View Post Ad Biz | Agencies | Brands | Campaigns | People Activision, 72andSunny Bring the House Down with ‘Epic Night Out’ By Jordan Teicher on Nov. 4, 2013 - 12:24 PM “Epic Night Out,” the splashy new 90-second Call of Duty: Ghosts spot from 72andSunny for Activision, is indeed epic, and easily riffs on the four-guys-who-have-fun-in-danger motif made popular by The Hangover. There ...
View Post Brands | Campaigns How Do You Say ‘Green’ in Dolphin? By Jordan Teicher on Jun. 10, 2013 - 12:49 PM Humans have a burning desire to verbally communicate with dolphins, especially when it comes to ad folk. First it was Megan Fox, Acer marine biologist, taking a scientific approach to dolphinspeak, and now we have a Dolphin Transl ...
View Post Brands | Campaigns | People | What The?? Mother, Acer Introduce Us to Vernon, Assistant to the ‘World’s #1 DJ’ By Kiran Aditham on May. 7, 2013 - 10:59 AM After showing us Kiefer Sutherland/Jack Bauer’s, er, softer side and making a case for Megan Fox as a marine biologist, Mother London and Acer have teamed up again for another fairly amusing web film to promote one of the co ...
View Post Ad Biz Tuesday Morning Stir By Kiran Aditham on Nov. 27, 2012 - 9:38 AM -Tribal DDB Amsterdam promoted Pol Hoenderboom and Bart Mol to creative directors, effective immediately. The creative duo has been working together since 2010. -Mother’s interesting work for Acer continues as the agency has ...
Ad Biz Wednesday Morning Stir By Kiran Aditham on Oct. 31, 2012 - 10:49 AM -Hey, if Mother and Acer can have Jack Bauer bake cupcakes, why can’t they pick from a hat again and have Megan Fox play brainy dolphin whisperer (above)? -Former Mullen VP/group media director Patrick LaCroix will assume th ...
Ad Biz Friday Morning Stir By Kiran Aditham on May. 4, 2012 - 9:37 AM -This is news to us, but apparently today is Star Wars Day and to celebrate, Unruly Media compiled a list of the most shared Star Wars-themed ads. link -The folks at PSFK posted videos from their latest NYC conference. link -Did y ...
Ad Biz Tuesday Morning Stir By Kiran Aditham on Jan. 25, 2011 - 9:39 AM -Are you ready for Mullen’s Brand Bowl? link -Microsoft’s U.K. commercial director Chris Maples decides to call it a day. link -StrawberryFrog Amsterdam added W+K Amsterdam alum Patrick Garvey as senior account directo ...
People Here’s Your Gratuitious Megan Fox Ad of the Week By Kiran Aditham on Dec. 22, 2010 - 10:45 AM Megan Fox, former Transformers star, spouse of David Silver and this year’s face of Armani, is back with a new ad for the fashion/beauty brand. This time, the black-and-white motif from the fall campaign switches to color an ...
Campaigns | TV Verizon’s FiOS Will Occupy Children Anywhere By Bob Marshall on Nov. 16, 2010 - 4:47 PM Kids: is there anything more annoying? Always asking their stupid questions and making those terrible shrieking sounds, isn’t it about time that they can just watch SpongeBob SquarePants 24/7 and never bother you for anythin ...
Ad Biz Thursday Odds and Ends By Kiran Aditham on Oct. 7, 2010 - 4:10 PM -Yahoo overhauled its search engine. link -Director Chris Wilcha signed with bi-coastal prodco Park Pictures for representation. link -The ADC Young Guns 8 exhibition opening party is going on tonight. link -Meanwhile, the YoungGu ...