It\u2019s no secret that Hollywood is small. For decades, a select group of industry gatekeepers has dictated what and where stories were told. No matter how talented, most people won\u2019t ever get to pitch their ideas to the teams capable of bringing them to life. But even with this knowledge, few truly realize how difficult chasing this dream is.<\/p>\n
Roughly 50,000 screenplays are registered with the Writer\u2019s Guild of America<\/a> each year \u2014 but in 2021, 403 movies<\/a> were released in the United States and Canada. \u200b\u200bThat\u2019s less than a one percent chance to get your script made into a movie, with the odds stacked even more unfavorably against members of underrepresented communities.\u00a0<\/p>\n Now, a new approach coined Media3<\/a> is reshaping the way stories \u2014 from Hollywood to hardcover \u2014 are told.<\/p>\n A brainchild of creative production studio Clubhouse Pictures and Metaversal Venture Studios, the Omega Runner brand is focused on empowering both creators and<\/em> fans to help create the stories that live in its universe.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWhile not completely relinquishing control of the narrative, the creators invite the participation of the audience and respond. The goal is to enable those who care most about a project or story to contribute to this multimedia storyverse,\u201d said Runner<\/a> co-founder and Production Executive at Clubhouse Pictures,<\/em> Bryce Anderson<\/a>. \u201cThis more decentralized storytelling model builds unprecedented loyalty, as fans are more than just consumers \u2014 they are co-creators. \u201c<\/p>\n According to Anderson, creatives really only learn what the reaction to a project will be when they put it in front of an audience for the first time. Including community members in the initial creation process enhances the production and lets the creators know if the project is trending in the right direction.<\/p>\n \u201cIn Web3, with its vibrant community of creatives with that builder mentality, people are much more willing to look at the potential of a [project], so we bring them in earlier and get that creative buy-in from our community,\u201d he said in an interview with nft now.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen you build a storytelling universe in partnership with your creative community, your feedback is instantaneous. You build together.\u201d<\/p>\n Blaise hemingway<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n Omega Runner co-founder, screenwriter, and producer Blaise Hemingway<\/a> echoed a similar sentiment citing the advantage for anyone creating a narrative world to get a response from an audience as soon as possible.<\/p>\n \u201cIn the traditional Hollywood model [\u2026] you\u2019ve already spent millions upon millions of dollars [\u2026] and even when you get thoughts and a response from an audience, there isn\u2019t much you can do to pivot your project unless you\u2019re willing to delay and spend millions more,\u201d Hemingway said in an interview with nft now. \u201cWhen you build a storytelling universe in partnership with your creative community, your feedback is instantaneous. [\u2026] You build together.\u201d<\/p>\n Media3 allows creatives to avoid traditional gatekeepers and go directly to their audience. From there, they can onramp the IP to traditional media, like printed comic books<\/a>, physical merchandise, and content production at a Hollywood scale. Along this journey, audiences can meaningfully engage in the creation, building a multifaceted, communal experience.<\/p>\n And Omega Runner is playing this out in real time.<\/p>\n From Clubhouse Pictures and Metaversal<\/a> comes Omega Runner, a Web3 multimedia sci-fi project by Hunger Games<\/em> co-producer Bryan Unkeless, director Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Anderson, and Hemingway.<\/p>\n The story takes place in a futuristic world where diverse rulers and nations compete in a grueling, multi-day race for ultimate control of the planet Omega. The comic series, which includes the first two issues of Runner<\/em>, is just the beginning of the Omega universe.\u00a0<\/p>\n At the heart of the project sits the Omega Runner Character Collection, which will drop in March 2023. It consists of high-fidelity 2D digital art collectibles minted on the Ethereum blockchain, with Layer Zero technology that provides holders with unique experiences in both the digital and physical worlds.<\/p>\nAn interactive world building experience<\/h2>\n
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