Paramount will be running two Super Bowl ads this year, one for World War Z and one for Star Trek Into Darkness. Each will receive a 30 second spot with Brad Pitts’ zombie apocalypse survival film airing during the pre-game and J.J. Abrams’ sci-fi epic airing during the second quarter of the game. Paramount will also be launching a new app for Star Trek Into Darkness that will surely be full of new content. More details as we have them.
Incidentally, there are no plans for Super Bowl spots for Man of Steel or The Wolverine.
The Super Bowl airs February 3rd on CBS. STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS Running Time: Unknown
Release Date: May 17 2013 (USA)
MPAA Rating: Unknown
Starring: Zoe Saldana, Simon Pegg, Benedict Cumberbatch, Zachary Quinto John Cho, Peter Weller, Karl Urban and Chris Pine
Directed by: JJ Abrams
Written by: Alex Kurtzman (screenplay), Damon Lindelof (screenplay),Roberto Orci (screenplay), Gene Roddenberry (tv series "Star Trek")
In Summer 2013, pioneering director J.J. Abrams will deliver an explosive action thriller that takes Star Trek Into Darkness. When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis.
With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction. As our heroes are propelled into an epic chess game of life and death, love will be challenged, friendships will be torn apart, and sacrifices must be made for the only family Kirk has left: his crew.
WORLD WAR Z Running Time: Unknown
Release Date: Jun 21 2013 (USA)
MPAA Rating: Unknown
Starring: Brad Pitt, Matthew Fox, James Dale Badge, Mireille Enos, Eric West, Michiel Huisman, David Morse
Directed by: Marc Forster
Written by: Max Brooks (novel "World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War"), Damon Lindelof (screenplay), Matthew Michael Carnahan (screenplay), Drew Goddard (script)
The story revolves around United Nations employee Gerry Lane (Pitt), who traverses the world in a race against time to stop the Zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatening to decimate humanity itself.
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