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Greg Siegel and Ryan Polun have joined the digital media department at CAA as agents.

The entertainment and sports agency’s digital media arm supports traditional celebrities and next-generation storytellers in gaming, lifestyle and beauty and fashion across a range of social media and business platforms. Siegel and Polun will focus on partnerships, including in original content, between the agency’s roster of studios, media companies and creators.

CAA’s digital media department has a talent roster that includes Ninja, Noah Beck, Amelia Dimoldenberg, Chris Olsen, Jacksepticeye, Josh Richards, Tabitha Brown and Meredith Duxbury.

Siegel joins CAA after serving as president and head of programming at Invisible Narratives, the digital studio founded by former Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Skg exec Adam Goodman. He also completed executive stints at Endeavor, Legendary Entertainment and the Mark Gordon Company as he launched traditional entertainment companies into the digital space.

At CAA, Siegel will focus on business development,...

Catherine McEvoy has been promoted to Co-President at Adam Goodman’s e-commerce company Invisible Narratives, with entertainment exec Greg Siegel joining as President and Head of Programming, and finance expert Mike Weetman as CFO.

In her new role, Catherine will continue to lead the business affairs and legal group while expanding her duties on the Inviz.tv platform launch. Siegel will look to further enhance the immersive experiences that bundle creators, content and commerce. Weetman will leads finance, strategy and business development, with a strong focus on fundraising and building long-term third-party relationships and partnerships.

The new hires round out Invisible Narratives’ already established team of executives from major technology and digital media companies, following the recently announced addition of Apple Music veteran Julie Pilat who serves as President of Music.

“I’ve known Greg, Mike, Catherine, and Julie for many years and am thrilled for them to lead the team at Invisible Narratives,...

Love him or hate him, the polarizing force known as Logan Paul is back with his all-new sequel The Thinning: New World Order. While some fans have been waiting anxiously to enjoy the follow-up to Paul's 2016 smash hit The Thinning, others can't wait to bash it with a sledgehammer, jumping on their own Youtube channels to give the movie a wide eyed reaction in explaining how awful these movies are.

Youtube dropped The Thinning: New World Order out of the blue yesterday, which comes as the anticipated sequel to the 2016 dystopian-thriller starring Logan Paul and Peyton List. It is now available to stream on YouTube Premium in full.

In The Thinning: New World Order, Laina Michaels (List) becomes a target of Governor Dean Redding's Machiavellian presidential campaign after risking her life to expose the corruption of the thinning test, an aptitude exam administered to students in an attempt to control over-population in a dying world.

YouTube has taken another step toward reinstalling online internet star Logan Paul since he posted video of a suicide victim, for which he was widely criticized. After being on hold for 10 months, “The Thinning: New World Order,” which stars Paul, is now streaming on YouTube’s subscription-based video on-demand service (Svod).

YouTube delayed the release of the film back in January when Paul came under fire for filming and then posting to YouTube a video of a suicide victim. The YouTube sensation filmed video of a deceased body while walking through Aokigahara forest in Japan, a location that has come to be known as the “Suicide Forest” due to the high number of people who go to the forest to take their own lives.

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After widespread backlash, YouTube removed Paul’s channels from Google Preferred,...

Updated throughout The Thinning: New World Order, starring Logan Paul, is now available to stream on YouTube Premium, producers have announced.

Legendary Digital Studios, YouTube Premium and Entertainment One (eOne) announced a “surprise drop” of the sequel to the 2016 thriller, though any surprise was spoiled last night by Paul, who posted a trailer on his YouTube channel.

The YouTube Original movie starring the controversial Paul arrives after a nearly year-long punitive shelving. The Thinning: New World Order, a sequel to the The Thinning, launched today on YouTube Premium after a literally winking Paul posted the trailer and a message to his 18.6 million subscribers last night.

