The Most Important Viral Videos of 2009
The most important viral videos of 2009 were few and far between but I did mange to pick 5 videos that for one reason or another brought real value to the independent production and distribution of web video.

3rd – The Bannen Way Trailer
From Crackle: Trailer
Actor, co-writer and executive producer, Mark Gantt teamed up with writer, director and executive producer, Jesse Warren to create The Bannen Way (Launching Jan 6th, 2010 on Sony’s Crackle) but before they sold their idea to Sony they created a online trailer and “Pitch Site” that created buzz, got them a fancy Hollywood agent at ICM, helped then sell their show idea to Sony and they got to act, write and direct their project. The studio didn’t take Mark and Jesse’s football away from them and give it to someone else…

Sneak Peek of Vanessa Marcil’s Sizzling New Web Series, The Bannen Way!

Submitted by Jamey Giddens on December 8, 2009 – 8:01am
Uh, wow! Check out this ridiculously-hot trailer for The Bannen Way, an upcoming web series from Crackle. com, costarring General Hospital alum Vanessa Marcil! The series stars Mark Gantt (who also serves as co-writer and executive producer) as Neal Bannen, a “charming con-man with a police chief for a father, a mob boss for an uncle and a weakness for fine women…

‘Bannen Way’ Trailer Launch Fuels Web TV Meetup Buzz

December 2, 2009
It’s funny how The Bannen Way has come full circle, so to speak. The long-awaited action series after all started its buzz-filled journey from spec indie to Sony-backed studio project with just a flashy trailer over a year ago. Of course the full series wasn’t actually shot back then, so the release of the actual HD trailer on Crackle.com this week is getting quite a stir going.

As Streamy-winning Pink director Blake Calhoun joked today on Twitter, “I didn’t realize Guy Ritchie was now directing web series ;)”

Seduce the Studios with ‘Going Pro’ at the Hollywood Web Television Meetup

November 25, 2009
In Summer 2008 Mark Gantt and Jesse Warren shot and released a short, sexy and slick trailer for a high-concept indie action web series that hadn’t yet been produced. Hollywood took notice, and after getting signed by International Creative Management they landed a 13-episode deal with Sony Pictures Television to produce The Bannen Way for Crackle.com, debuting early 2010.

‘The Bannen Way’ Set Visit: Ironside, Jaguars and REDs

October 9, 2009
I woke up Sunday morning, slid into my skinny jeans, a low-cut, tight black shirt, and stilettos; and slipped on a pair of shades. There’s something about going to visit the set of a series that has been labeled “slick,” “sexy,” and “dangerous” that just makes a gal want to look good…even at 7:00 a.m.

Hollywood’s future is in Bannen’s hands

8th October Lisa Marks
Last Sunday I was lucky enough to be invited onto the set of The Bannen Way, an original web series, funded by Sony for their digital platform, Crackle.

So what, I hear you cry but this series is like no other. The production values are streets ahead of anything else that you’ll have seen on the web and although no-one was prepared to give me an exact figure, I wouldn’t be surprised if the budget hovered somewhere in the region of $1million.

‘The Bannen Way’: Cast Announced, Sultry Set Photos

Sept. 28, 2009
Plenty of juicy tidbits released today from Crackle’s highly anticipated action thriller web series The Bannen Way. It’s no secret we’re hot on this one, and for good reason. It’s one of the rare few web series that landed a major studio deal on just a trailer. Sure it was a slick and sexy teaser shot on the RED One, but still an indie series from the get-go.

‘Prom Queen’, ‘Bannen Way’ Highlight OnFrontNYC

June 11, 2009
Web Television continues to grow up – first its own awards show and now its own version of television industry’s tried and true Upfronts. The first annual OnFrontNYC went down Tuesday in New York, bringing out over twenty different web content studios to showcase their web series wares to media buyers and digital ad agencies in attendance including Ogilvy, Digitas’ The Third Act and Deep Focus.