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Bill & Ted star Alex Winter has shared that a fourth installment in the beloved science fiction comedy franchise is in early development.

During an interview on The Sarah O'Connell Show (via ComicBook.com), Winter revealed that they have been "tinkering with a fourth movie idea that all of us like, and the guys are going to write, so we'll see." He added, "It takes us time to get these things going, and we never want to do them unless they're great." While Winter doesn't disclose who "the guys" writing the screenplay are, he is most likely referring to Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon, the screenwriting duo who wrote the previous three films.

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As actors continued to strike this week, the biggest stories about performers were unrelated to the unions. First came 21-year-old YouTube and Twitch streamer Kai Cenat being charged with inciting a riot after his impromptu Union Square giveaway led thousands to storm the park. Then came the shocking announcement that 10-year-old internet rapper Lil Tay had died under mysterious circumstances, followed by the revelation a few hours later that Lil Tay was actually alive and well but the victim of a hack.

Welcome to the wild, wild west of the online creator economy that drives so much of popular culture. While SAG-AFTRA and the WGA want streaming-dominated Hollywood to provide a better support system, the internet has no infrastructure to strike against. A few weeks ago, I wrote about how documentarians have no union,...

It’s the way it always is with Netflix. You get a ton of new movies and TV shows every month, but you also lose a bunch of stuff, too, as the licensing agreements expire and they hop over to another streaming platform. September will be no different in that regard, either, as the company has now announced a hefty list of titles that are set to make their exit over the coming weeks.

As always, the biggest bulk of departures will go down at the end of the month, but the days leading up to then will also see some notable movies and TV shows vanish from the site, too. And below, you can see the full list of what Netflix will be losing in September.

Leaving September 4

Disney’s Christopher Robin

Leaving September 5

Once Upon a Time: Seasons 1-7

Leaving September 8

Norm of the North: King Sized...

Bill & Ted 3 overcame the most heinous of dilatory hurdles! While the belated threequel project languished in project purgatory for nearly three decades, it took major steps after soliciting sales at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. The carrot that was dangled to would-be benefactors was the confirmed return of stars Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter! – Excellent! **Air Guitars**

Brandishing the title, Bill & Ted Face the Music, the film’s 2019 production kicked off on July 1 and wrapped on August 24. Here’s everything you need to know about the movie before it hits theaters this summer:

Bill & Ted 3 Trailer

The first trailer for Bill & Ted 3 is here! Watch it below:

Whoa. The wait is finally over, dudes! Keanu Reeves and @Winter star in the first official trailer for Bill & Ted Face the Music! Watch now! And remember: be excellent to each other.

Nickelodeon has named Shauna Phelan as senior vice president of live-action scripted content, the kids’ network announced Monday.

Phelan joins Nickelodeon from Awesomeness, where she was formerly head of development and production, overseeing scripted and non-scripted series. In her new role, Phelan will oversee the development and production of all Nickelodeon scripted live-action content, as well as all live-action TV movies and specials. She will report to Nickelodeon president Brian Robbins.

“Shauna has an innate understanding of the youth audience and an eye for identifying great stories and characters and making them into generation-defining hits,” said Robbins. “We are excited to have Shauna bring her passion and creativity to Nickelodeon as we set the course for the brand’s next phase of innovation and success.”

In 2007, Phelan worked at Varsity Pictures alongside Robbins as his director of television development, where they developed the TV series “Blue Mountain State,” which ran...

New Nickelodeon president Brian Robbins is starting to build his programming team with the hire of longtime close associate Shauna Phelan in the newly created position as Svp, Live-Action Scripted Content, for the Nickelodeon Group. Based in Burbank, she will oversee the development and production of all Nickelodeon scripted live-action content, as well as all live-action TV movies and specials, reporting to Robbins.

“Shauna has an innate understanding of the youth audience and an eye for identifying great stories and characters and making them into generation-defining hits,” said Robbins. “We are excited to have Shauna bring her passion and creativity to Nickelodeon as we set the course for the brand’s next phase of innovation and success.”

Phelan first worked for Robbins in 2007 when she joined his Varsity Pictures as Director of Television Development. The two developed the TV series Blue Mountain State, which ran for three seasons on Spike TV,...

Actor Alex Winter isn't just sitting around, waiting for Bill & Ted 3 to get made. While he hopes for that hugely anticipated sequel to finally lift off, he's been busy making a new tech documentary. And it looks intense and somewhat scary. Trust Machine: The Story of Blockchain has just delivered its first trailer, and it explores the strange new world of a future that is barreling at us at full speed.

