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Just as a classic pop song can be repurposed into a commercial jingle, so too can a well-loved movie be invoked in a commercial to sell product. And one very common way this can be done is to create a commercial that echoes or even presents itself as a sequel to that beloved film.

Many are first (and often only) broadcast during the Super Bowl -- but then live forever on YouTube.

Often takes the form of a Real Trailer, Fake Movie.

Examples of Classic Movie, Commercial Sequel include:

Ferris Bueller's Day Off has had several:
- Matthew Broderick recreated key moments from the film in a two-and-a-half-minute megacommercial for the Honda CR-V entitled "Matthew's Day Off", broadcast during the 2012 Super Bowl.
- In 2017, Stranger Things star Joe Keery recreated Ferris' climactic run home for Domino's Pizza. Keep an eye out for a cameo by Alan Ruck as Cameron Frye.
- In 2020, Liftmaster recreated an earlier scene from the film to pitch its smart garage systems -- again with a cameo by Alan Ruck.
In 2018, Macaulay Culkin recreated his role in Home Alone for Google Assistant.
In 2019, E.T. returned to visit his friend Elliott, now grown up with his own family, in a four-minute minifilm to advertise Xfinity.
Winona Ryder reprised her role as Kim Boggs from Edward Scissorhands in the 2021 commercial "ScissorHandsFree", the tale of Edward's son Edgar (played by Timothée Chalamet), and how a Cadillac LYRIQ with a self-driving feature brings him happiness.
Mike Myers and Dana Carvey recreated Wayne's World for a 2021 Super Bowl ad for Uber Eats.
In 2018, the American-born son of Crocodile Dundee visited Australia for the first time in Dundee: The Son of a Legend Returns Home, a Tourism Australia ad inspired by the film and presaged by a series of faux trailers designed to make it appear a Crocodile Dundee film sequel was in the works.
Bryan Cranston of Breaking Bad recreated Jack Nicholson's infamous turn in The Shining for a 2020 Mountain Dew commercial.
Somehow, a Jeep commercial based on Groundhog Day and starring Bill Murray seems uncannily familiar.
For the 2010 Super Bowl, HomeAway.com showed a trailer for a mini-movie follow-up to the National Lampoon's Vacation series called Hotel Hell Vacation, with Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo reprising their respective roles of Clark and Ellen Griswold. The film can be viewed here.
In 2023 Bryan Cranston and other members of the cast of Breaking Bad recreated the show in a Super Bowl commercial for Popcorners snack chips.

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 ** [[Matthew Broderick]] recreated key moments from the film in a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOiKj54ymBY two-and-a-half-minute megacommercial] for the Honda CR-V entitled "Matthew's Day Off", broadcast during the 2012 [[Super Bowl]].
 ** In 2017, ''[[Stranger Things]]'' star Joe Keery [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=739t2RZqNpA recreated Ferris' climactic run home] for Domino's Pizza.  Keep an eye out for a cameo by [[Alan Ruck]] as Cameron Frye.
-** In 2020, Liftmaster [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iESH6sFdtY recreated a scene] to pitch its smart garage systems -- again with a cameo by Alan Ruck.
+** In 2020, Liftmaster [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iESH6sFdtY recreated an earlier scene from the film] to pitch its smart garage systems -- again with a cameo by Alan Ruck.
 * In 2018, [[Macaulay Culkin]] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lfHXKbsMLE recreated his role] in ''[[Home Alone]]'' for Google Assistant.
 * In 2019, [[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial|E.T.]] returned to visit his friend Elliott, now grown up with his own family, in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pdgk3ERKdug a four-minute minifilm] to advertise Xfinity.