IN THE NAME OF THE SON acepted to Int'l Film Fest

The film IN THE NAME OF THE SON has been accepted into the 23rd SANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, taking place in January 2008. The festival is an Academy Award qualifying festival. Ryan plays a World Cup soccer announcer in the film.

Dodge Spokesman

Ryan has booked a series of television commercials for Dodge automobiles. The first two spots were shot in Huntington Beach, CA earlier this week.

Ryan on TV this Sunday

Ryan will be featured on the new CW television series "Online Nation" this Sunday night at 7:30 / 6:30 Central. The new weekly series spotlights the most popular videos in the online world and also features an innovative interactive element as viewers will be able to see what others are saying and communicate live on the air.

The Very Angry Neighbor's "Jeremy" video starring Ryan O'Quinn, Danielle Weeks and AmyJo Steele makes it's television debut on the series this Sunday night.

"Online Nation" from executive producers David Hurwitz ("Fear Factor") and Paul Cockerill ("Trigger Happy TV," "Jimmy Kimmel Live") will be featuring other VAN videos on the series in the coming weeks.

Ryan voices Onion movie

Ryan provided the cartoon voice of the Global Tetrahedron Penguin as well as various other characters in the upcoming "The Untitled Onion Movie" due out later this year.

The feature is a sketch comedy feature film written by Robert Siegel and Todd Hanson, long-time editors and writers for The Onion website and publication. "The Untitled Onion Movie" incorporates the comic point of view of The Onion, the world's most popular humor periodical.

NBA '08 Release Date Set

Sony computer Entertainment America has announced the release date for NBA '08: The Life Volume 3. It is slated to hit shelves on Oct 2, 2007. Ryan stars as Marc Johnson, the antagonistic sports reporter that broadcasts from the locker rooms and the sidelines. Ryan completed voice over and motion capture earlier this year.

In the Name of the Son screens at Telluride

The film "In the name of the Son" has been accepted in to the world famous Telluride Film Festival in Colorado. Ryan portrays the FIFA World Cup Announcer in the film that follows the story of a Bosnian prisoner of war who immigrates to the United States.

The 34th Anuual Telluride Film Festival will be held August 31st - September 3rd 2007. There are currently no passes available and the box office is sold out.

Ryan wraps Slater pic, upcoming releases

Last week Ryan wrapped ADR production on the feature film Love Lies Bleeding with Christian Slater. The film is slated for release in 2008.

This Fall Ryan will appear on the CW series "Online Nation". Later this year Ryan will be seen and heard in various voice over projects, films and video games including Strange Wilderness with Adam Sandler, Say it in Russian with Faye Dunaway, The Little Traitor starring Alfred Molina and will be a character in the video game “NBA ‘08” from Sony Computer Entertainment.

Comedy videos reach millions

Ryan O'Quinn and the comedy production group Very Angry Neighbors have received hits in the millions on web portals around the world and are quickly becoming one of the most celebrated comedy production teams on the Internet and television as their videos are being licensed for distribution. The web site YouTube.com, which hosts more than 100 million videos, honored the group this week:

Most Viewed (Today) - Comedy
Most Viewed (This Week) - Comedy
Top Rated (Today) - Comedy
Most Discussed (Today) - Comedy
Top Favorites (Today) - Comedy
Most Linked (Today) - Comedy
Most Linked (Today)
Most Linked (This Weeek) - Comedy
Recently Featured #1 - Comedy

Ryan featured in "The Malibu Times" newspaper

Ryan O'Quinn is featured in the current issue of The Malibu Times Newspaper on news stands today.

The story, which appears on the front page of the publication's "Life and Arts" section, calls O'Quinn "multitalented" and "on a successful career path". The article also calls the Very Angry Neighbors video group "the newest stars of...YouTube".

The publication shows various behind the scenes photos of O'Quinn as well as publicity stills.

To open a link to the online version of the story CLICK HERE

"Sylvia's Baklava" World Premiere announced

BEYOND BAKLAVA: THE FAIRY TALE STORY OF SYLVIA'S BAKLAVA narrated by Ryan O'Quinn and starring Academy Award winning actress Patricia Neal, Lady Arlene Kieta, Philip Langner, Jann Castor and Silvana Vienne has announced its World Premiere at the International Panorama of Independent Film in Greece the week of September 7, 2007.

Us Weekly, AOL, YouTube recognize V.A.N.

This week "Us Weekly" magazine's official website features the comedy production group Very Angry Neighbors' video parody of celebrity babies.

The video was also featured this week on AOL and received more than 200,000 hits in a 24 hour period.

Additionally,the group was honored by YouTube in the categories:
Most Viewed (This Month) - Comedy
Most Linked (This Month) - Comedy
Most Linked (This Month) - Comedy
Most Linked (All Time) - Comedy

Yahoo! TV features VAN

Ryan O'Quinn and the Very Angry Neighbors comedy production group are in the Top 9. The daily broadcast "The 9" on Yahoo! TV features the day's best, weirdest, and funniest videos and news stories on the Web. Host Maria Sansone featured a V.A.N. video as the #4 top story of the day.

