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  • adam&eveDDB creates new John Lewis Christmas campaign

    adam&eveDDB creates new John Lewis Christmas campaign

    MUMBAI: This Christmas, adam&eveDDB will pay tribute to the most memorable childhood Christmas celebration. The agency has created a new John Lewis Christmas campaign that takes the form of an animated woodland tale.
     

    In the campaign ‘The Bear & The Hare’ tells a classic story of friendship at Christmas – building on the longstanding John Lewis theme of finding the perfect gift for those you care about. It features the strap line ‘Give someone a Christmas they’ll never forget.’

    The beautifully handcrafted ad was written by adam&eveDDB creative directors Aidan McClure and Laurent Simon and directed by Blinkink’s Elliot Dear and Yves Geleyn. It has been created using hand-drawn animation combined with 3D sets – the first time this technique has been used in an advert in the UK.

    Continuing the brand’s support of home-grown music talent, the ad is set to a cover of Keane’s 2004 hit ‘Somewhere Only We Know’ sung by Lily Allen.

    Following a series of teasers on ITV that use the #sleeping bear, the ad was aired on 9 November in a special two minute spot during the X Factor. The campaign is John Lewis’s most integrated yet with the TV ad supported by a host of multichannel activity including a book, Christmas card maker, social media, in-store and windows, a digital outdoor projection and soundtrack single.

    adam&eveDDB founding partner and chief executive James Murphy said: “It’s a privilege to create the advertising for the nation’s best loved department store at Christmas and this year is no exception. Not only have we been able to push the campaign into new territory creatively, we’ve also been able to deliver a truly multi faceted campaign that offers an in-depth take on thoughtful gifting that we hope will appeal to the child in all of us.”

  • Chris O’Dowd to work with Adam Driver in ‘The Coward’

    Chris O’Dowd to work with Adam Driver in ‘The Coward’

    MUMBAI: Chris O‘Dowd popularly known for his performance in "Bridesmaids" will now star opposite Adam Driver in "The Coward", an adaptation of the Nick Jones play being directed by Max Winkler, reported by the Hollywood Reporter.
     
    Big Beach‘s Marc Turtletaub and Peter Saraf are going to look at producing and financing the indie, with Scot Armstrong and Ravi Nandan‘s American Work Inc. also co-producing the feature film.
     
    O‘Dowd worked with Driver on HBO‘s ‘Girls‘ and is starring in the cable channel‘s Christopher Guest show ‘Family Tree‘, which debuts in May.
     
    The actor also will appear in ‘Thor: The Dark World‘, now in postproduction, and is set to shoot the indie ‘St. Vincent de Van Nuys‘ with Bill Murray.

  • BBC’s show ‘Spooks’ to examine the relationship betweeen the US, UK and Iran

    MUMBAI: UK pubcaster the BBC has announced that its spy show Spooks will return later this year on BBC One. The complex relationship between the UK, Iran and the US is put under the spotlight … but who can really be trusted under this new world order? In India the show airs on BBC Entertainment which is carried on Tata Sky.

    Over the course of 10 hour-long episodes, Adam, Harry and the team are immersed in their most intricate operation to date. The broadcaster says that the distinction between friend and foe becomes ever more blurred. Rupert Penry-Jones, Hermione Norris and Peter Firth return as officers Adam, Ros and Harry of Section D, MI5.

    Raza Jaffrey, Miranda Raison and Hugh Simon also reprise their roles as Zaf, Jo and Malcolm, and welcome new arrival Connie played by Gemma Jones. In the drama, Iran’s covert scheme to become a nuclear power leads to growing mistrust between the British, American and Iranian governments, who all nurse their own agendas to help or hinder the Middle Eastern state in its efforts.

    The volatile climate culminates in a series of high risk operations both at home and abroad. The opening episode sees Zaf, undercover in Tehran, attempt to place a bomb on a civilian train in an effort to flush out a key Iranian spy, an act which could have dangerous ramifications not only for Zaf but for the whole team.

    Meanwhile, the electric atmosphere between Adam and Ros comes to a head, but things are complicated further by Adam’s dangerous ongoing affair with a key asset inside the Iranian embassy.

    Spooks producer Katie Swinden says, “For the first time ever, we’ve chosen to explore one theme throughout the series, and one which is an ongoing concern in today’s world affairs agenda. The relationship between Britain, Iran and the US is such a delicate and topical issue that it opens up a wealth of new storyline possibilities to us.

    “Audiences will be able to follow Adam, Harry, Ros and the team as they take on their most challenging operation to date, and will get to see them in a whole new range of dangerous and exciting situations.”

    The BBC executive producer Sarah Brandist says, “Spooks, one of the autumn highlights for both BBC Drama and BBC One and this year, takes on a more global feel by telling bigger, bolder stories across a wider landscape.

    “BBC One viewers, who are already eagerly awaiting the gang’s return, will be treated to an explosive opening two-parter and, from then on, the action flows from beginning to end. Spooks has returned in style.”