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Check out a Preview of The Chopra Well

Generate Studios — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 19:04:00 +0000

Here’s a sneak peak of our work with Deepak Chorpa and family on the new YouTube channel, The Chopra Well. Take a look, and subscribe to the channel for updates on future content.

Link to sneak peak.

Generate client Myq Kaplan featured in NYTimes piece

Generate Studios — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 23:56:49 +0000

The March 5th piece in the Times “Television” section tells the story of a comic’s approach to crafting new material through the eyes and experience of Generate client Myq Kaplan.

“The night after Christmas, the comedian Myq Kaplan did something most people would find terrifying. He told around 20 minutes of new jokes to a packed audience.

‘You’re supposed to lay down your coat for a lady: that was a thing,’ he said, speaking rapidly at the Broadway Comedy Club in Midtown Manhattan. “If there was a puddle, and a lady was like, ‘I don’t want to walk across a puddle,’ well, let me put my jacket down, because the bottom of your shoe is more important than my whole jacket.”

Generate clients Patton Oswalt and Pete Holmes Receive 2012 Comedy Award Nominations

Generate Studios — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 23:52:57 +0000

Congrats to Patton and Pete on their respective nominations - Patton for Comedy Special of the Year, and Pete for Club Comic.

Complete list of nominees can be found here.

Generate-produced Walking Dead web series wins WGA award!

Generate Studios — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:57:13 +0000

At Sunday night’s Writer’s Guild of America Awards, John Esposito and Greg Nicotero picked up an award for the first ever Outstanding Achievement in Writing Derivative New Media for their work on The Walking Dead webisodes. Congrats to the entire team!

Generate-produced “Paul the Male Matchmaker” Receives Industry Buzz

Generate Studios — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:49:45 +0000

Check out the following articles announcing Hulu’s pick-up of Generate-produced web comedy PAUL THE MALE MATCHMAKER.

-Deadline – Hulu Picks Up Mocumentary Comedy Series From Liz Tuccillo And Paul Bartholomew

-Variety – Hulu Hooks up with “Matchmaker” Series

-DMWMedia.com – Hulu finds a match in exclusive original series

-Tubefilter – Hulu and Warner Bros to Debut Original Series from ‘Sex and the City’ Writer

Hulu Picks up Paul the Male Matchmaker from WB’s Studio 2.0 and Generate

Generate Studios — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:45:11 +0000

Via Deadline. “Hulu has picked up Paul the Male Matchmaker, a 10-episode original comedy series created by actor-writers Liz Tuccillo (Sex and the City) and Paul Bartholomew (Mad Men). The mocumentary comedy, from Warner Bros. TV Group’s digital unit Studio 2.0 and Generate, stars Bartholomew as a hopeless male matchmaker who has little to no affection for women, yet is determined to help them find a soul mate. It premieres on February 13 with Janeane Garofalo, Lisa Edelstein, Tony Hale and Sam Trammell among the guest stars.”

Generate production “Yummy Fun Kooking” premieres TODAY!

Generate Studios — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:44:23 +0000

Check out the kid-friendly cooking series starring Clare Crespo that Generate produced in partnership with Fremantle Media. The first episode of the 13-part series premieres for one day only on Nickelodeon’s Parents Connect website. Take a look, today!

Click here to view the episode.

Generate client Prentice Penny receives NAACP Image Award nomination for work on HAPPY ENDINGS

Generate Studios — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:07:46 +0000

Congratulations to Prentice! For a full list of nominees see The Hollywood Reporter coverage.

Jordan Levin and Gotham Chopra quoted: YouTube spends $100 million to redefine TV

Generate Studios — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:03:20 +0000

“Soon you won’t be able to tell where what you are watching comes from, whether it is a traditional studio or someone like me,” he says. “Videos are where things are going. Not everyone has patience to read books these days.”

