Nearly three months after 72andSunny introduced us to “The Replacer”–aka Fargo baddie Peter Stormare–in its campaign for Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops II – Revolution trailer, the agency has brought back the character, now with sidekick JB Smoove in tow, for its Black Ops II – Uprising promo. Jesus, how many entries are in this franchise? Anyhow, the newly formed dynamic duo embarks on several replacing adventures from serving as weatherman to fixing cable, with Stormare being his usual, somewhat menacing self and Smoove giving us the fast-talking delivery that we first came to know and love in Curb Your Enthusiasm. 

We’re not sure what the budget is here, but as the Black Ops franchise expands, so do seem the timeframe and scope of the clips promoting it. But, if you have the patience for it (it is lunchtime on the East Coast, after all), don’t let us stop you from taking in this slightly entertaining, slightly grating clip. Credits after the jump.

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-Company 3/Riot alum Shane Reed has joined the color department of The Mill L.A.

-Six months after being chosen by Dartmouth to revamp its website, Digital Pulp has debuted phase one. link

-God (or Congress, in this case) help the United States Postal Service. link

-Inspired by the filming of Lincoln in its hometown of Richmond, VA, the Martin Agency decided to shoot photos of the picture’s extras in their non-work clothes and put them on exhibit (example above, more after the jump).

-Speaking of art, Spike Jonze, Elijah Wood, Vinny Chase, Shepard Fairey and others are trying to help out Hurricane Sandy victims via a silent art auction called “Bring Back the Boardwalks.” link

-OgilvyOne chairman/CEO Brian Fetherstonhaugh talks managing your career trajectory. link

-Wired has promoted creative director Scott Dadich to editor-in-chief. Dadich replaces Chris Anderson, who left after 11 years at the helm to focus on manufacturing drones. link

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Arrested Development star Will Arnett, who’s no stranger to commercial work having served as the VO on GMC truck ads and co-creator of those Orbit shorts along with Jason Bateman, hams it up in a new holiday campaign from BBDO for AT&T dubbed “You’ve Got a Case.” Here, the comedic actor plays a lawyer-for-hire named Kent Wesley and plugs the telecom giant’s 4G smartphone/Facebook app with a bit more cockiness, charm and pizazz than chubby Luke Wilson. It’s everything you’d expect from the man who’s resurrecting his classic role as Gob in the near future thanks to Netflix. Credits, which will tell you that is not the handiwork of new AT&T creatives Rick Ardito and Grant Smith, after the jump.

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