Beth Chamberlain joins the cast of CELL: The Web Series
June 16th, 2010
Former Guiding Light Star and Emmy nominated Actress Beth Chamberlain Joins Cast of Critically acclaimed web series Thriller CELL
Austin, Texas – 16/6/2010 – Beth Chamberlin joins the season 2 cast of Austin-based series CELL: The Web Series. Beth is well known for her role on Guiding Light, the longest running broadcast show in television history, and she comes to CELL fresh off a 2010 Daytime Emmy nomination for her work in the final year of the show. She played Beth Raines on the long running soap opera from 1989 to 2010. However, Beth is not new to web series as she is also co-star and story consultant on the hilarious show Steamboat. She is also a certified kettle bell trainer and has two workout DVDs, The Kettle Bell Way Vol. 1 and Kettle Bell Way Vol. 2 Empire State, available from Beacon Fitness.
CELL: The Web Series is nearing the explosive conclusion to its freshman season with its finale going live on July 21, 2010. The series stars Jourdan Gibson, Kevin McCarthy and Danny Cameron. It is written and directed by Mark Gardner with a score by composer/conductor Brian Satterwhite.
When asked about the new addition to his already stellar cast Mark Gardner had this to say, “We’re very excited to have Beth join the cast of CELL: The Web Series. CELL has worked hard to deliver excellent character based drama and an actor of Beth’s caliber will help us push to the next level in creating high-quality independent drama. We hope with the inclusion of Beth Chamberlin in CELL that we can not only increase interest in what we’re doing but also increase exposure and interest in independent drama all over the web to a new group of fans.”
CELL has accumulated much critical acclaim in its first season and has recently surpassed 260,000 views on Koldcast TV. Lovable Varmint Productions is currently seeking additional funding and sponsors for season two.
CELL: The Web Series is proud to welcome Beth Chamberlin to the cast. Welcome to the Family, Beth and Stay Tuned!
Lovable Varmint Productions is a small band of independent writers, actors and producers taking their futures into their own hands. Our mission is to tell high-quality, engaging, original stories, with a focus on serialization, for distribution on the Internet and other new media streams. We intend to push the boundaries of new media production by advancing evolutionary models for monetization, production, and distribution of original web content.
For sponsorship, funding and press inquiries please contact Mark Gardner.
THE FUTURE!! – Casting for CELL: Season 2
June 1st, 2010
As we continue along the breakneck speed to our season finale July 14th, things just keep getting better.
In response to the positive feedback we’ve gotten (as well as a very motivated team of creators) we’re pushing ahead with some changes to CELL. The first most important change is that we’re going to reshoot the very end of Season 1. There are many reasons for that but most of them are centered around increasing the production quality so that we can increase our chances for funding a full fledged Season 2 of CELL.
We’re very excited to be shooting on RED and we’re hoping to shoot a Season 2 Teaser as well. (Time permitting)
The biggest hurdle we have right now is that we’re going to have to re-cast some parts that were already shot.
So we’re opening up casting for ONLINE SUBMISSIONS ONLY (at this time) for a few characters for Season 2. You can request more information on the part once you submit your headshot and resume. If you have any current experience with web series then that’s a huge plus.
Katie – Female, 16-18 years old (or can play that age) – athletic, rebellious and opinionated; stage combat experience preferred
Brenda – Female, 40-50 years old – athletic, motivated to succeed at all costs, military background; weapons experience preferred
Greg – Male, 35-45 years old – kind, caring and hopeful
Diana – Female, 35-45 years old – focused on work to the point of neglecting her family
Joan – Female, 30 -45 years old – has the best intentions but often turns them into self-righteousness
We’ll be accepting submissions until June 12, 2010. If you’re interested in being considered for a part, please send your headshot
here
Ending with a bang… and maybe a t-shirt or two.