Trust Machine is opening October 26 in New York, and November 16 in Los Angeles. And it looks like another enthralling tech dive by former Lost Boys star Alex Winter, who has made quite a name for himself in the world of documentaries this past decade.

In his newest film, Alex Winter drills down on blockchain, the decentralized technology that supports cryptocurrencies. Why are banks terrified while Unicef Ventures embraces it to help refugee children? Winter follows tech innovators striking a...

When Anthony Padilla chose to leave his incredibly successful YouTube channel Smosh, the first person he told was his partner-in-crime Ian Hecox.

“He invited me over to his house and I was like, something feels weird … I kinda felt like it was coming,” Hecox told Instant Thursday in an exclusive on-camera interview backstage at Vidcon. “Then he dropped it and I was, like, ‘Yeah. I knew it. I knew that’s what it was.’ ”

Padilla and Hecox, both 29, discussed their split — which comes after over a decade of working together on their sketch comedy — in a YouTube video posted on...

When Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla first joined YouTube, they each received a free iPod nano from the site for signing up. Over ten years later, and Smosh, the channel they named after a junior high inside joke, is the sixth most subscribed channel on YouTube — just after Rihanna’s Vevo, but before Taylor Swift’s.

When they arrived at the IndieWire offices last month to promote their second feature, “Ghostmates,” co-produced by Defy Media and YouTube Red, they each donned crisp black jackets and fresh haircuts. (The latter caused much hubbub from fans during a Facebook live interview.) If “Pokemon In Real Life” is your only Smosh reference point, you might not recognize the sleek young moguls on the screen.

Read More: Smosh Live: The Creators Behind YouTube’s Most Popular Comedy Channel Reveal How They ‘Stay Relevant’

The Smosh empire now consists of 10 related channels, five studio albums,...

Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla from Smosh have created a digital space where over 41 million YouTube subscribers and 39 million social media followers track their every moves and enjoy their bountiful creations. Their latest project is the film “Ghostmates,” a digital comedy that tests the terrestrial limits of friendship.

Directed by Jack Henry Robbins, the movie follows Charlie (Padilla), a socially-awkward and unemployed dude who finds a great apartment only to discover that it’s inhabited by ghost Eddie (Hecox), the previous tenant who unexpectedly died inside. Now Eddie won’t vacate the premise and can’t move on to the afterlife until he makes amends with the living, specifically his ex-girlfriend. It gets even better when ghost T-Pain – who somehow also died – unexpectedly helps Eddie move on.

“You want to be best friends,” Eddie asks the rapper. “No, no, no. I’m probably going to go find Tupac,” he replies as he ascends into heaven.

Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla of Smosh are set to star in their second motion picture, and this one will be available through YouTube Red. It’s called Ghostmates, and its trailer has now arrived ahead of its December 14th release date.

In Ghostmates, Padilla will play Charlie, a down-on-his-luck man whose life takes an interesting turn when he moves into an apartment inhabited by a ghost named Eddie (Hecox). Eddie is invisible to everyone except Charlie and T-Pain (yes, that T-Pain), which causes him to become a thorn in his new roommate’s side. Nonetheless, as we can see in the trailer, Charlie and Eddie will ultimately band together in order to improve each other’s circumstances.

Ghostmates is the second feature film to star Hecox and Padilla, who for more than a decade have served as two of the most prominent stars in the YouTube community. Their maiden...

YouTube's most popular comedy duo Smosh today announced a brand new feature film, Ghostmates, which serves as a follow-up to 2015’s Smosh: The Movie. Ghostmates, which premieres on YouTube Red on Dec. 14, tells the story of a luckless man named Charlie (played by Anthony Padilla) who moves into an apartment that’s haunted by a self-centered ghost named Eddie (Ian Hecox).

Eddie makes Charlie’s life difficult, according to a synopsis -- though he eventually learns that the only way he can enter heaven is by getting along and working with his new roommate. Padilla and Hecox will be joined in Ghostmates by the Grammy award-winning musician and famed auto-tune master T-Pain, who plays himself in the film.

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Nobody can say YouTube’s top comedy channel, Smosh, will never do what “Saturday Night Live” does. It just did.