A big part of YouTube’s appeal for Chopra isn’t just the millions he can reach, but the fact that his fans can talk back, says Jordan Levin, former CEO of the WB Network and current CEO of Generate, which is producing Chopra’s shows for YouTube.
“Exploiting that connection with the viewers through the communication possibilities of the digital platform will redefine the traditional TV program,” says Levin. “The Web’s feedback loop is immediate, which will make these shows feel so much more intimate.”
Read more via USA Today.

Horror flick THE DEVIL INSIDE rules weekend box office

Generate Studios — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:21:52 +0000

“The “Devil” bow ranks as the third-highest January debut overall, behind 2008′s “Cloverfield,” which bowed to $40.1 million, and the “Star Wars” reissue, with its $35.9 million opening in 1997. (Both of those pics launched mid- to late-January.)”

Hollywood Reporter: Online Video Content Creator Alloy’s Digital Unit Acquires Generate

Generate Studios — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:19:16 +0000

“Online video content creator Alloy Digital, which focuses on the 12-34 year-old demo, has acquired production and talent management firm Generate, the company said Thursday.

The partners said the deal, announced by Alloy Inc. CEO Matt Diamond and Generate CEO Jordan Levin, creates “the first of its kind, multi-platform, next generation media company.”

C21 Media: Generate buy-out forges new Alloy

Generate Studios — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:17:40 +0000

“The New York digital sibling of Gossip Girl producer Alloy Entertainment has acquired the Los Angeles web studio set up by former The WB boss Jordan Levin.

Alloy Digital, whose parent, Alloy Inc, was acquired by an investment group for US$126.5m 18 months ago, will pay an undisclosed amount for the studio with the long term plan to create an all-purpose multi-platform media outfit.”

Variety: Alloy acquires digital studio Generate

Generate Studios — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:16:04 +0000

“The sale of Generate, the studio/management firm Alloy Digital announced Thursday it was acquiring, brings Generate founder Jordan Levin back to the future.

Like the hits on the WB, the now-defunct broadcast net where Levin served as a programming exec from its earliest days, Alloy’s book-to-TV adaptations are finding traction with youthful viewers in a way few bigger media companies can match.”

LA Times: Alloy Digital makes another content play in deal for Generate

Generate Studios — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:14:31 +0000

“There are lots of cool phrases like “first mover,” “leading connector” and “branded content” in the press release announcing Alloy Digital’s new partnership with Generate.

But though this deal may involve two companies in the digital space, in reality it is a classic Hollywood combination. A company that distributes content — Alloy Digital — is buying one that makes it — Generate.

Alloy Digital, a unit of New York-based Alloy Inc., creates content for the 12-34-year-old demographic. It operates numerous websites including Alloy.com, Smosh.com, Gurl.com and Teen.com, all of which are aimed at young adults. The sites contain original content about fashion, entertainment and pop culture.”

Deadline Reports: Generate acquired by Alloy Digital

Generate Studios — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:12:54 +0000

“Generate, the management/TV and digital production company launched in 2006 by Jordan Levin, Pete Aronson, Dave Rath and Kara Welker, has been acquired by Alloy Digital, a division of youth-focused Alloy, Inc. which creates and distributes online video content targeting 12-34 year-olds. Generate will continue as an stand-alone company under the Alloy Digital umbrella, with all of its key executives, including the founding partners led by CEO Levin, staying put.”

ALLOY DIGITAL ACQUIRES GENERATE, FORMING FIRST OF ITS KIND, MULTI-PLATFORM, NEXT GENERATION MEDIA COMPANY

Generate Studios — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:13:06 +0000

Consolidated Enterprise offers Vertically Integrated and Highly Specialized Capabilities in Content Development, Talent Management, Production and Distribution Targeted to Key 12-34 Demographic

January 5, 2012 (New York, NY) – Alloy Digital, a leading creator and distributor of high-quality online video content for the 12-34 year-old market and an affiliate of Alloy, Inc., has acquired Generate, the pioneering full-service studio and talent management company, to form the first of its kind, multi-platform, next generation media company. Alloy, Inc. CEO Matt Diamond and Generate CEO Jordan Levin made the announcement today.

