More than 35 years after the release of Steven Spielberg’s “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial,” the lovable alien is returning to the screen in a special commercial that begins airing this Thanksgiving.
In the spot, E.T. travels to Earth to reunite with a grown-up Elliott and his new family. Henry Thomas, the actor who originally played Elliott in the 1982 film, is now a married 40-something father of two.
“You came back. My son, my family,” Thomas says to E.T. as he introduces his friend to his family and welcomes him into their home. “A lot has changed since you were here.”
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The cute commercial is an ad for Xfinity and Sky alongside Comcast/NBCUniversal, and it shows E.T. now tinkering with an Xfinity powered tablet, wearing a Vr headset and the whole family sitting down to watch...
In the spot, E.T. travels to Earth to reunite with a grown-up Elliott and his new family. Henry Thomas, the actor who originally played Elliott in the 1982 film, is now a married 40-something father of two.
“You came back. My son, my family,” Thomas says to E.T. as he introduces his friend to his family and welcomes him into their home. “A lot has changed since you were here.”
Also Read: Millennials Watch 'Et: The Extra-Terrestrial' and Get All Sorts of Feels
The cute commercial is an ad for Xfinity and Sky alongside Comcast/NBCUniversal, and it shows E.T. now tinkering with an Xfinity powered tablet, wearing a Vr headset and the whole family sitting down to watch...
- 11/28/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Exclusive: A short film reuniting the creature from E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial and Henry Thomas, who played Elliott in the 1982 Steven Spielberg film, is premiering Thursday on NBC, Syfy and on the website of Comcast Xfinity. You can watch it above.
Titled A Holiday Reunion, the film has a running time of a bit more than four minutes. It shows E.T. returning to Earth and reconnecting with Elliott, who now has a wife and two children who bear a striking resemblance to a young Thomas and Drew Barrymore, who played Elliott’s sister, Gertie. Along with nodding to signature elements from the original, the film briefly plugs Xfinity.
A two-minute version aired on NBC’s broadcast of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and also will...
Titled A Holiday Reunion, the film has a running time of a bit more than four minutes. It shows E.T. returning to Earth and reconnecting with Elliott, who now has a wife and two children who bear a striking resemblance to a young Thomas and Drew Barrymore, who played Elliott’s sister, Gertie. Along with nodding to signature elements from the original, the film briefly plugs Xfinity.
A two-minute version aired on NBC’s broadcast of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and also will...
- 11/28/2019
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Cannes, France — Donald Trump’s spastic reaction to Michael Wolff’s controversial best-seller “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House” helped the book sell millions of copies — and for that, Wolff is truly grateful.
“Once a day, I cast my eyes heavenward, and say, ‘Thank God for Donald Trump,'” said Wolff, speaking Monday at the Cannes Lions Festival of International Creativity, where he was interviewed by Jeff Goodby, co-founder and co-chairman of ad agency Goodby Silverstein & Partners.
Wolff also said the Washington press corps is jealous of his reportage for “Fire and Fury,” which is based on the time he spent in a fly-on-the-wall capacity in the West Wing during the first tumultuous months of the Trump presidency. The gossipy, unverified and unattributed details of “Fire and Fury” — which Trump tried to block from publication with a cease-and-desist threat — have drawn skeptics questioning some of the book’s accuracy.
“Once a day, I cast my eyes heavenward, and say, ‘Thank God for Donald Trump,'” said Wolff, speaking Monday at the Cannes Lions Festival of International Creativity, where he was interviewed by Jeff Goodby, co-founder and co-chairman of ad agency Goodby Silverstein & Partners.
Wolff also said the Washington press corps is jealous of his reportage for “Fire and Fury,” which is based on the time he spent in a fly-on-the-wall capacity in the West Wing during the first tumultuous months of the Trump presidency. The gossipy, unverified and unattributed details of “Fire and Fury” — which Trump tried to block from publication with a cease-and-desist threat — have drawn skeptics questioning some of the book’s accuracy.
- 6/18/2018
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
Variety returns to the Riviera for a second year for its Variety Cannes Lions Studio. This year’s studio is presented by Inscape with support from iSpot.tv and features thought-leaders in branding, storytelling, and audience engagement. The three-day interview studio will uncover trends and strategies in entertainment marketing and advertising, including how creativity and data is driving the industry forward.
“The rapid transformation in TV, entertainment and advertising is bringing about a new era of transparency, accountability, and capability,” said Jodie McAfee, Svp of sales and marketing for Inscape.tv, the Acr data company with glass-level TV data from 8.5 million TVs. “We are thrilled to partner with Variety’s Cannes Lions Studio bringing together leading CMOs, studio and agency executives to expand the conversations reshaping all parts of our industry.”
Some of the notable executives who will be participating in the interviews include global Cmo of Burger King Fernando Machado,...
“The rapid transformation in TV, entertainment and advertising is bringing about a new era of transparency, accountability, and capability,” said Jodie McAfee, Svp of sales and marketing for Inscape.tv, the Acr data company with glass-level TV data from 8.5 million TVs. “We are thrilled to partner with Variety’s Cannes Lions Studio bringing together leading CMOs, studio and agency executives to expand the conversations reshaping all parts of our industry.”
Some of the notable executives who will be participating in the interviews include global Cmo of Burger King Fernando Machado,...
- 6/14/2018
- by Ellis Clopton
- Variety Film + TV
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