Can you believe it's been 11 years (I missed the boat on the 10 year anniversary) since the start of Ask A Ninja?! Think of what a different place the world was back in 2005. First off, I remember first watching his videos on my friend's iPod because subscribing to iTunes videos was a thing. I also remember Naruto was hitting its American spike in popularity, which is why we were so obsessed with ninja stuff to begin with.
Ask A Ninja had relatively little to do with ninja culture. It was comedian Douglas Sarine dressed as a ninja and making waves in the new genre of "vodcasting" with the help of his friend Kent Nichols. At the height of their popularity in 2007, the two were making $100,000 a month in ad revenue!
The show was known for its quick biting humor, erratic camera angles, and that ridiculously catchy song:
They even did a collaboration with Mythbusters!
Ask A Ninja had relatively little to do with ninja culture. It was comedian Douglas Sarine dressed as a ninja and making waves in the new genre of "vodcasting" with the help of his friend Kent Nichols. At the height of their popularity in 2007, the two were making $100,000 a month in ad revenue!
The show was known for its quick biting humor, erratic camera angles, and that ridiculously catchy song:
They even did a collaboration with Mythbusters!
- 7/27/2016
- by Mick Joest
- GeekTyrant
Horror remakes are definitely the hot new trend in Hollywood and I had no idea just how many remakes were being planned until I sat down and drew up a list of as many as I could find. I stopped at 7 pages and needless to say it seems that just about every movie you can imagine is getting a remake-prequel or reboot into 3D.
Here is a pretty complete list of upcoming horror remakes as of today in alphabetical order. Note: There are a few on this list that are only in the early phases of discussion and in some cases I included franchise reboots as well.
13 Tzameti: Starting the list off 13 Tzameti is more thriller then horror but still worthy of making the list. The film which started filming in New York awhile back will star Mickey Rourke and Jason Statham. The original film is a tale of Russian roulette with gruesome outcomes.
Here is a pretty complete list of upcoming horror remakes as of today in alphabetical order. Note: There are a few on this list that are only in the early phases of discussion and in some cases I included franchise reboots as well.
13 Tzameti: Starting the list off 13 Tzameti is more thriller then horror but still worthy of making the list. The film which started filming in New York awhile back will star Mickey Rourke and Jason Statham. The original film is a tale of Russian roulette with gruesome outcomes.
- 5/11/2010
- MoviesOnline.ca
The Webventures of Justin & Alden might have one of the deepest casts of web series notables that we’ve seen to date. Fitting, since the new five-episode branded comedy web series from Cjp Digital Media and lead sponsor Trident Layers (disclosure: Trident is also a Streamy Awards sponsor) is all about two would-be internet-famos set to find web video glory by making “the greatest Web series Web show that’s ever been on the Web computer.” Justin Tyler and Alden Ford, both regulars at sketch comedy theater Ucb in New York, star as the hapless titular duo in this Bill and Ted’s-style (yes, there’s even some time travel) road trip. The destination of this road trip is the Streamy Awards in Los Angeles in hopes of finding the perfect web star. Guests of this year’s Streamys may have noticed these two crashing the red carpet and even...
- 4/24/2010
- by Marc Hustvedt
- Tubefilter.com
After their pilot episode snagged the Grand Prize at the 2009 Escapist Film Festival, creator Brett Register and his producing team of Rick Rey and Paula Rhodes knew they were on to something. At that point the show was called Dorian's Quest, but after a name change to A Good Knight's Quest, the team set out to shoot a 24-episode gamer comedy web series that would run on The Escapist Magazine's site in weekly installments. "I'm a huge fan of the Escapist, I have been for years, ever since I was in college," said Register. "I always wanted to do an 80's style show, like my own Masters of the Universe web series—the bad movie not the cartoon TV show." To launch the series, the team hosted a well-attended La premiere at the Capitol City Hollywood on Monday night. When a video game princess crosses over into the real world,...
