Warburtons, the UK's largest bakery brand brings the gangster world to life in its newest campaign, GoodBagels, which features the legendary Robert De Niro in the starring role. It … read morewas developed by ENGINE and freuds, and directed by Declan Lowney of Another Picture Company. Mindshare has planned a fully integrated media approach that will see the campaign roll out in social, wider digital, TV and OOH. The two-minute spot features De Niro and his family of goons strive to become the new bagel bosses of Bolton. It has all the ingredients of a mafia drama. After hearing that Warburtons is rising to the top of the bagels business, De Niro and his goons head over from New York to confront the 'good fella' Jonathan Warburton. Bursting into his office, they paint a picture of a world where De Niro passes off the new Warburtons bagels as his own. In a series of quick edits, De Niro and his team are seen taping up a security guard in order to steal the bagels and fill supermarket shelves with the newly labelled ‘GoodBagels’. The latest campaign follows in the footsteps of Warburtons’ previous star-studded adverts - The Deliverers featuring Sylvester Stallone, The Giant Crumpet Show featuring the Muppets and Pride and Breadjudice featuring Peter Kay - which signalled Warburtons' innovative approach to advertising and new product development within the bakery sector.
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