Had things gone another way, Penn Badgley would have played Jesse Pinkman alongside Bryan Cranston in “Breaking Bad”.
07.02.2023 - 02:11 / deadline.com
Super Sunday is upon us — and with it, Madison Avenue’s annual spending spree, which has seen the big game’s Hollywood quotient rise noticeably in recent years.
Celebrity product pitches date back to the days of leather helmets, of course, but in the increasingly rare air of the Super Bowl they have started to overtake the left-field breakouts of the past by the likes of Puppy Monkey Baby or beer-loving frogs. With Fox’s telecast commanding a peak level of more than $7 million for 30-second spots, producers and brands are once again banking on stars in a big way. Super Bowl LVII, a contest in Arizona between the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs, will feature commercials starring Will Ferrell, Melissa McCarthy, Miles and Keleigh Teller and Sylvester Stallone, among others. Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul reteam as their Breaking Bad characters to plug Popcorners. Brian Cox joins a roster of A-list athletes for a riff on Caddyshack and Alicia Silverstone leads a full-blown mini-remake of Clueless. (Watch the commercials below, with many online spots running longer than those airing during the game.)
As the nachos and guacamole were being prepped for this year’s game, Kantar’s Vivvix released some eye-catching stats from last year’s Super Bowl. Ad rates for in-game spots, the research firm said, were $6.5 million for 30 seconds, up from $4.5 million in 2017. Total revenue, accordingly, shot up 33% in 2022 compared with 2021, reaching $578.36 million for NBCUniversal. (NBCU, Paramount and Fox have been in a three-way rotation for the Big Game.)
With all of those dollars on the line, brands have been looking to Hollywood as a way to hopefully stand out on a noisy evening.
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Ben Affleck starred in Dunkin’s first Super Bowl commercial, and the coffee company has released outtakes showing the star’s hilarious behind-the-scenes moments.In the commercial, Affleck works a Dunkin’ drive-thru window in Medford, Mass., serving donuts and coffee to unsuspected customers while sporting an employee uniform with a headset, black visor and an “America Runs on Dunkin’” shirt.The “Good Will Hunting” star shows off his silly side and his struggles working behind the register in the bloopers.The outtakes show Affleck, 50, rapidly reciting a very complicated breakfast order, causing the customer to question, “Are you alright this morning?” — unaware that on the other side of the headset is the “Argo” star.“I’m struggling,” Affleck says in one blooper, moments before he accidentally knocks over a coffee in a customer’s car.“I can’t make it function — malfunction!” the Academy Award winner exclaims. “Not as easy as it looks operating this apparatus.”The Massachusetts native even gets personal with the people in the drive-thru, asking one how his mother and father are doing before sending him off with his order.At one point, Affleck trolls a customer, telling him they’re out of both donuts and coffee and the only thing they got is water, to which the patron replies, “You’re s- -tting me.”“I’m trying to compensate with comedy for my ineptitude,” the actor admits.And if one outtake video wasn’t enough, Dunkin’ released an even further extended version of this particular scene where Affleck continues to tell this customer, “We got no sandwiches and no muffins.
Selome Hailu Fox’s telecast of Super Bowl LVII on Sunday night brought in an average 113 million viewers, according to Nielsen. That means that the Kansas City Chiefs’ victory over the Philadelphia Eagles reached a 1% larger audience than last year’s game between the Los Angeles Rams and the Cincinnati Bengals on NBC. These statistics indicate Nielsen’s time zone-adjusted fast national measurements from both events, with this year’s number including viewership across Fox, Fox Deportes and digital Fox and NFL properties. Last year’s 112 million viewers came from NBC, Telemundo, Peacock, NBC Sports Digital, NFL digital platforms and Yahoo Sports mobile properties.
Comedy gold! Ben Affleck got all the laughs in his Dunkin’ commercial that aired during Super Bowl LVII — and the bloopers are even better.
Ben Affleck is running to the bank on Dunkin’! The 50-year-old actor turned his obsession with the brand into a lucrative multimillion-dollar deal.A source tells ET that the actor-director signed a deal with Dunkin' Donuts worth «over $10 million dollars.» In addition to the paycheck, Affleck's partnership with the franchise includes a donation to his non-profit, the Eastern Congo Initiative. As for his wife, Jennifer Lopez's, cameo in Sunday's Dunkin' Super Bowl spot, the source tells ET that her «involvement in the commercial was a total surprise.»«When she showed up to set, Ben told her to go through the drive-thru and film something,» says the source. «Dunkin’ loved the interaction and added it to the ad.”The source adds that the 53-year-old star's appearance in the commercial garnered her „just over a $1 million dollar paycheck.“A post shared by Dunkin’ (@dunkin)Decades before his seven-figure payday, Affleck also got a check from another doughnut shop. The Oscar winner once told ET that his first paycheck was for washing dishes at a doughnut shop in Boston.»My very first paycheck I got — got a job as a dishwasher, in high school.