YouTube had shelved the sequel in January after Paul stirred up a global controversy by uploading a video of a dead man hanging from a tree in Japan’s Aokigahara forest, the so-called suicide forest. Paul was removed from YouTube’s Google Preferred lineup, and...

Legendary Digital Studios and YouTube have partnered on the feature length thriller “The Thinning,” starring digital influencer Logan Paul and Disney Channel star Peyton List. The movie will premiere on YouTube Red, the company’s subscription service, later this year.

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Paul is a Vine star with more than 26 million total followers, while List is known best for the Disney series “Jessie” and “Bunk’d” and has over 12 million followers across all social media platforms. Their co-stars Lia Marie Johnson (“Kids React”), Calum Worthy (“Austin & Ally”), Ryan Newman (“The Thundermans”) and director Michael Gallagher (“Internet Famous”) give the film a total social media footprint of more than 50 million followers.

“[YouTube Red] gives our film an exciting opportunity to connect with a huge audience of digitally native fans eager to see their favorite performers in high-end content in a proven genre,...

Legendary Digital Studios and Square Enix have teamed up to adapt the hit video game Life Is Strange as a digital series. The game is an episodic, the story of which follows a photography enthusiast named Max Caulfield, “a high-school senior who discovers she can rewind time while saving her best friend Chloe Price. The pair soon find themselves investigating the mysterious disappearance of fellow student Rachel Amber, which uncovers a dark side to life in their town, Arcadia Bay.”

The project is being developed and produced by Dmitri Johnson and Dan Jevons of dj2 Entertainment. They previously worked on an animated series called Skulls of the Shogun for Legendary-owned Nerdist Industries, as well as the upcoming film adaptation of Sonic the Hedgehog for Sony Pictures.

Greg Siegel, senior vp of development and production for Legendary Digital Studios had this to say in a statement:

“Life is Strange really differs...

Arcadia Bay is headed to the small-screen.

Days after we learned of a live-action Detective Pikachu movie setting up shop at the studio – buoyed by the landmark success of Pokemon Go – The Hollywood Reporter reveals that Legendary is partnering with Square Enix to bring about a Life is Strange TV series.

Said to hew close to Dontnod’s hit five-part series, which followed the curious mind of Max Caulfield and her eerie ability to manipulate time, it’s understood Dmitri Johnson and Dan Jevons of dj2 Entertainment will nurture the adaptation.

First released in January of last year, Life is Strange is a nostalgic, heartfelt tale of two best friends caught up in a dark mystery that threatens to bring ruination to the sun-kissed plains of Arcadia Bay. Its success was recognized in critical circles, too, with Dontnod’s adventure title scoring multiple Game of the Year nominations, not to...

Well done, Hollywood. It seems like the studio bigwigs are getting better and better at choosing the specific properties they decide to take to the big screen. While there's no doubt that a game's popularity plays a big factor in choosing what to adapt to a feature film, what can't be ignored is how fitting the material is for the film medium. Warcraft was perhaps the latest example of a studio not necessarily picking the best type of video game for a movie, while Assassin's Creed is an example of the opposite.

Now, THR is reporting that Legendary and video game developer Square Enix are joining forces to bring the video game Life Is Strange to the big screen. The project will also be developed and produced in conjunction with Dmitri Johnson and Dan Jevons of dj2 Entertainment. The latter man is currently responsible for adapting Sonic The Hedgehog to...

Re-enact the war against Skynet with the new Endoskeleton figure from Sideshow Collectibles and Hot Toys. Also: production details for Dead Rising: Endgame, a trailer for the horror thriller Chocolate Strawberry Vanilla, details on Laurene Landon (Maniac Cop 1 & 2) in Terror Tales, and the Scream Queen Stream.

Terminator: Genisys Figure: From Sideshow Collectibles: “In Terminator: Genisys, Judgment Day has arrived and more than 30 billion human lives have been lost in the attacks by Skynet. Survivors were captured and put into camps for extermination. In 2029, Human Resistance leader John Connor has led a final intense battle against Skynet and its menacing armies of Endoskeletons in order to eliminate the hellish artificial intelligence.

