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When an AI fiction generator wreaks havoc on a tech startup after its implementation, the company must deal with the disastrous creations prompted by their own minds. Writer/director Jennifer Zhang explores the unnerving results in the upcoming sci-fi thriller, Trüebadour.

Per Deadline, Jamie Lee Curtis is the newest addition to the talented team behind Trüebadour, joining as an executive producer.The film stars Kevin Kreider and Ryan Bergara and is Bergara’s first leading role in a feature film. Additional cast members announced thus far include Gina Su, Matt Gottlieb, Tom Herrick, and Zhang herself.

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Trüebadour is based on Autopilot, a sci-fi short film also written and directed by Zhang. With two feature films under her belt,...

Exclusive: Ryan Bergara and Kevin Kreider will star in Jennifer Zhang’s sci-fi thriller Trüebadour, set to begin shooting in April.

Jamie Lee Curtis has also come onboard as an executive producer.

The film marks the feature lead acting debut of Ryan Bergara, known for his new media network Watcher Entertainment and series like Buzzfeed Unsolved and Ghost Files.

Kreider will also be joining the cast, which includes Gina Su, Matt Gottlieb and Tom Herrick.

Trüebadour is Zhang’s third feature and the story follows the disturbing implosion of a tech start up after an innovative AI “storytelling” device is introduced into the company.

Zhang’s previous works include Charon, which was shot on an iPhone 8 on a micro budget, and in isolation during the pandemic in 2020, as well as 2022 short film, Fetish.

NextShark Studios has boarded the production, with founder Benny Luo executive producing...

Were currently in the heart of the spooky season. That means it's the perfect time to watch all your favorite horror movies and TV shows. On the reality side of the haunting equation, paranormal series like Ghost Hunters and Ghost Adventures have become extremely popular over the last two decades. However, when it comes to paranormal comedies, no one has done it better than Ryan Bergara and Shane Madej. The ghost hunting dynamic duo have brought their investigative talents to their latest series Ghost Files, which just premiered its third season in September. Now, as fans continue their countdown to Halloween, the Watcher channel has renewed Ghost Files for Season 4.

Mangaka Yoshihiro Togashi has been causing a storm on Twitter/X the past month. Why? Because he's revealed he's working on new chapters of his manga, "Hunter x Hunter." Every day since May 1, 2024, he has tweeted out a screenshot of the pages he completed that day (usually three).

No405、やっております。ムーン・ヒーリング・エスカレーション！ pic.twitter.com/53YDvetlDo

— 冨樫義博 (@Un4v5s8bgsVk9Xp) May 1, 2024

Since 1998, Weekly Shonen Jump magazine has published 400 chapters of "Hunter x Hunter," all written and drawn by Togashi. (The first 339 of those chapters have been animated so far.) If this seems like a slow pace (Eiichiro Oda has crafted 1100+ chapters of "One Piece" in the same timeframe), it's because "Hunter x Hunter" has frequently gone on hiatuses due to Togashi suffering chronic back pain, leaving it difficult for him to draw. Fans can only guess when new chapters will come, which is why Togashi's consistent tweets have mouths watering.

Last week, Watcher–the content studio founded in 2019 by former Buzzfeed-ers Ryan Bergara, Steven Lim, and Shane Madej–surprised viewers by announcing it would no longer be uploading its videos to YouTube.

Instead, it said, it would take further episodes of shows like Ghost Files, Mystery Files, and Puppet History to its own new, standalone, and paywalled platform, where fans would have to pay $6/month or $60/year to watch.

The backlash to this announcement was swift and vicious. Watcher’s YouTube channel lost more than 50,000 subscribers in 24 hours, and nearly 100,000 over the weekend. Commenters on the announcement video and across social media were particularly rankled by Lim’s assertion that the subscription service’s $6/month price had been picked because it was “low enough where anybody and everybody is able to afford it.”

Now, Watcher has rolled back this decision. In an update video, Bergara, Lim, and Madej apologized...

Watcher Entertainment is moving on from YouTube to its own subscription service. The trio of Ryan Bergara, Shane Madej, and Steven Lim have cultivated a massive following since breaking off from BuzzFeed and are officially taking the next big step with the launch of Watcher, the new home for their original series, including fan-favorites Ghost Files, Mystery Files, and Puppet History. The service is currently in its beta period from now until May 31, when Lim's new food show Travel Season with his former Worth It colleagues Andrew Ilnyckyj and Adam Bianchi launches.

Paranormal investigation shows have been a staple of reality television for decades. This sub-genre of reality television draws in all sorts of fans, from hardcore horror buffs to casual enjoyers of paranormal happenings. What makes the sub-genre stand out, though, is the extreme passion people have for uncovering the truth. Anything that investigates what may or may not be real is bound to draw the attention of even the most hardcore skeptics.

