youtube channel genre movies and television comedy founder andy signore brett weiner mitch rotter owner defy media website www.screenjunkies.com screen junkies is an online movie magazine and youtube channel owned and operated by defy media that focuses on movies and television . it produces three main shows the screen junkies show hosted by hal rudnick consists mostly of interviews and film discussions ; honest trailers is a series of trailers narrated previously by ptolemy slocum and gannon nickell and currently by jon bailey that satirizes and parodies various films and television programs ; and movie fights is a competition series hosted by andy signore where guests debate various issues related to film . as of july 2016 screen junkies has over 5.5 million subscribers and over 1.3 billion video views . 1 contents 1 videos 1.1 honest trailers 1.2 the screen junkies show 1.3 movie fights 1.4 screen junkies plus 2 reception 3 references 4 external links videos edit honest trailers edit see also list of honest trailers episodes honest trailers is an emmy nominated series of parody trailers of films and occasionally tv shows that are made to satirize the film . the videos are narrated by jon bailey . 2 created by andy signore and brett weiner and shepherded by break media s head of programming mitch rotter honest trailers debuted in february 2012 and by june 2014 had become the source of over 300 million views on the screen junkies youtube channel . 2 the series started when the creators saw that star wars episode i the phantom menace was being re released in 3d and decided to make a parody trailer for it continuing the series as a result of the positive reception the videos received . 3 the series received its first primetime emmy award nomination for outstanding short form variety series at the 68th primetime emmy awards . the series videos take approximately one week to assemble and are typically created by around four people . 2 the creators watch the movie a number of times before writing the script as a group . 4 subjects are chosen by a combination of current popular movies and suggestions from viewers with an aim of making the videos go viral . 2 though signore has said that they would like to cover more television shows they haven t done many due to the increased time commitment as the team have to watch every episode of the series . 5 the series was first narrated by comedian ptolemy slocum who narrated only the first video . the next dozen were narrated by gannon nickell with the exception of the one for avatar which was narrated by dough medlock before he enlisted in the military and jon bailey replaced him . 2 despite starting as a direct copy of typical movie trailer voiceovers bailey s narration voice has become more of a parody over time using different styles for the various genres satirized . 2 co creator signore says that he would like a celebrity to perform a narration for their own movie explaining that he would like to have someone who understands what we re doing and enjoys it and is willing to make fun of themselves . 2 it eventually came true in the deadpool honest trailer when ryan reynolds co narrated the trailer while playing the titular character . 6 the series 100th video for 50 shades of grey was released in may 2015 . 7 as of july 2016 the honest trailer for game of thrones seasons 1 3 vol . 1 was the highest viewed with over 31 million views . previously the most watched was the trailer for the disney film frozen which currently has over 28 million views . 4 not all videos speak negatively about their films ; for captain america the winter soldier contrary to typical style the creators found it difficult to raise negative points and conceded that the film was good . 4 co director joe russo said that he had the series in mind when creating the film and aimed to make the movie honest trailer proof . 8 the head writer of honest trailers is spencer gilbert who also appears on movie fights . the screen junkies show edit the screen junkies show covers a variety of topics in film and television . some episodes include interviews with actors supercuts compilations and information and updates on movies . the screen junkies show is hosted by hal rudnick and was created by andy signore brett weiner and mitch rotter . movie fights edit see also list of movie fights episodes movie fights typically hosted by signore typically features debates between three other people within or outside of screen junkies such as other youtube reviewers on various movie related questions . this segment lasts for about an hour and a half with the first five rounds being a roundtable debate and the last round being a speed round . each round would begin with a question and each contestant would have to make an argument for why their answer is best . the speed round consists of five questions and each contestant has fifteen seconds to make a claim for their answer . screen junkies plus edit during the 56th episode of movie fights air date 11 8 15 new premium shows were announced to be available through screenjunkies.com or an app for a monthly fee of 4.99 with a free 3 month trial and other package options show main host s day mundy night