Generate, launched in 2006, is recognized as a first mover in its space. Over a six-year period, it has become a leading connector for advertising, technology and entertainment companies by executing ideas from concept through production entirely in-house. Its management team includes prominent executives from television, film, digital, advertising, production, and talent management. The collaborative media company, with offices in Santa Monica, CA, and New York City, has become a premier provider of customized branded content across traditional and digital platforms; a developer and producer of fiction and factual entertainment for a variety of distribution outlets; and home to a prolific talent management division that has experienced significant growth.

Alloy Digital controls the largest media and advertising network of young adult targeted websites, reaching over 43% of P12-34 internet users, and posting annual organic revenue growth surpassing 40%. Alloy Digital attracts more than 70 million consumers each month, holding its position as a top-10 video network which delivers several hundred million monthly streams and has ranked top in its category for nearly three years running, according to industry measurement leader, comScore. The company also owns the third-most subscribed to channel on YouTube. Alloy Digital delivers digital campaigns for FORTUNE 500 advertisers and has received multiple industry accolades, including the prestigious ADVERTISING AGE Media Vanguard, an OMMA Award and a DIGIDAY Video Award.

“The addition of Generate to Alloy Digital firmly places us in a unique position offering expanded and vertically integrated capabilities that will create significant value for our advertisers and consumers, as well as the creative community and potential partners. With this transaction, and with the strength of our combined management teams, we are now the leading next generation media company mirroring the best of both old Hollywood and the new digital era: cost-effective development and production, talent management, distribution, ad sales, social media and promotion all under one roof,” Diamond said.

The new infrastructure creates a vertically integrated and powerful studio/network relationship. Similar to the major media companies, Generate Studios, the production division of Generate, will service its sister network while continuing to sell and produce for outside digital and traditional distributors. Likewise, Alloy Digital will continue to source and distribute content created in-house and through multiple third parties. The deal will also make the digital network and talent management components, each of which was successful on its own, even more valuable to the advertising, digital distribution and entertainment communities.

In addition to Generate, Alloy Digital recently acquired Smosh (www.smosh.com), hailed by TIME MAGAZINE as the Saturday Night Live of the Internet. Smosh ranks as the third-most subscribed channel on YouTube and is part of YouTube’s premium channel initiative with the launch of “Smosh Animation,” slated for April 2012. Said Diamond, “We look forward to continued content and technology acquisitions that will increase our viewership and our effectiveness with advertisers.”

Levin commented, “We sought to team with a forward-thinking partner that would complement our fundamental strengths, leverage our marketplace position and enhance our ability to engage and reach the influential younger demographic that is driving the advertising, technology and entertainment industries into an increasingly co-dependent relationship.” He added, “Combining forces with Alloy Digital is the next logical step for both companies. We have every confidence that collectively we will continue to build a powerful, platform agnostic, digital-centric engine designed to meet the creative and economic needs of consumers, brands and talent while, at the same time, driving significant growth and positive financial performance.”

The acquisition will allow Generate to leverage the expertise of Alloy Digital’s national sales team, which maintains deep relationships with the advertising and marketing community, together with its vast expertise in strategic planning and execution.

“The combination of Alloy Digital’s unmatched reach across its uniquely targeted platform, and both Generate’s talent management business and sophisticated production expertise, creates an infrastructure that represents the logical evolution of our industry and is the ideal orientation for a forward-looking media company,” said Alloy Chairperson Geraldine Laybourne, an industry veteran and former CEO of Oxygen and Nickelodeon.

Prominent senior management of Generate will assume leadership positions within the newly consolidated company in the months ahead. Levin, who previously served as CEO of The WB Network, will join four of Generate’s early partners at Alloy: Generate Studios’ President Peter Aronson, former head of Regency Television and creative affairs for Disney Television; Head of Branded Content Jared Hoffman, former CAA literary agent and brand strategist; and two of the industry’s leading talent managers, Dave Rath and Kara Welker, all of whom will continue to serve as producers on select company projects.

