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ONCE UPON Written & Directed by Joe Penna (YouTube's Mystery Guitar Man), Produced by Brendan Bradley, Starring Joe Penna, Mark Gantt, Taryn O'neill and PrincessTard
These days, production companies are pouring actual money and talent into web series. As a result, there are more webisodes hitting the Internet daily -- and it can be pretty hard to keep up. This article represents a (paltry, desperate, probably doomed-to-failure) attempt to do so.
Keep in mind, you can't actually watch some of these web series yet. While one has already released an episode or two, the others highlighted here have nothing but publicity photos and teasers available.
But if you keep checking back, maybe you'll be the cool kid who sees the new webisodes first! You know, if that's your thing.
Leap Year (episodes airing now) Have you been laid off? Do you want to watch a web series about layoffs happening to other people? Of course you do! In Leap Year, the five main characters don't sit around and moan while collecting unemployment like normal, sane laid-off people. Nope, they start businesses and then enter a contest for $500,000. The money is promised to them by "a mysterious stranger with an exorbitant amount of money" who somehow has access to their office. OK, so it's not the most realistic depictions of unemployment. Still, the series, written by Yuri and Vlad Baranovsky and sponsored by Hiscox Insurance, is kind of entertaining. Also, I'm jealous about the money. If nothing else, Craig Bierko is in it!
LoveMakers (episodes maybe coming soon) Check out the trailer for this potential web series: http://lovemakers.tv
Look familiar at all? It's the same creators as Leap Year. Only this one's about a dating service that provides way more assistance to clients than most. Unfortunately, as far as I can tell, the preview trailer is all that exists. There hasn't been any recent mention of the series happening. And the main people involved are off doing Leap Year. Too bad. The trailer is cool, and this is supposed to be a web series with 30-minute episodes, a much-needed variety. Maybe it will turn up someday!
Do any of these new web series look interesting to you? What do you think could make the series a success? Leave a comment below with your opinions!
Will ‘LoveMakers’ be the First 30-Minute Web Series Hit?
A half hour web show. It’s a simple premise. It makes sense. You don’t want to sit down after a long day at work and watch four minutes of something. You want to relax and engage in a passive entertainment experience that at most requires your active participation in scrolling to the next episode and hitting play once every 22 minutes.
And the reason I say a 30-minute web show makes sense isn’t simply intuition supported by hypothetical, anecdotal evidence. Hard facts show online video consumers seem to be ready for a half hour web show, too.
But even if the market’s ready for it, executing a half hour web show is the tough part. You need a premise with long enough legs that it can sustain a full season of 30-minute episodes, a killer cast, a web savvy production company, and a talented crew that can create something that looks at least as good as what you can find on Hulu, but for a fraction of the cost.
The new Branded Series by CJP Digital Media and Sponsored by the Better Sleep Council premieres on MyLifetime.com
Director - Mark Gantt Written by Yuri Baranovsky Starring Shannen Doherty & Wilson Cleveland Produced by Wilson Cleveland, Paul St. Clair and Mark Gantt
Good in Bed - directed by MARK GANTT written by SUSAN MILLER starring EDDIE MCCLINTOCK & JAIME MURRAY
You might not expect a Web series produced as a promotional tool for the Better Sleep Council to be very interesting, but “Suite 7” at MyLifetime.com is worth checking out. The free-standing episodes — the sixth of seven goes up on Friday — all revolve around the same bed, situated in the hotel suite of the title.
What the council’s money has bought is the participation of recognizable performers like Milo Ventimiglia (“Heroes”) as a skeptical best man and Illeana Douglas as an actress on location debating whether to have sex with her co-star. (Mr. Ventimiglia also directed his episode, while Ms. Douglas wrote hers.) Best, so far, is the more sober, 11-minute “Good in Bed,” starring Jaime Murray (“Dexter”) and Eddie McClintock (“Warehouse 13”) as a divorcing couple brought together, for a moment at least, by that magical bed. (YES... THIS IS ONE OF THE EPISODES I DIRECTED!)
Season Finale of the Branded Webseries created by Wilson Cleveland and starring Yuri Baranovsky, Wilson Cleveland, Alexis Boozer, Craig Bierko and Julie Warner
with Mark Gantt
JULY 11 Mark stars in a new trailer for Faux Film Fleshlightning with Jenna Haze, directed by Brandon Dermer.
JUNE 17 Mark shoots national network commercial for Kenmore
MARCH 12-15 Mark attends SXSW Interactive & Film Festival
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FEBRUARY 20 Mark shoots a Guest-Star role on new Branded series called LEAP YEAR created by Wilson Cleveland, Yuri & Vlad Baranovsky
JANUARY 28 Mark's second episode he directed for SUITE 7 airs. Episode #7 - Company written by Wilson Cleveland & Yuri Baranovsky starring Shannen Doherty & Wilson Cleveland.
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