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Internet Meme Movie ‘Rick Roll’ Gears For Hollywood, Picks Up New Stars

May 25, 2011

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Internet Meme Movie ‘Rick Roll’ Gears For Hollywood, Picks Up New Stars

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., May 25, 2011 – The Internet meme-filled movie “The Chronicles of Rick Roll”, featuring YouTube sensations such as Antoine Dodson (Hide Yo’ Kids) and Bear Vasquez (Double Rainbow), has recruited nearly a dozen additional viral celebrities to appear in the film. NURV, the production company which announced the film with a concept trailer in March 2011, has recently completed a detailed story treatment that has caught the attention of top Hollywood executives. According to “Rick Roll” Executive Producer Andrew Fischer, “The story and idea itself is much bigger than the concept trailer implies. We’ve written an intriguing action adventure that feels much more like ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ than ‘Vampires Suck’ or ‘Meet the Spartans’. It’s an epic blockbuster first and foremost, not a spoof movie.”

The writing team, which includes Fischer, has taken some creative liberties with the feature-length story compared to the plot-line implied in the YouTube trailer. The core concept still revolves around characters entering an “Internet world” populated by Internet stars. From there, however, things delve into a deeper and more complex dilemma. Rick and Allison work for a quantum-computing bio-technology company that has created the first portal to a completely digital and self-sustaining reality. When this man-made paradise meets corporate corruption and greed, the floodgates of disaster are opened. The result is a dexterously humorous, suspense-filled fantasy that appeals to movie lovers as a whole.

Since the film’s announcement, numerous viral Internet stars have been introduced to the already exciting cast of Internet “Avengers”. New talent slated to appear in the movie includes Mark Hicks (Afro Ninja), Catie Wayne (Boxxy), Matt Sloan & Aaron Yonda (Chad Vader), Tay Zonday (Chocolate Rain), Michael Copper (Copper Cab), David DeVore (David After Dentist), Judson Laipply (Evolution of Dance), and Ted Williams (Man with the Golden Voice). Collectively, the current cast accounts for over two billion views across the Internet. Associate Producer and marketing expert Brian D. Evans said “The marketing potential alone is phenomenal. By appealing to our cast’s enormous fanbases, we’ll witness one of the largest viral campaigns ever devised for a motion picture.” An up-to-date cast list along with the concept trailer can be seen on the film’s official website http://www.RickRoll.com/.

Source: http://www.nurv.com/

Ellen’s YouTube Movie Inspired By “Chronicles of Rick Roll”

April 11, 2011

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., April 11, 2011 The producers behind the YouTube meme filled movie “The Chronicles of Rick Roll” starring Antoine Dodson, Double Rainbow guy and others seem to have some furry competition. Ellen DeGeneres announced today on her show that she felt that “a bunch of YouTube stars were left out” of “The Chronicles of Rick Roll”, and that she has decided to make a YouTube movie about her favorite YouTube stars. “More than a Feline”, featuring the most popular cats online, is bound to be a success among cat lovers worldwide. It stars “Cat the Crosses His Legs”, “Cat That Rides a Spider”, among others. The trailer for “More than a Feline” is set to “More Than A Feeling” by Boston, and labels the movie as “meowsome”, a term Ellen coined as the “new winning”.

“The Chronicles of Rick Roll” is being produced by Andrew Fischer of Colorado Springs based NURV, and was announced in May. It boasts an all star YouTube cast including Antoine Dodson of the “Bed Intruder Song”, Bear Vasquez of “Double Rainbow”, Ben Schulz as “Leeroy Jenkins”, Stephen and Jack Quire of “The Greatest Freakout Ever”, Brian Collins of “Boom Goes the Dynamite”, and Gary Brolsma of the world renowned “Numa Numa” lip sync video. Additional YouTube stars rumored to be in talks with the producers include Ted Williams, “The Man With the Golden Voice”, and Aaron Yonda and Matt Sloan, the team behind Blame Society Productions and “Chad Vader”. Kim Lee of “The Hangover Part II” is also involved. This film has not yet been shot, but a four minute concept trailer has been making headlines worldwide, and can be seen on the films official website http://www.RickRoll.com.

