Tag: cars

Brands in the future: Pepsi and Mazda in Looper

Can you have brands in the movie that takes place in 2044? Of course you can. Can you place so many brands that it becomes unbearable to watch? Yes, we’ve seen blatant…

Ford Fusion got a role in New Girl

As I mentioned in previous blog posts American TV series New Girl is not known for product placement. On the contrary: product placement has been practically non-existent. But in the fifth episode…

Product placement in pictures: Project X

What happens if you organize a birthday party, invite thousands of guests and they all come? Loud music, nervous neighbors, drugs, sex and rock ‘n’ roll, fighting, burning or drowning cars, the…

MacGyver and Mercedes: a winning combination?

** The co-author of this blog post is Tobias Borris, creative strategist, branded entertainment enthusiast and movie fanatic from Munich, Germany.** A few days ago Mercedes Benz launched the trailer for the…

Product placement in pictures – We Bought a Zoo

We Bought a Zoo is the latest Cameron Crowe movie in which Matt Damon plays the lead character, Benjamin Mee. After his wife died, Benjamin and his family moved into a rundown…

It could be better: Oreo in Modern Family

Last week I read an article in AdAge about Oreo‘s collaboration with the producers of American sit com Modern Family. It says: The producers at ABC’s “Modern Family” have cooked up a…

Chevy Thunder

A few weeks ago I wrote about one of Lana Del Rey’s songs that had a brand name in the song title. It was Mountain Dew in the song Diet Mountain Dew.…

Product placement in pictures: The Help

The Help, one of the most successful movies of 2011 is set in 1963, so I hadn’t had high expectations regarding product placement. However I was pleasantly surprised with the number of…

Product placement in pictures: Drive

Drive was one of the best and most critically acclaimed movies of 2011 (with a 12-minute standing ovation in Cannes). It was also one of my favorites too. The movie doesn’t have…

Product Placement in pictures: Limitless

The premise of the Limitless is quite interesting: what would happen if you’d take a drug (called NZT) that enhances the brain power and allows the person to use 100% of his…

Toyota Prius mocked in No Strings Attached

Couple of days ago two friends asked me (on separate occasions) if I had seen the movie No Strings Attached with Natalie Portman (Emma) and Ashton Kutcher (Adam). They were curious if…

Toyota Prius – a wannabe product placement star?

On 22nd February Brand Channel announced their annual Brandcameo Product Placement Award Winners. There was an interesting brand among the winners: Toyota Prius. It got the award for the Best Role in…

Top 40 Product Placements of all time: 20-11

Here’s the third part of the Top 40 product placements of all time. It’s my personal and very subjective list. You can check placements from positions 21 to 30 here: Top 40…