by Marc Hustvedt on June 1st, 2011
As part of the joint press announcement this morning in New York between management firm The Collective and online network blip.tv, YouTube star Lucas Cruikshank, creator of the infamous Fred channel announced his next project for the high-pitched character—an animated web series. The project is still in the development phase, but the showrunners are now attached with Kate Boutilier and Eryk Casemiro, creator of The Rugrats and The Wild Thornberries on board. The project budget is not disclosed, but it is being financed by The Collective’s newly formed Collective Digital Studio.
The Fred channel, which has been relatively quiet after Cruikshank shifted into making feature-length film versions of the character, still sits as the #6 most subscribed channel on YouTube with just over 2.2 million subscribers and 777 million total views. The first feature, Fred: The Movie, was independently financed and taken to cable TV on Nickelodeon where it drew 7.6 million viewers and marked the most successful basic cable TV movie of 2010.
by Marc Hustvedt on June 1st, 2011
In a live press conference today in New York, online television network blip.tv announced a significant distribution partnership with entertainment management firm The Collective, which manages top web talent like Fred, iJustine, The Annoying Orange and Freddie Wong. As part of the deal, all of the The Collective’s client’s web series will distribute through blip.tv, including to their already popular channels on YouTube.
Also expected out of the announcement today are two new original web series, funded by The Collective as part of their newly formed Digital Studio. The two new series, one from Fred star Lucas Cruikshank and the other from Freddie Wong and partner Brandon Laatsch, mark a significant investment in an online series.
UPDATES FORTHCOMING…
One-minute video sizzle playing… 200 Million monthly views for The Collective’s digital clients like iJustine, Freddie Wong, Fred, The Annoying Orange, Megan & Liz…
1 billion views per quarter on blip.tv
…blip.tv CEO Mike Hudack introducing the announcement… “really excited to be distributing Fred”