May 27th, 2010
We’re 4 episodes away from the Season 1 Finale of CELL! It’s been a great ride and our fans have been amazing. Huge thanks aren’t enough to all of you who have been so supportive of what we’ve done here. We hope to be able to keep telling the story of CELL, as well as some other stories that we want to share with you.
So as we head into the final stretch of the season, we want to keep talking with you in the crowd and show some of our gratitude. First off, we want to offer you all a chance to win an official Lovable Varmint crew t-shirt. These were the shirts given to everyone on the crew as a thank you for helping out. We have a few left over and a very lucky few will be able to get their hands on one.
So how? Easy…
Just post on Twitter,
Watch the web-series “CELL” and join the Family! @CELLwebseries http://bit.ly/cFjXLi
For every time you retweet this by 10 pm on June 3rd, you’ll get an entry for a random drawing to win one of our crew shirts. It’s that simple.
Do you really want to increase your chances of winning? Okay, here’s how…
One of our past lucky winners
Way number 1: For every other user that retweets you in their message, we’ll give you an entry as well. So get your friends to join in. The more tweeting, the more entries. (Make sure your twitter name is in the retweet)
Way number 2: Send a direct message to @CELLwebseries with the answer to this question: “What are the Cadre?” If you’re right, we’ll double the number of your entries. Including your retweet entries. Don’t get greedy, though. We’ll only double your entries once.
So that’s it. Easy. All you have to do is retweet and tell your friends as we head into the finale.
Oh and we might just throw in a surprise or two to the winner. Maybe even a second place finisher. I”m such a tease.
So get tweeting and get ready for the last 4 episodes. It’s one heck of a ride.
Marco… Polo…
March 19th, 2010
So where have we been? You may have noticed that we haven’t put a new episode out for the past couple of weeks. Don’t worry. We’ll be back soon with more new episodes of season 1 of CELL. All of you viewers at least deserve to know where we’ve been for the past few weeks.
Danny and Jourdan teaming up at SXSW
First of all, there’s SXSW. For a few days every year, the internet elite descends on Austin for the SXSW Interactive and Film Festival. This year was no different. Well it was a little different. We were there and we were promoting CELL. Jourdan, Danny and Miranda (Danny’s fiancé) hit the pavement handing out flyers while I hit the panels for some learnin’. I definitely learned a lot this year and met some really interesting people. We got the word out to a few more people about what we’re doing and we think that will help us out even more as we push into the middle of our first season.
The biggest disappointment for me was that I was a newbie to the Interactive festival this year and clearly missed out on some great experiences. There were a lot of people I wanted to meet but never made it. Marc Hustvedt was there. Missed him. Zadi Diaz. Missed her. Craig Engler. Missed him just by a hair. I even missed iJustine. But I’ve learned and next year will be different. In LA and New York, web video is a thriving world of indie producers and I’m hoping to tap into that soon. I did make some great contacts and I’m even considering a trip out to LA to hit up the Hollywood Web Television Meetup that’s put on by Tubefilter and others. That seems to be where all the action is, outside of SXSW. So I’ll be saving up and trying to make friends in LA that will let me sleep on the floor.
The stylish tauntaun sleeping bag would work great on the floor
The second reason we’ve been gone is because we hit a small snag in our post-production process. Our visual effects artist has had to back out of the rest of the production of CELL. Because of that we’ve had to scour the planet for someone who could finish off the season within our budget, which is practically zero. You may not realize this but the majority of our production has been done for free. That includes most of our work in post-production. They work really hard to maintain a weekly release schedule with as high a quality show as we can manage. It’s tough because they all have to get paying gigs as well. So long story short, it’s been a bear to maintain and without these people just loving the story it would never happen. I owe them more than I can express, and I’m trying to figure out a way to help them out.
But I digress. Just today I signed up a new visual effects artist to take on CELL from episode 6 through the end. We’re gearing up again to start releases, but we’re going to make sure we do it right. In order to help out post-production team, we’re going to take a little time and get ahead of schedule. This will give us a little breathing room when we start up again, just in case we have any other unforeseen madness take place.