Dozens of television shows and movies explore this subject. This creates a wide range from traditional-style ghost-hunting shows, like the classic Ghost Hunters, to documentary-style recounts of actual paranormal events, like A Haunting and 28 Days Haunted. Not all paranormal investigation shows are equal, but some stand above the rest.

Updated on April 4, 2024, by Florencia Aberastury: There's no shortage of paranormal investigation shows, and some of the best have left a big mark on viewers and on the genre as well.

Ryan Bergara and Shane Madej seem to be on top of the entertainment world. Not only have they recently launched the ultra-popular paranormal series Ghost Files, which is coming back for Season 2 later this summer, the pair of fan-favorite investigators also just finished the first season of Mystery Files this weekend. Now it’s been announced that Mystery Files will be returning for Season 2.

Ryan Bergara and Shane Madej are two of the most popular ghost hunters around. After years of hosting Buzzfeed Unsolved: Supernatural, the pair of zany investigators created a new haunting series Ghost Files on their Watcher YouTube channel late last year. The series was another spooky success and Season 2 was quickly greenlit. Season 2’s premiering later this summer in August. However, if you can’t wait that long for a new episode, the Ghoul Boys have you covered. It’s been announced that Bergara and Madej will be returning to the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, California for a special episode sponsored by Disney’s Haunted Mansion. That film releases in theaters on July 28. Better yet, this new chilling bonus episode will be premiering next Friday, June 30. This episode was previously hinted at in Collider’s own Maggie Lovitt's interview with Bergara and Madej back in May. Bergara...

Ghost hunting often is a profession that’s seen as scary and all things morbid, but not for Ryan Bergara and Shane Madej. This lovable pair of investigators had been making people laugh for years on their series Buzzfeed Unsolved: Supernatural, but late last year they debuted their new humorous paranormal series Ghost Files. Season 2 was given the greenlight soon after and now the premiere date for the new season has been unveiled.

In the world of ghost hunting there’s no pair funnier or more enjoyable to watch than Ryan Bergara and Shane Madej. The investigators, best known for their hilarious work on Buzzfeed Unsolved, launched their new paranormal series Ghost Files on their YouTube channel Watcher late last year. Season 1 wrapped up in December, but Season 2 is already on the way. To make the wait in between seasons a bit less spooky, Watcher has released the blooper reel for Season 1, and it’s just as gut-busting as you would imagine.

When it comes to ghost hunting or mysteries, few investigators have touched the hearts of their audience like Ryan Bergara and Shane Madej. They had been delighting people for years on their series Buzzfeed Unsolved, but now on their own Watcher network the pair have recently started their newest paranormal venture Ghost Files. The series premiered its six episode first season late last year and its sister series Mystery Files is right around the corner. Now the trailer for the new series has been released giving fans a tease of the Ghoul Boys’ devilish return to good old fashion mystery solving.

In a few short days, Ryan Bergara and Shane Madej will debut their brand-new Watcher series Mystery Files, which is the spiritual successor of their fan-favorite series Buzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime. Last year, the duo made waves with the launch of their ghost-hunting series Ghost Files, which went on to be nominated for a Webby. While True Crime focused on some truly gruesome cases, it sounds like Mystery Files will take a much more light-hearted approach to the cases they'll cover, which may make the new series more accessible to a wider audience.

Two months back, web personalities and Buzzfeed Unsolved hosts Ryan Bergara and Shane Madej launched their new ghost-hunting show, simply titled Ghost Files. Bringing their usual goofy humor and fact-based approach to the table, both hosts succeed at creating immersive paranormal reality TV joining a long list of both beloved and infamous entries in this polarizing genre.

This diversity is even evident on Reddit forums where many have professed their love for cult classics such as MTV's Fear as well as parodied shows like The Mystery of the Skinwalker Ranch.

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One of the best MTV shows of the 2000s, MTV's Fear or simply known as Fear, was quite revolutionary for its time, arguably spawning the paranormal reality genre in its modern format. Even though it ran for only two years, the MTV original became a cult classic with its premise of contestants spending...

Ryan Bergara and Shane Madej left Buzzfeed in 2019. Their departure from Buzzfeed Unsolved left millions of fans heartbroken, but luckily the ghoul boys are back in the new YouTube channel Watcher with a new ghost-hunting series called Ghost Files.

The return of the hilarious and most beloved Internet ghost hunters has been an immediate success and their four released videos already reach millions of views. The new series has already proven to be much more fun and entertaining than its Buzzfeed predecessor, as the iconic pair have more ghost-hunting equipment, longer episodes, and significant exploration sites, and Twitter had much to say about its first videos.

