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Because the father or mother of a sixth grader and a third grader, I’ve gotten to look at many youngsters’ films and exhibits over the previous a number of years. The quantity of labor and thought and ability that goes into a few of these is actually superb. One among my absolute particular favorites, although, is Zootopia. It’s an ideal movie in a number of respects. It’s hilarious, it’s a beautiful social commentary, and it supplies vital classes on racism, prejudice, and mistaken assumptions.
My hopes for Zootopia 2 are most likely too excessive primarily based on my emotions and experiences from the primary film, and I’m making an attempt to mood expectations, however the excellent news is that we have already got some excellent news in regards to the film. Volkswagen introduced at present that it’s collaborating with Walt Disney Animation Studios on promotion of the film, and never solely.
“The spotlight of the collaboration is the looks of three custom-animated automobiles within the movie impressed by the all-electric Volkswagen fashions ID.3, ID.4, and ID.7 Tourer. The product placement is a part of a brand new 360 marketing campaign from Volkswagen, that will probably be rolled out globally,” Volkswagen introduced. So, that’s one thing. Extra promotion of cool, enjoyable, thrilling electrical automobiles which can be centered on making the world a greater place.
“Forward of the movie’s theatrical launch in November, Volkswagen have launched their co-branded marketing campaign business. The 30-second spot builds anticipation for the brand new animated journey and exhibits the Volkswagen fashions with a ‘Zootopified’ look to match the movie in addition to that includes Gazelle’s new tune. The spot will run in theaters, on TV and throughout social media worldwide.”
Sadly, the corporate does additionally characteristic non-electric automobiles within the promos. Right here’s the primary one:
Volkswagen should have paid a fairly little penny (or eurocent) on this partnership, as it is usually included in a enjoyable means within the film. It’s known as “Wolfswagen,” which is a play on Volkswagen and its HQ metropolis of Wolfsburg. Intelligent. Enjoyable. Becoming.
“Cooperation performs an vital function in the case of successfully implementing emotional storytelling for the Volkswagen model and reaching new buyer teams. ‘Zootopia 2’ exhibits how vital it’s to query prejudices and break new floor collectively in an entertaining means; these are values that Volkswagen additionally embodies,” Christine Wolburg, Chief Model Officer of Volkswagen, properly says. “We’re thrilled to collaborate with the Walt Disney Animation Studios to ‘Zootopify’ our model within the movie in a superbly humorous means.”
Volkswagen has been combining with Disney for some time now. I all the time surprise how a lot it really helps the model. I assume it does, but it surely’s clearly unquantifiable and it’s anybody’s guess how a lot it helps to truly promote automobiles. Volkswagen beforehand partnered in selling the Star Wars sequence Obi-Wan Kenobi and the Marvel Studios movie Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania.
The disappointing factor right here is simply that Volkswagen is utilizing the collaboration to non-electric automobiles in addition to electrical ones. It appears we will’t go a day with out an automaker disappointing us at the least a bit of bit. However let’s give attention to the constructive. I sit up for seeing the ID-inspired cartoon EVs in Zootopia 2. Hopefully they encourage extra folks to purchase Volkswagen ID electrical automobiles.
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