If you are most passionate about movies and soccer, then you need to check out these fan-made FIFA World Cup posters. Created by Benedetto Papi and Edoardo Santamato of Invasione Creativa, MOV(i)E TO WORLD CUP is a series of prints promoting the upcoming international football tournament mashed up with popular movie posters.
The Italian designers took on the humorous project to combine their hobbies of graphic design and soccer. Each FIFA World Cup poster represents a cinematic cult classic and reimagines it as an advertisement for a national soccer team. For example, they combine Ghana with The Lion King and the United States with ET.
The 2014 World Cup kicks off next week on Thursday, June 12 in Brazil.
Cinematic Soccer Prints
These FIFA World Cup Posters Redo Cult Classics as National Soccer Teams
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