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Multi-platform network BroadbandTV (Bbtv) has added eight YouTubers to its illustrious creator roster.

First up, the Vancouver-based firm has signed competitive eater Matt Stonie (11 million subscribers and 51 million monthly views), who is the third top eater in Major League Eating, and who documents his eating feats on his popular YouTube channel. Stonie is managed by Night Media. Bbtv has also onboarded YouTube stalwart Jesse Wellens, who rose to fame as one-half of seminal couple prank channel PrankvsPrank. Wellens counts 10.6 million subscribers and nabs 6.2 million monthly views.

Other signings include the following gamers: Danish Minecraft streamer Crainer, who is signed to Op Talent; Twitch’s most-watched Australian streamer MrFreshAsian, who competes in Fortnite; and Vr-based comedic creator Mully. (Both MrFreshAsian and Mully are repped by Click Management).

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A coalition of top creators has come together to ease audiences through the inevitable isolation and loneliness that are bound to arise as people settle into a new normal of social distancing and quarantine. And they’re harnessing Facebook's myriad tools to do so.

However, the Facebook group and Coronavirus support content is just one facet of a nascent startup courtesy of travel vlogger Louis Cole and the activist and entrepreneur Brandon Kaufer called The Social Good Club. Launching this year, the production company will see creators teaming with experts in various social impact areas to create content in order to promote a better, more sustainable world. Details are still scant, though you can check out the videos that the company has already produced on its dedicated Facebook page.

The Social Good Club comprises: Fly With Haifa, Jennelle Eliana, Kati Morton, Kandee Johnson, Mario Rigby, Amber's Closet, iJustine, Elle Mills,...

After debuting in June 2016, the longest-running original series in YouTube history has just put out a mysterious tease for its fourth season.

Vlogger Joey Graceffa’s lightly-scripted murder mystery series Escape The Night -- which brings together a slew of top YouTube creators, who portray different characters and attempting to stay alive by solving various challenges and puzzles -- will return on July 11.

Graceffa serves as both creator and star of the show, and past seasons have featured the likes of Safiya Nygaard, Jesse Wellens, and Manny Mua. The teaser for season four that Graceffa shared today -- alongside a caption that reads ‘Be careful what you wish for’ -- sees the bespectacled star walking in the dark with a torch in hand, whereupon he suddenly throws an object at the camera (though it’s unclear what).

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All these years, Jeana Smith has been harboring a rather innocuous secret.

And the beloved YouTube star, who was something of a pioneer in the couple pranking space -- and who headlined two massive channels with her now-ex-boyfriend Jesse Wellens -- is revealing her true identity in a new video that will also mark a new beginning of sorts. At the outset of her YouTube career, the 35-year-old decided to vlog under the pseudonym Jeana, despite the fact that her real name is Jennifer -- or, as she commonly goes by, Jen -- she revealed today in a confessional vlog titled.

When Smith and Wellens launched their prank and daily vlog channels in 2009 -- dubbed PrankVsPrank and BFvsGf, respectively -- Smith says that she was getting a college degree to become a teacher. Given the rather controversial nature of the content she and Wellens were posting, she says professors who...

Every Halloween, YouTube vet Jesse Wellens has a blockbuster trick up his sleeve -- typically helmed in collaboration with fellow vlogger Casey Neistat.

Last year, for instance, the duo designed real-life versions of the speeder bikes from Star Wars and recreated a chase scene from Return Of The Jedi in the streets of New York City. In 2016, Wellens dressed up as the Silver Surfer with the help of some seriously impressive special effects makeup, and, in 2015, Wellens and Neistat fabricated an Aladdin-style flying carpet.

This year, however, Wellens is going at it solo without Neistat -- though he’s sticking with the theme of harnessing special effects to cruise across city streets, stopping pedestrians in their tracks. In a video posted yesterday, titled Real Halloween Hoverboard Costume and featuring cameos from Steve-o and fellow vlogger Adande 'Swoozie' Thorne, Wellens at first appears to be zooming across the streets of Venice...

Jeana Smith and Jesse Wellens, the founders of PrankvsPrank -- one of YouTube’s foremost couple prank channels -- may have announced their high-profile split in 2016, stating that the grind of a daily vlog had put a toxic strain on their relationship. But over the weekend, the digital vets reunited for the first time in years -- all for an admirable cause.