The Ghoul Boys Are Back i missed drawing the boys!! they look great on their new set @wearewatcher #ghostfiles pic.twitter.com/NDrrIm1wfi — ◔◡◔ Mook ♥ (@mickmooks) October 9, 2022

The ghoul boys had been missed by their fans since they left Buzzfeed Unsolved in 2019. Three years...

Ryan Vergara and Shane Madej from Buzzfeed Unsolved, otherwise known as the Ghoul Boys, have finally returned with a new paranormal series from Watcher and it is now available on YouTube. Ghost Files welcomes back the hilarious and successful paranormal investigators who guide audiences into questioning "are ghosts real?"

But Ryan and Shane are not the only YouTubers that wonder about the existence of ghosts, demons, poltergeists, and other mysterious creatures of an unseen realm, and there are multiple YouTube channels that explore the endless possibilities of the paranormal by exploring haunted places, reviewing spooky videos or sharing fascinating cases. Fortunately, Redditors have found the best ones out there.

Nexpo

Redditor femineon named Nexpo as their favorite paranormal channel and a great amount of Redditors said the same. She then commented "not always paranormal but lots of creepy stuff" which sums up how rich the channel is in its content.

Welcome back to Dead Time! Just in time for spooky season, I was thrilled to have the opportunity to chat with Ryan Bergara and Shane Madej, also known as the Ghoul Boys. Ryan and Shane started out on Buzzfeed Unsolved: Supernatural and Buzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime, where they explored reportedly haunted locations and also shared the history behind some of the most gruesome and terrifying true crime stories.

After leaving Buzzfeed, Ryan and Shane, along with their good friend Steven Lim, created Watcher, a production company and YouTube channel where they tell creepy stories on Are You Scared, along with a variety of other shows that are fun, entertaining, and even educational. Even with all the great content on Watcher, the Ghoul Boys really wanted to get back into ghost hunting. Much to the delight of their devoted fanbase, they premiered their new show Ghost Files on September 23rd. In their first episode,...

The series: Watcher's "Weird (and/or) Wonderful World"

Where to watch it: YouTube

The pitch: In this so far brief-but-beloved comedic travelogue series, host Shane Madej takes ornery sidekick Ryan Bergara around Southern California, exploring the nooks and crannies of the city of angels with all the delighted intrigue and quirky charm of the best public TV educators of the '90s. The duo, who are best known for their work on "Buzzfeed Unsolved" but who left the media giant to start their own company with "Worth It" star Steven Lim in 2019, play up their natural chemistry, curiosity, and knack for chaos in a show that sees them tour a town full of windmills and ostriches, try their hand at competitive high speed Go-Karting, and sabotage a custom soda-making challenge.

The series, which was shot before Covid-19 and hasn't aired new episodes since, is ostensibly meant to eventually expand further...

Even though it's just the beginning of October, horror fans have already consumed a lot of sweet treats this Halloween season. This includes the new series Ghost Files, which sees the return of fan-favorite paranormal investigators Ryan Bergara and Shane Madej after their previous series Buzzfeed Unsolved: Supernatural ended last year. Even though we are only two episodes into the new series, Ghost Files is already a hit, and now it's been announced that the ghost hunting series is already coming back for Season 2.

Buzzfeed Unsolved is perhaps one of the most beloved ghost-hunting shows of the last decade. Garnering a ravenous following on social media due to their uniquely tongue-in-cheek and straightforward approach to ghost hunting, Buzzfeed Unsolved quickly elevated itself above being a simple web series. The thoughtful yet comedic delivery of research and the electric chemistry between skeptic Shane Madej and believer Ryan Bergara turned this show into an internet darling. The show was a massive success in both its Supernatural and True Crime variants but when the boys announced they would be leaving Buzzfeed to start their own company, Watcher, with fellow Buzzfeed alum Steven Lim, fans were devastated they’d have to say goodbye to the Ghoul Boys. Luckily for us, shortly after branching off on their own Ryan and Shane announced a new ghost hunting show under their own banner: Ghost Files. The new show takes the building...

The Ghoul Boys are back! Six years ago, Ryan Bergara and Shane Madej launched into the pop culture conversation with their BuzzFeed Unsolved web series, which delved into unsolved true crime cases and sought to prove the existence of the supernatural—well, Ryan was trying to prove the existence, Shane was just along for the ride as the skeptic courting demonic possession at every turn. A year after the final season of Unsolved aired, Bergara and Madej have returned to the paranormal scene with Ghost Files, an exciting new series from Watcher, the production studio they founded with Steven Lim.