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YouTube Stars Antoine Dodson, Double Rainbow Guy, Numa Numa Among Cast in ‘The Chronicles of Rick Roll’ Movie

March 9, 2011

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., March 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Top YouTube memes are gearing to play inhabitants of a fantasy internet world in the feature length movie “The Chronicles of Rick Roll”. Colorado-based NURV (http://www.nurv.com) is producing the film, which places more than half a dozen of the most famous viral video celebrities into an epic journey through the “world of the wide web”. The trailer has already attracted a host of mainstream media networks including CNN, ABC, NBC and CBS. CNN featured a front page exclusive story on Monday:http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/web/03/07/viral.video.feature.film/index.html

The film chronicles a character named Richard Rolland as he attempts to rescue a girl he meets online (Allison) who quite literally gets trapped in the web. Once “online”, they find themselves pulled into a much larger quest. This world is “more savage than you would think”, says Ben Schulz’ character “Leeroy Jenkins” in the newest trailer released Monday on the film’s official website (http://www.RickRoll.com). Real life popup ads, viruses, afro ninjas, and even trolls are among the journey’s motley villain crew. Current cast members include Antoine Dodson of the “Bed Intruder Song”, Bear “Double Rainbow” Vasquez, Ben “Leeroy Jenkins” Schulz, Brian “Boom Goes the Dynamite” Collins, Stephen “Freakout Kid” Quire, his brother Jack, and Gary “Numa Numa” Brolsma. Fans can suggest additional memes for inclusion in the film by posting on the movie’s Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/RickRollMovie)

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“The Chronicles of Rick Roll” Full Length Trailer

March 8, 2011

CNN featured a story on our movie “The Chronicles of Rick Roll” on their homepage yesterday. Here’s the article for those who missed it. Stay tuned for our official press release on the movie!

http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/web/03/07/viral.video.feature.film/index.html

Our official full length trailer is now on YouTube. Check it out!

The Chronicles of Rick Roll – Teaser Trailer

February 17, 2011

NURV has been in the process of producing the movie “The Chronicles of Rick Roll”, featuring many of the top viral video celebrities. The teaser trailer went up yesterday. Here it is:

The full length trailer will be up shortly, featuring footage shot on the RED ONE camera from Red Digital Cinema.

See the trailer and more at http://www.rickroll.com/

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“An entrepreneur tends to bite off a little more than he can chew hoping he’ll quickly learn how to chew it.”
- Roy Ash

“In this business, by the time you realize you’re in trouble, it’s too late to save yourself. Unless you’re running scared all the time, you’re gone. “
- Bill Gates

“You can’t just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they’ll want something new.”
- Steve Jobs

“If you’re interested in ‘balancing’ work and pleasure, stop trying to balance them. Instead make your work more pleasurable.”
- Donald Trump

“If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you’re always in the same place.”
- Nora Roberts

“Sow a thought, and you reap an act. Sow an act, and you reap a habit. Sow a habit, and you reap a character. Sow a character, and you reap a destiny.”
- Charles Reader

“Positive thinking won’t let you do anything but it will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.”
- Zig Ziglar

“All successful people have a goal. No one can get anywhere unless he knows where he wants to go and what he wants to be or do.”
- Norman Vincent Peale

“Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, ‘What’s in it for me?’”
- Brian Tracy

“Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.”
- Newt Gingrich

“You say I started out with practically nothing, but that isn’t correct. We all start with all there is. It’s how we use it that makes things possible.”
- Henry Ford

“You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don’t do too many things wrong.”
- Warren Buffett

“We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Don’t let yourself be lulled into inaction.”
- Bill Gates

“Vision is not enough, it must be combined with venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs.”
- Vaclav Havel

“Remember the two benefits of failure. First, if you do fail, you learn what doesn’t work; and second, the failure gives you the opportunity to try a new approach.”
- Roger Von Oech

