Sing It!: From Fine Brothers Entertainment and Mandeville Films comes SING IT!, a scripted comedy that lovingly satirizes the reality singing competitions that have become a centerpiece of pop culture. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SING IT! -- A COMEDY SERIES THAT LETS THE AUDIENCE CHOOSE THE WINNER From Fine Brothers Entertainment and Mandeville Films, Sing It! is a Loving Satirical Homage to Singing Competition Shows Coming To YouTube Red in 2016 Los Angeles – October 21, 2015 – YouTube announced today an all-new, original scripted comedy series SING IT!, created by Benny & Rafi Fine, in conjunction with premiere film and television production company, Mandeville Films. The first season of SING IT! will bow early next year with ten half hour episodes exclusively on YouTube Red. SING IT! pays homage to the singing competition genre with a unique twist, taking us behind the scenes in a scripted comedy format, where every week the stakes of live television are raised even higher. The first season of SING IT! brings us through the ups and downs when a long-running executive producer is fired and a newcomer threatens to offset the balance between the show’s quirky contestants, duplicitous executives, and rollicking crew. Contestants will actually be eliminated from the competition at the end of each episode until the final two are left. Viewers at home will then get to vote to determine SING IT’s first season winner. SING IT! features a cross-section of film, television and YouTube stars including Missi Pyle (Gone Girl), Debby Ryan (Disney Channel’s Jessie), Kurt Fuller (Midnight in Paris), YouTube star Sam Tsui, Mark Sullivan (Guest of a Nation) and Leah Lewis (The Voice Season Four contestant). The series will also feature Ace Young and Diana DeGarmo who appeared on American Idol. With over 13 million subscribers and 3.3 billion video views on YouTube, The Fine Brothers are producers, writers and directors who are best known for their popular React videos. “We are excited to be part of this exciting new phase with YouTube to continue our decade-long passion to produce premium online shows, and being partnered with Mandeville for SING IT! will take that to a whole new level. With the support of our audience, we’re ready to keep innovating,” said the Fines “I’ve long admired the work of the Fine Brothers, and love how “Sing It!” seeks to combine scripted narrative with fan engagement to produce a series that is both engaging and interactive.” said Susanne Daniels, Global Head of Original Programming, YouTube. The series is part of YouTube’s commitment to invest in new original shows and movies featuring some of YouTube’s most popular stars. YouTube Red is a new paid membership that gives fans the ultimate YouTube experience. Members get ad-free videos across devices, background play, and the ability to save videos to watch offline on mobile. In 2016, members will also get exclusive access to new shows and movies. About YouTube Launched in May 2005, YouTube allows billions of people to discover, watch and share originally-created videos. YouTube provides a forum for people to connect, inform, and inspire others across the globe and acts as a distribution platform for original content creators and advertisers large and small. YouTube is a Google company. Fine Brothers Entertainment produces some of the most viewed scripted and unscripted content in the world today, creating regular daily programming on YouTube to a highly engaged audience. They have over 17 million subscribers across their YouTube channels and generate over 140 million monthly views. Their award wig format Kids React and related shows Teens React and Elders React are consistently rated the top tv shows on the web and are regularly covered by media all over the world. They’ve just premiered their new ten-episode TV series Six Degrees of Everything on truTV. Prior to that they produced 12 prime-time episodes of ReactToThat for Nickelodeon. Since its founding in 1995, Mandeville Films has produced feature films that have grossed well over $1 billion in domestic box office receipts. Mandeville partners David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman produced the critically hailed Academy Award-nominated feature The Fighter, the romantic comedy The Proposal, and the hit film The Muppets. Mandeville also produced zombie romantic comedy Warm Bodies and produced the box-office smash Insurgent, part of the Divergent trilogy. Upcoming movies under the Mandevillle banner include Beauty and the Beast, starring Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Emma Thompson, Kevin Kline, Ian McKellan, Josh Gad. Ewan McgGregor, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, directed by Bill Condon and written by Stephen Chbosky; Wonder, based on R.J. Palacio’s best-selling YA novel, the indie feature By Way of Helena, starring Liam Hemsworth and Woody Harrelson, directed by Kieran Darcy- Smith which Lionsgate will release, and Allegiant, the next installment of the Divergent series. The company also has two television series premiering this year on ABC Network, including Wicked City, starring Ed Westwick and Jeremy Sisto, and The Family starring Joan Allen. These and many other popular films and television shows make Mandeville Films among the most prolific and respected production labels in the entertainment industry. ## Contact Information: Michelle Slavich for YouTube slavich@google.com or press@google.com Rachel Aberly for Mandeville      |
