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
#2I assume they all use Nokia 5110s, because what villain would risk a destructible phone?
Re: Apple tells moviemakers that villains can’t use iPhones, Rian Johnson says
#3Then 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.
Re: Apple tells moviemakers that villains can’t use iPhones, Rian Johnson says
#4By 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
#5haha c'mon boys its apple
Re: Apple tells moviemakers that villains can’t use iPhones, Rian Johnson says
#6Then 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
#7For 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.