Smith and Wellens participated in Saturday’s Ovarian Cancer Walk in Philadelphia -- an annual event hosted by the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition to raise awareness and funds to help find a cure for the disease -- as well as to improve the lives for those who are fighting it. The cause hits particularly close to home for Smith, whose mother passed away from ovarian cancer in 1999 -- and thus, the couple have been participating in the event for years.

This year, they have raised more than $2,600 for the cause.

Stephen Curry hasn’t posted anything to his YouTube channel in more than four years.

Now the Golden States Warriors superstar is relaunching the channel, officialstephcurry30, with a slate of original series starting with “5 Minutes From Home,” which premieres May 1.

The new series comes from Curry’s recently formed production company, Unanimous Media, which on Monday announced a wide-ranging, multiyear development and production deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment. The series and additional content for Curry’s YouTube channel is being co-developed, directed, and produced by digital studio Portal A in collaboration with Unanimous Media.

In “5 Minutes From Home,” Curry and a guest grab a late-night bite at a food truck near his Bay Area home after he heads home from a home game, chatting about a range of topics. Guests in the five-episode series include social-media stars Rudy Mancuso (pictured above with Curry) and Jesse Wellens; rapper Nipsey Hussle; Oakland...

YouTube stars led by a Santa costumed Casey Neistat turned an abandoned mall in Milwaukee into a “winter wonderland” for the area’s Boys and Girls Clubs this holiday season.

In a partnership with Samsung and the Milwaukee area Boys and Girls Clubs, creators like Akilah Hughes, Ann Lupo, Shaun McBride, Jesse Wellens, and Will Haynes (you can find the full list here) taught members of the Boys and Girls Clubs to vlog after giving them gifts of cameras and gear provided by Samsung. After giving out the gifts, the creators led the kids to the abandoned mall, which Neistat and company had spent a month transforming into an idyllic winter scene.

Complete with snowboarders, an ice skating rink, and plenty of candy, the mall scene provided a backdrop for Boys and Girls Club members eager to video the experience on their new Galaxy Note 8s. The full video, Neistat noted,...

The annual Halloween partnership between Casey Neistat and Jesse Wellens has become must-see entertainment, and their latest work does not disappoint. For their 2017 costumes, they designed real-life versions of the speeder bikes from Star Wars and recreated the Endor chase scene from Return of the Jedi in Manhattan.

After fabricating an Aladdin-style flying carpet in 2015 and remaking the Silver Surfer's board last year, Wellens and Neistat decided to celebrate Halloween 2017 by zipping through New York City on their sci-fi cruisers. The actual video of the chase (as well as Wellens and Neistat's eventual encounter with the police) can be seen on Wellens' channel. If that clip leaves you hungry for more real-life Star Wars action, you can head over to Neistat's channel, which offers a behind-the-scenes look at the construction of the speeders. Both videos hit YouTube's trending tab shortly after they were uploaded to the video site.

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YouTube vloggers Jesse Wellens and Carmella Rose have made one of this year’s most impressive Halloween outfits, dressing up as Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa and riding through New York on a “Star Wars” speeder bike that looks like it’s actually floating. “Star Wars” fans all fondly remember the famous speeder bike chase on Endor in “Return of the Jedi,” in which Luke and Leia evade Scout Troopers in a thrilling chase through the forest. Wellens and Rose replicated the scene with the help of Lithium Cycles, who built a custom motorcycle that resembled the speeder bike and had mirrors covering.

Let's face it: Some people are just better at coming up with Halloween costumes than the rest of us and this custom made Star Wars speeder from Return of the Jedi is one of the best fan made creations ever. Not only is the timing perfect for Halloween, it's also perfect timing to capitalize on the hype surrounding the upcoming release of The Last Jedi. The couple behind the creation have said that they are trying to win Halloween and it looks like they've done it.

YouTubers Jesse Wellens and Casey Neistat are responsible for the Luke Skywalker, Stormtroopers, and Princess Leia Endor costumes and speeders. This is not just some thrown together at the last-minute project. It took a team, named Super 73, quite a while to complete the speeder and the results are pretty magical for any fan of Star Wars. The Speeder bike doesn't really float or fly,...

The trailer has arrived for the second season of Escape The Night -- the Joey Graceffa-starring YouTube Red series, whose premiere episode last year clocked 9.2 million views and 1.1 billion social impressions.

