiles for the duration of the game. Click here to read the story Read more…
Walt Disney’s convoluted flow chart of revenue streams is getting a new addition. Earlier this month, Disney released the first batch of trading cards from its upcoming game, “Lorcana,” and they’re already fetching $2k+ on the resale market, per Polygon. Click here to read the story at thehustle.co. Discussion Questions: Read more…
It was December 2009 when Australian actor Sam Worthington, unaware of how massively his role as an ex-Marine on a mission to a new planet was about to change his life, received a bit of advice from James Cameron. Click here to read the story at latimes.com. Discussion Questions: What is the Read more…
And where is that? Why, on the launch of HBO’s near $200M Game of Thrones spinoff series, House of the Dragon, premiering this Sunday on both the linear pay-TV channel and streaming service HBO Max. Click here to read the story at deadline.com. Discussion Questions: What is a franchise as Read more…
Shares of Six Flags Entertainment Corp. plunged Thursday, to suffer the third-worst performance in the theme park operator’s 12-year public history, after a big miss in attendance led to a surprise drop in second-quarter revenue, even as spending-per-guest jumped. Click here to read the story at marketwatch.com. Discussion Questions: What Read more…
In celebration of Marvel Studios’ “I Am Groot,” a Collection of Original Shorts coming soon to Disney+, Wonderful® Pistachios launched their “Groot Gets Crackin’” campaign to showcase the plant-protein power of Wonderful Pistachios. Click here to read the story at prnewswire.com. Discussion Questions: What is the difference between marketing through entertainment and the Read more…
Nintendo fans will soon be able to step into a world of augmented reality and team up with Mario himself as Universal Studios Hollywood revealed its latest Super Nintendo World ride details this week, which the park shared with Travel + Leisure. Click here to read the story at travelandleisure.com. Discussion Read more…
For the first time since 1984, the Denver Broncos are going to have a new owner. The Broncos announced on Tuesday night that they have entered into a purchase and sale agreement with the Walton-Penner family to acquire the team. Click here to read the story at cbssports.com. Discussion Questions: How are franchise values Read more…