Eko, the Walmart-sponsored studio behind ultimate 12 months’ WarGames, is teaming up with Refinery29 to produce a sequence of interactive reports, reviews Variety. The first, a scripted display based totally on the Money Diaries column, has already entered development and is scheduled to be launched later this year. It might be available on Refinery29 and could task visitors with making spending choices on behalf of the characters.
Choose Your Adventure-fashion indicates been catapulted back into reputation by Netflix’s latest Bandersnatch, a feature-period Black Mirror movie about developing an online game with an in addition branching narrative. Netflix has used the format for a number of it suggests, inclusive of a Bear Grylls display in which you pick the first-rate survival techniques for the show’s presenter. Money Diaries will, in all likelihood, have a more realistic cognizance for the everyday lives of its viewers.
Walmart invested in Eko as a part of a $250 million joint assignment ultimate 12 months. Walmart said it planned to increase interactive content material to hook up with its customers, including cooking suggestions and interactive toy catalogs. While this cutting-edge collection is destined for Refinery29, it sounds exactly like the type of “shoppable” content Walmart wants for Vudu, it’s streaming provider. Variety reviews that Eko is currently additionally operating with Walmart to develop separate projects for Vudu, that’s the notion of getting at least six new authentic applications this 12 months.
Refinery29 and Eko are reportedly trying to sell ads and sponsorships for the series. Eko has evolved its interactive-ad layout called Sparks, which shows excellent ads to exceptional viewers based on their alternatives. Ad revenue will reportedly be shared among the two agencies. However, Eko will retain possession of the content. Following the show primarily based on Money Diaries, Eko plans to broaden reports mainly based on Refinery29’s 60 Second Cities and Sweet Digs collection. Eko has additionally recently labored with Buzzfeed Tasty to produce an interactive cooking series. Its interactive Bob Dylan tune video from 2013 for “Like a Rolling Stone” is also correctly well worth watching.