Alloy Digital is an affiliate of Alloy, Inc. which boasts a well-known and respected group of industry leaders, including CEO Diamond and his co-founder, COO Jim Johnson; Chairperson Laybourne; and board member Strauss Zelnick, whose ZelnickMedia led an investor group that acquired Alloy, Inc. in 2010. ZelnickMedia is a partnership of experienced media executives and investors. The firm manages and owns interests in an array of media enterprises, including video games and interactive entertainment, television advertising, wireless network enabling software, business information, tradeshows, and media-related business services. Current portfolio companies include Alloy, Take-Two Interactive Software, Airvana, Cannella Response Television, ITN Networks, Arkadium and Naylor. Alloy, Inc. owns Alloy Entertainment, a leading independent producer of books and television series, which will continue to operate independently from Alloy Digital.

In 2008, Generate secured a Series A round of financing from MK Capital and Fuse Capital. Generate’s prolific studio division, overseen by Aronson, has produced entertainment and branded content across traditional and digital media platforms, including multiple TV specials and series for basic and pay cable, as well as original online series for leading digital distributors and advertisers. Generate’s success on Madison Avenue and in Hollywood and Silicon Valley stems from its ability to create a fully integrated and thriving full-service operation that has allowed the company to cost-effectively manage every aspect of the process for its clients. Generate’s diverse talent management division, under the guidance of Rath, Welker and Hoffman, connects its growing roster of more than 150 clients—a multi-hyphenate group of actors, comedians, writers, producers, directors, and reality/lifestyle personalities–to projects originating at both Generate and throughout the industry. Alloy’s robust digital platform will help facilitate and fuel the emerging discovery and development of talent online across the full reach of its network and expanding social media influence.

ABOUT ALLOY, INC.

Alloy is a leading provider of media and entertainment for the 12-34 year old demographic. With a combination of original content creation, high quality production, and impactful distribution channels, Alloy connects with a high concentration of active young adult consumers. Under the Alloy corporate umbrella, Alloy Digital operates the top ranked media and advertising network of young adult websites and a Top 10 video network, according to comScore Media Metrix, along with the third most subscribed to channel on YouTube; Alloy Entertainment creates Nielsen top rated TV shows, popular movies, industry recognized digital series, along with and a record number of New York Times best-selling books; and Award-winning Channel One operates the leading television news network for teens. For more information about Alloy Digital, please visit www.alloydigital.com.

Media Contacts:

For Alloy Digital:

Jodi Smith

212.329.8359

jodi.smith@alloydigital.com

For Generate:

Jim Benson
The Lippin Group

323.965.1990 ext. 327

jbenson@lippingroup.com

Four Generate Clients Headed to Sundance

Generate Studios — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 22:57:19 +0000

Generate is proud to announce multiple clients with films accepted into this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Clients with films in the features categories are as follows:

LUV (Director/Writer: Sheldon Candis, Writer: Justin Wilson)

This film was selected to premiere in the U.S. Dramatic Competition of the Festival. The film stars Common, Michael Rainey Jr., Dennis Haysbert, Danny Glover, Charles S. Dutton, and Michael K. Williams.

FILL BROWN (Producer: Victor Teran)

Also selected to premiere in the U.S. Dramatic Competition. The film stars Edward James Olmos, Lou Diamond Phillips, and newcomer Gina Rodriguez.

V/H/S (Director: Adam Wingard)

V/H/S was selected to premiere in the Park City @ Midnight section of Sundance.

http://www.sundance.org/festival/

Patton Oswalt’s “Finest Hour” Receives Grammy Nod

Generate Studios — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 22:19:55 +0000

Generate client Patton Oswalt has been nominated for a Grammy for Best Comedy Album for his CD, “Finest Hour.” The other nominees in this category are “Weird Al” Yankovic, Louis C.K., Kathy Griffin, and The Lonely Island.

The 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards will be held on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012, at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles and will be broadcast live on CBS from 8 – 11:30 p.m. (ET/PT). Read more via the Grammy’s official website.

