Nothing beats spending quality time with your brood. But that doesn’t mean grown-ups should have to forgo the fun. From little kids to big kids, these half-term deals in BT TV Store will keep the whole family happy. 1. Lego Batman: The Movie - DC Super Heroes Unite What do you get when you cross the world’s most popular toy with one of the world’s top superheroes? Lego Batman: The Movie – DC Super Heroes Unite, of course. DC Comics’ favourite recluse Bruce Wayne must battle against a motley crew of prison escapees led by The Joker, but that’s not all. There’s also his arch nemesis Lex Luthor to contend with. Spectacular CGI animation and amazing attention to detail bring this world of bricks to life – Adult Fans Of Lego (AFOLs) are sure to approve. Buy from £5.49 on BT TV Store Indulge in a bit of nostalgia with this animated adaptation of Roald Dahl’s classic bedtime story. The gentle giant is played to perfection by Mark Rylance – expect to be charmed all over again by his word-muddling and eccentric vocabulary;
‘human beans’ for human beings; ‘gogglers’ for eyes and ‘gloriumptious’ for something glorious and scrumptious. Buy from £7.49 on BT TV Store You’ll all be steering well clear of the attic after watching 1995 family classic Jumanji. After discovering a mysterious old board game in the loft, the Shepherd children unleash the darkest jungle, resulting in a riot of animals running wild, scary hunters and freakish weather. A trip down memory lane for those who remember it from the first time around. Buy from £4.49 on BT TV Store Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you couldn’t have failed to notice the recent invasion of these little yellow creatures – they’re everywhere. But what are they and where do they come from? Minions will not only enlighten you on these pressing questions, but you’ll be laughing along the whole time as they try (and fail) to do the bidding of evil villain Scarlet Overkill (voiced by Sandra Bullock). Cheeky, silly and extremely accident-prone, they may look like and sound like squeaky dog toys, but, by the end, you can’t help but love these little guys.
AMC on BT TV Mystery thriller Hap and Leonard comes to BT TV on AMC James Purefoy, Michael Kenneth Williams and Christina Hendricks star in the darkly comic US series, based on the novels of Joe R Lansdale.An entire advert break on Saturday night will be Lego-themed - to celebrate the release of The Lego Movie. , Premier Inn and BT have been re-created using the miniature plastic figurines, and the break will be shown during ITV's Dancing On Ice this Sunday night. The 'lego-mercials' takeover are the plastic toy brand's first, and the series of animated commercials will use both characters and bricks to make perfect replicas. Lenny Henry will have the rather amazing experience of seeing himself in miniature for Premier Inn. We can only hope he does the whole bed flop too. The BT advert will see the well known flatmates transformed into plastic, getting their own miniature kitchen. 's Brian the robot may be the easiest to re-create for this, and will move its way up to some plastic cars in a forecourt.
A trailer of the upcoming LEGO Movie will also be showing during the break. The film features the voices of stars such as Will Ferrell and Morgan Freeman, with Chris Pratt taking the lead role. His character Emmet is mistaken for a hero who has to save the world, with a little help from Batman, Wonder Woman and Superman. Here is the latest trailer for The Lego Movie, Man of Plastic.Lenny Henry beds down in a remake of the Premier Inn ad to promote The Lego Movie ITV is to air the first "all-Lego" ad break featuring remakes of commercials featuring Lenny Henry and BT's flatmates set to get the building block treatment. The stunt, to promote Warner Bros upcoming release of The Lego Movie, will see existing ads recreated with Lego in the high-profile ad break in the middle of Sunday's Dancing on Ice. 's robot Brian will be reimagined in Lego form. ad recreated with Lego "To support the launch of a movie in which the whole world is made of Lego bricks, we came up with the idea of transporting ITV viewers there," said David Wilding, head of planning at media agency PHD, which came up with the strategy for Warner Bros.
To tie the ads more explicitly to the film, characters will appear on-screen between each of the three TV ads. Remaking films and famous scenes with Lego has become something of a cult activity online, with classics such as Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Batman and Monty Python getting the makeover treatment. BT Flatmates 'Dance' ad recreated with Lego There has been much buzz around the upcoming Lego movie, which launches next week, and its the trailer has received almost 9 million views on YouTube. Actors lending their voices to the film include Morgan Freeman, Jonah Hill, Will Ferrell and Channing Tatum. "The Lego ad break is an inspired and truly innovative media first, one the that captures the very essence of The Lego Movie and does a brilliant job of amplifying this eagerly-awaited title," said Alex Lewis, vice-president and director of marketing at Warner Bros. The Lego ITV takeover is the latest example of a themed ad break, which gives advertisers a chance to stand out from rivals.