Lions Gate Leisure is rebranding its streaming supply Starzplay exterior North America as Lionsgate+ – not earlier than time, Starzplay sounds. like a naff outdated online game – with adam&eveDDB and different companies inside Omnicom’s DDB on the case.
So we’ve got a CGI wonderland with exploding brains, distressed viewers and all the remainder of it. Requiring the providers of three submit homes it appears.
All very spectacular and impactful though it appears a bit gentle on precise content material though Julianne Moore pops up at one level.
Makes an fascinating distinction with one other streaming beginner Paramount+, launched by former A&E founders James Murphy and David Golding at their New Business Arts. Paramount+ has gone heavy on content material, even when it means a big dose of the generally unendurable Jack Whitehall.
Typically essaying the bleedin’ apparent is the best way to go – as Murphy and Golding nicely know.
Lionsgate+? Spectacular, sure, however wants extra beef.
MAA artistic scale: 6.5.