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“The Guild” Season 3 comes to DVD & iTunes

The Guild is pleased to announce the official release dates of the Season 3 DVD and ALL our episodes to iTunes! And soon you’ll be able to stream seasons 1 and 2 on Netflix! Whew, that’s a lot of stuff! Keep reading for details!

First, on Monday, January 25th, The Guild seasons 1 through 3 will be available for purchase on iTunes for the first time! Because of the short length of our episodes, on iTunes they will sell as bundles of 2-3 episodes (each approximately 10 minutes in length) so it’s a bit confusing at first glance, but all the episodes are there, we promise! (See the end of this post for the complete iTunes episodes listing).

Season 1 will be available in standard definition for $0.99 per iTunes episode bundle or $2.97 for the full season of 10 episodes. The first episode bundle from Season 1 (episodes 1-3) will be available for FREE download.

Seasons 2 and 3 will be available in both standard and high definition, priced at $0.99 per episode bundle (SD) or $1.99 per episode bundle (HD). Full “Season passes” are $5.99 (SD) or $9.99 (HD). Note: The iTunes downloads are episodes only. Downloads are US and Canada only, with a UK release coming soon.

As an exclusive bonus, the iTunes Season 3 Season Pass will include the free bonus extra: “Tips on Making a Web Series” with producer Kim Evey, director Sean Becker and creator Felicia Day. The three answer questions, submitted by fans through Twitter and our website, about how to make a web series. Er, the title explains it all. 🙂

Then, on Tuesday, February 15th, Season 3 arrives on DVD exclusively on Amazon.com with a retail price of $14.95!

Bonus features on the DVD include “Do You Want to Date My Avatar” Music Video, The Making of “Do You Want to Date My Avatar,” the Halloween episode, Guild Applicant Rejects, How to Build Vork’s Sword, Audio Commentary with the Cast, Audio Commentary with the Creator, Director and Producer, Axis of Anarchy Interviews, Gag Reels, PDF of Script, Play All Feature and English Subtitles. The Amazon.com DVD release comes on two DVD-R discs by Amazon’s Create Space, and is NTSC format, region-free.

Later in the spring, Season 3 will be released to YouTube and to retail stores via a DVD from New Video (with identical content and cover art but on a single disc).

Lastly, on February 1 you will be able to watch all of Season 1 or Season 2 on Netflix. All episodes have been edited together with only beginning and ending credits, so you can watch them like continuous movie, like the “Play All” DVD feature.

Whew, that’s all for now. We know you’re impatient for Season 4, we are working as quickly as we can on it, promise! More info to come as soon as we have it.

Thanks so much for your support!
The Guild Management

The Guild on iTunes Episode/Episode Bundles list:

Season 1 Episode Bundles:
Episode 1: Wake up Call — Zaboo’d — The Macro Problem (FREE ON ITUNES)
Episode 2: Cheesybeards — Rather Be Raiding
Episode 3: Total Wipe — Home Invasion — Tipping Point
Episode 4: Owning Bladezz — Boss Fight

Season 2 Episode Bundles:
Episode 1: Link the Loot — Block’d
Episode 2: Quest Accepted! — Heroic Encounter
Episode 3: Sacking Up — Blow Out
Episode 4: Panic Attack — Emergency!
Episode 5: Grouping Up — Socializing Sucks
Episode 6: Collision Course — Fight!

Season 3 Episode Bundles:
Episode 1: Expansion Time — Anarchy!
Episode 2: Player Down — Get it Back!
Episode 3: Application’d — Newbtastic
Episode 4: Coping and Stuff — +10 to Bravery
Episode 5: Wit’s End — The Return!
Episode 6: LAN Off — Hero
Tips on Making a Web Series (FREE WITH SEASON)

Gina Chiarelli Joins the Cast of Riese!

Gina Chiarelli

Series co-creator Ryan Copple announced today that Gina Chiarelli has joined the cast of Riese the Series. Copple said, “She’s an amazing actress and actually the acting coach Christine (Chatelain) has used. She’s won and been nominated for a LOT of theatre awards. She plays Cacilia, a High Priestess of the Sect, residing in Asgard.”

While sci-fi fans might recognize her from shows such as The Dead Zone, Masters of Science Fiction, and The Outer Limits, Chiarelli has appeared in dozens of shows on television, film and stage. Most recently she received critical acclaim for the film See Grace Fly, in which she plays a schizophrenic woman whose behavior becomes increasingly erratic after the death of her mother.

She was nominated for a Genie Award for Best Actress, won Best Actress at the Vancouver International Film Festival and a Leo Award for Best Actress for her role as Grace, and has half a dozen other awards for various stage and film projects she’s worked on. In addition to being an award-winning actress, Chiarelli is also a producer and personal acting coach.