On August 26th, Smosh aired YouTube’s first ever live sketch show, which clocked in at just under 90 minutes and attracted up a peak concurrent viewership of 55,000 – with an average watch time of fifteen minutes. (YouTube’s broadcast of the Democratic National Convention peaked at 250,000 concurrent viewers, with a twenty-five minute average watch time.)

Read More: YouTube Creators Cry Censorship As ‘Inappropriate’ Content Is No Longer Monetizable On The Platform

“We grew up watching ‘Saturday Night Live,'” Smosh’s Anthony Padilla told IndieWire. “A live sketch show sounded like an interesting idea, we just never had the ability to do it before.” The show was sponsored by 5 Gum (owned by Wrigley), which gave the team plenty of material for commercial parodies with its “#5TruthOrDare” campaign. In addition to the...

YouTube CEOSusan Wojcicki’s 2016 VidCon keynote delivered a simple message: If you’ve felt marginalized and seek community, come to us.

“YouTube gives people of any race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or interest a place to come together and a place to belong,” she said, emphasizing the importance of community to YouTube’s success. “When people talk about community, especially when they’re here at VidCon, the first thing they often mention are the screaming fans… But what I hope you take away when you visit VidCon isn’t just the enthusiasm, it’s the sense of belonging that exists here.”

To present YouTube’s programming slate, Wojcicki yielded the stage to Susanne Daniels, YouTube’s Global Head of Original Content, who outlined the four major projects upcoming from YouTube Red, the company’s original content subscription service, and eight new series in development. The centerpiece is a partnership...

There have been some glitzy movie premieres for the YouTube world's biggest celebrities. Smosh: The Movie fans packed Westwood's Village Theater, Lilly Singh debuted her documentary A Trip to Unicorn Island at the famed TCL Chinese Theatre and Kian Lawley's Shovel Buddies had a prime March 14 premiere scheduled at the South by Southwest Film Festival. But despite all the trappings of traditional Hollywood events, the irony is that these feature-length films rarely find a

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On January 11th, Smosh will share one of its most ambitious ventures so far, and a week before that date, a trailer has provided one more look. The comedy duo has offered up a second preview for Part Timers, an upcoming web series.

Part Timers takes place at Pork E. Pines, a fictional establishment that serves as an analogue to Chuck E. Cheese. Five Nights At Freddy’s this ain’t; instead of killer animatronics, Pork E. Pines will be populated by a diverse array of wacky characters, who will together engage in all sort of wacky hijinks. The new trailer teases a lot of physical comedy and plenty of the in-your-face dialogue for which Smosh is known. I don’t know what else to expect, though this Reddit thread may provide some ideas.

Smosh also released a teaser for Part Timers back in November, when the show’s release date was first announced.

Part Timers, the highly anticipated original scripted comedy series from digital powerhouse Smosh, is coming to YouTube on January 11, 2016 and we have the first trailer.&#160Defy Media and YouTube announced Part Timers earlier this week, produced by Defy Media and starring Smosh's Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox. The sitcom is part of YouTube's commitment to invest in new original shows and movies featuring some of YouTube's most popular stars. The first season will be presented by brand partner Schick Hydro and will debut exclusively on the https://www.youtube.com/user/smosh on January 11, 2016.

Part Timers is the first ever scripted series from Smosh, the premier digital comedy brand.&#160 Starring Smosh's Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox as employees of Pork E. Pine's, a popular pizzeria and arcade well past its prime, this episodic comedy series chronicles the adventures of a group of misfits, oddballs and man-children as they...

Perhaps you've heard the term Gamergate. But what does it mean, exactly? If you don't live inside the Internet, and are only a casual gamer, chancres are you might not know. Well, a new drama is going to spell out every ugly detail. And it might be told with a big name star at the center of this digital tsunami that quickly turned into a shit show.

Amy Pascal, who knowns her way around an Internet scandal after being the target of a massive Hack at Sony Studios, will be producing this upcoming drama. The Gamergate movie will be written by screenwriters Rebecca Angelo and Lauren Schuker Blum. They will be adapting the memoir of game designer Zoe Quinn titled 'Crash Override: How to Save the Internet From Itself.'

This won't be a small production. And sources close to the project claim that Avengers: Age of Ultron star Scarlett Johansson...

One of the series born from YouTube’s recent investment in its own creative community is set to go live, and it will feature two of the video site’s biggest stars in a scripted comedy. Part Timers, which stars Smosh duo Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla as employees at a run-down Chuck E. Cheese analogue, will premiere for free on the Smosh YouTube channel on January 11th.