Sideshow and Hot Toys are pleased to officially present the new sixth scale Endoskeleton Collectible Figure from Terminator: Genisys.

The Endoskeleton collectible figure is specially crafted based on the image of the terrifying robot from the film. It features...

The next two personalities jumping from social media to the big screen are Logan Paul and Peyton List. Paul, known for his videos on Vine, and List, a Disney Channel actress who has 1.5 million Twitter followers, will star in The Thinning, a dystopian thriller that has been acquired by the digital wing of film studio Legendary.

For The Thinning, Legendary is working with the team from TotallySketch, which won the studio’s House of Horrors contest thanks to its short film “Unfinished Business.” TotallySketch founder Michael Gallagher will direct The Thinning, he will write it alongside Steve Greene, and Jana Winternitz will be one of the film’s producing partners.

This time, instead on focusing on a horror story, Gallagher and his team are heading to a “dying world,” where a post-high school aptitude test serves as a means of population control. Paul and List will portray two student who...

The sales company is gearing up to introduce buyers next week to Defy Media and Lorenzo di Bonaventura’s sci-fi.

Content will show first footage from Higher Power, which is described as X-Men meets Chronicle and centres on an everyman who develops powers after he risks his life to save his daughter.

Ron Eldard stars alongside Colm Feore, Jordan Hinson Austin Stowell and Jade Tailor.

Content film president Jamie Carmichael and head of sales Harry White will debut footage. CAA co-represents Us rights with Content.

Content financed the project with Defy Media, a leading content creator targeting the 12-34 demographic.

Matthew Santoro, an effects artist on X-Men: Wolverine among others, directs from a screenplay by Julia Fair

Di Bonaventura producers with Greg Siegel, Evan Cholfin and Ross M Dinerstein of Campfire. Carmichael serves as executive producer.

Content Media’s slate includes Dennis Hauck’s neo-noir detective thriller Too Late starring John Hawkes; Joel David Moore’s [link...

Legendary Digital Media, Contradiction Films, and video game developer comcept Inc. announced today that they will develop a live action feature-length project for digital platforms based on the new [kickstarted to the tune $4 million, eclipsing its goal by 465%] video game Mighty No. 9, created and designed by video game legend Keiji Inafune and published by Deep Silver. This announcement comes in anticipation of Deep Silver’s release of the video game in September.

Mighty No. 9 is the second video game created by Inafune that Legendary Digital and Contradiction will adapt into a feature-length project. Legendary Digital Media previously distributed and Contradiction produced Dead Rising: Watchtower (a review of which is coming soon), based on the worldwide hit video game franchise Dead Rising, also created by Inafune, for Crackle’s online streaming service.

Said Greg Siegel, Legendary Digital Media’s Senior Vice President, Development and Production:

Legendary Digital and Contradiction have carved out a unique niche for ourselves, developing video game...

Grace Helbig and Hannah Hart will soon have a claim to fame as two female superheroes. The YouTubers have teamed with Legendary Digital Media and Fullscreen to bring the online video masses a reboot of the 1970’s TV show Electra Woman and Dyna Girl.

Electra Woman and Dyna Girl tells the story of two superheroes who leave Akron, Ohio, for Los Angeles, California, to find better crime-fighting opportunities. However, the two women endowed with unique powers reach the City of Angels only to find far more competition (both internal and external) than they were expecting. Helbig will star as Electra Woman and Hart as Dyna Girl.

While the format and platform of the Electra Woman and Dyna Girl project is yet to be determined, Fullscreen is on board to release the project in the U.S., with Legendary Television Distribution handling global distribution. Music video director Chris Marrs Piliero is set to helm the project,...

