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Rooster Teeth, a unit of WarnerMedia, has promoted Doreen Copeland to VP, Head of Production and Joe Clary and Sean Hinz to co-heads of animation.

Copeland will now oversee all physical production at Rooster Teeth. Clary and Hinz will co-lead day to day operations across all of Rooster Teeth’s animated productions including but not limited to Rwby, gen:lock, Rtaa, Death Battle and Red vs Blue. Clary and Hinz will report to Copeland.

Margaret M. Dean, Head of Crunchyroll Studios and president of Women in Animation, will continue to consult on animation productions.

The moves follow the arrival of Jordan Levin as Gm of Rooster Teeth in September. Former CEO Matt Hullum shifted to Chief Content Officer as part of that transition. Rooster Teeth is part of Otter Media, which WarnerMedia parent AT&T launched in partnership with Peter Chernin in 2014. AT&T took full control of Otter in 2018 and has tapped its units,...

A horror-comedy about the founder of a film festival will premiere at the most appropriate venue imaginable. Blood Fest, the third feature film from the popular digital studio Rooster Teeth, will screen as part of the "Midnighters" lineup at the 2018 edition of SXSW.

Blood Fest, which pits a group of genre-savvy leads against a murderous foe, will be at home within SXSW's late-night block in more ways than one. For starters, Rooster Teeth is based in Austin, which hosts SXSW each March. The film festival's Midnighters selection tends to include genre films, with a particular focus on horror movies.

Rooster Teeth previously forayed into the film world with Lazer Team, a sci-fi comedy that featured several of the studio's hosts among its cast. A sequel, Lazer Team 2, arrived in 2017.

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Rooster Teeth's heroes have suited up once again and are ready to do battle with extraterrestrial foes. The Austin-based studio has released Lazer Team 2, a feature film that serves as a sequel to 2016's Lazer Team.

In the original Lazer Team, four friends -- portrayed by Michael Jones, Gavin Free, Burnie Burns, and Colton Dunn -- came upon a powerful suit of armor, which granted them special abilities. In the second film, all four of the lead actors reprise their roles as the titular team heads out on an adventure to save one of their own. A trailer showcases some of the action, comedy, and 80s references viewers can expect:

The first Lazer Team film, funded with the help of a record-breaking raise on Indiegogo, ultimately reeled in more than $1 million in theatrical ticket sales. Emboldened by that success, Rooster Teeth announced a sequel in August 2016, with Fullscreen Films...

Check out the brand-new poster for Roster Teeth’s Lazer Team 2, the sequel to 2015′s sci-fi action comedy starring Colton Dunn, Burnie Burns, Gavin Free, and Michael Jones (from the first film) alongside newcomers Nichole Bloom and Victoria Pratt. Matt Hullum is back in the directors chair, along with Daniel Fabelo.

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.

Lazer Team 2 will receive a limited theatrical release in the Us on November 13th, before premiering on YouTube Red on November 22nd. You can read our review of the first film right here.

Rooster Teeth has released the full-length trailer for Lazer Team 2 -- the Austin-based production outfit's highly-anticipated sequel to its first-ever feature film. Lazer Team 2 will debut on YouTube Red on Nov. 22 -- though a limited theatrical release courtesy of Gunpowder & Sky is planned ahead of that date. (Tickets are available here).

The film will see returning cast members Colton Dunn (Superstore), Burnie Burns (Rooster Teeth), Gavin Free (The Slow Mo Guys), and Michael Jones (Rwby) back in action as the titular squad. The second installment, however -- co-directed by Daniel Fabelo and Matt Hullum -- sees the pressures of sudden fame having divided the unlikely band of alien-fighting heroes. And when Free’s character goes missing on a secret research mission, it will be up to a new character, played by Nichole Bloom (Superstore), to rescue their lost friend and get the team back together. Also joining the...

Check out this teaser trailer for for Roster Teeth’s Lazer Team 2. A sequel to 2015 sci-fi action comedy sequel film the film stars Colton Dunn, Burnie Burns, Gavin Free, and Michael Jones (from the first film) alongside newcomers Nichole Bloom and Victoria Pratt. Matt Hullum is back in the directors chair, along with Daniel Fabelo.

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.

Lazer Team 2 will receive a limited theatrical release in the Us on November 13th, before premiering on YouTube Red on November 22nd. You can read our review of the first film right here.

The sequel to Lazer Team -- a sci-fi action comedy produced by Fullscreen Films and Rooster Teeth -- is set to arrive on YouTube Red Nov. 22, the video giant announced today, though a limited theatrical release courtesy of Gunpowder & Sky is planned ahead of the film’s digital debut.

In Lazer Team 2, one of the members of the alien-fighting squad -- as played by The Slow Mo Guys' Gavin Free -- goes missing while working on secret research, and the three other members of the Lazer Team (played by Colton Dunn and Rooster Teeth's Burnie Burns and Michael Jones) must re-team to rescue their friend. The film was written by Burns and Daniel Fabelo, and was co-directed by Fabelo and Matt Hullum. New cast members for the sequel include Nichole Bloom (Superstore) and Victoria Pratt (Heartland).

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