Part Timers, which is looking to reclaim the pizzeria-arcade setting from a certain series of horror video games, will follow an underpaid, overworked weirdos as they have the “best time ever at the worst job ever.” A trailer, recently released on the Smosh YouTube channel, forecasts plenty of silly comedy as well as a gigantic porcupine costume that will surely be involved in all sorts of shenanigans.

"We're thrilled to announce our partnership with YouTube for Part Timers, continuing Smosh's expansion...

YouTube stars Grace Helbig, Mamrie Hart, and Hannah Hart are reuniting for another film, this time with the support of a major Hollywood studio. Lionsgate has bought the rights to Dirty Thirty, a comedy about a birthday party gone awry that'll serve as a follow-up to the trio's 2014 hit Camp Takota. Unlike that film (their first feature-length movie), Dirty Thirty will have the resources of a traditional film — a sign that Hollywood may be grooming your teen's favorite YouTube stars to become legit movie stars. Recently, Smosh (YouTube comedians Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox) had their first feature film, Smosh: The Movie, backed by 2oth Century Fox and Lionsgate; it later opened at No. 2 on iTunes and was acquired by Netflix. In December, YouTube personality Tyler Oakley will have his first documentary, Snervous, released in theaters and online. Dirty Thirty is expected to be released digitally next...

Halston Sage, Logan Miller and Kian Lawley have joined Zoey Deutch on the coming-of-age film that Good Universe will introduce to buyers at the Santa Monica market.

Sage and Miller will be seen in this weekend’s release via Paramount of The Scouts Guide To The Zombie Apocalypse.

Before I Fall centres on a high school senior who has it all until a week or reliving the same day forces her to focus on what matters.

Diego Boneta and Elena Kampouris are also joining the cast.

Ry Russo-Young directs from Lauren Oliver’s novel of the same name. Awesomeness Films’ Brian Robbins and Matt Kaplan produce with Jon Shestack.

Production on the film will begin in November.

The Awesomeness Films; feature releases include Smosh: The Movie and 2014 smash Expelled. The company’s next film release is the Tyler Oakley documentary Snervous.

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Wondering what you’ll watch when The Hunger Games franchise is over? We’ve got some ideas…

As well as sequels, remakes, and comic book adaptations, there’s one kind of movie you can feel fairly sure is going to keep popping up at a cinema near you: young adult adaptations. Stories about teenagers are still doing big business in the book trade, and thanks to Harry Potter, Twilight, and The Hunger Games, Hollywood is convinced of the genre’s appeal, too.

A couple of new franchises have already been kicked off – there’s still at least another Divergent sequel on the way, and another Maze Runner sequel – but what’s more interesting is the list of Ya novels that have been optioned and may soon be taking over the box office. Now, not all of the adaptations on this list will see the light of day,...

Snervous Tyler Oakley chronicles the life of the social media celebrity and will open in December in limited theatrical release and across all major digital platforms.

Amy Rice directed the film, which follows the life and career of the 26-year-old digital icon through his sold-out Slumber Party tour across the Us, UK and Ireland.

Producers on the film include Awesomeness Films’ Brian Robbins and Matt Kaplan along with Tyler, Korey Kuhl, Lisa Filipelli and Laura Flanagan.

“Tyler Oakley brings an incredible and inspiring message to his global fan base,” said Awesomeness Films president Matt Kaplan. “We are excited to share an unfiltered and behind-the-scenes look into his world.”

Oakley uploaded his first video in 2007 while he was a freshman at Michigan State and since then has generated more than 490million views and attracted more than seven million subscribers and 21million social media followers from more than 350 video posts.

“I feel so lucky to partner with Awesomeness to bring...

Exclusive: Zoey Deutch has been tapped as the star of Awesomeness Films’ next feature film project Before I Fall, the adaptation of the 2010 Ya novel by Lauren Oliver that originally was set up some time ago at Fox 2000. Now it’s at Awesomeness Films, the movie division of multichannel platform AwesomenessTV that has already seen digital success with this year’s output Smosh: The Movie and last year’s Expelled. Ry Russo-Young will direct Maria Maggenti’s Black List…...

Awesomeness Films and YouTube have announced the start of production on the first feature in their recently unveiled partnership.