So right now we’re looking to start up new episodes again on April 14th, 2010. We’re still hitting on a weekly release schedule from that point on and should be able to go straight through the final episode of Season 1.
Big thanks to all of you for sticking with us in this little hiatus. Our viewers and fans are so important and we’re really excited that you’re all really enjoying the story so far. I can honestly say that if you’ve liked the first 4 episodes, wait till you see what we’ve got coming. It’s going to be quite a ride and things will get even more twisty by the time we’re done.
So mark your calendars and set your watches. We’ll be back with new excitement before you know it. Be on the look out for other news and changes to the sites as well. I learned a lot at SXSW. Now it’s time to put it in practice.
SXSW here we come!
March 11th, 2010
SXSW Interactive and Film Festivals are starting up March 11th. We’re taking a break from new episodes of CELL, and a big part of that is because of SXSW. I’ll be hitting up the Interactive and Film panels, screenings and parties for the next week. Check out the blogs, twitter (@ut_markle) and Facebook during the next week. There will be updates popping up whenever I get a chance to send something along.
Once we get done with SXSW we’ll let you know where we are with the newest episodes of CELL.
Hopefully I’ll get to see all of you there.
Brief intermission
February 24th, 2010
It’s Wednesday and time for another episode of … wait. Not this week.
We’ve been working like mad to get each episode out on Wednesday and this week has been no different. We’ve dealt with changes in the score, sound problems, delays in the visual effects, you name it. The thing is…we deal with this every week. Even with all of these issues we try our hardest to put out the highest quality show we can. You, our viewers, deserve that. I’ve said many times that we’ve been doing this with tight schedules and hardly any money. Most of the people working now aren’t getting paid a dime. They’re doing this because they love the story and want you all to love it to. None of that gives us an excuse to release an episode that isn’t high quality. So we’re not going to.
This week as we were rushing to meet our Wednesday release, we realized there were some things that we weren’t going to be happy with. So instead of releasing it without the fix, we decided to take our time and fix it so that when we do release it next week it will be great.
I have to tell you episode 4 is my absolute favorite so far. The last thing I’d want to do is release it before it’s ready, because this episode is just good. I want you all to love it as well.
This week will be an extended break where you can watch a new behind-the-scenes video about our taser shot and our stunt coordinator Louis. Stay with us though. Next week we’ll be back and next Wednesday we’ll have a great episode for you all to watch.
Let us know what you think too. Drop by the forums and let’s talk.
3 episodes down
February 17th, 2010
Hey everyone!
Thanks to all of you who have been so supportive of CELL. We’ve just released Episode 3 online. We really hope you like it. If so, make sure you tell your friends. We can’t be successful without you.
We’re gearing up for a new round of marketing for the show to hit new audiences. We’re hopeful that we’ll finally get to reach new people who haven’t been involved with CELL or have even heard of us yet. We’ve also got a few people doing some things on their own to help us out. Keep your eyes out for what we’ve got planned and if you get a wild hair, join us.
Liftoff!
February 4th, 2010
Last night was the launch party for CELL and it was a great party. People from all over town came down to Opal Divine’s to join us as we launched the series. Turn out was great and everyone had a great time. We even had a raffle with great prizes like an unopened previously viewed copy of Saving Private Ryan, Season 2 of LOST, and an iron. Yeah, like for your clothes.
But this is just the start! We still have 12 episodes left in the first season so make sure you keep watching and keep telling your friends to watch as well. More than that, go to the forums and let’s start a conversation. We want to know what you think. So go in a post on the forums, start your own discussions, reply to everybody else… do what you do in forums. We hope we can build this into a community of fans not only of CELL but of good stories and new media outlets. So join us. This just might get fun
Sneak Peek
December 30th, 2009
If you stumbled across the site, bear with us. We’re building things up for our big episode launch coming up February 3rd. Until then… take a look at our sneak peek.