Legendary Entertainment will finance and produce a movie based on the video game “Dead Rising,” the first project to be made by the company's growing digital division. Crackle scored exclusive distribution rights to the film, while Content Media will sell the international rights. “Transformers” producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura will executive produce “Dead Rising,” having already executive produced a web series called “Higher Power.” Tim Carter will write the movie and produce alongside Tomas Harlan. Their company, Contradiction Films, produced “Mortal Kombat: Legacy,” another video game adaptation. Also read: Legendary Hires Former Endeavor Agent Greg Siegel to Develop Digital Series “Dead Rising” is set during.

The latest piece in Legendary Entertainment‘s TV operations has fallen into place, with the company saying today it is forming a global television distribution division that will be headed by veteran Michael Grindon, who had been head of Sony Pictures Television International for 15 years. Grindon will report to Bruce Rosenblum, president of Legendary Television and Digital Media, who since being hired last spring has overseen the expansion of Legendary’s TV unit that now has the capacity to develop, finance and self-distribute its fare worldwide. It’s the latest big movie for Legendary, which in December bolstered its TV roster with its first acquisition, nabbing indie producer Asylum Entertainment for north of $100 million by outbidding rivals in the midst of Legendary’s first development season, when it set up several projects. The plan is for Asylum to serve as a production label for non-scripted, long-form, sports and other genres.

Another move by Legendary to expand its recently developed Television and Digital Media divisions. Legendary TV has named Noah Greenshner Vice President, Scripted Development. In his new role, Greenshner will be responsible for identifying branded material and IP as well as further developing internal projects. He’ll report to Peter Johnson, Legendary Television’s Evp of Scripted Development. Greenshner joins recent hire Greg Siegel in the Television and Digital Media divisions, which are overseen by Bruce Rosenblum. Greenshner joined Legendary from Closed on Mondays, a sister company to graphic novel publisher Oni Press, where he worked on The Sixth Gun and the graphic novel Ghost Projekt both for NBC.

Legendary Entertainment is expanding its web presence by hiring a new digital executive. The production company has hired Greg Siegel, formerly of Break Media, as its senior VP of digital production and development. At Legendary, Siegel will work with a digital wing committed to producing content across a number of platforms, including Nerdist, which Legendary purchased in 2012. Legendary also runs online hubs for its film studio's major films; recently, the second trailer for the upcoming Godzilla reboot became a viral smash hit, scoring more than 16 million views in five days. At Break, Siegel served as the Svp of Digital, where, among other duties, he helped produce the company's slate of original programs. He arrives at Legendary five months after Break merged with Alloy Digital to form Defy Media

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Legendary Digital Media has hired Greg Siegel to oversee development and production of new projects for the “Dark Knight” producer’s digital division. Siegel joins Legendary from Defy Media, the entity created by the merger of Break Media and Alloy Digital. Siegel had overseen development at Break, a web video production and distribution company. He shepherded production of “Higher Power,” a feature film Break is making with Lorenzo di Bonaventura, as well as Prototype, a digital short film competition. Also read: Legendary TV’s First Project: Superhero-Organ-Donor Drama From ‘Chuck’ Creator Legendary is bringing in Siegel to help establish its nascent digital division.

The hire of former Break Media exec Greg Siegel as Svp Development and Production represents the latest move by Legendary to further expand its recently developed Television and Digital Media divisions, headed by Bruce Rosenblum. In his new role, Siegel will oversee development and production of premium original content for digital distribution channels including VOD, Avod and Svod. He will also forge talent and producer deals and oversee the company’s digital entertainment projects. Siegel will report to Tom Lesinski, President, Digital Content and Distribution. Previously, Siegel served as Svp Entertainment Development at Break Media. In that role, he led the digital company’s entertainment partnerships, and film and television initiatives, including producing the cross-platform feature Higher Power. He also oversaw Prototype, a digital short film competition he created in partnership with New Regency Productions. He was formerly a talent agent at Endeavor.

