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Apple tells moviemakers that villains can’t use iPhones, Rian Johnson says (arstechnica.com)
19 points by jor-el on Feb 27, 2020 | hide | past | favorite | 6 comments


By the sounds of things this is only if Apple provide the phone to the filmmakers as part of a promotional consideration. From the perspective of cultivating an image around their brand this makes sense to build this sort of clause into any contract


For some reason this now really makes me hope for a James bond-esque movie where the villain specifically uses only Apple products for their nefarious schemes and is defeated by a hero wielding a pinephone and a linux computer or something.


Then why give anyone an iPhone?

I find it weird that Hollywood haven’t designed a generic laptop and smartphone for movies.

These items really dates a movie.


>Then why give anyone an iPhone?

Because apple paid you 1% of entire budget just for product placement.


I assume they all use Nokia 5110s, because what villain would risk a destructible phone?


haha c'mon boys its apple




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