V.A.N. honored by YouTube

Ryan O'Quinn and the Los Angeles comedy team Very Angry Neighbors have been honored by the web portal YouTube. Various comedy parodies and shorts were selected as Editor's Top Picks and featured on the Comedy Page the week of June 4th. The most recent release, a comedy documentary in the style of filmmaker Errol Morris, was honored by YouTube editors in five categories within hours of the release:

Most Viewed (Today) - Comedy
Top Rated (Today) - Comedy
Top Rated (Today) - Comedy - English
Top Favorites (Today)
Top Favorites (Today) - Comedy - English

"Eddie's Winning Date" claims Film Fest prize

The comedy "Eddie's Winning Date" directed by Julia Radochia and starring Ryan O'Quinn claimed the Honorable Mention title at the Film Feast Film Festival in Beverly, MA. The film will next be shown at the Deep Fried Film Festival in Scotland July 9th - 14th

Ryan on live TV tonight

The Los Angeles-based comedy group Very Angry Neighbors has been named YouTube Star of the Month and Ryan O'Quinn will be interviewed live on the G4 Network's "Attack of the Show" today at 7pm eastern, 4 pm pacific.

"Time is Up" on SuperDeluxe

The website SuperDeluxe.com has requested permission to post the Very Angry Neighbors video "Time is Up" starring Ryan O'Quinn and Jeffrey Cannata on the home page of the website specializing in top-quality comedy videos.

The site, a subsidiary of Turner Broadcasting System, produces exclusive comedy video content for the web.

visit SuperDeluxe.com

VAN named YouTube Star of the Moment

Ryan O'Quinn and the comedy team Very Angry Neighbors was named "YouTube Star of the Moment" after winning the G4 Network's competition on the television series "Attack of the Show" which aired this week.

VAN is now in the running for "YouTube Star of the Month".

G4 producers attached the link below and asked fans to vote for the Star of the Month.

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Ryan on TV tonight

Ryan O'Quinn and the sketch comedy team Very Angry Neighbors will be featured tonight on G4 Network's "Attack of the Show" (7pm EST, 4pm PST). As of press time producers plan to air the group's popular "Time is up" video on the show. They will also post the video on the television show's website tomorrow and ask fans to vote for their favorite video. The show's website is www.g4tv.com/attackoftheshow

For other videos from the Very Angry Neighbors visit www.veryangryneighbors.com

Upcoming Live Performances at IO West

Ryan will be performing live on stage for the next four Mondays at ImprovOlympic West in Hollywood. Show times are 10:30pm on the main stage on May 7, 14, 21 & 28. The theatre is located at 6366 Hollywood Blvd. for more info visit IO's website at http://www.iowest.com/

O'Quinn says it in Russian

Ryan O'Quinn has booked a voice role in the feature film "Say it in Russian" from writer/director Jeff Celentano. O'Quinn provides ADR (additional dialog recording) for various Russian prisoners in the film.

He's British again!

Ryan O'Quinn will be heard voicing numerous British soldiers in the upcoming film "The Little Traitor" starring Alfred Molina. Additionally in the film he provides the voice of the United Nations secretary during the historic 1947 UN roll call which established the creation of the state of Israel.The film is based on the novel "Panther in the Basement" by Amos Oz.

O'Quinn voices British sportscaster

Ryan O'Quinn has booked the voice over role of the FIFA World Cup Sportscaster in the upcoming film "In the Name of the Son".
The story revolves around Tarik, a Bosnian soldier who is captured by Serbian forces. Tarik moves to the US trying to start a a new life and leave his past behind. Years later his best friend's killer shows up and Tarik is stuck between his need for revenge and his humanity.

"The New Neighbor" Released by Very Angry Neighbors Comedy Team

The Los Angeles-based comedy production team Very Angry Neighbors has released their newest short "The New Neighbor" on the web portal You Tube.

The group's videos have garnered more than a quarter million hits around the world and were recently featured on Good Morning America.

To view the videos go to VAN's channel on You Tube:
http://youtube.com/vanfilms

Very Angry Neighbors Releases "I Caught You!"

The comedy production team known as V.A.N. has released the latest installment of Brett Thompson's (Ryan O'Quinn) pathetic, yet hysterical, hidden camera shows.

The comedy short is featured on the group's channel on You Tube.

Visit http://youtube.com/vanfilms

YouTube launches VAN Films channel

Popular online video group Very Angry Neighbors (VAN) announces the launch of a new comedy channel on YouTube.com. Recently a barrage of requests for an easy link to the online videos and the popularity of the videos from the Los Angeles-based production team spurred the creators to create the channel that features the characters created by Ryan O'Quinn, Chris Fisher, Steve Koncelik and others. To see recent uploads or subscribe, visit http://youtube.com/vanfilms

Good Morning America Press Release

Following a series of popular, comedic online videos
that has been emailed around the world, actor Ryan
O’Quinn and his Los Angeles-based production team
have caught the eye of Good Morning America and will
be featured on the program this Wednesday December
6th.

Entertainment Weekly reports that online videos are
changing the way Hollywood does business. According
to YouTube.com more than 100 million videos are
viewed on the site every 24 hours and approximately
42,000 videos are uploaded daily. Recently O’Quinn’s
writing/production team won a contest sponsored by
Panasonic and YouTube.com and was named as a “Best
Comedy” on the site.

Another video was named the #1 comedy on iFilm.com
and television and radio stations as far away as
England have asked permission to use O’Quinn’s
characters on their website. E! Entertainment
Television has asked permission to use various
segments and recently he was featured on Bravo
Network’s “Outrageous and Contagious Viral Videos”.
 

Sony Video Game

Ryan O'Quinn has been named as a Lead Actor (including voice over and motion capture) for the video game NBA '08 from Sony Computer Entertainment America.

Principal photography began last week at Sony's Motion Capture stages in San Diego.