raw nick mundy michael truly with spencer gilbert on bass monday movie games jeremy jahns saturday alternating f1rst and worst chris stuckmann saturday alternating tv fights roxy striar ken napzok as fact checker tuesday does it hold up spencer gilbert friday mega movie get together andre meadows wednesday alternating after credits how it should have ended hishe crew created by first week of every month screen junkies universe sju andy signore and alicia malone wednesday subsequently added show main host s day knocking dead hector navarro monday watching thrones ken napzok spencer gilbert michele boyd monday summer movie report dan murrell and sasha perl raver monday screenjunkies movie review dan murrell monday gamer fights matt raub nikole z as fact checker kristen brancaccio for live episodes friday honest game trailers smosh games tuesday honest game trailers commentaries matt raub and or spencer gilbert tuesday debugging mr. robot rob cesternino spencer gilbert and clarke wolfe thursday pitch off doug benson wednesday alternating with what s in the box flash and friends joe starr roxy striar and jason mewes wednesday plus bonus shows movie fights live thursday after the fight thursday honest trailers commentaries tuesday and what s in the box wednesday later revealed to be hosted by jason mewes and kevin smith as well as the first scripted series of the network interns of f.i.e.l.d. whose cast was later revealed to include jonathan lipnicki . several cast members notably alicia malone and new producer ken napzok had previously worked for the schmoes know network napzok as a producer and malone as a presenter as the schmoes and the screen junkies often work together with numerous members of the schmoes know team appear on movie fights . on the february 3 2016 episode of screen junkies universe hector navarro was announced as the host of a new show knocking dead start date monday february 8 2016 which would have more of a balance of praise and criticism for the tv show walking dead than the show has been given thus far . the show focused on the second half of season 6 . this slot was later used in april through june for the show watching thrones a commentary on game of thrones season 6 hosted by ken napzok michele boyd and spencer gilbert and a rotating guest host with trisha hershberger later becoming a regular . starting july 7 thursday a similar style show was introduced critiquing the second season of usa s mr. robot debugging mr. robot . on the april 25 2016 episode of mundy night raw dan murrell announced that the show will go on hiatus after the following episode and that he would begin a show of his own in which he d review films . summer movie report with co host sasha perl raver debuted on monday may 9 . on the 86th episode of movie fights youtube airdate june 4 2016 it was announced that winner matt raub would be hosting a new weekly show gamer fights which premiered on friday june 17 . the show is created in collaboration with smosh games and once a month an episode will be available through the smosh games website . the first six episodes were pre recorded . additionally honest game trailers would be aired on screen junkies plus along with honest game trailers commentaries . the following shows are aired live knocking dead mundy night raw honest trailers commentaries tv fights screen junkies universe mega movie get together movie fights after the fight and gamer fights starting with episode 7 . reception edit as of june 2016 screen junkies has over 5 million and a half subscribers and over one billion video views . 1 in 2014 the screen junkies youtube channel was listed on new media rockstars top 100 channels ranked at 34 . 9 the russo brothers have declared themselves fans of the honest trailer series and stated that during production of captain america the winter soldier they aimed to make that film s script honest trailer proof finding the series a litmus test on film logic . 10 zack stentz co writer of thor and x men first class initially called the channel s honest trailers insufferable . after the crew from the channel got in contact with stentz he agreed to watch the honest trailer for thor with the crew . he also later appeared on the first episode of summer movie report and the 83rd episode of movie fights . in 2015 the series was nominated at the 5th streamy awards being nominated for writing . the awards cites the writers as spencer gilbert dan murrell erica russell and andy signore . in 2016 the series was nominated for a creative arts emmy award for outstanding short form variety series . references edit a b screen junkies youtube . retrieved 4 july 2016 . a b c d e f g acuna kirsten june 26 2014 . how youtube s funniest movie 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scenes trying to make the film honest trailer proof and more . collider . retrieved june 30 2015 . external links edit screen junkies official youtube screen junkies official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title screen junkies & oldid 744185257 categories 2011 web series debutsamerican web seriesweb talk showsyoutube channels launched in 2011youtube seriesvideo podcasts navigation menu personal tools not logged