WIGS Premieres GUMDROP Short Film Today

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Meet Gumdrop. A 27 year-old, 5’ 6’’ Bulgarian actress who loves to do “the Charleston,” has a gift for vacuuming, is freaked out by drugs and has starred in films with Charlie Chaplin and Fred Astaire. Oh, and she’s a robot.

Gumdrop, star of the latest short film (of the same name) premiering today, November 19, on WIGS (www.youtube.com/wigs), the #1 channel for scripted drama on YouTube, provides viewers with a quirky look inside a casting room. Via state-of-the-art CGI technology created by Concept Designer Iain McCaig (The Avengers; Star Warstrilogy) and Art Director Venti Hristova (The Avengers; Iron Man 2), the lovable Gumdrop, voiced by Venti Hristova, auditions for a part and details her history as a robot actress including her role in classic films like The Gold Rush, into which she was inserted.

Gumdrop was written and directed by Kerry Conran (writer/director of Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow) and co-directed by Stephen Lawes (Creative Director of Red; Real Steel).

About WIGS

Launched in May 2012, WIGS, currently the most popular scripted channel for drama on YouTube, consists of provocative, edgy, and addictive series, short films, and documentaries, featuring complex, compelling characters played by female leads. Created by Jon Avnet (BLACK SWAN, Fried Green Tomatoes) and Rodrigo Garcia (Albert Nobbs, In Treatment), the channel combines Hollywood’s most successful creative minds with the innovation and power of the digital age to deliver consumers high-quality, original entertainment.

News Corp. Digital Media Group (NDM), a division of News Corporation, is the marketing partner for WIGS.

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