Web Series

Back in April of 2012, the online series The Lizzie Bennet Diaries debuted on YouTube, focusing on a modern day version of the eponymous character, her sisters and friends as well as the men who come into their lives. The 100th episode (its last) aired a little over a year later and the webseries went on to not only win …

Riftworld Chronicles started out as an 11-minute digital film called The Portal, directed and written by Jonathan Williams and starring Erin Karpluk (Being Erica) and Tahmoh Penikett (Battlestar Galactica) The Portal won various film festival awards, including one at the Salt Lake City Comic Con. The digital film also garnered a loyal fan base, one so dedicated that its Kickstarter …

It was around this time last year that I did a spotlight on both the web series Classic Alice and The New Adventures of Peter and Wendy. So it only seemed right to revisit these delightful online shows since they will both be back this week with their second seasons. In fact, the first episode of the second season of …

Much like The Lizzie Bennet Diaries and Emma Approved, the web series Elinor and Marianne Take Barton is based on the classic work by Jane Austen; this time centered on characters found in “Sense and Sensibility”. Elinor and Marianne Take Barton follows the adventures of bright, free-spirited Marianne Dashwood and her thoughtful sister Elinor. From friendship to parties and from …

  Stacey Schrom and Caroline Gutierrez are the creative minds behind the new web series I’ll Bring the Awkward, a comedy debuting its first three episodes online tonight, April 21, at 8:30PM PST. I’ll Bring the Awkward, according to Stacey, is “about two girls and their awkward misadventures… at its core, it’s really about how important it is to have that …

Back on November 24 of last year, the new web series The March Family Letters debuted online, reimagining the world of the classic novel Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. In this new version the four March sisters share a home together while their mother Margaret “Marmee” March is an officer in the Canadian Forces. Jo March decides to create …

Just in time for Halloween this past October, the new online series Morganville The Series, based on the hugely popular Morganville Vampire book series by author Rachel Caine, debuted online, airing six episodes each week. But first let’s take a look back at how the whole franchise got started. In 2006, author Rachel Caine published the first Morganville Vampires book …

Ho-ho-ho! The holiday season is upon us and this Friday kicks off the mad dash for gifts. Shops will be crazy busy and some people won’t have a clue what to buy for Aunt Meg or Cousin Jimmy. While we may not be able to help out with all the gift giving for your friends and family, we can at …

Back in July and August, my monthly web series spotlight was focused on Necrolectric, the new romantic paranormal series from the creative minds of writers Lisa Stoddard (Executive Producer, Writer and Creator) and Jennifer Martin (Producer, Writer and Creator), who have been creating together for more than 25 years. Necrolectric tells the story of a woman, named Eve, struggling with …

On August 19, Frankenstein M.D., the latest web series by Pemberley Digital, the folks behind the Emmy Award winning The Lizzie Bennet Diaries and Emma Approved, debuted online. This multi-platform web series is a modern-day adaptation of the classic 1818 novel “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley, focusing on Dr. Victoria Frankenstein, an obsessive, eccentric prodigy determined to prove herself in the …