Chiarelli’s character, Cacilia, will appear in Chapter 2 of Riese, which begins filming soon in Vancouver and will air through various online outlets beginning in early 2010.

Riese is a sci-fi/fantasy series richly influenced by history, mythology, folklore and steampunk. It follows a young woman and her companion, a wolf named Fenrir, who travel through a collapsing world trying to piece together the fragmented memories of her past while attempting to evade the dangerous religious cult that hunts her. With a high budget compared to other web series, and filmed on the RED camera in high definition, the show is visually beautiful. The wardrobe, music and depth of story all contribute to creating the world of Eleysia.

Riese features sci-fi regulars such as Christine Chatelain (Sanctuary, Supernatural, The Collector), Sharon Taylor (Smallville, Stargate Atlantis, Eureka), Patrick Gilmore (Stargate Universe, Battlestar Galactica), Ben Cotton (Harper’s Island, Stargate Atlantis, Taken), Ryan Robbins (Sanctuary, Caprica, Battlestar Galactica, Stargate Atlantis), Peter Kelamis (Stargate Universe, Dragon Ball Z, The X-Files), Emilie Ullerup (Sanctuary, jPod, Battlestar Galactica), Allessandro Juliani (Battlestar Galactica, Smallville, Death Note), and Allison Mack (Smallville, Alice & Huck).

Find out more about Gina Chiarelli here:

Gina Chiarelli Official Website
Gina Chiarelli on IMDb.com
See Grace Fly

Check out more information about Riese the Series here:

Riese the Series Official Web Page
Riese the Series Store (Buy Merchandise! Fund Chapter 3!)
Riese the Series Channel on YouTube
Riese the Series on KoldCast.TV
Riese the Series Official Forum
Riese the Series on Facebook
Riese the Series on Twitter
Riese the Series Fansite

The Countdown Begins to “Riese the Series” Chapter 2!

Riese the Series has wowed viewers since it launched its premiere episode, “Hunt,” on November 1, 2009, on KoldCast and YouTube. Since that time, they’ve have over 1,000,000 views. Chapter 1 wrapped up two weeks ago on January 4th and Chapter 2 begins on February 1st. So as not to leave us high and dry when we’ve come to rely on our Riese fix every two weeks, Riese the Series has graciously posted a trailer for Chapter 2 and it looks soooooooo good. We are definitely going to see more of this incredible world that co-creator Ryan Copple was telling us about when we spoke with him last September. Already at the top of the list of best web series of 2009, this show promises to just keep getting better in 2010.

Check out more information about Riese the Series here:

The Legend of Neil: 3 Days Left, 3 Votes

from The Legend of Neil:

Hey Legend of Neil-lovers,

So I really believe we’ve got a shot at winning some Streamy Awards this year, and it would really benefit the show if we could pull it off. There’s three days left that you can vote and you can vote once each day, the official ballot is below.

Please try and make it all the way through to the craft awards. I believe that out of every web series I’ve seen, our crew does the most with very little. The sets, the art, the lighting, the music (hell we had a musical!) are really so good because of these unsung heroes of the set, so let’s finally sing them. That’s not to say that the acting, writing, directing aren’t half bad either, so feel free to vote for those too. So, please take a few minutes and make it happen for the show you love, because it’s all in YOUR HANDS!

LEGEND OF NEIL — OFFICIAL BALLOT

Click the categories to get to the right page but BE SURE to choose the correct category from the drop down menu.

Best Comedy Webseries — The Legend of Neil (http://www.legendofneil.com/)

Best Ensemble Cast in a Webseries — The Legend of Neil (http://www.legendofneil.com/)

Best Directing for a Comedy — Sandeep Parikh

Best Writing for Comedy — Tony Janning, Sandeep Parikh

Best Male Actor in a Comedy — Tony Janning / Mike Rose

Best Female Actor in a Comedy — Angie Hill / Felicia Day

Best Guest Star — Felicia Day / Brendan Bradley

Best Editing — Sandeep Parikh, Mat Greenleaf, Tony Orcena, Josh Schaffer, Todd Roy

Best Cinematography — Bry Thomas Sanders

Best Art Direction — Leah Mann

Best Sound Design — Houston Haynes, Steve Urban

Best Visual Effects — Sevan Najarian

Best Original Music — Elon Arbiture, Nigel Cordeiro, Robert Harrington

An Open Letter to the Web Series Community

from LG15 Today:

Tomorrow January 11, 2010 is a very special day. We will see the launch of a new chapter of the story that takes place within the LG15 Universe.