- 3/4/2010
- by Marc Hustvedt
- Tubefilter.com
Easy to Assemble revealed the winner of the season-long Co-Worker of the Year contest between co-stars Illeana Douglas and Justine Bateman in the debut (above) of the bonus episodes, "Flying Solo", (aka 3-ep season finale) of the Ikea-backed comedy web series. Guest stars David Henrie, Tim Meadows, Sung Kang and more are all on board this transatlantic disco flight. [My Damn Channel] Jennie Garth (of the old 90210) stars in a new branded web series, Garden Party, from NBC Digital Studio and Edelman's Matter division debuted today on iVillage.com. Garth, now a 'celeb mom', "meets with farmers, chefs, moms and kids to find new and exciting ways to get families to love their veggies." Lead sponsor is Clorox Co.'s Hidden Valley® Ranch Dressing brand. [iVillage] Epic Fu is back! Their new preview video (below) from creators Zadi Diaz and Steve Woolf sets up the return from hiatus tomorrow and the launch of two...
- 1/21/2010
- by Marc Hustvedt
- Tubefilter.com
How did I not know about this? I guess that dude from "Ask a Ninja" (Douglas Sarine) and the rest of The Av Club made a pilot for an apocalyptic, sci-fi comedy series called Team A.P.O.C.A.L.Y.P.S.E.. Not only that, but the pilot's director, Nick Armstrong, just picked up a “Best Director” nod for it at the 2009 Nytvf in Manhattan.
They call the half-hour series, set in post-apocalyptic America, "Ghostbusters meets Children of Men" which is a bit of a stretch, but I'm sure they're exaggerating.
Synopsis:
Four “men” are forced to search the barren wasteland for women to help save mankind. No one on Team A.P.O.C.A.L.Y.P.S.E. (American Planetary Objectives Committee Avoiding Life’s Yesterday and Preventing Society’s Extinction) wants to be there, but since the only alternative is death... they’re giving it a shot. They have limited supplies and even more limited brain capacity.
They call the half-hour series, set in post-apocalyptic America, "Ghostbusters meets Children of Men" which is a bit of a stretch, but I'm sure they're exaggerating.
Synopsis:
Four “men” are forced to search the barren wasteland for women to help save mankind. No one on Team A.P.O.C.A.L.Y.P.S.E. (American Planetary Objectives Committee Avoiding Life’s Yesterday and Preventing Society’s Extinction) wants to be there, but since the only alternative is death... they’re giving it a shot. They have limited supplies and even more limited brain capacity.
- 10/29/2009
- QuietEarth.us
The Official Selections of the 4th annual Independent Television Festival have been announced, completing the slate of indie web shows joins series OzGirl and Operation Midnight Climax we teased out last week. The ITVFest is a festival for independently produced, original and innovative television pilots and web series which offers a chance for web television creators to showcase their work to a live audience and the chance to pitch development executives that can bring their projects to the next level. All of the selections are independently produced webseries produced completely on spec and available for further development opportunities. The festival takes place in Los Angeles from July 31st to August 6th. Official 2009 Web Series Selections: 2012 Los Angeles-based producers Jessica Bertulis, Kamali Minter and Helen Truong present this interactive viral and webisode series abouta techno-geek who embarks on a quest to change the future when he intercepts a series of internet...
- 7/6/2009
- by Drew Baldwin
- Tubefilter.com
I think that people are looking at Che not as a film, but as a indie miniseries. It’s four hours long, in two parts, and is all in Spanish. They overlook the fact that it had a very successful screening run, despite it’s massive runtime, and look at it only as a VOD property, or as some sort of artistic folly. And maybe it is a folly. A more awards friendly strategy would have been to put out only part one in 2008 and part two (if you produced it at all) in 2009. An arthouse Lord of the Rings. ...[But] the new art house is your house and the sooner the business realities of film reflect this, the better off we’ll all be. Web video pioneer Kent Nichols, who with partner Douglas Sarine is currently writing/directing the remake of Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, <a href="http://kentnichols.