The second season of the series will follow the same whodunit format, except starring a brand new roster of bold-faced influencers, including Liza Koshy, Tyler Oakley, and Jesse Wellens. In the trailer for the semi-scripted project, Graceffa is possessed by an evil sorceress, who invites his friends to a masquerade ball at a fancy estate on his behalf. Co-stars DeStorm Power, Lauren Riihimaki, Gabbie Hanna, Tana Mongeau, Alex ‘Wassabi’ Burriss, Tyler Oakley, and Andrea Russett must solve puzzles and participate in various competitions in order to make it out alive.

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Popular vlogger Joey Graceffa has unveiled the star-studded cast that’s set to headline the second season of his YouTube Red series Escape The Night -- a semi-scripted murder mystery that bowed on the subscription service last June and was renewed in October.

Graceffa and YouTube made the casting announcement on Twitter with an image of participating creators decked out in ultra-glam period attire. (Last season, the series was set in the twenties and centered around a severed head that turned up at a dinner party). This year’s cast includes: DeStorm Power, Lauren Riihimaki, Gabbie Hanna, Tana Mongeau, Jesse Wellens, Alex ‘Wassabi’ Burriss, Tyler Oakley, Andrea Russett, and Liza Koshy.

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A brand-new batch of online stars are getting ready to try and escape!

YouTube sensation Joey Graceffa has returned for a second season of his hit YouTube Red reality competition Escape the Night — and People and it’s sister publication Instant and Entertainment Weekly can exclusively reveal the all-star cast.

In the first season, Graceffa brought together an ensemble of top YouTube stars for a killer dinner party that transported them to a 1920s-era gothic mansion. This season, nine new dinner guests will receive an exclusive invitation, only to discover that all is not what it seems. They find themselves...

Rapper/actor Shad Moss, better known as Bow Wow, has a message for Donald Trump after he bashed Snoop Dogg’s “failing career.” On Wednesday, the president took to Twitter to slam “failing” rapper Snoop Dogg, who this week released the video “Lavender,” which features Snoop Dogg shooting a Trump lookalike with a toy gun. Also Read: Ted Cruz Condemns Snoop Dogg's Trump Mock-Assassination Video as 'Irresponsible' “Can you imagine what the outcry would be if @SnoopDogg, failing career and all, had aimed and fired the gun at President Obama? Jail time!” tweeted Trump. In the video, directors Jesse Wellens...

President Donald Trump took to Twitter this morning to slam rapper Snoop Dogg for his latest music video, which was directed by YouTube luminary Jesse Wellens and sees the veteran rapper shooting a Trump-like character in the head with a prank gun.

The concept for the video for Snoop's new single, Lavender (Nightfall Remix), was reportedly hatched in the wake of the shooting of Philando Castile and serves as a commentary on police brutality. Additionally, the majority of the characters in the video are painted like clowns -- including a character named Ronald Krump, who bears a striking resemblance to the President -- which Wellens has said was meant to reflect America’s “ridiculous” political climate.

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Sen. Marco Rubio has slammed a new music video from Snoop Dogg that which features a clown look-a-like of President Donald Trump – and warned it could inspire violence against the president.

In the expletive-laden video for “Lavender (Nightfall Remix),” the faux Trump is held at gunpoint by Snoop, who then fires the weapon and causes a flag to pop out reading “Bang.”

“Snoop shouldn’t have done that – you know, we’ve had presidents assassinated before in this country so anything like that is really something you should be very careful about,” the Florida senator told TMZ at Reagan National Airport in Washington,...

Last May, Jesse Wellens and Jeana Smith, the couple behind one of YouTube’s biggest prank channels, PrankVsPrank, announced their separation, as well as a cessation of their daily vlogs in order to pursue larger-scale projects.

And today, Wellens, 34 -- who signed with Beverly Hills talent agency Wme late last year -- has dropped something of a whopper: a music video for legendary rapper Snoop Dogg’s latest single, BadBadNotGood. The politically-charged clip, which also stars acclaimed actor and podcast host Michael Rapaport, marks the first project from Wellens’ just-formed production company, Rose Ave., which it says has other music videos, TV shows, and feature films in the works.

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Snoop Dogg doesn’t hold back from airing his thoughts on President Trump in his new music video for the track, “Lavender.” In it, directors Jesse Wellens and James DeFina depict an America where everyone’s a clown, including president “Ronald Klump.” The video bluntly satirizes current events, with President Klump at one point holding a press conference to announce the deportation of all dogs. That doesn’t go over so well with Snoop Dogg, who chains up the Clown-in-Chief and shoots him with a toy gun. Also Read: Kellyanne Conway Defends Spy 'Microwave' Claim: 'I Wasn't Making a Suggestion About Trump' (Video) Actor Michael.