We frequently hear that in the web series community anything lonelygirl15 is viewed as a relic. Perhaps, but perhaps you have just not been paying attention because it was a “fad” way back in 2006.

The reality is that the community has been through many trials and tribulations. The history is long and complicated but full of passion and creativity. At the core of the community has always been an ability to make videos and tell stories either as “companions series” within the LG15 Universe, or as fully independent series in their own universe. When The Last were given the opportunity to continue the canon story via The Show is Yours they rose to the occasion and showed those who watched that you can tell a compelling story on an extremely limited budget.

We as a community have grown up with the web series genre. We are strong proponents of the web series genre. And, we may very well be fans of your own show.

That said, tomorrow is a special day and we call on you all to lend your support to LG15: Outbreak. We have no more idea than you what the show will bring to the table so there are no guarantees. What is certain is that it deserves a first look and it certainly deserves and needs your support. And, if we are not mistaken it may well take you on a compelling ride you did not expect.

So, that said we ask everyone including Tubefilter, Newteevee, all the other web series blogs and sites, all the producers of other web series and fans of other web series to give LG15: Outbreak all the help you can muster on Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms. Let us make tomorrow a day the entire web series community came together and acted as one voice and with any luck a few of you will become hooked. 🙂 🙂 🙂

Thanks

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Riese the Series: Chapter 1, Episode 5: “Dawn”

The exciting conclusion of Chapter One finds the Sect’s Huntsmen closing in on Riese, and her true identity is finally revealed.

For more info, visit riesetheseries.com.

A Very Special Final Episode of “Safety Geeks: SVI” Season One

from Dave and Tom:

Yes, it is upon us… a Very Special FINAL Episode of Safety Geeks: SVI Season One , just in time for the holidays. It really has nothing to do with the holidays, but it is very special indeed. To go out with a bang, we’ve combined the final two episodes into one 13 minute episode. We hope you’ll enjoy it!

We’d love to take a moment and acknowledge all of the people who helped to create Safety Geeks: SVI, KoldCast.tv and you, our fans, who have followed it. As you probably know, we are in the process of being nominated for a couple of awards. If you would be so kind to vote for us, winning one of these would be invaluable as we seek funding and sponsorship for Season 2. Instructions on voting below.

AND NOW… Safety Geeks: SVI Season Finale: A Strange Sucking Sound

And may we suggest watching the entire season to get the full flow of the show? Finally, we wish you and yours the happiest of holidays and a wonderful New Year!

AWARDS:

Help us win a Streamy Award!

Between now and January 22nd, click on the badges below and vote. The series with the greatest number of Public Submissions will automatically become an Official Nominee. You are allowed one vote per day per category. Feel free to nominate us for more than one category such as Best New Comedy Series, Best New Series, Best Ensemble Cast and to nominate individuals (more below)…

Thank you for the support!

1. Go to: http://www.streamys.org/submit/public-submissions/

2. Use the drop down to choose the category (for example: “Best Comedy Web Series”).

3. Fill in Series Name: Safety Geeks: SVI. Series url: www.daveandtom.com

Rinse & Repeat under additional categories: Best New Web Series, Best Ensemble Cast in a Web Series

4. Click on “Submit an individual”. Use the drop-down for the category and nominate as many of the following as you can or would like to:

For your consideration…

Safety Geeks: SVI

Special Effects — Thor Melsted, Mike Smith, Tom Konkle
Writing (comedy) — David Beeler, Tom Konkle
Best Actress (comedy) — Brittney Powell
Best Actor (comedy) — David Beeler, Tom Konkle
Director — Roger Tonry
Cinematography — Vince Delaney and Angie Pop
Editing — Tom Konkle
Music — The Whotles
Sound — Tom Konkle
Guest Star — Frank Payne, Mary Cseh, Benton Jennings, Ransford Doherty, Jim Woods, Steve Tom, Marie del Marco, March Teich, Laura Hayes
Best Comedy Series
Best New Series
Best Ensemble

Invention with Brian Forbes

Writing (comedy) — Tom Konkle, David Beeler
Camera/DP — Thor Melsted
Directing — Tom Konkle
Editing — Tom Konkle
Acting (comedy) — David Beeler, Tom Konkle

Vote daily! You are allowed one vote per day.

Clicker Award

Tis’ the Season to be jolly and — it would seem — tis the season for webseries award shows… Looks like we’re up for another possible award. This one is Clicker.

