At its first TCA presentation, YouTube Red announced the pickup of Legendary Digital Studio’s The Thinning, starring digital star Logan Paul and Disney darling Peyton List. The feature, premiering in the fall, is set in a dying world where population control is achieved by an aptitude test taken in high school. When…

FilmBuff said today it has sealed the first international theatrical, home video and TV distribution deals for Lazer Team, Rooster Teeth’s sci-fi/action comedy that broke out this year as one of the first titles launched on YouTube Red following a U.S. theatrical run in January that saw $1 million in ticket…

EXCLUSIVE: There were little print and marketing costs prior to launching the action comedy Lazer Team and minimal publicity expenses. Instead, the film collected a record-breaking $2.4M for its production budget from Indiegogo, then pre-sold tickets through Austin-based crowdsourcing company Tugg to the tune of…

A trio of Specialty newcomers had mostly solid starts over the weekend, with the annual theatrical showcase of Oscar shorts leading the way, grossing over a half-million in over a hundred locations. Amplify launched the regular theatrical roll out of Rooster Teeth’s Lazer Team with fairly sharp results. The title has…

This year’s crop of 15 Oscar-nominated short films heads to North American theaters Friday via Shorts International and Magnolia Pictures. The annual showcase has grown since first rolling out in 2006, reaching hundreds of theaters and grossing seven figures at the box office. The Weinstein Company, meanwhile, will…

After collecting a record-breaking $2.4M on Indiegogo two years ago to become one of the top crowd-sourcing funds ever in film for its live-action, sci-fi movie Lazer Team, the Austin-based Rooster Teeth can now tout that the film has sold $1M in pre-sales for a theatrical release. And, no, that’s not a typo. It’s…

Besting previous record holder Gosnell, which raised $2.24M for its telefilm about the Philly abortion physician who murdered babies born alive, Rooster Teeth‘s Indiegogo campaign for its live-action sci-fi movie Lazer Team now becomes the most funded film campaign in Indiegogo’s history and is now the second-largest…