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‘BEVERLYWOOD’ REINVENTS WEBISODES IN TV FORMAT

The internet series BEVERLYWOOD launches May 18, 2009 at bwseries.com. It reinvents shortform (2 min) ‘webisodes’ in a new TV format. The debut season includes 20 episodes to be released weekly in pairs. Each pair features the four act structure, multiple scene cuts, and ‘catch-up’ trailer popularized by TV. BEVERLYWOOD’s cast size and production schedule are typical of network serials rather than webseries or online shows. The series trailer is available on youtube.com.

The entire first season was finished before release, to avoid the typical web series flaw – a single-scene webisode that appears disjointed from the show. With a TV shooting schedule, the time jumps, flashbacks, and recurring visual references needed for more layered storytelling become available.

A comedic version of the Sopranos online, BEVERLYWOOD’s premise borrows from the watergun-based assassination game ‘Street Wars’. The game allows regular people in major cities worldwide to experience life as a hitman, all while being hunted themselves. In BEVERLYWOOD, the premise is adopted into a tit-for-tat mob war between Beverly Hills corporate types and broke Hollywood wannabes.

BEVERLYWOOD is independently produced by LA-based Slant N’ Go Productions, Inc. It’s hosted at bwseries.com, a full-feature interactive site. A dedicated online community was also created at bwspace.com. There, fans can interact with the cast and creators via individual profiles. Blip.tv will also carry the show.

Actor Ron Brosh writes and executive produces the show, directed by fellow thespian Gregory Lee Kenyon. They join a cast including Jacqui Holland (‘My Best Friend’s Girl’), Academy Award winning short film writer Jeff Wolverton, British film and voice actor Ralph Lister (‘Pirates of the Caribbean’) and many others.

Visually, the show resembles independent film rather than television, looking modestly budgeted but cinematically rich. This owes to the cinematography of Mr. Kenyon and the director of photography known singularly as ‘Rev’.

Originalmusic for BEVERLYWOOD was composed by ‘The Beach Boys’ keyboardist Tim Bonhommeand Magna Carta-released guitarist Ethan Brosh. A soundtrack ranging from indie rock to hip-hop to bluegrass features aplethora of ascending music acts (Speed’s the Name, Chance & the Choir,Boomkat…)

The cast and crew are LA-based and available for interview. Press kits are at bwseries.com/about-the-show-beverlywood/press.

Press kits and photos are available immediately both in hard copy and on bwseries.com.The cast and crew are Los-Angeles based and available for interview.

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