1. Go to: http://www.clicker.com/gallery/best-web-original-comedy-2009/

2. Scroll down to Geeks, hit “VOTE”. The page will refresh and next to the Geeks entry will say, “You Voted”.

3. Tweet about it or Facebook it (the little icons for this will be next to the “You Voted” tag).

As you’ll see, the field for Comedy is very crowded, so please do vote.

And finally, forward this to friends and family asking for their votes if you would be so kind — it really is a numbers game at this point.

Awesome.

Happy Crimble!

Dave & Tom

Submit to the Sect… er… I Mean, Nominate “Riese” for the Streamy Awards!

from Riese the Series:

On December 15th, the 2nd Annual Streamy Awards opened for submissions! The Streamys are awards that recognize the best of episodic web content in a variety of categories. In addition to their jury awards, there are also Audience Choice Awards. Viewers (that means you!) can submit their favorite web shows to be nominated for audience choice categories. You may vote for each category once per day.

To nominate Riese, visit the Public Submission Area. It’s very simple, and you can nominate it as many times you like, in a number of categories. There are SERIES nominations and INDIVIDUAL nominations. Relevant SERIES categories are:

Best Drama Web Series
Best New Web Series
Best Ensemble Cast in a Web Series
Best Foreign Web Series (We’re Canadian, eh!)

Relevant INDIVIDUAL categories are:

Best Director for a Dramatic Web Series — Kaleena Kiff
Best Writer for a Dramatic Web Series — Ryan Copple, Miguel Valdez Lopez, Kaleena Kiff
Best Male Actor in a Dramatic Web Series — Ben Cotton, Patrick Gilmore
Best Female Actor in a Dramatic Web Series — Christine Chatelain, Sharon Taylor
Best Editing in a Web Series — Matthew Lyons
Best Cinematography in a Web Series — Christopher Charles Kempinski
Best Art Direction in a Web Series — Chad Krowchuk
Best Sound Design in a Web Series — Kevin Belen, Bill Mellow
Best Visual Effects in a Web Series — Adam de Bosch Kemper, Brett Keyes
Best Original Music in a Web Series — Richard Walters

Again, we greatly appreciate your support, and taking the time to do this! Thank you so much!

Vote for “The Guild” for the 2010 Streamy Awards

from The Guild:

The Streamy Awards are here again and we would love for you to submit/vote for The Guild. Your votes for Best Comedy Webseries are particularly important because the Public Submission voting determines the TEN semi-finalists for the Audience Choice award for Best Web Series of the Year. You may vote once per day.

There are series submissions and individual ones. Here are the SERIES submission categories (and link to the page):

Best Comedy Webseries — The Guild, http://www.watchtheguild.com/
Best Ensemble Cast in a Webseries — The Guild, http://www.watchtheguild.com/

Please vote for The Guild in these categories.

And here are the INDIVIDUAL submission categories (and link to the page):

Best Directing for a Comedy Web Series — Sean Becker
Best Writing for Comedy Web Series — Felicia Day
Best Male Actor in a Comedy Web Series — Vincent Caso / Jeff Lewis / Sandeep Parikh
Best Female Actor in a Comedy Web Series — Felicia Day / Amy Okuda / Robin Thorsen
Best Guest Star in a Web Series — Wil Wheaton / Michelle Boyd / Brett Sheridan
Best Editing in a Web Series — Sean Becker
Best Cinematography — John Schmidt
Best Art Direction — Tyler Robinson
Best Original Music — Eanan Patterson, Don Schiff

Please vote for The Guild cast and crew in these categories.

Thank you so much for taking time to do this, and for your continued support of The Guild!

The Guild Sells Out! Our Holiday Gift to You!

from The Guild:

It’s the most wonderful time of the year so why not add to your holiday joy by watching The Guild Sells Out!, a series of commercial parody videos hawking Guild merchandise for the non-discerning consumer. Written and directed by Greg Aronowitz (Do You Want to Date My Avatar? weapons maker) who also made all the toys and constructed all the sets in his house and yard! Enjoy watching all 7 videos starting with the intro below!

Help “The Legend of Neil” Win the Streamy Awards for 2009!

from The Legend of Neil:

Hey Neilaholics,

So it is that time of year again, when the most prestigious Web Series awards come around and it’s up to YOU to choose who gets nominated. Wouldn’t it be great if a Zelda parody with a bounty of Masturbation jokes won Best Comedy Series? I think so too. So, get nominating and spread the word. Here is our official ballot (please take the time to get to the individual awards especially for Art Design, Cinematography, Visual Effects, Music) because we have the coolest looking/sounding web show on the planet thanks to the hard work of those talented crew members.

LEGEND OF NEIL — OFFICIAL BALLOT

Click the categories to vote (you’ll have to pick the right category from the drop down menu)