- 2/2/2009
- by Karina Longworth
- Spout
I think that people are looking at Che not as a film, but as a indie miniseries. It’s four hours long, in two parts, and is all in Spanish. They overlook the fact that it had a very successful screening run, despite it’s massive runtime, and look at it only as a VOD property, or as some sort of artistic folly. And maybe it is a folly. A more awards friendly strategy would have been to put out only part one in 2008 and part two (if you produced it at all) in 2009. An arthouse Lord of the Rings. ...[But] the new art house is your house and the sooner the business realities of film reflect this, the better off we’ll all be. Web video pioneer Kent Nichols, who with partner Douglas Sarine is currently writing/directing the remake of Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, <a href="http://kentnichols.
- 2/2/2009
- by Karina Longworth
- Spout
By Alison Willmore
For the many ill-wishers out there, the most disappointing thing about M. Night Shyamalan's environmental thriller "The Happening" wasn't that it was a failure, but that it wasn't a spectacular failure. Critics went in with their long knives out, only to leave shrugging that they've seen worse. Having made $59 million in theaters, it's not even the box office bomb some expected after "Lady in the Water." All in all, "The Happening" is actually pretty successful, considering it's a serious horror film about trees... that kill! In honor of that dubious designation, here's a look at the spotty history of films about murderous botanic life that have preceded it.
Killer tomatoes
Film: Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! (1978)
Directed by John De Bello
M.O.: Produce that, for no apparent reason, become massive and murderous.
De Bello's broad comedy mocked B-movie conventions while bearing its reported $90,000 budget like a badge of honor.
For the many ill-wishers out there, the most disappointing thing about M. Night Shyamalan's environmental thriller "The Happening" wasn't that it was a failure, but that it wasn't a spectacular failure. Critics went in with their long knives out, only to leave shrugging that they've seen worse. Having made $59 million in theaters, it's not even the box office bomb some expected after "Lady in the Water." All in all, "The Happening" is actually pretty successful, considering it's a serious horror film about trees... that kill! In honor of that dubious designation, here's a look at the spotty history of films about murderous botanic life that have preceded it.
Killer tomatoes
Film: Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! (1978)
Directed by John De Bello
M.O.: Produce that, for no apparent reason, become massive and murderous.
De Bello's broad comedy mocked B-movie conventions while bearing its reported $90,000 budget like a badge of honor.
- 7/2/2008
- by Alison Willmore
- ifc.com
Ask a tomato: You just don't mess with a classic. Then again, if "Ask a Ninja" creators Kent Nichols and Douglas Sarine can bring a new audience to '70s cult classic "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!" maybe it's worth reconsidering that credo. "('Tomatoes') is the masterwork of a generation," Nichols said this week. "We can only hope to recapture the magic." The duo is adapting the screenplay for M. Dal Walton III and Emmett/Furla Films. In a related story, Michael Bay is remaking "Rosemary's Baby".
Speaking of classics, who's ready for a "Beverly Hills, 90210" spinoff? The CW is on the case, putting the concept on the development fast-track and negotiating with "Veronica Mars" creator Rob Thomas to write it for them. Details remain sketchy -- like which, if any, of the original cast would appear, for instance -- but the net is expected to decide whether to order a pilot by the end of the month. Until then, Ian Ziering waits patiently by the phone.
Freedom's just a word: Ang Lee and Jim Schamus took the stage at ShoWest this week to accept a Freedom of Expression award for their work on NC-17 effort "Lust, Caution". A world away, the film's female lead, Tang Wei, was finding a very different reception to the film. China media regulator SARFT, which allowed Lee's political/sexual thriller to play there after seven minutes of explicit sexual material was cut, sent a memo ordering that a TV and print campaign for Pond's starring Tang be pulled. The typically inscrutable government agency gave no reason for the ban -- which also saw online discussions of the actress deleted -- but it went hand in hand with renewed prohibitions on "lewd and pornographic content."
'Real' life beckons: With a pair of Oscars for "Ratatouille" and "The Incredibles", you can't blame Brad Bird for wondering, "where do I go from here?" The answer, at least for now, is live action.
Speaking of classics, who's ready for a "Beverly Hills, 90210" spinoff? The CW is on the case, putting the concept on the development fast-track and negotiating with "Veronica Mars" creator Rob Thomas to write it for them. Details remain sketchy -- like which, if any, of the original cast would appear, for instance -- but the net is expected to decide whether to order a pilot by the end of the month. Until then, Ian Ziering waits patiently by the phone.
