Well, the Cookie Monster’s out of the bag. The Martin Agency is doing a Super Bowl spot for DoorDash directed by Michel Gondry via production company Partizan.
While the Big Game commercial is not yet available, this teaser titled “Paper Towel” provides a taste of what could be in store–starring Sesame Street’s Grover and Grammy and Tony Award-winning actor and rapper Daveed Diggs.
The teaser centers on a convenience store delivery of paper towels, which comes at a most opportune time for Grover. This ladders up to the bigger Super Sunday spot which features three first timers to the Big Game–Daveed, Sesame Workshop (with assorted Muppets) and DoorDash.
DoorDash invites consumers to join them in support of Sesame Workshop’s global educational media and social impact programs. Starting on Super Bowl Sunday, February 7, DoorDash will donate $1 for every order up to $1M to Sesame Workshop. This builds upon DoorDash’s $200M Main Street Strong pledge to support merchants, Dashers and local communities.
Below are credits for the Super Bowl work.
CreditsClient DoorDash Agency The Martin Agency Danny Robinson, chief creative officer; Jerry Hoak, EVP/executive creative director; Jonathan Richman, creative director; Steve Sage, VP/creative director; Derek Nance, associate creative director/writer; Jayne Goodall, copywriter; Kelsey Whipple, art director; Tasha Dean, EVP/head of integrated production; Tricia Hoover, executive producer; Ann Parker, sr. producer; Chris Gsell, digital producer; Rachel Bensinger, jr. producer; Luke Divita, sr. strategist; Blake Smoral, strategist. Production Company Partizan Michel Gondry, director; Lisa Tauscher, managing director/exec producer; Kelly Martin, head of production; Raffi Adlan, producer; Debo DeBartolo, sr. production supervisor; Matty Rich, production supervisor; Darren Lew, DP; Maxwell Orgell, production designer; Alex Fagin, art director; Karen Baird, key costumer. Editorial Final Cut LA Jeff Buchanan, Dillon Stoneburner; Evan Bluestein, assistant editor; Jamie Nagler, producer; Ana Orrach, head of production; Suzy Ramirez, exec producer. Postproduction/VFX JAMM Adam Scott, colorist; Carver Moore, color assist; Glyn Tebbutt, VFX supervisor/lead compositor; Eric Pascarelli, shoot supervisor; Brian Hajek, Graziella Gandolfi, Flame artists; Connie Ho, CG artist; Justine Pregler, producer; Asher Edwards, exec producer. Music Bill Sherman. Audio Sound Lounge Steve “Major” Giammaria, mixer; Rob Browning EP. MGFX Carbon Matthew Stevens, creative director; Maggie Robinson, producer; Matthew McManus, exec producer.
We Are Pi Rolls Out Trailer For Nike-Backed Feature On Athletes With Olympic and Paralympic Dreams
Amsterdam-based creative agency We Are Pi debuted the trailer for Crois Pas Qu’on Dort (Don’t Think We’re Sleeping in English), an inspiring feature-length story of three young French athletes in the lead-up to the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics. The 90-minute French language film, which was developed and produced by We Are Pi with the support of Nike, will premiere in mid January 2025 followed by a release in theaters at the end of January. It follows three protagonists from Paris and its suburbs: Charles-Antoine, a runner with an intellectual disability who won Gold at the Tokyo Paralympics and is competing in this year’s Paralympics; and Leyna and Maysane, French twin sisters and heirs to their Laotian-Algerian family’s very own taekwondo dynasty who are coached by their father and dream of competing in taekwondo at Paris 2024. The athletes were followed by a film crew over the course of five years, recording how their stories, their lives and their sporting achievements unfold over time. The film combines the rawness and intimacy of their everyday lives with the audacity of their sporting dreams, with their stories culminating at the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympics. Crois Pas Qu’on Dort was created with the aim of inviting a new generation of athletes in France into sport by inspiring them with the stories of our protagonists and the transformative power that sport had on their lives. The production began over seven years ago in 2017 with nearly two years of extensive casting sessions that involved viewing around 500 profiles of athletes. Two directors, Nick Walters and Lou Marillier, English and French, respectively, subsequently followed the selected young protagonists closely as they pursued their... Read More