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Deadpool 2: TVNZ Takeover

Spikes Asia 2018

Use of Brand or Product integration into a Programme or Platform - Bronze

Axis Awards 2018

Creative use of Media Integration - Bronze 

Beacon Awards 2019

Customer Service – Gold

Best Creative Media Idea – Gold

Best Collaboration – Gold

How do you make the New Zealand public aware that the 'Merc with the mouth' is back in a sequel? YOU LET HIM HIJACK TVNZ! 

Challenge: 

Opening weekend is vital to the success of any blockbuster film and Deadpool 2 was up against two of the biggest blockbuster titles of the same genre.  

Brief: 

Help Deadpool 2 be bigger than Deadpool 1, the highest grossing R-rated movie ever! 

Insight: 

We looked deep to find parallels with the Deadpool character and our local audience. Deadpools attitude and irreverence is a way to connect with the 'young rebel' in all of us - giving us license to break the mould.

 

Strategy: 

Integrate the irreverence of Deadpool into the most serious of contexts to bring alive his nonconformist character. Leverage media platforms to disrupt the status quo and behave differently to cut-through.

 

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