Rooster Teeth Beams Out Lazer Team 2

Sci-fi comedy sequel lands on YouTube Red

"...When it comes to Lazer Team 2, the sequel to 2015's Austin-shot sci-fi comedy,..."

Nov. 24, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Now Streaming in Austin: Lazer Team

Zoom off with Rooster Teeth's crowdfunded sci-fi comedy

"...self-quarantining Who doesn't need a laugh right now? Well, Lazer Team from Austin's Rooster Teeth studios provides that on..."

April 20, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest 2015: Lazer Team

Rooster Teeth's first feature is slapstick sci-fi fun

"...Teeth wanted $650,000 to fund their first feature film Lazer Team, but ended up with $2.5 million, and the..."

Oct. 7, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Wave 2: The Martian, The Witch, and More

New Ridley Scott flick, plus dozens more added to fest

"...Fantastic Fest 2015 is less than a month away, and today the..."

Aug. 26, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Four

Crowdfunded juggernaut Lazer Team hits screens big and small

"...Indiegogo, for setting a site record for a project: $2.5 million donated by over 37,000 backers for their first..."

Jan. 29, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

A Brief History of Rooster Teeth

For those late to the party, here's the story of a little production team that could

"...2002 Sept. 5: The original trailer for Red vs. Blue..."

May 11, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

RTX Animation Festival Premieres Powerhouse's Castlevania

Rooster Teeth's Gray G. Haddock on the "new golden age of animation"

"...anime RWBY, live-action epidemic drama Day 5, the burgeoning Lazer Team film franchise, and of course beloved machinima Red..."

July 7, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin's Flatiron Pictures Acquires The Naked Rower

Studio to develop story of Olympian Rob Hamill

"...has acquired the rights to The Naked Rower, the 2010 autobiography of New Zealand rowing legend Rob Hamill, chronicling..."

Nov. 25, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

I Don't Feel at Home Wins Best Austin Film

Macon Blair's debut lauded by Austin Film Critics Association

"...in This World Anymore, the Austin Film Award for 2017...."

Dec. 31, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

RTX: Austin Animation Update

New Rooster Teeth show, Castlevania, and more

"...season 5, so set your alarm for Oct. 14, 2017. Shawcross and co-director Miles Luna also confirmed that there..."

July 17, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Collectors Show Off Their Toys

Lights, camera, action figures!

"...the Rings and stuck it through the lens of 2000 AD, and all of a sudden it just got..."

July 29, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Local Video Game News

Composer vs. union, E3 madness, pigeon love, and more.

"...all but ignored since it was written in late 2012. Video game producers have universally and flatly refused to..."

June 11, 2014 Screens Post by James Renovitch

RTX Hits ATX Again

Rooster Teeth's Gus Sorola runs down a bigger, better fest

"...days of making funny Halo videos. Indiegogo record-busting feature Lazer Team and critical praise for their new drama Day..."

June 29, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...lineupreally ignites with the world premiere of Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood, Richard Linklater's Austin-produced and -animated..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

How Rooster Teeth Became an Online Phenomenon

9.5 million YouTube subscribers can’t be wrong

"...Mortgage. All brands that launched with great uproar in 2003, all designed to change the world, all now gone..."

May 11, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Rooster Teeth Wants to Give a Million to Charity

24-hour streaming show to raise money for Dell Children's Hospital

"...Games. Paintballs. Tasers. Extra-hot peppers. This weekend, in one 24-hour marathon streaming show, Austin's online studio Rooster Teeth plans..."

Nov. 11, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Putting Your Money Where Your Mouse Is

Austin filmmakers on the promises and perils of crowdfunding

"...name in crowdfunding, Indiegogo was there first. Founded in 2008, its original focus was film production. When Hofstatter joined..."

Nov. 27, 2015 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Friday Picks & Sleepers

Obvious Picks and loads of not-so-obvious Sleepers!

"...of the Muddy Waters Blues Band from 1967 to 1972, Paul Oscher has also recorded with Keith Richards, Eric..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Playback: I'm in Love! What's That Song?

Weekend one ACL Fest wrap

"...from the speakers into your soul remains universal. With 120 acts playing to 75,000 fans for six total days..."

Oct. 10, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Goes Monster Hunting With Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves

Evil Dead Rises and more added to festival lineup

"...first new film in the franchise since the super-gory 2013 reboot, Evil Dead (which, not so coincidentally, also premiered..."

Jan. 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

A Decade of Aggression at the House of Torment

Austin's top-rated Halloween haunt looks back on 10 years of scares

"...A home haunt in Dan McCullough's back yard. In 2002, he went pro for the first year: In 2007,..."

Oct. 31, 2012 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

2005 Kids Summer Camps

An annotated list of several places where kids could be going this summer to enjoy physically and mentally invigorating activities

"...classes? A soccer camp at which to get their Pelé on? Horse-riding in the sunset? Maybe songs around the..."

April 29, 2005 Features Feature

Playback: Greetings From Euphoria

Austin’s best spring festival – correction, “experience” – faces competition after idyllic sixth year

"...The 32-year-old graduate of Georgetown High founded Euphoria in 2011, high..."

April 14, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Gay Place

We're still glowing, don't mind us.

"...deserves a statue. Rumored to be the last ever, 2012 GBGG brought together the tribal Q for a heart-bursting..."

March 23, 2012 Column by Kate X Messer

SXSW Showcases

All the SXSW showcases that fit

"...of whom have equal weight on the band's late 2009 sleeper, Nature Is a Taker. Guest contributor to Gruff..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Lil Yachty’s Whiplash Catalog Run and More Highlights From Friday at ACL Fest

Maggie Rogers, Little Simz, and more kicked off at Zilker Park

"...out of both weekends via Instagram stories, with Major Lazer swapping in last-minute in the pre-Kendrick Lamar spot. Come..."

Oct. 7, 2023 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Gay Place: Intention ... With Abandon

Good intentions pave the way to more pool parties and storming the bastille

"...rather than he or she. Thursdays, 7-8:15pm. Soma Vida, 1210 Rosewood, 628-1580. queerdalini@gmail.com...."

July 13, 2012 Column by Kate X Messer