Snoop Dogg has dropped a new music video for his rework of “Lavender,” the single from Canadian group Badbadnotgood, featuring Kaytranada. Dubbed “Lavender (Nightfall Remix),” the concept of the video came from YouTube star Jesse Wellens, who co-directed the clip with James DeFina.

On the video — which was released on Sunday via Wellens’ popular YouTube channel PrankvsPrank — everyone is a clown, except for Snoop. It features actor Michael Rapaport as a father (and a clown), who gets shot by a police officer on his way to work, all as a bystander records the incident. As reported by Billboard, the scene was inspired by the shooting of Philando Castile last July, which was streamed live on Facebook by his girlfriend.

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The video also features a faux box of Snoop Loops, dogs from the “Resident Evil” video games and a...

Following the announcement that he would abandon daily vlogging after roughly 600 consecutive days, YouTube veteran Casey Neistat has been pursuing larger-scale projects, including a holiday film that he’s been teasing on his channel for several weeks. Now, the film -- which was sponsored by Samsung and co-created by fellow YouTube star Jesse Wellens -- is here.

Titled Human Flying Drone, the video is set in the snowy mountains of Finland, where a custom-built ‘copter not only tows Neistat -- who’s donning a Santa Claus costume -- along the slopes on his snowboard but ultimately lifts him into the air in several awe-inspiring instances. As the video was sponsored by Samsung, a 360-degree version of the clip shot entirely with Samsung Gear 360 Cameras will also reportedly be available.

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Jesse Wellens has recently moved beyond prank videos, and as he continues to build his personal brand, he has signed with a major talent agency. Wellens is the latest digital creator to sign with Wme, headquartered in Beverly Hills.

Wellens first gained prominence on YouTube thanks to his PrankVsPrank channel, on which he and his then-girlfriend Jeana constantly one-upped each other with increasingly elaborate practical jokes. The couple separated earlier in 2016, but Wellens has continued to release regular videos to serve PrankVsPrank’s 10 million subscribers. His latest videos have both featured pranks and ventured beyond them; among other projects, he recently shot a film based on his experience at Burning Man, directed a Halloween-themed collaboration video called ‘Room 301,’ and starred in a YouTube Red series called Prank Academy. Some of his newer videos have featured Jeana as well.

Thanks to his partnership with Wme, Wellens will gain support as he continues to explore new formats.

Have you ever had a roommate who just wouldn't pay their share of the rent? Three friends face this dilemma in Matthew John Lawrence's short film Larry Gone Demon, but the only problem is that their fellow housemate is seemingly straight out of hell. You can watch their blood-splattered struggle in its entirety right here on Daily Dead, and we also have an exclusive clip from Last Girl Standing, as well as a new Vr video from #Room301.

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Dwayne Johnson launched a YouTube channel in July, which to date has over 1.3 million followers. Now, The Rock is welcoming viewers online to experience a new virtual reality world, #Room301, where audiences will face their worst fears.

The actor, along with over 100 top YouTubers from around the world, produced horror-inspired, 360-degree Vr videos for their YouTube channels as part of a production program launched by YouTube Spaces worldwide, in partnership with Blumhouse Productions and producer Jason Blum.

Aside from creating their own terrifying videos, a handful of YouTube’s biggest stars, including FuriousPete, Gabbie Hanna of The Gabbie Show and Latoya from Latoya Forever, teamed up with Johnson on a special 360 Vr clip. The video is directed by Jesse Wellens from PrankVsPrank, and serves as the origin story for the global narrative. In the video, the YouTubers are given a key from Johnson to enter room 301, known as YouTube Purgatory,...

Today, it was revealed that the recently announced horror-themed Vr collaboration between Blumhouse and YouTube Spaces is entitled #Room301, and will feature none other than Dwayne Johnson as a ghostly hotel concierge who welcomes all viewers into a hotel filled with chilling surprises that explore our worst fears—just in time for Halloween.

Last month, Daily Dead had the opportunity to speak with Jason Blum of Blumhouse and Chris D’Angelo of YouTube Space as they were just about to begin working on #Room301. The duo discussed their partnership, the challenges of bringing the Vr horror fest to life online, and much more.