“The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way.”
- Robert Kiyosaki

“We may need to solve problems not by removing the cause but by designing the way forward even if the cause remains in place.”
- Edward de Bono

“Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.”
- John Foster Dulles

“Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.”
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“An entrepreneur tends to bite off a little more than he can chew hoping he’ll quickly learn how to chew it.” - Roy Ash

“In this business, by the time you realize you’re in trouble, it’s too late to save yourself. Unless you’re running scared all the time, you’re gone. “ - Bill Gates

“You can’t just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they’ll want something new.” - Steve Jobs

“If you’re interested in ‘balancing’ work and pleasure, stop trying to balance them. Instead make your work more pleasurable.” - Donald Trump

“If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you’re always in the same place.” - Nora Roberts

“Sow a thought, and you reap an act. Sow an act, and you reap a habit. Sow a habit, and you reap a character. Sow a character, and you reap a destiny.” - Charles Reader

“Positive thinking won’t let you do anything but it will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.” - Zig Ziglar

“All successful people have a goal. No one can get anywhere unless he knows where he wants to go and what he wants to be or do.” - Norman Vincent Peale

“Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, ‘What’s in it for me?’” - Brian Tracy

“Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.” - Newt Gingrich

“You say I started out with practically nothing, but that isn’t correct. We all start with all there is. It’s how we use it that makes things possible.” - Henry Ford

“You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don’t do too many things wrong.” - Warren Buffett

“We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Don’t let yourself be lulled into inaction.” - Bill Gates

“Vision is not enough, it must be combined with venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs.” - Vaclav Havel

“Remember the two benefits of failure. First, if you do fail, you learn what doesn’t work; and second, the failure gives you the opportunity to try a new approach.” - Roger Von Oech

“The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way.” - Robert Kiyosaki

“We may need to solve problems not by removing the cause but by designing the way forward even if the cause remains in place.” - Edward de Bono

“Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.” - John Foster Dulles

“Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.” - Jack Welch

“Many great ideas go unexecuted, and many great executioners are without ideas. One without the other is worthless.” - Tim Blixseth

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“An entrepreneur tends to bite off a little more than he can chew hoping he’ll quickly learn how to chew it.”
- Roy Ash

“In this business, by the time you realize you’re in trouble, it’s too late to save yourself. Unless you’re running scared all the time, you’re gone. “
- Bill Gates

“You can’t just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they’ll want something new.”
- Steve Jobs

“If you’re interested in ‘balancing’ work and pleasure, stop trying to balance them. Instead make your work more pleasurable.”
- Donald Trump

“If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you’re always in the same place.”
- Nora Roberts

“Sow a thought, and you reap an act. Sow an act, and you reap a habit. Sow a habit, and you reap a character. Sow a character, and you reap a destiny.”
- Charles Reader

“Positive thinking won’t let you do anything but it will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.”
- Zig Ziglar

“All successful people have a goal. No one can get anywhere unless he knows where he wants to go and what he wants to be or do.”
- Norman Vincent Peale

“Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, ‘What’s in it for me?’”
- Brian Tracy

“Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.”
- Newt Gingrich

“You say I started out with practically nothing, but that isn’t correct. We all start with all there is. It’s how we use it that makes things possible.”
- Henry Ford

“You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don’t do too many things wrong.”
- Warren Buffett

“We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Don’t let yourself be lulled into inaction.”
- Bill Gates

“Vision is not enough, it must be combined with venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs.”
- Vaclav Havel

“Remember the two benefits of failure. First, if you do fail, you learn what doesn’t work; and second, the failure gives you the opportunity to try a new approach.”
- Roger Von Oech

“The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way.”
- Robert Kiyosaki

“We may need to solve problems not by removing the cause but by designing the way forward even if the cause remains in place.”
- Edward de Bono

“Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.”
- John Foster Dulles

“Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.”
- Jack Welch

“Many great ideas go unexecuted, and many great executioners are without ideas. One without the other is worthless.”
- Tim Blixseth