Freedom's just a word: Ang Lee and Jim Schamus took the stage at ShoWest this week to accept a Freedom of Expression award for their work on NC-17 effort "Lust, Caution". A world away, the film's female lead, Tang Wei, was finding a very different reception to the film. China media regulator SARFT, which allowed Lee's political/sexual thriller to play there after seven minutes of explicit sexual material was cut, sent a memo ordering that a TV and print campaign for Pond's starring Tang be pulled. The typically inscrutable government agency gave no reason for the ban -- which also saw online discussions of the actress deleted -- but it went hand in hand with renewed prohibitions on "lewd and pornographic content."
'Real' life beckons: With a pair of Oscars for "Ratatouille" and "The Incredibles", you can't blame Brad Bird for wondering, "where do I go from here?" The answer, at least for now, is live action.
- 3/15/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Comedians Kent Nichols and Douglas Sarine are penning a remake of cult 1978 movie Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes.
The pair, who created hit Internet series Ask A Ninja, are working on an adaptation of the sci-fi horror film, which centres on a genetically-modified strain of the fruit terrorising the public.
Nichols, who will make his directorial debut with the picture, says, "Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes is the masterwork of a generation. We can only aspire to recapture that magic."
Despite often being named the worst movie of all time, Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes spawned a 1990 sequel and a spin-off TV series.
The pair, who created hit Internet series Ask A Ninja, are working on an adaptation of the sci-fi horror film, which centres on a genetically-modified strain of the fruit terrorising the public.
Nichols, who will make his directorial debut with the picture, says, "Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes is the masterwork of a generation. We can only aspire to recapture that magic."
Despite often being named the worst movie of all time, Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes spawned a 1990 sequel and a spin-off TV series.
- 3/13/2008
- WENN
NEW YORK -- Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! will be attacking theaters again.
Kent Nichols and Douglas Sarine, creators of the hit Web series "Ask a Ninja", are writing the adaptation of the 1978 cult monster movie, with Nichols set to make his directorial debut.
M. Dal Walton III, the force behind the remakes of Day of the Dead and Terror Train, acquired the rights from Killer Tomato Entertainment and will produce. Emmett/Furla Films will co-produce.
" 'Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!' is the masterwork of a generation," Nichols said. "We can only aspire to recapture that magic." No changes to the original plot have been revealed, but it still is expected to revolve around killer tomatoes.
Nichols and Sarine's satirical "Ninja" shorts have garnered more than 80 million Web views and won best series at the 2006 YouTube Video Awards. Their "Ninja" commentator has appeared on National Public Radio and VH1's Best Week Ever.
The original Tomatoes spawned the Fox Kids Network's "ATV" cartoon series and the feature sequel Return of the Killer Tomatoes, which helped launch George Clooney's career.
Kent Nichols and Douglas Sarine, creators of the hit Web series "Ask a Ninja", are writing the adaptation of the 1978 cult monster movie, with Nichols set to make his directorial debut.
M. Dal Walton III, the force behind the remakes of Day of the Dead and Terror Train, acquired the rights from Killer Tomato Entertainment and will produce. Emmett/Furla Films will co-produce.
" 'Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!' is the masterwork of a generation," Nichols said. "We can only aspire to recapture that magic." No changes to the original plot have been revealed, but it still is expected to revolve around killer tomatoes.
Nichols and Sarine's satirical "Ninja" shorts have garnered more than 80 million Web views and won best series at the 2006 YouTube Video Awards. Their "Ninja" commentator has appeared on National Public Radio and VH1's Best Week Ever.
The original Tomatoes spawned the Fox Kids Network's "ATV" cartoon series and the feature sequel Return of the Killer Tomatoes, which helped launch George Clooney's career.
- 3/11/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Oh hell yes, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! will be attacking theaters again as Kent Nichols and Douglas Sarine, creators of the hit Web series "Ask a Ninja," are writing the adaptation of the 1978 cult monster movie, with Nichols set to make his directorial debut. Can you imagine if they take it seriously and do it like an episode of "The X-Files"? Read on for the rest of the breaking news.
- 3/11/2008
- bloody-disgusting.com
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