Great to speak with you today, guys. Jason, I know over at Blumhouse you are always looking for new, different, and exciting ways to connect with horror fans. I'm curious how this all came about and the vision that you and Chris share for this collaboration.

Jason Blum...

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has made a lot of friends in the online video community since launching his official YouTube channel earlier this year. Now, he has invited some of those friends to join him for a haunted seance spectacular. He is the primary star of YouTube’s Room 301 series, which includes several videos shot on the site’s Halloween-themed sets.

The introductory video in the Room 301 was directed by Jesse Wellens of PrankVsPrank fame. A few creators at a time, Wellens’ colleagues in the YouTube community file into a spooky hotel, where a ghostly Rock awaits them. The video, shot in 360 degrees, is best watched through a virtual reality device like Google’s new Daydream headset, but it is available to all viewers through Wellens’ DownRangeGaming channel.

Once the featured stars -- including Furious Pete, Chachi Gonzales, and Latoya Forever -- accept their invitations into the hotel, they head...

Lance Stewart's vlogs can sometimes be a bit rough around the edges, but that's the way he likes it, and his fans seem to enjoy his style, too. Stewart's videos, which discuss his life and his relationships with his friends, family, and girlfriend, have propelled him -- with some help from "clickbait" titles and the occasional misleading thumbnail -- above one million subscribers. Stewart's latest headline-grabbing move came in late August, when he accidentally sliced off a piece of his finger while attempting to shoot a real-life Fruit Ninja video. As he continues to document his recuperation from that injury, he talked to us about his digital presence.

Tubefilter: How does it feel to have one million subscribers? What do you have to say to your fans?

Lance Stewart: Having one million subscribers is so surreal. I never thought over one million people would be interested in seeing what I...

Ahead of the theatrical and VOD release of Tell Me How I Die on September 16th, Daily Dead has an exclusive clip from the film. Also: details on YouTube Spaces and Blumhouse's horror Vr collaboration, Child Eater's world premiere at Brooklyn Horror Fest, Destination America's Mountain Monsters season five renewal, and Iris Prize Festival screening details for Kill Pill.

Watch an Exclusive Clip from Tell Me How I Die: "When a group of college students takes part in an experimental drug study, an unexpected side effect gives them terrifying visions of their own murders… which begin to come true. As they scramble to outsmart and outmaneuver their date with death, they realize that the killer is among them and shares their ability to see the future – only he seems to be one step ahead in their race to survive."

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YouTube is giving some of its creators the opportunity to tell scary stories in 360 degrees. The video site has announced a partnership with film studio Blumhouse Productions, through which it will set up virtual reality horror sets at five of its Spaces around the world.

The videos born out of the new initiative will be shot on a haunted hotel set referred to as “room 301.” Versions of the set will be available at the YouTube Spaces in Los Angeles, New York, Toronto, Berlin, and Tokyo, and additional creators who frequent the hubs in Paris and Sao Paulo will be flown to Los Angeles in order to cook up their own scares. In total, more than 100 creators are expected to participate, with Prank Vs. Prank’s Jesse Wellens spearheading a massive collab video that will kick off the project.

The new initiative marries two of YouTube’s favorite trends. The video site is bullish on Vr,...

YouTube Red has premiered its latest original series -- a simulated zombie apocalypse reality competition titled Fight Of The Living Dead, featuring a who’s-who of digital superstars. On the show, the 10 contestants -- including VitalyzdTV, FouseyTUBE, Tré Melvin, and Brittani Louise Taylor -- must fight their way through an abandoned hospital overrun by zombies. Throughout the course of 72 hours, they must also complete various challenges.

The series is available on BlackBoxTV’s YouTube channel. The studio, which says it is “increasingly focused on virtual environments, and the implications of Vr, gaming, and 360 video,” is also behind The Fourth Door, a Joey Graceffa-starring series for Verizon’s go90 platform, as well as a prior Fight Of The Living Dead series that ran in April 2015 starring Graceffa, iJustine, PrankvsPrank’s Jesse Wellens, and more. YouTube Red’s Fight Of The Living Dead was produced by Alpine Labs and Revolver Picture Company.

[Youtube "tBrWRW9axU8"] After announcing their breakup - and a break from YouTube - in May, online stars Jesse Wellens and Jeana Smith are finally opening up about their split. "It was great in the beginning but then it slowly...it kinda like polluted our relationship and made it toxic," Wellens, 31, says in a preview clip exclusive to People from Friday's episode of Shane Dawson’s video podcast, Shane & Friends, available on Fullscreen. "We still love each other greatly and we still have lots of respect for each other," Wellens admits of where things stand with Smith, 31. "I just felt like we were...

