Ridley Scott, the director of Blade Runner, and Machinima are partnering on 12 science fiction short films. Scott will not be directing the films, but his production company RSA will be working with Machinima to choose from a potential list of directors. RSA and Machinima are hoping that the short films may lead up to a new sci-fi franchise.
Machinima is a content company that is considered the number one video entertainment network for gamers. Their channel includes gameplay, videos, trailers, live streaming, etc. The cuts are impacting around 20 of the company’s 200 employees, mostly in the programming department. None of the senior executives were affected. A Machinima spokeswoman said that the company will continue to make hires in key areas including sales, marketing, and product.
After the Grand Theft Auto V trailer was released last month, it instantly passed millions of views. Machinima has recreated the GTA V trailer in LEGO form. They attempted to recreate the scenes as best as possible. Check out the LEGO trailer and the real trailer below:
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Microsoft Corporation has hit 26 million total views on YouTube since they launched their Halo: Forward Unto Dawn live action series. The series debuted on the Machinima YouTube channel last month. The miniseries has 5 parts and was launched this past October. The miniseries ties in with the release of Halo 4. 343 Industries spent $10 million producing the miniseries.
According to Nielsen, the top five YouTube channel partners drove a combined number of 1.5 billion total streams in May 2012. The top 5 channel partners include Vevo, WMG, Machinima, Fullscreen, and Maker. YouTube gives content creators tools and programs to improve skills, build audiences, and monetize videos. YouTube received 136 million unique viewers who streamed 16 billion videos during May 2012. Below are some additional bullet-points put together by Nielsen.
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Machinima is a YouTube channel that has over 109 million subscribers, 792,000+ network videos, and network views of over 26.6 billion. Machinima’s YouTube channel is known for hosting video game trailers, reviews, and tips. Now it is rumored that Google and other investors are going to invest $30 million into Machinima. This would be the first time that Google would be taking equity stake in a YouTube content provider according to AllThingsD.
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