Carl’s Jr. and Hardees teamed up with Universal Pictures to introduce a new Primal Menu that ties in with the June 10 release of Jurassic World Dominion, the final film in the dinosaur-themed franchise. Click here to read the story at restaurantbusinessonline.com. Discussion Questions: What is product placement? What is Read more…
DC League of Super-Pets is giving four-pawed comic book fans and their humans some furry heroes of their own. Click here to read the story at hollywoodreporter.com. Discussion Questions: What is a “toy ready” film? Why do studies create toy ready films? Based on information from this story, would you describe Read more…
For years, Domino’s has been working on and unleashing new and increasingly convenient ways to order a pizza. Of course, there’s the familiar Pizza Tracker, which lets you know the status of your order, but there’s the pizza emoji order, Slack order, Samsung TV order, the Amazon Echo order, the Read more…
While Warner Bros.’ and Mattel Films’ upcoming Barbie movie is sure to have some level of self-awareness about its main character’s status as a real-world cultural icon, Mattel is taking a firm stance against featuring the iconic doll’s very unofficial anthem that basically everyone knows by heart. Click here to read the story at Read more…
Aided in part by unexpected ratings booster Will Smith, the Oscars improved its viewership by 60% compared to last year’s broadcast, a feat the Grammys aims to pull off on April 3. Last year, the event dipped to a historic low of 8.8 million viewers, a 53% decline from the previous Read more…
Product placements are all around you, even if you don’t notice them. While many people subscribe to premium streaming services in order to avoid ads, product placements are built into lots of movies and TV shows, from Emily on Emily in Paris wearing Zeus + Dione to The Home Edit using products from The Container Store. Click here Read more…
By all accounts, The Batman will be a dark, dark movie. Taking its visual cues from Seven, and featuring a protagonist who has a breakdown and finds himself lured into intractable ethical murk by the suffocating power of vengeance, all signs point to the film being three hours of grot and depression Read more…
The “Jurassic World Dominion” campaign illustrates how Comcast Corp. is coordinating across its divisions to create impactful marketing. NBC Sports and Universal Pictures are divisions of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. Click here to read the story at gizmodo.com. Discussion Questions: What is cross promotion? Why do you think brands Read more…
Space Entertainment Enterprise (S.E.E), the company co-producing Tom Cruise’s upcoming space movie, plan to launch a sports arena and production studio in zero gravity. Click here to read the story at variety.com. Discussion Questions: Why would a company want to build a film studio in space? What is publicity? How might the Read more…
TikTok’s grip on young audiences is a well-established fact, but the social network has just released a new report detailing how that defining trait has made it increasingly attractive to Hollywood. Click here to read the story at deadline.com. Discussion Questions: What is market research? What are the different types Read more…