TubeFilter reports on Generate/Deepak Chopra YouTube Channel

Generate Studios — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:56:40 +0000

“Deepak Chopra is one of the chosen ones for [YouTube's] new ‘wider range’ of talent coming to the world’s largest network. The doctor and inspirational thought leader is launching his first dedicated entertainment channel, The Chopra Well, in early summer of 2012, with the help of digital studio Generate.”

Read the full article via TubeFilter.

Two Generate clients top the 2011 Blood List

Generate Studios — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 21:57:05 +0000

Huge congrats to clients Dave Cohen (“Subject Zero”) and The Schenker Brothers (“The Devil’s Punchbowl”) for having their scripts voted onto the 2011 Blood List!

The Blood List, which is compiled by Kailey Marsh, features the top 13 most-liked, un-produced screenplays, within the last calendar year, in the horror, thriller, sci-fi, fantasy, and dark comedy/drama genres, as voted on by 75 industry insiders who were asked to list their top three choices.
Read more via VARIETY.

Generate CEO Jordan Levin in LA Times piece on reinvention of online ads

Generate Studios — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:39:40 +0000

“[Mark] Burnett isn’t the first television producer whom brands have sought out to create high-quality, low-cost entertainment for the Web and beyond. Several other veterans from the traditional media world, including former top network executives such as ABC’s Lloyd Braun, NBC‘s Ben Silverman and the WB’s Jordan Levin and independent producers like Jak Severson, also are looking to capture audiences as they move to these digital platforms. Big brands are tagging along, in hopes that such proven players can find their footing online.”

Read the full article at LATimes.com

Generate and Deepak Chopra Partner for YouTube’s Latest Content Initiative

Generate Studios — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 02:42:03 +0000

Wonderful things happen when cool technology meets great entertainment. Cable television expanded our viewing possibilities from just a handful of channels to hundreds, and brought us some of the most defining media experiences of the last few decades– think MTV, ESPN and CNN. Today, the web is bringing us entertainment from an even wider range of talented producers, and many of the defining channels of the next generation are being born, and watched, on YouTube.

Today we’re announcing that even more talented creators and original entertainment will soon join YouTube’s existing channel lineup, including channels created by well-known personalities and content producers from the TV, film, music, news, and sports fields, as well as some of the most innovative up-and-coming media companies in the world and some of YouTube’s own existing partners. These channels will have something for everyone, whether you’re a mom, a comedy fan, a sports nut, a music lover or a pop-culture maven.

Our goal with this channels expansion, along with the grants and educational programs we’ve launched in the past year, is to bring an even broader range of entertainment to YouTube, giving you more reasons to keep coming back again and again. And for advertisers, these channels will represent a new way to engage and reach their global consumers.

The first of these new original channels will appear on YouTube starting next month and continuing over the next year. They’ll be available to you on any internet-connected device, anywhere in the world, with all the interactivity and social features of YouTube built right in.

For a sneak peak, check out the list of partners and channels below. We’ll have more information very soon.

Robert Kyncl, Global Head of Content Partnerships, recently watched “Halloween Light Show 2011.”

