Guidestones (web series)

Guidestones
The Guidestones symbol
GenreThriller
Created byJay Ferguson
Written byJay Ferguson
Jeremy Diamond
Directed byJay Ferguson
Starring
  • Supinder Wraich
  • Dan Fox
  • David Fox
  • Rosemary Dunsmore
  • Christina Jol
  • Amber Goldfarb
  • Gord Martineau
ComposerAlex Khaskin
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes50 (push version)
34 (CTV/Hulu version)
Production
Production locationsToronto, Ontario, Canada
Buffalo, New York
Atlanta, Georgia
Delhi, India
Cinematography
  • Rob Barnett
  • Jay Ferguson
Editors
  • Anthony Baird
  • Thom Smalley
Running time2-5 minutes (per episode)
Production companiesJonas Diamond
Jay Ferguson
Lisa Baylin
Catherine Tait
Original release
ReleaseFebruary 14, 2012 (2012-02-14)
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Guidestones is a Canadian award-winning[1] thriller web series created by Jay Ferguson. It premiered in February 2012, distributed via email subscription as a real-time, interactive mystery series. In June 2012, the series launched a linear, on-demand version. The episodes are also available through CTV, a Facebook application and Hulu.

Season Two is currently in post-production, and will debut in 2014.

Season One follows Sandy Rai (Supinder Wraich), who is living in Canada on exchange from India, and Trevor Shale (Dan Fox), a fellow Ryerson University School of Journalism student, as they become embroiled in the mystery of the Georgia Guidestones. An unsolved murder starts them on a search for the truth, which leads them to the mysterious monument in rural Georgia. Sandy and Trevor begin to realize that the conspiracy they are unraveling may have apocalyptic repercussions.

Season One was shot on location in Canada, the United States, and India on a budget of $300,000.[2]

The series was produced by 3‘oclock.tv and iThentic in association with the Independent Production Fund (IPF) and the Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC), and with help from corporate and organizational sponsors, including Pizza Pizza, Coca-Cola, Samsung, Toronto Blue Jays, Major League Baseball, Karbon, and William F. White International.[3]

On 18 June 2012, the Independent Production Fund announced funding approval for a second season.[4]

  1. ^ Banff World Media Festival[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ In the expanding TV universe, webisodes look for a foothold The Globe and Mail
  3. ^ Guidestones – Interactive Online Thriller - Launches February 14, 2012 PR Web
  4. ^ IPF announces funding for 15 web drama series Independent Production Fund