{"id":16129,"date":"2014-03-08T17:39:01","date_gmt":"2014-03-09T01:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/?p=16129"},"modified":"2014-03-15T17:43:36","modified_gmt":"2014-03-16T00:43:36","slug":"epic-fantasy-web-series-launches-kickstarter-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/?p=16129","title":{"rendered":"Epic Fantasy Web Series Launches Kickstarter Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/ksr\/assets\/001\/712\/457\/f1667a2cfb6b3ac5069030ee84bb5858_large.jpg?1394082651\" width=\"320\" height=\"527\" \/><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Rangers,\u201d a new fantasy web series from the award-winning producers of \u201cThe Rise of the Fellowship\u201d and one of the major creative forces behind the award-winning documentary \u201cDarkon,\u201d\u00a0<a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/498178287\/the-rangers?ref=live\" target=\"_blank\">launches a Kickstarter campaign on March 8<\/a>. They\u2019re calling all fantasy fans to join their team of successful filmmakers, creative minds and talented craftsmen and actors to make this quality, fan-supported fantasy entertainment possible. The campaign rewards are enviable; the resulting series will be epic.<\/p>\n<p>The series will follow an elite band of borderland protectors known as Rangers and their efforts to save their kingdom Olaran\u2014and their entire world\u2014from its greatest challenge. Even while they fight a mythic evil, they must overcome their own personal demons. Can the Rangers save their world without losing themselves?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re developing a fantasy world of broad scope and depth that will be an immersive fan experience,\u201d says Ron Newcomb, project creator and executive producer. \u201cWe\u2019ve put together an incredible, successful team to bring fans the best fantasy content possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Ranger Creed<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>We are the watchers in the woods,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>The protectors of the realm.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>We are the heralds of warning,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The beacon lighters of hope,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Violence prowls the land,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>And hard men must meet it.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We are the judges\u2026<\/em><br \/>\n<em>We are the executioners\u2026<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Never will we fail,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Never will we give in.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>The first to stand,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>And if need be, the first to die.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We are the guardians.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>We are the iron hand of the King.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>The Body that fights,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>The Mind that guards,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>The Soul that endures.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We are the Rangers.<\/em><br \/>\n\u201cThe Rangers\u201d team asks fantasy fans to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Check out the campaign and learn more about the series at\u00a0<a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"http:\/\/therangers.mymiddleearth.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.therangersfilm.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Make a donation to put their name in the series and earn rewards<\/li>\n<li>Encourage others to donate<\/li>\n<li>Spread the word about the series to friends, bloggers, forums and social media influencers<\/li>\n<li>Follow them on\u00a0<a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OpeningActProd\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0 (#TheRangersFilm) and\u00a0<a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/therangerswebseries\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If the creators surpass their goal, they\u2019re even considered making \u201cThe Rangers\u201d into a feature-length film. \u00a0&#8220;We want fantasy fans to join their blades with ours and become part of this adventure,\u201d Newcomb adds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe Rangers,\u201d a new fantasy web series from the award-winning producers of \u201cThe Rise of the Fellowship\u201d and one of the major creative forces behind the award-winning documentary \u201cDarkon,\u201d\u00a0launches a Kickstarter campaign on March 8. They\u2019re calling all fantasy fans to join their team of successful filmmakers, creative minds and talented craftsmen and actors to &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/?p=16129\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Epic Fantasy Web Series Launches Kickstarter Campaign&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,20,7,8,190],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-arts-culture","category-films","category-multimedia","category-web-series"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16129\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}