Partner, channel names

Alchemy Networks, Alchemy Networks
Alli Sports, Alli Sports
Bedrocket Media Ventures, Official Comedy
Bedrocket Media Ventures and Full Picture Productions, Look TV
Bedrocket Media Ventures & Wasserman Media Group, Network A
BermanBraun, theLOGE
BermanBraun & Rodale Inc., Vigor
BermanBraun & Rodale Inc., Taste
Big Frame, BAM
Black Box TV, Black Box TV (Anthony E. Zuiker, Tony E. Valenzuela, and Collective Digital Studio)
Bleacher Report, Bleacher Report
Brady Haran, DeepSkyVideos
Brady Haran, numberphile
CafeMom, CafeMom Studios
Chopra Media/Generate, The Chopra Well
Clevver Media, ClevverStyle
Clevver Media, ClevverNews
Clevver Media, ClevverTeVe
Comedy Shaq Network, The Comedy Shaq Network
Cooking Up a Story, Food Farmer Earth
DanceOn, DanceOn
DECA, KinCommunity
Demand Media, eHow Home
Demand Media, LIVESTRONG
Demand Media, eHow Pets & Animals
Digital Broadcasting Group (DBG), Spaces
East of Center Productions LLC, YOMYOMF
Electus, Pop Culture Channel (name TBD)
Electus NuevOn, Latin Channel
Electus, Food Channel (name TBD)
Emil Rensing International, Auto Channel (name TBD)
EQAL, u look haute!
Everyday Health, Inc., Everyday Health TV
EYEBOOGIE, POP SPOT
FAWN by Michelle Phan
Fine Brothers Productions, MyMusic
Frederator Networks, Channel Frederator’s Cartoon Hangover
FremantleMedia Channel, Pets & Animal (name TBD)
Hearst Magazines, Fashion & Beauty Channel (name TBD)
Hearst Magazines, Car and Driver Television
Iconic, Life and Times
IconicTV, 123UnoDosTres
IconicTV, myISH
IGN Entertainment / Shine Group, START
Intelligent Television, Intelligent Channel
Jon M. Chu, Dance Channel (name TBD)
Katalyst, Thrash Lab
Knights of Good Productions, Geek & Sundry (with Felicia Day)
Lionsgate, Lionsgate Fitness Channel
Machinima, Machinima
Magical Elves and InStyle magazine, Little Black Dress
Maker Studios, The Maker Music Network
Maker Studios, The Moms’ View
Maker Studios, Tutele
Meredith Corporation and Meredith Video Studios, Digs
ModernMom, ModernMom Channel
Mondo Media, New Animators
monotransistor, werevertumorro
My Damn Channel, My Damn Channel: Live
New Nation Networks, New Nation Networks
Pharrell Williams, i am OTHER
Philip Defranco, Sourcefed
Pitchfork, Pitchfork TV
PMC, PMC Entertainment News
Radical Media, Education Channel (name TBD)
Red Bull Media House North America, Red Bull
Roadside Entertainment/BAC, The NOC
SB Nation, SB Nation
Seedwell, American Hipster
Slate, Slate News Channel
Smart Girls at the Party, Smart Girls at the Party
Smosh/Alloy Digital, Smosh Animation
Soccer United Marketing & Bedrocket, KickTV
SoulPancake Productions, SoulPancake
Source Interlink Media, Motor Trend
Steve Spangler Science, The Spangler Effect
TakePart™, TakePart™ TV
TED Conferences, TEDEducation
The Bowery Presents, The Bowery Presents
The Nerdist Channel, The Nerdist Channel
The Onion, Onion Broadcasting Company
The Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal
The Young Turks, Town Square
Thomson Reuters, Reuters.com
Tony Hawk’s production company, 900 Films, Inc., RIDE Channel
Uncommon Content Partners, The Conversation Channel
Uncommon Content Partners, Taste & Access
Varsity Pictures, Awesomeness
VICE, VICE
VICE, Noisey
Vlogbrothers, CrashCourse
Vlogbrothers, SciShow
Vuguru & POW! Entertainment, Stan Lee’s World of Heroes
Walter Latham Digital, Walter Latham’s “Kings of Comedy”
WWE, WWE Fan Nation
Young Hollywood, Young Hollywood Network

press release via: YouTube Blog

Jake Hoffman directs music video for New Violator artist Chris Jones

Generate Studios — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:15:44 +0000

Check out Hoffman’s latest work via Nylon Magazine online.

Adam Wingard’s YOU’RE NEXT sold to Lionsgate following 10-day bidding war

Generate Studios — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:30:20 +0000

Another successful TIFF bidding war sale for a Generate client. Read more about Adam Wingard’s YOUR NEXT via Deadline.