[Youtube "tBrWRW9axU8"] After announcing their breakup - and a break from YouTube - in May, online stars Jesse Wellens and Jeana Smith are finally opening up about their split. "It was great in the beginning but then it slowly...it kinda like polluted our relationship and made it toxic," Wellens, 31, says in a preview clip exclusive to People from Friday's episode of Shane Dawson’s video podcast, Shane & Friends. "We still love each other greatly and we still have lots of respect for each other," Wellens admits of where things stand with Smith, 31. "I just felt like we were doing stuff for...

YouTube stars Jesse Wellens and Jeana Smith have told fans they are calling it quits after 10 years together - and, unfortunately, the split doesn't appear to be one of the duo's infamous pranks. In an emotional vlog titled "A New Chapter" and shared last week, the BFvsGF and PrankvsPrank stars broke down, telling fans that they are taking a break from their channel - and each other. "Everybody thinks everything's perfect... and it's really not at all," Smith said in the 10-minute clip. "Everybody has problems, everybody has issues and we choose not to put that in the videos usually.

YouTube stars Jesse Wellens and Jeana Smith have told fans they are calling it quits after 10 years together - and, unfortunately, the split doesn't appear to be one of the duo's infamous pranks. In an emotional vlog titled "A New Chapter" and shared last week, the BFvsGF and PrankvsPrank stars broke down, telling fans that they are taking a break from their channel - and each other. "Everybody thinks everything's perfect... and it's really not at all," Smith said in the 10-minute clip. "Everybody has problems, everybody has issues and we choose not to put that in the videos usually.

If YouTube has given rise to a new breed of celebrity in which the line between content creation and reality tends to blur, over time, that dynamic can become a toxic strain on real-life relationships.

After establishing one of YouTube’s most beloved prank channels in 2009, PrankvsPrank co-creators and longtime couple Jeana Smith and Jesse Wellens -- who also operate an immensely popular daily vlogging channel called BFvsGF -- have announced that they are taking a break.

In what they call one of the hardest videos they’ve ever had to film, the couple say that although vlogging might've made it appear like their lives were perfect, they've had issues for quite some time. “When it gets to a point where it starts to feel like a job, and you’re not doing things because you love the person, you’re doing them for a vlog, that puts a huge burden on the relationship,...

This April Fools’ Day, YouTube became ground zero for a handful of high-profile projects within the explosively popular prank video genre.

On the debut episode of their YouTube Red series, Prank Academy, Jeana Smith and Jesse Wellens tricked vlogger Joey Graceffa into thinking he’d ignited a crew member of a cooking show spectacularly into flames.

Two days later, Roman Atwood, Dennis Roady, and Vitaly Zdorovetskiy released Natural Born Pranksters -- a feature film in which the trio pull off feats far more diabolical than their typical YouTube fare -- like tricking a father-to-be into thinking his wife has given birth to the mailman’s baby. The movie catapulted to the No. 1 spot on the iTunes comedy charts, and the No. 2 movie overall during the weekend of its release -- second only to Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

These impressive digital box office metrics should come as no surprise. In...

Jeana Smith and Jesse Wellens, the YouTube couple known as PrankvsPrank, announced an original series for YouTube Red last April.

And today, the couple -- who have amassed more than 19 million subscribers across three channels thanks to their uproariously ruthless pranks orchestrated against one another -- unveiled the trailer for Prank Academy. In the forthcoming series, they will go from pranksters to mentors, “teaching [celebrity guests] how to pull off their most ambitious and complicated pranks yet,” according to a press release.

The show, which will feature cameos from YouTube stars Louis Cole, Justine Ezarik, Joey Graceffa, Lilly Singh, Charles Trippy and more, looks a little like the couple's YouTube videos on steroids. In one scene, Singh picks a WWE-style fight in a restaurant as fellow diners look on in horror. In another, Ezarik and Graceffa recoil on the set of a cooking show as a crew members’ clothes bursts into flames.

[Youtube "6q1UFiCX6oU"] Prepared to be schooled, YouTubers. The couple behind the successful YouTube channel PrankvsPrank is upping their game with their new YouTube Red series Prank Academy. "Prank Academy is a step up from our usual pranks on each other," Jesse Wellens tells People exclusively of his and girlfriend Jeana's new project. "We always had a dream to do bigger, large scale pranks and to be able to do them on other people!" Related Video: VidCon Fans Share Ideal Celeb Collaborations and Favorite YouTube Stars Over 9.5 million subscribers already follow the pranks on the couple's main YouTube channel, but now they are...

