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CAA is continuing to build out its gaming contingency with the signing of popular YouTube channel Game Grumps.

The seven-year-old content brand, which is fronted by hosts Arin Hanson and Dan Avidan, comprises a YouTube channel (5.2 million subscribers) and other social platforms that count 11 million collective followers. CAA will rep the comedy and geek-focused content brand -- perhaps best known for its ‘Let’s Plays’ -- in all areas, including television, film, digital distribution and partnerships, endorsements, publishing, and more, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

In addition to their video content, Game Grumps will embark on a nationwide tour this month that has already vended 30,000 tickets. Last year, they developed Dream Daddy, a gay dating simulator game that sold 300,000 copies. They also operate a robust merch business, per the Reporter, and produce an indie comic book with the Portland-based publisher Oni Press. In 2017, Game Grumps starred in a scripted YouTube...

Residents of eight metropolitan areas across Europe will get a chance to see three of YouTube's most popular personalities in real life. Game Grumps, the channel hosted by Arin Hanson and Dan Avidan, will join up with fellow gamer Seán "Jacksepticeye" McLoughlin for a tour called Ready Player 3.

At each stop on Ready Player 3, its trio of starring gamers will entertain attendees with a combination of jokes, games, and question-and-answer sessions. The tour is expected to draw large crowds thanks to the popularity the personalities on display. McLoughlin channel, which boasts more than 16 million subscribers, is one of YouTube's most frequented hubs. Game Grumps has four million subscribers of its own, and Hanson and Avidan were recently able to parlay the success of their channel into a YouTube Red series called Good Game.

Beyond his live event partnership with Game Grumps, McLoughlin is also planning to host three shows in...

The latest arrived in the catalog of YouTube Red original programs is a series that gives two gamers a chance to show off their acting chops. Arin Hanson and Dan Avidan, the co-hosts of the Game Grumps channel, portray the two principal characters in Good Game, a comedy set in the world of e-sports.

Good Game, which was announced earlier this year and teased with a trailer that arrived back at the start of August, follows its leading men as they look to assemble a motley team that can win a prestigious e-sports tournament. Dan Harmon, noted showrunner of Community and Rick & Morty fame, serves as one of the show's executive producers.

As with other YouTube Red originals, the first episode of Good Game is available for free.

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Two of the most popular creators on YouTube are ready to get their game on. Game Grumps, the channel hosted by wisecracking players Arin Hanson and Dan Avidan, has shared the trailer for its upcoming series Good Game, which will arrive for YouTube Red subscribers on August 30.

In Good Game, Hanson and Avidan will portray a pair of couch potatoes who decide to take charge of their lives by participating in a fictional e-sports tournament called "Blood Match." In order to vie for the title, they must first cobble together a team of misfits who can match the skills of the competition's robotic, precise favorites. The conceit sounds a lot like Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, but with a modern day twist that could attract viewers from one of the entertainment industry's most passionate communities. Comedy nerds will also dig the presence of Community and Rick & Morty's Dan Harmon, who...

YouTube Red has just ordered a handful of new series for audiences to watch. They include a sequel series to the teleportation thriller Jumper, which Doug Liman is attached to direct; a time-travel series from Dwayne Johnson tentatively called Lifeline; and an eSports series from Community creator Dan Harmon.

The Jumper sequel series is called Impulse, and it's based on the third novel in the Jumper book series. The story for it centers on "a rebellious 16-year-old girl, who has always felt different from her peers and has longed to escape from her seemingly quaint small town. When a local drug dealer attempts to assault her, she discovers her extraordinary ability to teleport. This newfound power confirms her conviction that she really is different from everybody else, but it now makes her the focus of those who want to control her."

This sounds like it could be a fun series.

Series among trio of new original shows announced by YouTube at Mipcom Keynote.

YouTube is joining forces with Doug Liman on new original sci-fi show Impulse, a sequel to his 2008 feature film Jumper about a young man whose teleportation skills make him a target for extremists.

The new series is drawn from the third book in the Jumper series by sci-fi writer Steven Gould and follows a young girl - the original protagonist’s daughter - as she discovers her ability to teleport away from danger.

YouTube has commissioned the drama alongside Universal Cable Productions (Ucp) in a first collaboration together.

Liman and his long-time producer Dave Bartis are attached to the project alongside Lost writer and creator Jeff Lieber, who is adapting the novel.

Impulse was among a trio of new original series announced by YouTube’s global head of original content Susanne Daniels at a Mipcom keynote session on Monday (Oct 17).

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YouTube’s subscription service, YouTube Red ($9.99 a month), has news shows on the way from Dwayne Johnson (Ballers), Dan Harmon (Rick & Morty), and Doug Liman (Edge of Tomorrow). Johnson is bringing the time travel show Lifeline to Youtube Red; Harmon is collaborating with Dan Avidan and Arin Hanson of Game Grumps on a new comedy series; and Liman is stepping back into the […]

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