Have you ever wanted to see your own idea made into a feature film? If so, New Regency Productions and Break Media's new contest called "Prototype" may be for you. Check out the details here.

Over the last couple decades it has appeared that the film industry has become increasingly profitable and movies seem to be making more and more money. While this is good for the long-term staying power of the industry, it raises some serious questions about what lengths these production companies are willing to take to maintain their momentum. Steven Spielberg and George Lucas recently went as far as saying that they predict the face of the film industry to change dramatically in the near future. In order to keep making money, production companies will need to keep investing in large, universally appealing projects (blockbusters) rather than small, personal niche films. Those big projects are less...

One of YouTube's largest distributors is joining the search for the next crop of great filmmakers. Break Media, after attracting one million subs on its main YouTube channel, has launched the Prototype competition, where one filmmaker will win a feature film distribution deal. According to a trailer released on the action-oriented Hardcoded channel, Break is using Prototype to search for "action, sci-fi or effects-driven short films," which seems right in line with Hardcoded's first web series, Armed Response. Eight chosen filmmakers will win $20,000 and a short film distribution deal across Break's various platforms, while one grand prize winner will obtain a feature film development deal with New Regency Productions, best known as the studio behind Fight Club. “Prototype is a way to discover and cultivate talent by providing them with the financing, distribution, and access to the entertainment industry that they wouldn’t otherwise have,” said Greg Siegel, Svp Entertainment Development,...

Break Media and New Regency have launched Prototype, an online film competition that will reward one aspiring filmmaker a development deal at New Regency, the two companies announced on Wednesday. The competition will reward filmmakers struggling to find work or get one of their projects made, with a chance to submit their work to seasoned executives and secure money to shoot a short. It also helps Break and New Regency identify new talent without the temporal or financial costs of normal development. "The development model is kind of broken," Greg Siegel, Break Media's...

Break Media is teaming up with film veteran Lorenzo di Bonaventura (Transformers, GI Joe) for Higher Power, a high-octane, effects-driven sci-fi thriller that marks the company’s expansion into feature-length entertainment.

Shot from the point of view of surveillance cameras, drones and first person footage, Higher Power follows Joe, a man who wakes up in an alley and discovers his life is under the control of a brilliant psychopath bent on domination and revenge. The story explores what happens when an “Average Joe” is given the uncontrollable power of God.

The project will be released in chapterized segments online and in full-length format across traditional distribution platforms. Higher Power will be directed by Hollywood filmmaker and VFX specialist Matt Santoro (300, X-Men Origins: Wolverine) from a script by Julia Fair.

“The move into producing long-form premium content significantly expands our capabilities as a media company and allows us broader options for different distribution models,...

Di Bonaventura Pictures and Break Media are teaming to produce the sci-fi thriller "Higher Power".

The story follows a regular guy who acquires the power of a demi-God. VFX specialist Matthew Santoro ("300," "X-Men Origins: Wolverine") is slated to direct from a script by Julia Fair.

The project will be shot as a feature but released through several formats including a multi-chapter release via Break Media, and through more regular channels like Netflix, Amazon, VOD and international TV channels.

Lorenzo di Bonaventura ("Transformers"), Greg Siegel and Evan Cholfin will produce. An effects test reel is already online and can be seen below:

Source: Deadline...

We profiled a number of notable goings-on at this year's SXSW, but at least one deserves special note. Break Media, which runs top YouTube channels such as Break and Screen Junkies, will debut Armed Response at the festival, with a panel featuring the series' creators and distributors accompanying the release. Armed Response is a somewhat bare bones action thriller, stripped of pretension: Bad guys there, good guys here, let's take 'em out. If the trailer is any indication, it will be very violent, extra bloody, and plenty loud. The series makes liberal use of first-person and split screen cameras, because when you don't use an actual video game as your source material, the surest way to ensure the young men on YouTube will watch your show is by making it seem like it's a video game. Armed Response will screen for the first time at SXSW, and series creators Tom Bannister...