A zombie apocalypse is simulated for popular YouTube personalities in Fight of the Living Dead. After appearing on CONtv and BlackBoxTV, the competition-driven reality show will stream on YouTube Red as part of the recently announced YouTube Red Originals, along with Skybound Entertainment's Scare PewDiePie.

Press Release: YouTube Red Originals are now live! The first four original series and movies from your favorite creators are now available, exclusively for YouTube Red members. Members can now enjoy movies and shows from Lilly Singh, Rooster Teeth, PewDiePie and AwesomenessTV. And fans who haven’t signed up for YouTube Red yet can watch short previews or sign up for a free 30-day trial YouTube Red membership.

Here are the first of many new YouTube Red Originals to come:

A Trip to Unicorn Island: From the team at Astronauts Wanted, this feature-length movie gives fans an extraordinary look inside the life and journey of...

Adidas’ newest digital project aims to get football fans excited for the upcoming Super Bowl L. The athletic apparel brand will launch the branded NFL-themed and Snoop Dogg-hosted talk show Turf’d Up on December 30, 2015.

Adidas and Snoop Dogg already have a working relationship in place, as the rapper and long-time football fan is the brand’s official Director of Football Development. For Adidas’ Turf’d Up project, Snoop Dogg will interview ex-nfl players, iconic sports personalities, and both traditional and digital celebrities, including John Salley, George Lopez, Willie McGinest, Antonio Pierce, iJustine, and Jesse Wellens of PrankvsPrank. Cashmere Agency headed production on the eight episodes of Turf’d Up, which will debut on Snoop Dogg’s WestFestTV YouTube channel that's in possession of over 1.3 million subscribers.

This is not the first time Snoop Dogg has participated in a web series surrounding the theme of football. In September 2015, AOL...

Casey Neistat isn’t happy with Facebook. In a candid interview with Adweek, the 34-year-old YouTube star and filmmaker revealed that he lost over 20 million video views on his own content due to stolen (aka freebooted) videos on the social networking site.

Neistat, who boasts over 1.5 million subscribers on YouTube, spent several weeks creating a Halloween video called “Aladdin Magic Carpet Prank” with fellow YouTuber Jesse Wellens (of PrankvsPrank fame). After the two uploaded the video to YouTube and pulled in ten million total views, Neistat told Adweek he and Wellens discovered internet users had illegally ripped their “Aladdin” video, in which they’d both invested a significant amount of time and money. The video pirates had posted the clip to Facebook using the site’s native video format.

"I spent roughly a week issuing takedowns on Facebook—a convoluted process," Neistat said. "I crowdsourced the process of finding the...

Aladdin has gone viral. A video of Aladdin taking a seemingly real-life magic-carpet ride through the streets of New York City has gone viral, amassing nearly two million views since it was published to YouTuber Jesse Wellens’ channel on Friday. Dressed as Disney’s street rat-turned-prince, Wellens rides through the city on a booster board ingeniously designed to look like a magic carpet hovering just above the ground — to the shock and amusement of New Yorkers on the street. Also Read: YouTube Red Agrees to Pay Content Creators During Free Trial Period An eight-and-a-half minute behind-the-scenes video documented how Wellens and filmmaker Casey Neistat pulled.

Endemol Beyond USA has a new content vertical for audiences to enjoy. The YouTube multi-channel network has officially launched Smasher, its network dedicated to everything gaming, eSports, and even regular sports.

Smasher launches alongside of the network’s first and previously-announced digital series Legends of Gaming. Based on Endemol’s British web series of the same name (which has raked in more than 32 million views to date), Legends of Gaming is hosted by YouTube star Toby Turner and features four teams of two gamers competing against each other in eSports events. The series is sponsored by Pizza Hut, with gaming equipment donations from Razer and iBuyPower.

Overall, Endemol will create 37 Legends of Gaming episodes, 37 Legends of Gaming: Game Play episodes (to show the entire competition), and 37 bloopers and outtakes segments. The McN will also create additional interviews, profiles, recaps, and win/fail videos. Endemol will post Legends-related content seven days...

