Screenvision Media and KAOS Connect Announce Theater Event for Fan-Favorite Sequel, Lazer Team 2
Film Will Hit Theaters for a Special Limited Series Run in November Before Premiering on YouTube Red on November 22
NEW YORK, Nov. 8, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Screenvision Media, a national leader in cinema advertising, in alliance with KAOS Connect and Gunpowder & Sky, announced today that they will be bringing the highly anticipated sequel of Lazer Team to theaters for a special limited series run November 14th - 15th. The film will be in select markets across the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand and U.K. before premiering on YouTube Red on November 22nd. Theater information and tickets are available at http://roosterteeth.com/show/lazer-team.
A YouTube Red Original film produced by Fullscreen Films and Rooster Teeth, Lazer Team 2 features returning cast members Colton Dunn (NBC's Superstore), Burnie Burns (Rooster Teeth co-founder), Gavin Free ("The Slow Mo Guys"), and Michael Jones (RWBY) who will be joined by some exciting new faces, including Nichole Bloom, also from NBC's Superstore, and Victoria Pratt from Heartland and Mutant X.
After Woody (Gavin Free) goes missing working on secret, alien research, scientist Maggie Wittington (Nichole Bloom) must recruit the former members of Lazer Team (Burnie Burns, Colton Dunn, Michael Jones) to join her in rescuing their lost friend. It's up to Maggie to bring the Lazer Team back together and rescue Woody.
"We're thrilled to be partnering with KAOS Connect and Gunpowder & Sky to bring this fan favorite, internet based franchise to the big screen," said Darryl Schaffer, Executive Vice President of Operations and Exhibitor Relations at Screenvision Media. "Lazer Team has a devoted global following and we can't wait for fans to experience the sequel in a way they've never seen it before."
"We are excited to bring these special theatrical screenings of the next installment of the Lazer Team story to the incredibly passionate fans of the first film, and to new audiences globally," said Janet Brown, EVP, Distribution at Gunpowder & Sky. "We're also happy to be working with the Rooster Teeth and YouTube teams again, and Screenvision Media is the perfect partner to help us ensure the film reaches theatrical audiences in the US and Canada."
The original Lazer Team film broke crowdsourcing records, raising over $2.4MM in 30 days, and introduced an entirely new standard for fans supporting their favorite creators. The film brought together Rooster Teeth fans from around the world, who crowdsourced a demand-based theatrical run in more than 200 cities before its premiere on YouTube Red. Lazer Team 2 is written by Burnie Burns, Daniel Fabelo, and Rooster Teeth CEO Matt Hullum, and co-directed by Fabelo and Hullum.
YouTube Red is a subscription that gives you access to YouTube Red Original movies and series, a premium music service and an uninterrupted experience across YouTube. YouTube Red is currently available in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico and Korea.
ABOUT SCREENVISION MEDIA
Headquartered in New York, N.Y., Screenvision Media is a national leader in cinema advertising, offering on-screen advertising, in-lobby promotions and integrated marketing programs to national, regional and local advertisers and providing comprehensive cinema advertising representation services to top tier theatrical exhibitors presenting the highest quality movie going experience. The Screenvision Media cinema advertising network is comprised of over 14,600 screens in 2,300+ theatre locations across all 50 states and 94% of DMAs nationwide; delivering through more than 150 theatrical circuits, including 6 of the top 10 exhibitor companies. For more information: http://screenvisionmedia.com/.
ABOUT KAOS CONNECT, LLC
Headquartered in Denver, CO, KAOS Connect is the next step in the evolution of the event experience, making events more accessible and engaging both on–and beyond–the Big Screen. By transforming ordinary content into extraordinary experiences, KAOS connects people, organizations, brands and content worldwide. Owned and operated by two seasoned media executives, Shelly Maxwell and Dan Diamond have been credited with the success of creating and building the world's preeminent EVENT CINEMA business as they transformed movie theatres into places where communities could gather together to experience unique entertainment and infotainment, not just traditional films. For more information: http://www.kaosconnect.com.
ABOUT GUNPOWDER & SKY
Gunpowder & Sky is an award-winning independent global studio, dedicated to creating, marketing and distributing video content unrestricted by form, genre or platform. Gunpowder & Sky collaborates with both emerging and established talent to generate premium video content ranging from 90-second to 90-minute stories on all platforms. With in-house development, production, marketing and distribution capabilities, the company operates as a full 360-studio and oversees a library of over 1500 titles.
Working with numerous creative partners such as Blumhouse, Caviar, DIGA, Full Fathom Five, Bona Fide Productions, Adaptive Studios, Den of Thieves and Hyde Park, with investments and strategic partnerships with leading social video studios Cut and Shareability, Gunpowder & Sky has recently released or launched projects including Jeff Baena's (I Heart Huckabees) acclaimed religious satire, The Little Hours, starring Aubrey Plaza, Alison Brie, Dave Franco, Kate Micucci, John C. Reilly, Molly Shannon, Fred Armisen, Jemima Kirke and Nick Offerman which premiered to sold-out audiences in NY and LA and nabbed the highest per screen average for its opening weekend. Gunpowder & Sky is also responsible for Spotify's most viewed series Drawn & Recorded, the Herbalife exposé documentary, Betting on Zero, which debuted as the number one documentary in the iTunes store, multi-platform sci-fi destination, DUST, and Ben Young's Hounds of Love which won the Overlook Film Festival's Jury and Audience Awards for Best Feature with Emma Booth winning Best Actress Award at the Venice Film Festival.
Upcoming projects include the film adaption of Jeff Hart's novel Eat, Brains, Love, Sarah Benincasa's DC Trip, Summer of 84 with award-winning directors RKSS, and the next generation stunt series, Too Stupid To Die.
Headquartered in Los Angeles, with offices in NY and London, Gunpowder & Sky was founded by Van Toffler, Floris Bauer and Otter Media, a joint venture of AT&T and The Chernin Group.
ABOUT ROOSTER TEETH
Rooster Teeth is a pioneering media and entertainment company responsible for some of the biggest online series in history, such as the award-winning and longest-running web series, Red vs. Blue. They also produce the globally acclaimed animated series RWBY, the first western anime series to be distributed in Japan; the award-winning Rooster Teeth Podcast; and Immersion, a reality format that brings video game theory to the real world. Rooster Teeth has a massive global footprint of more than 38 million subscribers to its YouTube Network, 5 million unique monthly visitors to its RoosterTeeth.com hub and 2 million registered community members. The company was founded in 2003, and is now a subsidiary of Fullscreen Media, a global youth media company that develops online creators and produces multi-platform entertainment experiences. Discover more at RoosterTeeth.com.
ABOUT YOUTUBE
Launched in May 2005, YouTube's mission is to give everyone a voice and show them the world. We believe that everyone deserves to have a voice, and that the world is a better place when we listen, share and build community through our stories. YouTube is a Google company.
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