Admit it. You loved parody horror franchise “Sharknado.” You couldn’t get enough of it. And, in celebration of its 10-year anniversary, The Asylum – in partnership with Bingeable, Vital Signs Entertainment, and Hidden Ones – has launched the “Bitepass,” a limited-window, open-edition digital collectible marking a significant moment in Web3 entertainment.
The Asylum and Rubey Entertainment have also announced the 10th Anniversary theatrical release of the first Sharknado film, a limited event set to take place on August 15th and 16th, 2023 on up to 500 screens nationwide. Prior to the film, the full Sharknado Bites Again! campaign will be revealed and attendees will be offered an exclusive digital collectible to commemorate the special event.
The over-the-top viral film franchise, which broke all Twitter records when it first premiered and featured a bevy of cameos from the likes of Mark Cuban, Tony Hawk, Tori Spelling, and Academy Award Nominee Judd Hirsch, spawned a total of six feature-length films. Initially released by the Syfy Channel, the films have become global, cult classics reaching heights that no other indie film franchise has ever achieved.
The Sharknado Bites Again! Bitepass,” an open edition collectible, will usher fans into a new Sharknado era. The full scope of the initiative will be revealed in-theaters during a two-day theatrical event featuring a new, digitally remastered version of the first film in the Sharknado franchise. The new version of the film contains enhanced visual effects, color, and sound, as well as previously deleted scenes. The film event, distributed by Rubey Entertainment, will be available in up to 500 theaters across the U.S. on August 15-16, 2023. A viral campaign has begun encouraging fans to show up in costumes and suggesting audience participation during key moments of the film.
Tickets to the theatrical event can be purchased here: http://sharknado10th.com Visit https://sharknadobites.com/ to secure a Bitepass before the window closes. For more information, contact stephen@bingeable.net
About The Asylum
The Asylum is one of the world’s leading brand-oriented motion picture and television studios. With a focus on high-concept, market-driven entertainment, like the SHARKNADO franchise and the popular BLACK SUMMER and Z NATION TV series, The Asylum finances, produces and releases 25 films per year through its direct pipeline to the nation’s top platforms and its network of international partners. Since its founding in 1997, The Asylum has released more than 500 films and has built a library of over 300 original productions, including top-rated programs for Netflix, Tubi, SYFY, Lifetime, Ion Television, Animal Planet, as well as Hallmark Channel, Sony Television, BET, and Universal TV. The Asylum’s apocalyptic thriller BLACK SUMMER was the #1 scripted series on its Netflix release. And its critically acclaimed action-horror series, Z NATION, is one of SYFY’s longest-running and highest-rated. Now THE ASYLUM MOVIE CHANNEL – a Free Ad-supported Streaming TV entertainment network, with over two million hours watched per month, is one of the top-rated OTT entertainment networks.
About Bingeable
Bingeable’s unique affiliate marketing and distribution model enables high-profile talent, influencers and even fans to market and sell new films, series’, graphic novels and digital collectibles directly to their followers on social media platforms. Participants get their own, individual VOD channel, as well as proprietary marketing tools to help them more effectively market to their online followers. Bingeable allows affiliates to earn a 20% commission every time one of their followers rents or buys through their channel.
About Vital Signs Entertainment
Vital Signs Entertainment is a development, consulting, and production company specializing in science fiction, fantasy, and horror/supernatural programming and movies. Vital Signs ’recent credits include the upcoming science fiction time travel action-adventure film, 57 Seconds, starring Morgan Freeman and Josh Hutcherson, based on the renowned and award-winning story by British author, E.C. Tubb, which will be released in late 2023; the critically-acclaimed series Slasher, a streaming horror series now in its fifth season on Shudder; Pandora, a scripted science fiction series for The CW Network and Amazon streaming; and the horror-comedy, You Might Be the Killer – the first movie ever produced from a viral Twitter conversation – which played in over 15 film festivals in the U.S. and internationally, and is now available on streaming. Vital Signs ’CEO is Thomas P. Vitale, who before founding the company, was EVP at NBCU’s Syfy and Chiller Networks, where he was responsible for programming, original movies, co-pro series, and so much more.
About Hidden Ones
Hidden Ones is a supernatural creative studio wielding the power of community to challenge the Hollywood gatekeepers. Specializing in web3, they work to bring entertainment IP to life in the emerging digital collectibles market. Established in early 2021 with the release of He Who Lives in Hidden Lakes (dir. Zach Lona), the first-ever feature film NFT, the collective empowers creators with the tools they need in order to build enduring fandoms. For more information visit https://hiddenones.xyz/.
About Rubey Entertainment
Rubey Entertainment is the industry’s premier provider of live, digital, and 3D entertainment, offering fans unparalleled access to the artists and content they want— when and how they want it—via broadband, TV, radio, wireless, theatrical, and retail. Since its founding in 1998 Rubey Entertainment has created and produced over hundreds of events, programs and performances working with top tier partners like AEG, EPIX, Live Nation, YouTube, Fathom Events, MTV, iTunes and AXS. Rubey Entertainment has completed successful tour and album launch campaigns for clients including: Katy Perry, Rascal Flats, The Who, Bon Jovi, Celine Dion, Rod Stewart, Prince, Linkin Park, Usher, Garth Brooks, Black Eye Peas, and many others. Most recently Rubey Entertainment as a founding partner of Lexis Partners executed the ECA award winning live broadcast of League of Legends Worldwide Championship to over 600 global cinemas generating over $1MM+ in gross box office. Rubey Entertainment is excited to continue to bring world-class entertainment to fans across the globe and celebrate its 35th anniversary. For more information visit www.rubeyentertainment.com/.