Endemol Beyond USA debuted a new eSports and gaming network on Wednesday. The network launched with its flagship series “Legends of Gaming,” based on the Endemol Beyond UK series of the same name. YouTube star Toby Turner will serve as host of the 37-episode premiere season. In addition, Smasher will roll out seven other series, including “Rule’m Sports,” based on the hit UK series and hosted by YouTuber Jesse Wellens. Also read: Cameron Dallas Defends YouTube Star Caleb Logan Bratayley's Funeral Live Stream “eSports is trending globally and we’re excited to be at the tipping point with ‘Legends...

Will "a very particular set of skills" work just as well on the small screen?

"Taken" is getting the reboot and prequel treatment and headed to NBC, a source told Access Hollywood.

The network gave a straight-to-series order based on the 2008 hit Liam Neeson movie.

Watch: ‘Taken 3’ NYC Premiere

Details on a cast, writers or a showrunner and series premiere date have yet to be revealed

The first "Taken" pulled in a whopping $145 million at the box office and spawned two successful sequels in 2012 and 2014.

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Endemol Beyond delivered the final presentation of the 2015 Newfronts, and as with many of the events that came before it, Endemol’s pitch hit on a number of new services and series. In particularly, the multi-channel network run by Endemol Shine North America will debut two new verticals: Looksy, which will deliver pop culture videos, and Smasher, which will focus on sports and gaming content.

The two new verticals will join Icon, a lifestyle hub Endemol Beyond launched alongside star partner Michelle Phan. Both Looksy and Smasher will spotlight creators from within the Endemol McN as well. Looksy’s slate includes Bad Girl, a prank series starring Brittany Furlan; on Smasher, PrankVsPrank co-star Jesse Wellens will lead a series called Rule’m Sports, in which he will extend challenges to star athletes. Smasher will also be the home of Legends of Gaming, which will be hosted by YouTube star Toby Turner.

"Whenever you get scared, you close your eyes and you count to ten, and then when you're done counting, you open your eyes and whatever was scaring you... will be gone." A boy fears what could be waiting in the shadows of his closet in the short horror film, Count to Ten. From Lone Suspect Productions, Count to Ten was recently released on BlackBoxTV and we now have the scary short for Daily Dead readers to enjoy.

Press Release -- "(Los Angeles, CA) April 30, 2015 - BlackBoxTV, the number one genre portal on the internet for all things horror, thriller and sci-fi, has released Count to Ten, a short film starring three time Emmy Winner Julie Marie Berman (General Hospital), Bob Clendenin (Cougar Town, Scrubs), and newcomer Jason Bonell.

In Count to Ten, a single mother in a new house tries to reassure her son that fear is only in his mind.

Get ready for more quality content from the Fine Brothers. YouTube said Tuesday that it’s launching partnerships with some of its top creators, including Benny and Rafi Fine (pictured above), the sibling team behind the “React” videos and others. The partnership with the Fine Brothers includes plans for a scripted comedy series, which will take “a satirical look at the world of singing competition shows,” will be produced by Mandeville Films. Also in the works: A new project from “Prank vs. Prank” duo Jeana and Jesse Wellens. The series will feature the pair being joined by celebrity guests in a quest.

In a land overrun by ruthless creatures that hunt by sound, even the faintest whimper can lead to your death in Tim Lebbon's The Silence, a new horror novel hitting shelves later this month. Titan Books has provided us with an exclusive excerpt from Lebbon's latest to share with Daily Dead readers, and we also have a look at two recent 31 images revealed by Rob Zombie, as well as details on the zombie series, Fight of the Living Dead, which is now available to watch in its entirety on BlackBoxTV.

Tim Lebbon's The Silence: "In the darkness of a underground cave system, blind creatures hunt by sound. Then there is light, there are voices, and they feed... Swarming from their prison, the creatures thrive and destroy. To scream, even to whisper, is to summon death. As the hordes lay waste to Europe, a girl watches to see if they will cross the sea.

Having "Star Wars" actor Mark Hamill join the cast of "The Flash" for this week's episode was a thrill for the cast.

"That was really surreal," Grant Gustin (Barry Allen/The Flash) told Access Hollywood recently about having Hamill come on the show as the incarcerated Trickster.

In this Tuesday's episode, Hamill lays James Jesse, aka The Trickster, who is prison (coincidentally the same one housing Barry's dad, Henry Allen). A copycat, who uses James' old moniker, causes trouble in Central City, prompting Barry and Det. Joe West (Jesse L. Martin) to go to Hamill's character for help.

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