Star Studded Line-up for New Local Web Series

Video Store Press Release

STAR STUDDED LINE-UP FOR NEW LOCAL WEB SERIES

THE VIDEO STORE
A dark comedy web series following the death throes of the last video store in New Zealand.

Adventure Pictures in association with Greenstone TV are proud to announce the release of New Zealand’s first 4K-resolution Dark-Comedy Webseries, ‘The Video Store’ coming soon.

The online series features an eclectic cast of New Zealand creatives, and star-studded cameos including Keisha Castle-Hughes, David Farrier, Fleur Saville, Daniel Rutledge, Yvette Parsons, Natalie Medlock, Nic Sampson, Chris Parker and many more.

“This series was made in memory of Video Ezy Ponsonby, Auckland, which closed in 2014. That place was Mecca for any film nerd,” says creator, Kermath.

“We wanted to celebrate video stores before they are gone forever,’ adds writer/director Thomas Sainsbury. “But it is also a location ripe for office politics, small business satire and slacker comedy.”

The Video Store is a 7-part Dark Comedy Webseries, following the inner workings of suburban video store, MEGAFLICKS. The internet has taken over and people just aren’t hiring DVDs any more. Despite this, Manager Stacey (Yvette Parsons ‘What We Do in the Shadows’) isn’t going down without a fight. She is going to get her ragtag team of employees pumped and charged, she’s going to crunch some numbers, she is going to upsell twinkies, all in the name of keeping her outdated business afloat.

“None of the cast involved were paid for their appearances, and although the project has been completely funded internally, Greenstone TV and Department of Post, both high-end production houses, have generously supported us through the post-production process,” adds Kermath

Shot by Halcyon Digital on the same Red Dragon camera system used to film the aerial shots of ‘Hunt for the Wilderpeople’.

The Video Store is publicly screening all episodes of the web series for one night only at the infamous Lido Cinema on Manukau Road in Mt. Eden, Auckland on Thursday 1 December 2016, for a start time of 8pm. Limited tickets are available to the public for $15 available at: http://www.thevideostore.net/pages/spin.html or
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-video-store-webseries-screening-tickets-29565534309

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRC40xyxdys
Website: http://thevideostore.net

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Director: Thomas Sainsbury
Executive Producer: Kermath
Written By: Thomas Sainsbury, Kermath
Screenplay by: Thomas Sainsbury
Starring: Kermath, Yvette Parsons, Imogen Peek-Swaney, Kieran Madden, Josh Lawrence, Rory Hunter, Jane Etheridge, Keisha Castle-Hughes, David Farrier, Natalie Medlock, Fleur Saville, Nic Sampson, Perlina Lau, Ash Jones, Chris Parker, Ruby Lyon, Lana Walters, Lara Liew, Karamia Muller, Charlotte Red, Esther MacIntyre, Sylvia Burgess, Amelia Lloyd and Ian Lee

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/videostorewebseries
Twitter: http://twitter.com/VideoStoreTwit
Our IMDb page can be found here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5358880

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