ZACHARY QUINTO’S
DOG EAT DOG PREMIERES ON
YouTube Channel Petsami JANUARY 30
LOS ANGELES (January 30, 2013) - FishBowl Worldwide Media, a next generation studio founded by entertainment industry veterans Vin Di Bona and Bruce Gersh, today announced a partnership with leading actor Zachary Quinto’s (Star Trek, American Horror Story, Heroes) production company, Before The Door Pictures, for exclusive digital distribution rights of Dog Eat Dog. The worldwide digital premiere of Dog Eat Dog is only available online on Petsami, FishBowl’s pet-centric YouTube channel.
More than 300 people contributed to the original
Kickstarter campaign, contributing more than $30,000 collectively. A
portion of the budget from the campaign was donated to the LA shelter
system.
“I am thrilled to be able to partner with Zachary and Before The Door Pictures to distribute
Dog Eat Dog as it reflects the original and inspirational
programming that our audiences love,” said David Beebe, SVP and General
Manager of Fishbowl’s Digital Studio, who himself has three rescue dogs
from City of Los Angeles Shelters. “Dog Eat Dog
allows us to continue to provide great and relevant content for our
audience, as well as more cross-promotion opportunities with Revision3.
It also allows the film to reach new and engaging audiences and
hopefully inspire others to adopt dogs that are looking
for a loving and forever home.”
“Dog Eat Dog has been a great collaboration between my
company, Before The Door Pictures, my friend and director, Sian Heder,
and our generous Kickstarter supporters. We are excited to be sharing
it with Petsami
and their fans. This story is very close to all of us, as we have all
rescued or fostered dogs over the years. The story of the film is an
exaggerated account of how I eventually found my rescue dog Noah, but it
still reflects a bit of the reality I faced
when I was looking to adopt a shelter dog. Additionally, we are
incredibly honored to have Philip Baker Hall and Sharon Wilkins, both
pet lovers themselves, join us to make the film,” said star of film
Zachary Quinto, Before The Door Pictures.
Producers Sean Akers added, “Our goal is to reach as many
people as we can, to share a great story about finding a pet in a
shelter. Petsami has been a great supporter of the film and has really
done a wonderful
job in building a community of people who care deeply for their pets.
It is rare to find such a perfect partner and we are really thrilled to
share Dog Eat Dog with the Petsami community.”
Director Siân Heder described the making of the story,
“funded through an overwhelmingly successful Kickstarter campaign, Dog
Eat Dog is the true story of how Zachary Quinto found his first dog.
During the events
of his hilarious trials in attempting to adopt a shelter animal, I was
there by his side. Taking notes. Preparing a great dinner party story.
And that story, told on countless occasions, eventually evolved into the
script for Dog Eat Dog. Dog Eat Dog is a
twisted, fun, morality tale about the lengths to which some of us will
go in order to get what we want.”
Dog Eat Dog joins an
incredible line-up of programs from Petsami. Celebrating its one year
anniversary, the self-funded YouTube channel has grown into
the largest pet-centric brands with more than 35,000 subscribers and 35
million views. Petsami has garnered enormous attention with clips being
used on national morning shows and major portals, making the content as
sharable as originally intended.
In addition to Zachary Quinto, celebrities such as Carrie Ann Inaba of
Dancing with the Stars have worked with Petsami to develop and/or distribute programs that reach a global and engaged audience of pet lovers.
ABOUT FISHBOWL WORLDWIDE MEDIA
FishBowl Worldwide Media is an independent production
company founded in 2010 by entertainment industry veterans Vin Di Bona
and Bruce Gersh, with the creative team led by Susan Levison. This next
generation studio
is a transmedia storyteller developing properties for film, television,
digital platforms and brands by partnering with marketers, digital
companies and ad agencies in addition to the Hollywood creative
community. Currently, FishBowl is in production on several
unscripted television series including “Offbeat,” which recently aired
on Fuse, “Upload with Shaquille O’Neal on truTV, “I’m Married To A…” on
VH1, as well as a series for Bravo. FishBowl also has projects in
development at Animal Planet, MTV and Logo. On
the scripted side, projects have been sold to NBC, Fox, ABC, CW, Comedy
Central, and Adult Swim.
Led by David Beebe, FishBowl's Digital division has
launched hit web series, CuteWinFail, which is ranked in the YouTube
Comedy Channel Top 20 with over 90 million video views; CuteWinFail's
Spanish extension,
LindoVictoriaFracaso, hosted by Peru's #1 YouTuber Jose Romero;
Petsami, a YouTube channel for pets by pets with more than 31 million
views; Toddletale a YouTube channel with baby and toddler clips and
shows, and Ultimate Surprises, an original series hosted
by Cameron Mathison, created for Yahoo! with 22 million views to date;
and Stunt Nation, also for Yahoo!, hosted by Sal Masekela. For more
information, please visit:
www.fbwmedia.com
ABOUT BEFORE THE DOOR PICTURES
Founded by Corey Moosa, Neal Dodson, and actor Zachary
Quinto, Before The Door Pictures won the 2012 Independent Spirit Award
for Best First Feature for producing J.C. Chandor’s MARGIN CALL which
also went on to
an Oscar nomination. They are in post-production on Chandor’s one-man
film ALL IS LOST, starring Robert Redford, as well as Victor Quinaz’s
comedy BREAKUP AT A WEDDING and Blair Erickson’s 3-D horror feature THE
BANSHEE CHAPTER. They have a slate of independent
and studio projects, including Quinaz’s IMPERIAL PALACE with veteran
producer, Christine Vachon. BTD has a publishing deal with Archaia,
through which they’ve published two acclaimed graphic novels: Mr. Murder
Is Dead by Quinaz and Lucid by Michael McMillian.
Lucid was recently optioned to Warner Brothers to develop as a feature
film with Akiva Goldsman also producing. The company has projects in
television and in the digital/interactive space as well. All three
partners attended Carnegie Mellon University’s School
Of Drama.
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