Generate client Greg Nicotero named Co-EP of AMC’s THE WALKING DEAD

Generate Studios — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:15:47 +0000

New York, NY- September 15, 2011 – AMC announced today that Emmy Award-winning make-up effects artist Greg Nicotero has been a named co-executive producer of “The Walking Dead.” Nicotero has also inked a first-look deal with the network, which gives him the opportunity to bring his own passion projects to AMC. At Saturday’s Creative Arts Emmy Awards, Nicotero won Best Prosthetic Make-up for AMC’s “The Walking Dead.” Nicotero directs a series of webisodes this season and is also set to direct an episode.

“Greg’s talent extends well beyond the word of special fx makeup,” said Joel Stillerman, AMC’s SVP of original programming, production and digital content. “He is also a truly talented director, and has an incredibly comprehensive understanding and appreciation for great storytelling. His knowledge and respect for the genre is unparalleled, and we are looking forward to expanding our relationship with him with an eye towards developing more great original series.”

Nicotero, who co-owns KNB EFX GROUP, one of Hollywood’s most successful Make-up Effects Studios, premiered his film THE UNITED MONSTER TALENT AGENCY on AMC’S Fearfest last Halloween. He began his career on DAY OF THE DEAD in 1985 and as of this year has been involved in nearly 800 feature films including those of Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez. He is repped by Ken Linzer, UTA and Chris Pollack at Generate.

Greg’s masterful work on “The Walking Dead” continues this season on amctv.com. Beginning on October 3rd, fans are able to watch the six-episode web series. Produced by Generate, and conceived and directed by Nicotero and written by John Esposito, the webisodes tell an “origin” story of a woman’s struggle to survive and to protect her family as the world begins to fall apart. Fans have the opportunity to explore the back story of one of the most celebrated “walkers” last season. It focuses on “Bicycle Girl,” the infamous zombie from season one, who was shot by Rick Grimes in the pilot episode. Fans learn about this woman’s life before the apocalypse, and watch her story unfold into what becomes her ultimate demise into zombie-hood.

Nicotero says, “Working on “The Walking Dead” with such a fantastic cast and crew has been an amazing opportunity, and to have our contribution to the show celebrated is a tremendous compliment. I have always felt like the show had a cinematic feel and everyone involved is dedicated to making this show something special. To be able to branch out and to develop not only the web series but also genre material is something I have always wanted to do; given the people I have had the pleasure of working with over the last 23 years.”

Nicotero is represented by Generate’s Chris Pollack.

About Generate
Generate, a pioneering multi-platform studio and talent management firm that connects advertising, technology and entertainment, stands apart as a full-service integrated media company executing ideas from concept through production entirely in-house. Launched in 2006 by leading media executives from television, film, digital, advertising, production and talent management – including Jordan Levin, former CEO of The WB Network – Generate has created an innovative vertical and horizontal business model designed to marry the best of old Hollywood with the new digital age. The collaborative media company, with offices based in Santa Monica,Calif., and New York City, has become the premier provider of customized branded content across traditional and digital platforms; a developer and producer of fiction and factual entertainment for a variety of distribution outlets; and home to a prolific, ever-growing talent management division.

About AMC

AMC reigns as the only cable network in history to ever win the Emmy® Award for Outstanding Drama Series three years in a row, as well as the Golden Globe® Award for Best Television Series – Drama for three consecutive years. Whether commemorating favorite films from every genre and decade or creating acclaimed original programming, the AMC experience is an uncompromising celebration of great stories. AMC’s original stories include “Mad Men,” “Breaking Bad,” “The Walking Dead,” “The Killing” and “Hell on Wheels.” AMC further demonstrates its commitment to the art of storytelling with AMC’s Docu-Stories, a slate of unscripted original series, as well as curated movie franchises like AMC’s Can’t Get Enough andAMC’s Crazy About. Available in more than 97 million homes (Source: Nielsen Media Research), AMC is owned and operated by AMC Networks Inc. and its sister networks include IFC, Sundance Channel and WE tv. AMC is available across all platforms, including on-air, online, on demand and mobile.