KILL THE VANDAL! Episode 1

KILL THE VANDAL!

DYSTOPIAN ACTION WEB-SERIES | EPISODE 1: "SELF-TITLED"

PRODUCTION BACKGROUND

KILL THE VANDAL! WAS ESSENTIALLY THE FIRST REAL GIANTKILLER PROJECT: MADE IN THE SUMMERS OF '07, '08 & '09 ON H.D.V. WITH BORROWED CAMERA EQUIPMENT AND A HELL OF A LOT OF STUBBORN WILLPOWER/TRESPASSING. IT WAS INITIALLY INTENDED AS GIANTKILLER'S FIRST FEATURE, AND INSTEAD WAS REJECTED BY EVERY FILM FESTIVAL IT WAS SUBMITTED TO AND CONSEQUENTLY COLLECTED DUST ON A HARD-DRIVE FOR THE BETTER PART OF A DECADE.

IN 2016, THIS MUTANT-BABY OF 1000 GENRES WAS DUG OUT OF THE ARCHIVES, REIMAGINED, AND RECUT AS A SIX-PART WEB-SERIES. THE FIRST EPISODE WAS RELEASED WITH A CAVEAT — “IF THIS EPISODE REACHES 500 VIEWS, WE’LL RELEASE EPISODE 2” — PUTTING THE BALL IN THE COURT OF VIEWERS TO SHARE AND SPREAD THE WORD. SADLY, THE EPISODE MAXED OUT AT 400 VIEWS, AND PLANS TO RELEASE THE REMAINING EPISODES WERE DROPPED LIKE A WARNER BROTHERS TAX WRITE-OFF. THIS PROJECT NONETHELESS REMAINS BELOVED BY THE GIANTKILLER FAMILY, WHICH WAS FORGED AROUND ITS CREATION, AND ITS STUBBORNNESS-FUELED, D.I.Y. PRODUCTION WAS A FILM SCHOOL UNLIKE ANY OTHER. IT NOW LIVES ONLINE SOLELY AS ONE RELEASED EPISODE, A SERIES TRAILER AND A CLIP FROM A FUTURE UNRELEASED EPISODE (ALL EMBEDDED ABOVE) TO INDICATE WHAT COULD, BUT PROBABLY NEVER SHOULD, HAVE BEEN.

EPISODE 1 CREDITS

• WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY JOSH COPELAND • PRODUCED BY JOSH COPELAND, WILL ARSON & ROBBY SCANDAL • THE VANDAL - WILL HADEN • THE YOUNG BUSINESSMEN - JARED JETPACK, BEN COPELAND, COLLIN DOMO • THE PRO - ELIJAH DIES • THE CLEAN-UP CREW - ZACK WEST, BRITNEY SINCLAIR • RAZOR-BLADE MAN - ROBBY CLARK • RAZOR-BLADE MAN SHEMP - WILL SINCLAIR • JET, THE CRIME-STOPPIN' HEMOGLOBIN - SHANE POWELL • ADDITIONAL JET VOICES - MATT TAYLOR• ORIGINAL SCORE COMPOSED BY WILL McKELVEY • SHOT, EDITED, SPECIAL-FX & PRODUCTION DESIGN BY DANGERFACE • ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION ASSISTANCE - ROBBY CLARK, BRITNEY SINCLAIR, WILL SINCLAIR • MONKEY-WRANGLING BY MARY KATE WHITE

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