Exclusive: Break Media is adding a high octane new channel to their portfolio, just in time for SXSW. The male-targeted online network is launching their new YouTube channel Hardcoded with a web series that blends found footage with episodic action, starring James Kyson (Heroes), Camille Guaty (The Vampire Diaries), Wes Chatham (The Unit), Patrick Fabian (The Last Exorcism), and Jason Manuel Olazabal (Make It Or Break It). Armed Response follows members of a Swat team as they battle a Mexican drug cartel at the Port Of Long Beach and unfolds entirely through helmet-mounted cameras and security footage. SXSW audiences will get a sneak peek at the four-episode series on Saturday, March 9 when director Justin Lutsky, Break Media Svp Greg Siegel, and Sxm’s Thomas Bannister and Matt Michnovetz host a panel in the fest’s Digital Domain section. (Watch an exclusive trailer below.) The first episode will debut on YouTube...

Los Angeles, watch out! Warner Bros. Pictures is about to unleash some dinosaur action on the streets of L.A. with this new project that the studio just picked up. This untitled pitch was originally developed as a web series, but now, it may see big screen time.

According to Deadline, Warner Bros. Pictures has bought a pitch about “a rapidly evolving species of dinosaurs who attack modern Los Angeles.” The script was written by Mike Bayman and the project will be helmed by John Clisham, who is “a longtime employee at James Cameron’s Lightstorm Entertainment and who recently worked on the Titanic 3Dconversion.”

This project was originally developed by Break Media, an online network, to be a web series. Warner Bros. Pictures saw early tests of the project and swooped in to pick it up as a feature film. Break Media’s Greg Siegel will serve as executive producer with Scott Nocas.

Sometimes news comes that has us grinning from ear-to-ear. This is exactly one of those times. The mere thought of dinosaurs tearing up L.A. is truly enough to warrant a wet dream. Maybe even two wet dreams. No, really. Here's hoping they start by taking a shit on the 101.

Deadline reports that Warner Bros. has purchased a sci-fi action pitch about a rapidly evolving species of dinosaurs who attack modern Los Angeles.

John Clisham, a longtime employee at James Cameron’s Lightstorm Entertainment and who recently worked on the Titanic 3D conversion, is directing and will write the script with Mike Bayman.

The rest of the plot is being kept under wraps, but the project was developed by online network Break Media as a large-scale web series. Warners’ Greg Silverman and Sarah Schechter saw early tests and stepped up to acquire it as a feature film. Bayman will produce...

Break Media is one of online video’s growing powerhouses, now reaching over 140 million people a month through its network of sites firmly footed in the psyche of young male webizens. It may be easy to quickly cast Break in the corner of fail videos and puppy freakouts, still core canon over at its flagship Break.com. But the business of Break Media is growing up, recognizing the incresing demand for premium content from the advertsising world still squeamish to commit TV-level dollars into online video projects. Slowly, Break is shifting to adapt and cozing up to the Hollywood production establishment that knows a thing or two about producing premium. And the company itself has bloomed to a headcount now over 200 employees, most based in Los Angeles where several video-heavy content startups (or once-startups) like Hulu, Maker Studios, Machinima and Mahalo call home. The first move was to hire former...

Exclusive: Reveille has inked a development deal with Break Media to create original digital series for the digital comedy content creator and distributor which reaches some 140 million people each month. Under the deal, Reveille will develop a slate of original comedic digital pilots for Break. This marks the first major digital deal for Reveille following the company's recent executive restructuring, which installed a new management team, including Svp David Anderson, the company's new head of digital. This also is a first major content deal for Break following the hire in March of former Endeavor agent Greg Siegel as Svp Entertainment Development. Reveille's digital series portfolio includes Who Knew?, Fit to Boom, Real-Life Makeover with Holly Robinson Peete as well as It’s Everybody’s Business with Jack and Suzy Welch, which migrated from from online to air on CNBC.