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Apple tells moviemakers that villains can’t use iPhones, Rian Johnson says

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Re: Apple tells moviemakers that villains can’t use iPhones, Rian Johnson says

#4
By the sounds of things this is only if Apple provide the phone to the filmmakers as part of a promotional consideration. From the perspective of cultivating an image around their brand this makes sense to build this sort of clause into any contract

Re: Apple tells moviemakers that villains can’t use iPhones, Rian Johnson says

#6

Then why give anyone an iPhone? I find it weird that Hollywood haven’t designed a generic laptop and smartphone for movies. These items really dates a movie.

>Then why give anyone an iPhone?

Because apple paid you 1% of entire budget just for product placement.

Re: Apple tells moviemakers that villains can’t use iPhones, Rian Johnson says

#7
For some reason this now really makes me hope for a James bond-esque movie where the villain specifically uses only Apple products for their nefarious schemes and is defeated by a hero wielding a pinephone and a linux computer or something.