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Everything known about Transformers 2.

March 19th, 2008 · No Comments

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As you probably all know by now, Transformers 2 has been green lit and will come out on June 26, 2009. As the first one, it will be directed by Michael Bay and produced by Steven Spielberg. Brace yourself, it’s one [...]

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Sunday Ads: Michael Bay special

March 16th, 2008 · No Comments

It’s a
Michael Bay kind of Sunday today, with commercials shot by Hollywood’s explosion specialist (and we’re not talking about Transformers, just real TV commercials). We’ll show you a little retrospective of his TV ads and movie career
We started with Car Carrier, the [...]

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Tags: Car Chase · Product placement · TV ad · Transformers · Transforming vehicles

On our watch list: Iron Man (2008)

March 4th, 2008 · No Comments

A sophisticated comic adaptation

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To tell you the truth, it’s not often that we get excited about movies based on a comic book. Their quality is very uneven, and they tend to not cater enough to grown-ups, notably with hype commercial rock [...]

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Knight Rider last night

February 18th, 2008 · No Comments

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NBC aired its two-hour movie “event” last night and of course we were in front of the TV.
While we were pleasantly surprised by the show -which was better than we expected- it could have been much better.
There’s been tons of reactions [...]

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Tags: Knight Rider · Movie review · Mustang · News · Product placement · Shelby · TV show · Transforming vehicles

Sunday Ads: Honda “Fall Guy” commercial

February 17th, 2008 · No Comments

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Today being the day of the premiere of the new Knight Rider, this commercial using another big show of the 80’s is particularly appropriate. The Fall Guy was hugely popular in Germany and Germans were almost as fans of Lee Majors [...]

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KITT’s new voice

February 13th, 2008 · No Comments

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If you follow the news regarding the new Knight Rider, you already know that Will Arnett has been replaced by Val Kilmer as KITT’s voice. This happened just a few weeks before the premiere, when either GM or Ford realised it [...]

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Tags: Knight Rider · News · Product placement · TV show

Sunday Ads: Megan Fox hearts Pontiac

February 10th, 2008 · No Comments

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Before Transformers hit the screens last year, GM was already capitalizing on its product placement in the summer blockbuster to boost its sales with several [...]

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Tags: From screens to roads · Movie car · Product placement · TV ad · Transformers · Transforming vehicles

KITT is Back: the newest NBC commercial.

February 9th, 2008 · No Comments

digg_url = ‘http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/02/09/kitt-is-back-the-newest-nbc-commercial/’;Only a week away from the 2 hours pilot of the new Knight Rider, the marketing is getting more and more aggressive and NBC airing new commercials.
Here, Justin Bruening (as Mike Tracer) is being explained that the Foundation is back and [...]

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Tags: Knight Rider · Merchandising · Movie car · Mustang · News · Product placement · Shelby · TV ad · TV show · Transforming vehicles

‘08 Knight Rider burnout

February 1st, 2008 · 1 Comment

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This video aired by Hollywood 411 shows the new KITT doing burnouts on the NBC lot. It’s the radio controlled version the Attack Mode car (the one with the many spoilers and black rims), and it’s [...]

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Tags: Knight Rider · Movie car · Mustang · Product placement · Shelby · TV show · Transforming vehicles

The Bullitt chase recreated

January 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Motive mag is an automotive website with cool articles, fresh news and an excellent graphic design. Actually that’s the first thing that came to my mind when I went there. It’s a nice change compared to some of the most popular [...]

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Tags: Bullitt · From screens to roads · Mustang · Product placement