Digital icons Meg D’Angelis — the YouTube star known as MayBaby (pictured) — and Vine celebrity Jake Paul star alongside Nadji Jeter from Grown Ups, Josh Leyva, Jordyn Jones, Jacob Wysoki, Niki Demartino and Gabi Demnartino.

Female duo Bert & Bertie direct and Jon M Chu produces the story of the power of dance and unlikely friendships.

Awesomeness Films has produced Smosh: The Movie and 2014 digital sensation Expelled.

It’s almost September and that means Netflix is about to refresh their content, for better or worse. Some of the notable titles leaving include: High Fidelity, Anchorman 2, and The Skeleton Twins. So if you haven’t seen some of these titles, plan your nights accordingly. We of course can look forward more than a few new titles including The Monster Squad, Moonrise Kingdom (pictured above), and The Walking Dead: Season 5.

Available 9/1

72 Dangerous Animals: Australia: Season 1

Arthur: Season 17

Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher (2014)

Battle Creek: Season 1

Blackbird (2014)

Capital C (2014)

Combustion (2013)

Da Jammies: Season 1

Divorce Corp. (2014)

Giggle and Hoot’s Best Ever! (2014)

Hamlet (1990)

Hardball (2001)

Heather McDonald: I Don’t Mean To Brag (2014)

Lawrence of Arabia: Restored Version (1962)

Los hombres también lloran: Season 1

Masters of the Universe (1987)

Mississippi Damned (2009)

Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood: Volume 1

Mouk: Season 1

Our Man in Tehran (2013)

Pandas: The Journey Home (2014)

Person of Interest:...

New to Netflix in September are two kinds of undead: Season 5 of "The Walking Dead" and the revived-from-cancellation A&E series, "Longmire," which was saved by Netflix.

As far as movies, there's the restored version of the Oscar-winning 1962 epic "Lawrence of Arabia," Wes Anderson's "Moonrise Kingdom," the first three "Rambo" films, the terrific "The Bank Job" with Jason Statham and "Mandela: The Long Walk to Freedom" with Idris Elba.

There are also period dramas you might have missed from last year with Jessica Chastain ("Miss Julie") and Mia Wasikowska ("Madame Bovary") and hey, "The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl!"

Available September 1

"72 Dangerous Animals Australia": Season 1 (2014)

"Combustión" (2013)

"Da Jammies": Season 1

"Giggle and Hoot's Best Ever!" (2014)

"Hamlet" (1990)

"Hardball" (2001)

"Heather McDonald: I Don't Mean To Brag" (2014)

"Lawrence of Arabia: Restored Version" (1962)

"Los Hombres también lloran": Season 1

"Masters of the Universe" (1987)

"Mississippi Damned" (2009)

"Mister Rogers' Neighborhood": Volume 1

"Mouk...

Netflix will soon boast a new title starring two of YouTube’s biggest celebrities. The streaming video-on-demand service has picked up exclusive streaming rights to Smosh: The Movie, which will be available to Netflix subscribers starting September 22, 2015.

Smosh, the YouTube duo which consists of Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla, launched their first feature film on July 24 alongside VidCon. Produced by AwesomenessTV and Defy Media, Smosh: The Movie follows Hecox and Padilla as they get sucked into a “YouTube portal” and meet various YouTube stars, all in an attempt to delete an embarrassing video which could destroy Padilla’s chance at love with an old crush.

Smosh: The Movie went on sale for $9.99 on the iTunes Store and Vimeo on Demand. The flick quickly climbed the ranks of the iTunes movie charts, landing the #1 comedy spot and placing #2 in the movies category overall. Walmart then started selling Smosh: The Movie DVDs,...

Read More: Here's How AwesomenessTV is Tapping Into Social Media Stardom Netflix has picked up exclusive streaming rights for Anthony Hecox and Ian Padilla's "Smosh: The Movie," which was released on iTunes and Vimeo earlier this summer. The teen comedy is a modern day update of "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" and is the first feature from Hecox and Padilla, who are some of YouTube's biggest stars with over 30 million followers. Directed by Alex Winter, the movie finds the duo teleporting into some of YouTube's biggest pages (including Jenna Marbles and Grace Helbig) in order to take down an embarrassing clip of Hecox that could potentially go viral and ruin his chances of getting with his teen crush.  The acquisition represents yet another deal that finds Netflix gathering content focused on the young teenage demographic. In addition to "Smosh: The Movie," Netflix has new seasons of "Degrassi" and other YouTube-orientated movies.

