The Cry Goes Out in Hollywood: - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

About This Presentation
Title:

The Cry Goes Out in Hollywood:

Description:

Stretch Armstrong Big Wheel Risk Transformers Barbie Asteroids G.I Joe Candy Land Monopoly Battleship Mr. Potato Head Mattel Inc, s Barbie was just signed up to ... – PowerPoint PPT presentation

Number of Views:31
Avg rating:3.0/5.0
Slides: 10
Provided by: ONU45
Category:
Tags: barbie | cry | goes | hollywood | out

less

Transcript and Presenter's Notes

Title: The Cry Goes Out in Hollywood:


1
The Cry Goes Out in Hollywood Get Me Mr. Potato
Heads Agent!By LAUREN A.E. SCHUKER
  • Tiffany Vidonish
  • Feng Wang
  • Brandi Thompson

2
Some of Hollywoods Top A-list actors are now
toys.
  • Stretch Armstrong
  • Big Wheel
  • Risk
  • Transformers
  • Barbie
  • Asteroids
  • G.I Joe
  • Candy Land
  • Monopoly
  • Battleship
  • Mr. Potato Head

3
Most toys today even have their own talent
agents.
  • Mattel Inc,s Barbie was just signed up to star
    in a live-action feature film by Creative Artists
    Agency
  • International Creative Management sparked a
    four-studio bidding war for a movie starring
    Asteroids
  • The William Morris Endeavor Entertainment LLC has
    signed toy stars such as G.I. Joe and the well
    known Hasbro game, Candy Land.

4
Are Toys Taking Over Hollywood?
  • While stars such as Will Ferrell and Adam Sandler
    failed to draw crowds, action figures such as
    G.I. Joe and Transformers ruled the box office
    this summer
  • The second Transformer movie grossed over 833
    million in the world-wide box office and hit
    merchandising revenues of 484 million

5
TOYETIC
  • A popular question among studio executives is
    whether or a not a particular project is
    toyetic
  • This term refers to a concept that can lend
    itself into a toy, and whether the project will
    be able to sell tickets and merchandise
  • No recent project has been more toyetic than
    Transformers

6
Future Projects
  • Transformers has paved the way for toy stars
    and more and more producers are searching for the
    next big toy
  • Several projects are currently in the works
    including movie versions of the games Monopoly
    and Battleship
  • There have been numerous calls to The Ohio Art
    Co. in interest of acquiring the rights to Etch A
    Sketch for a stand-alone film based on the toy

7
Future Projects
  • Hollywood directors and actors are both eager
    to play a part in films starring toys
  • Will Smith and partner James Lassiter Risk
  • Will Smith and James Lassiter Big Wheel TV show
  • J.J. Abrams Micronauts
  • Brian Grazer Stretch Armstrong
  • Ridley Scott - Monopoly

8
Star Status
  • The director of Star Trek firmly insists that
    anyone who now doubts a toys success will be
    soon proved wrong
  • Mr. Abrams is confident that once these films
    have been released, no one will question their
    star status

9
Business Opportunities
  • Young audience
  • Less difficult search for talent
  • Great films encourage higher marketing business
Write a Comment
User Comments (0)
About PowerShow.com