Starbucks Dumps Bucks Into Film
It seems that dominating every corner of the earth with its 11,000 locations and peddling jazz compilations is just not enough for Starbucks now, what they really want to do is direct. Well, maybe not direct but producing and marketing movies is now their new venture outside of keeping everyone at a constant state of tense alertness. William Morris Agency has been hired by Starbucks to find entertainment opportunities for them to invest in after they entered the film biz with a marketing and profit sharing deal from the Lions Gate release Akeelah and the Bee. Starbucks hopes to continue with this kind of marketing and break into the book business as well. Next up will be a new venture starring Tom Hanks with the title How Starbucks Saved My Life with Gus Van Sant tentatively set to direct the feature. No this isn’t a joke here’s the link.
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Hey readers this is Jackson, here are the links that I didn’t post
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002237373
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3654805a1860,00.html
sorry folks no pictures this time
Posted by Jackson on May 1st, 2006Just added one for ya
And added one of the links too.
I would be very surprised if Van Sant actually directed this unless it was tongue in cheek in some way.
Posted by Sean on May 1st, 2006I’m even sort of surprised Tom Hanks has signed on. Thanks for your help Sean I’ll try to have it all sorted out for next time.
Posted by Jackson on May 1st, 2006Great. Now Starbucks is taking over the bloody planet. As if their overpriced, burnt coffee wasn’t enough.
Posted by themarina on May 2nd, 2006Actually Starbucks is a little better than you think. They give a lot of money to charity, they pay their employees well and they have good health coverage. But at the same time Starbucks is annoying like a kid in public school who has too much stuff.
Posted by Jackson on May 2nd, 2006Leave a Reply