Note to Walmart stockers: Be mindful when placing your store’s stickers on DVDs. If you’re not careful, you may incite a Twitter hashtag. That’s what happened when a misplaced sticker blocking the head of Smosh star Anthony Padilla caused fans of the popular YouTube duo to launch a social media trend.

First, the necessary context: Smosh, which consists of Padilla and Ian Hecox, recently made the jump from YouTube to the big screen thanks to the release of Smosh: The Movie on July 24th. About a month later, on August 18th, the DVD version of Smosh: The Movie arrived at Walmart. Shortly thereafter, a Smosh fan encountered the DVD in the wild, and “flipped out a little” when she noticed a large Walmart sticker pasted on top of Padilla’s head.

@SmoshIan @smoshanthony I might of flipped out a little pic.twitter.com/oAX0lBAgHb

— sarah !!#Laurenandco...

The creators of Smosh have gone from 3-6 minute videos to a full feature-length film -- and making "Smosh: The Movie" was a daunting task. Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla are the brains behind the massively successful YouTube network, which includes five channels and caters to over 35 million subscribers. And while their videos rack up the views, they were definitely hesitant about going from short form to a full film. "Before going to my first day of shooting I was so nervous," Padilla tells toofab's Brian Moreno. "[I thought] 'This is gonna be feature length and there’s gonna be a famous director!' But once I started shooting it, it started feeling like very normal video we do." "The process wasn't really too different once we got on set," adds Hecox. The film was released just last week is already in the Top 10 on iTunes, ahead of movies like "Kingsman: The Secret Service" and "Hot Pursuit.

Smosh: The Movie is officially a top entertainment choice among digital viewers. On July 24, 2015, the feature film starring the long-time YouTube comedy duo comprised of Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox peaked on the iTunes comedy film chart at #1, and on the service’s overall movie chart at #2.

Produced by both Defy Media and AwesomenessTV, Smosh: The Movie follows the duo as they try to eliminate an embarrassing video of Anthony so he has a chance at love with his high school crush. With the feature film’s official release on July 23, right alongside VidCon and with a lot of press, it’s little surprise the movie managed to land such high positions on the iTunes charts.

Lionsgate obtained distribution rights to Smosh: The Movie when the film deal was first announced back in September 2014, and the movie’s trailer dropped a few months later in June 2015. AwesomenessTV also took back...

What happens on YouTube stays on YouTube. At least that's the problem for Anthony Padilla in Smosh: The Movie. In the comedy, he and his Smosh.com co-star Ian Hecox are headed to their high school reunion when an old embarrassing video of Anthony hits YouTube that shows the poor guy having a way-too-close encounter with a microphone during a school talent show. The two guys find themselves on an adventure to try to get the video removed before Anthony's high school crush sees it. Anthony and Ian run into a gaggle of different YouTube stars throughout the film, including Grace Helbig, who plays a receptionist at the video sharing site's headquarters. And only E! News has an exclusive...

The internet is full of challenges these days. So many that between being challenged to raise demons or pucker your lips like the latest reality starlet, they may as well start calling it Thunderdome. Well, we have a really whopper of a challenge for you. Check out the trailer for Smosh: The Movie and see how long you can last before clicking away. Good luck. For those of you still here, Smosh posted the trailer for their first feature film effort, and we.re not going to lie. it.s pretty rough. Anthony Padilla and Ian Hicox play themselves in the film, because who else would they be playing really? Their quest is a simple one: Anthony has an embarrassing video on YouTube, and he wants to remove it. This leads our two heroes on a familiar sounding quest to travel throughout the internet to change the video from within...

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YouTube stars Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla, collectively known as Smosh, are making the leap from YouTube to the big screen. And for their first cinematic outing, they’re going on an epic adventure… back to YouTube. In the first Smosh: The Movie trailer, the guys are desperate to get a certain embarrassing video removed from the […]

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One of the YouTube community’s most enduring comedic duos are ready for their closeup, and a new trailer shows us how they will look. ________ has released the trailer for Smosh: The Movie, which features the two stars of the titular YouTube channel in their big screen debut.

In real life, Smosh stars Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla are two of YouTube’s most popular personalities. Their channel has more than 20 million subscribers and has served as a home for their loud, brash comedy videos for nearly a decade. In the movie, though, Ian and Anthony don’t appear to be big stars at all. Instead, they’re just two dudes who must venture into YouTube in order to remove an embarrassing video of Padilla from the Internet. Along the way, they encounter several of YouTube’s biggest stars, including Jenna Marbles, Grace Helbig, and Harley Morenstein.

