1 Million Youtube Views In Month Gets Hollywood Attention

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Hollywood Director Receives 600,000 Youtube Viral Views in Three Weeks And Hollywood Studio Execs Take NoticeAndrews Jenkins of Shadow Lurkers Movie is on pace for 100,000,000 fans before first full feature movie premieres in 2013.Hollywood Director Andrews Jenkins launched a 3-minute horror/thriller movie teaser trailer of The Shadow Lurkers earlier this month and received over 600,000 views within 3 weeks. The viral social media teaser movie campaign resulted in Major Hollywood Studios, such as Universal, Sony and Lionsgate, to vie for the rights to produce the film. This is Andrews Jenkins second indie film-in-progress and is using grass-roots social media to find 100 million fans before the movie's premiere. Although Google Plus is touted as a ghost-town, ninety percent (90%) of the campaign is succefully using the G+ social media community platform. Andrews Jenkins says, "Having a daytime job as a prominent TV commercial director is fun and rewarding, especially when working with stars from WWE, Kobe Bryant or Dale Earnhardt Jr. Actually, commercial directing is the best ‘school laboratory' for film making. ...
... My true passion is film making and my first indie film gave me a sweet taste of what I could do. For my Shadow Lurkers Movie, I want to do things a bit differently and ‘Shake Up Hollywood'. The goal, aside from making the best film I can, is to create this ground-swell of fans and have them voice to the film community that this movie needs to be made." Since the Youtube release date of June 4th, the trailer's views have grown to over 600,000 views. The film is currently in very early pre-concept stage. The director hopes to gain 100 million fans before the first premiere sometime in 2013.About Andrews JenkinsAndrews Jenkins (http://andrewsjenkins.com/) is an accomplished television commercial director who has worked with Kobe Bryant, Tiger Woods, Dale Earnhardt Jr, Addidas, EA Sports, NBC/Universal, FX Networks Burn Notice and many other nationally recognized commercial campaigns. His first independent film, "How To Rob A Bank", was acquired by IFC Films in 2008.About Shadow Lurkers MovieDirected by Andrews Jenkins and produced by Peter Sussman of Leverage Communications, Shadow Lurkers Movie is a sci-fi, horror, thriller film that is in early pre-concept stage. The teaser 3-minute video was released on Youtube (http://Youtube.com/ShadowLurkersMovie) on June 4th, 2012. A social media campaign virally grew over 500,000 views around the world. The story follows one family beginning 3 days prior to the millennial eclipse, which Mayan mythology may act as a portal to the "Shadow World".