Dave Grohl really appreciates Canada.In a Super Bowl commercial for Crown Royal, the Foo Fighters frontman paid homage to the Great North for bringing the world musical greats Rush and Joni Mitchell, comedy stars like Martin Short and for introducing the world to the paint roller and poutine.However, at the time of publication, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group does not have any shows lined up above the Northern border this year.As of now, Foo Fighters are sticking to the U.S. and headlining five (!) festivals from May through September.That even includes a stop at Atlantic City’s beach-based Sea.Hear.Now Festival on Sept.
Snoop Dogg as part of a new Sketchers advert at the Super Bowl.The apparently fake inking is seen in a brief moment in the promo for the shoe brand, as the TV personality showcases many scenarios where she slips into the shoes.At one point during the commercial, she is seen sitting in a chair and getting a tattoo of Snoop, Stewart declaring: “Ooh, that’s gangsta!”The rapper himself is also appearing as part of the campaign, and in a separate commercial, he is seen doing a host of activities in his Sketchers, including getting off a private jet and performing at a concert.At the end, he is seen sitting in the White House’s Oval Office with his feet on the table, as Stewart appears and asks him how he manages to do all these things, before she tells him off: “Get your feet off the desk!”This isn’t the first collaboration between the two celebrities, with the two launching TV show Martha & Snoop’s Dinner Party in 2016, before appearing together in a T-Mobile Super Bowl advert in 2017.Stewart also wrote a foreword in Snoop’s 2018 book From Crook to Cook: Platinum Recipes from Tha Boss Dogg’s Kitchen, and the rapper appeared as the first guest on Stewart’s podcast when it launched last summer.Speaking previously to Rolling Stone about their relationship, Snoop said: “I’ve never met anyone like Martha Stewart. When we come together, it’s a natural combination of love, peace and harmony.”Meanwhile, last month it was confirmed that Snoop will play Willie Nelson‘s 90th birthday party in April alongside the likes of Neil Young and Beck.
Fox charged up to $7 million for a 30-second slotand big brands splashed the cash in the hopes of creating TV gold. But while a captivating commercial can be an invaluable investment, it’s hard to pull off given that around 100 million Americans are watching critically and closely.
first teased the commercial with the 50-year-old actor on Instagram last week, with a video that says, “Something’s Ben Brewing.”In January, Affleck filmed at a Dunkin’ location in Medford, Mass., where he was working at the drive-thru window, serving coffee and donuts to customers who were caught off guard by his appearance.In the commercial, Affleck sported an employee uniform with a black visor and shirt that said “America runs on Dunkin’.”He’s seen in the ad wearing a headset and taking orders, struggling to work the company’s ordering system.
“The thing about monuments,” says Paul Farber, “is that there is no coherent set of monuments.”Farber knows. As one of the country’s foremost experts on the subject of America’s monuments, great and small, and the co-founder and director of the Philadelphia-based Monument Lab, he has a deeper, more complex worldview of the statues and structures that the rest of us sometimes take for granted.“It is a common misconception that there is some government agency out there in charge of all the monuments and they greenlight them and take the bad ones away,” says the youthful 40-year-old.
Tubi just scared everyone in America and made people think that they accidentally changed the channel in the middle of the Super Bowl!
Watch Below: The Weeknd’s Full Super Bowl LV Halftime ShowToday is the Oscars of the advertisement world, as the biggest Hollywood celebs take it to the small screen to endorse everything from beer to apps and everything in between. Paul Rudd, Kevin Hart, Jack Harlow, Snoop Dogg - the list goes on. This year, Hollywood’s best have come out in full force to deliver some of the most expensive ads. Below, we’ve rounded up our top 10 commercials of the 2023 Superbowl. The mighty Dorito inspires Jack Harlow to ditch rap and take up the humble triangle in this commercial, which also stars Missy Elliott. Paul Rudd brings Ant-Man to the small screen for Heineken’s first non-alcoholic beer.Will Ferrell navigates his way through several iconic Netflix series with GM electric vehicles- keep an eye out for Stranger Things, Bridgerton and Queer Eye! It’s a Breaking Bad reunion! Aaron Paul and Bryan Cranston reprise their roles and Jesse and Walter White in this ad called “breaking Good.” Keep an eye out for original props!This ad starring Melissa McCarthy has everything from foot massages to a cameo from her husband, Ben Falcone! Ben Stiller reprising his iconic Zoolander role - simply iconic. Alicia Silverstone almost broke the internet reprising her role of Cher Horowitz in this Clueless-inspired ad.
Will Ferrell made an appearance during a Super Bowl ad break traveling through the Netflix universe in a General Motors commercial.
Ben Affleck is all smiles working the drive-thru window at Dunkin’ for a Super Bowl commercial.
Alicia Silverstone reprised her Clueless role for a Super Bowl LVII commercial. The actor slipped into her yellow plaid outfit for a TV spot promoting the Rakuten service. Check out the throwback in the video posted above.
The Walt Disney Company marks its 100th anniversary on Oct. 16, 2023, and will celebrate that milestone today with a special commercial debuting during Super Bowl LVII that spotlights its storytelling and innovation.
“65 million years ago, Big Game meant something very different.” So goes the byline for the latest TV spot for the sci-fi actioner “65,” tailor-made for the Super Bowl LVII broadcast. Not sure what “65” is? Here’s a quick description: space pilot Adam Driver crash lands on primeval Earth and faces off against some dinosaurs.