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The glut of big-name original Web programming announced at the “digital newfront” presentations is solidifying around some key shows—one of which wasn’t even at the presentations. Warner Brothers has “low seven figures” invested in its very popular series H+, a J.J. Abrams-ish sci-fi serial on YouTube and produced by X-Men and The Usual Suspects director Bryan Singer. “We weren’t ready,” sighed Lance Sloane, head of digital development for Warner. “We really wanted to be a part of that, but we just had to sit there and bite our tongues.”
Sloane’s series with Singer is just one of the big-name shows entering the digital world: Yahoo has Electric City, with Tom Hanks producing and starring, as well as Anthony Zuiker’s upcoming Cybergeddon.
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