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The Walking Dead(2010-2022) has been a cultural sensation since its inception. Ryan Reynolds, with his humor, decided to ride the cultural wave as the final episode ofThe Walking Deadaired on AMC.
Ryan Reynolds, in a bid to promote his business, teamed up with the folks over at AMC to create ads that specifically fans of the series will enjoy. Reynolds felt the need for ads to be entertaining once more and be an integral part of the people’s talks.
Ryan Reynolds ResurrectsThe Walking DeadCharacters
Ryan Reynolds alongside being a fantastic actor also finds solace in investing and owning businesses. Back in 2018, theDeadpoolactor started his own production company calledMaximum Effort.He also acquired a stake in theAviation Gin Companyin February 2018 followed by the purchase ofMint Mobilein 2019. With all the companies to promote, Ryan Renolds found a creative solution.
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“Ads should be fun. The Walking Dead has generated more cultural conversation over the last decade than any other property and we wanted to honor that by bringing a few characters back from the dead in some fun contextual ads.”
The actor went on to reveal the instantaneous support of the AMC Network Content Room which ended up with Reynolds having a fun time.
“We were blown away by the total support of AMC Networks’ Content Room and the willingness to be untraditional shown by Autodesk, Deloitte, DoorDash and Ring. I would also say MNTN but that one was easier since I control that budget! Ads can be a part of the cultural conversation as they once so frequently were. They just need a little more love, attention and mischief.”
The characters who had been dead inThe Walking Deadseries over the years were brought back for the entertainment of the fans and advertising of the company. Dallas Roberts, Laurie Holden, Joe Ando-Hirsh, and, Andrew West reprised their respective roles of Milton Mamet, Andrea Harrison, Rodney, and Gareth to work withMaximum Effortand theAMC Network Content Room.
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The various ads saw fan-favorite characters resurrecting as zombies in hilarious situations. People were absolutely not bored as they adoredRyan Reynoldsfor his sense of humor all the more. The6 Undergroundactor had also promoted his Aviation Gin Company in the Dwayne Johnson-Gal Gadot starrerRed Notice(2021).
His latest movie with Will Ferrell titledSpiritedreceived a mixed response from the audience but was praised by many for its unique take on the classic children’s book Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol.
Spiritedis available to stream on Apple TV+.The Walking Deadis available to stream on AMC and AMC+.
Source:Ad Week
Visarg Acharya
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Visarg Acharya is a Senior Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on movies, with over 3000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past three years and a copywriter at a corporation. Visarg usually covers news and theories on the MCU and the DCU, with an emphasis on Avengers and Superman; Game of Thrones, and more.A Tarantino fan, Visarg, spends his time critiquing various directors’ filmographies and watching them with curiosity. Medieval fantasy like The Lord of the Rings or sci-fi movies like Interstellar, watching the latest horror movies, and listening to Hans Zimmer become his comfort zone. When idle, he can be found reading fantasy novels with a terrible cup of coffee in hand.