Smosh: The Movie,...

Exclusive: The online network and content creator is exploring theatrical distribution avenues as it builds an ambitious film business following the stunning social success last year of Expelled.

Kelly Day, chief digital officer at the company owned 75% by DreamWorks Animation and 25% by Hearst, broke the news on Thursday to attendees at the two-day Stream Market conference in Santa Monica.

“Theatrical is something we’re very interested in,” Day said. “We did a one-week theatrical release [on Expelled] but the goal of that was about building buzz.”

Day continued: “We’re definitely feeling our audience is underserved theatrically and wants to go and see movies. At some point we probably will go down that path; we’re just thinking about the best and right ways to get there. Right now we love tapping into the fanbase around the talent.”

Expelled (pictured), which will be the subject of a case study in a later Stream session, stars Vine personality...

Exclusive: The online network and content creator is exploring theatrical distribution avenues as it builds an ambitious film business following the stunning social success last year of Expelled.

Kelly Day, chief digital officer at the company owned 75% by DreamWorks and 25% by Hearst, broke the news on Thursday to attendees at the two-day Stream Market conference in Santa Monica.

“Theatrical is something we’re very interested in,” Day said. “We did a one-week theatrical release [on Expelled] but the goal of that was about building buzz.”

Day continued: “We’re definitely feeling our audience is underserved theatrically and wants to go and see movies. At some point we probably will go down that path; we’re just thinking about the best and right ways to get there. Right now we love tapping into the fanbase around the talent.”

Expelled (pictured), which will be the subject of a case study in a later Stream session, stars Vine personality...

Stream Market: The online network and content creator is exploring theatrical distribution avenues in its fast–growing film business following the massive social success of Expelled.

Kelly Day, chief digital officer at the company owned 75% by DreamWorks and 25% by Hearst, broke the news on Thursday to attendees at the two-day Stream Market conference in Santa Monica.

“Theatrical is something we’re very interested in,” Day said. “We did a one-week theatrical release [on Expelled] but the goal of that was about building buzz.”

Day continued: “We’re definitely feeling our audience is underserved theatrically and wants to go and see movies. At some point we probably will go down that path; we’re just thinking about the best and right ways to get there. Right now we love tapping into the fanbase around the talent.”

Expelled (pictured), which will be the subject of a case study in a later Stream session, stars Vine personality Cameron Dallas and became the number...

YouTube’s plan to assist its stars isn’t limited to original web programming. In addition to the four new series it announced, a recent blog post from YouTube also revealed the site’s partnership with AwesomenessTV, alongside which it will create feature films starring YouTube content creators.

Over the next two years, YouTube and AwesomenessTV will release “several” feature films that will premiere on YouTube before they arrive anywhere else. AwesomenessTV CEO Brian Robbins, who founded the teen-focused multi-channel network, will develop and produce the film projects.

The upcoming films will add to AwesomenessTV’s growing roster of feature films. The network has produced several star vehicles for digital content creators, including Expelled, which featured Vine star Cameron Dallas, and Smosh: The Movie, which is led by its titular duo. Expelled, which premiered in December 2014, became a top seller on iTunes; Smosh: The Movie will look to generate strong...

AwesomenessTV will soon boast a title in Netflix’s streaming library. The YouTube multi-channel network’s comedy film Expelled, starring Viner Cameron Dallas, will debut on the streaming video-on-demand service on February 1, 2015.

In Expelled, Dallas (who boasts 6.8 million followers on Vine alone) stars as trouble-maker Felix, who gets kicked out of high school after pranking one too many times. Felix turns to his brother (fellow Vine star Marcus Johns), best friend (up-and-coming Instagram and Twitter personality Matt Shively), new friend (YouTuber and fellow AwesomenessTV talent Lia Maria Johnson), and classmate (Vine celebrity Andrea Russett) for help in convincing his parents he’s not only still in school, but also doing a great job at that.

Alex Goyette penned, produced, and directed Expelled, with Shauna Phelan (The Smosh Movie, Terry the Tomboy) and AwesomenessTV’s founder Brian Robbins on board as producers. Brett Bouttier (The Smosh Movie), Joe Davola (One Tree Hill,...