Haters Back Off

Haters Back Off
Genre Comedy
Written by Colleen Evans
Chris Ballinger
Perry Rein
Gigi McCreery
Starring Colleen Evans
Erik Stocklin
Angela Kinsey
Steve Little
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 8
Production
Executive producer(s) Perry Rein
Gigi McCreery
Colleen Evans
Chris Ballinger
Jeff Kwatinetz
Josh Barry
Location(s) Vancouver, Canada
Running time 30 min.
Production company(s) Brightlight Pictures Inc.
The Firm
Release
Original network Netflix

Haters Back Off is an upcoming television comedy series starring Colleen Evans, based on her character Miranda Sings, that is slated to debut on Netflix.[1] The series centers around "the oddball family life of Miranda Sings, an incredibly confident, totally untalented star on the rise who continues to fail upward by the power of her belief that she was born famous – it's just no one knows it yet."[2] Evans said that the show will depict Miranda's origins and evolution on her "road to fame", with appearances by YouTubers and other people she has met along the way.[3]

The series' eight episodes are expected to be released simultaneously.[2] The show was developed by Evans and her brother, Christopher Ballinger, together with showrunners Perry Rein and Gigi McCreery. It is being produced by Brightlight Pictures.[1] The show is named for Miranda Sings' signature catchphrase.[4]

The show will be "the first scripted series created by a YouTube personality."[5][6] /Film mused, "Haters Back Off seems like a smart move for Netflix. Since Miranda is already an internet celebrity, a streaming content provider seems like a natural fit. Her built-in audience is already used to watching original content online; if they're fans of her work on YouTube, Netflix is just a few clicks away."[7] TechCrunch predicted that the show will be a success and recommended that Hollywood executives take note of Netflix's initiative. "[T]he rise of YouTube-fueled online influencers has been breathtaking, as ... (mostly) Millennials have embraced self-serve distribution, building big audiences beyond the reach, knowledge and control of traditional entertainment gatekeepers, including the networks. ... Netflix can ... leverage the audiences of these online stars, and their marketing reach, to drive the fans to new properties ... online, where their fans already routinely seek entertainment".[8]

Cast

Background of the character

Main article: Miranda Sings

Since 2008, Evans has posted videos as her comically talentless, narcissistic and quirky character, Miranda Sings, primarily on the YouTube channel Miranda Sings.[13] The character is a satire of bad, but egotistical, performers who film themselves singing as a form of self-promotion.[14] Miranda is portrayed as a home-schooled young woman who still lives with her mother and uncle; she is eccentric and infantilized, narcissistically believes that she has was born famous, and is obsessed with show business fame.[15][16]

In the videos, Miranda sings in a comically off-key, yet plausible, voice covering mostly pop music hits. She sometimes discusses the character's backstory or current events that she usually misunderstands, or gives unhelpful "tutorials".[17] She uses spoonerisms and malapropisms, is irritable, ludicrously self-absorbed and self-righteous, socially awkward, and has a defiant, arrogant attitude.[18][19] She responds to viewers who take the videos seriously and offer criticism with the catchphrase, "Haters back off!"[20][21] The Miranda Sings YouTube channel has received more than 800 million views and has more than 5.8 million subscribers.[22]

Since 2009,[23] Evans has performed a one-woman live comedy act, as Miranda Sings, throughout North America and in Europe, Australia and elsewhere.[24] Miranda's other activities have included a 2012 appearance on the television show Victorious[25] and a 2014 back-to-school advertisement for Old Navy that received nearly 6 million views online.[26] Evans guest-starred as Miranda in a 2014 episode of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee with Jerry Seinfeld called "Happy Thanksgiving Miranda".[27] Also in 2014, Evans appeared as Miranda on The Tonight Show playing Pictionary with Jimmy Fallon, Martin Short and Seinfeld.[28] In 2015, she appeared on The Grace Helbig Show with Jim Parsons[29] and released a book, Selp-Helf, written in Miranda's voice,[30] that debuted at No. 1 on the The New York Times Best Seller list for Advice, How-To & Miscellaneous,[31] remained on the list for 11 weeks[32] and is still on the Times' monthly Best Seller list for "Humor" as of January 2016.[33]

Production

The series began filming in April 2016 in Vancouver, Canada,[34][35] and is expected to wrap about May 30.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 Wagmeister, Elizabeth. "Netflix Orders Scripted Series Haters Back Off Based on YouTube Star Miranda Sings", Variety, January 14, 2016
  2. 1 2 Snetiker, Marc. "Netflix orders Miranda Sings series Haters Back Off", Entertainment Weekly, January 14, 2016
  3. ↑ Sander, Brice. "YouTube Star Colleen (Ballinger) Evans Admits She’s 'Nervous' About Her Big Move to Netflix With Haters Back Off", ETonline, February 12, 2016
  4. ↑ Longwell, Todd. "Miranda Sings Giving Birth to Netflix Series", Video Ink, January 14, 2016; Pearson, Allyn. "Haters Back Off a Scripted Series Based on Youtube Star Miranda Sings Heading to Netflix", Mxdwn.com, January 14, 2016; and Keihm, Moira. "YouTube Personality Miranda Sings: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know", Heavy.com, January 17, 2016
  5. ↑ Tiffany, Kaitlyn. "Netflix orders the first scripted comedy by a YouTube star", The Verge, January 14, 2016
  6. ↑ Yagoda, Maria. "Haters Back Off: YouTube Star Miranda Sings Gets Netflix Scripted Series", People magazine, January 15, 2016
  7. ↑ Han, Angie. "Netflix Gets Into the YouTube Personality Business With Miranda Sings' Haters Back Off", Slashfilm.com, January 15, 2016
  8. ↑ Bruce, Juan. "Networks Need to Take Note of the New Netflix Series With YouTube’s Miranda Sings", TechCrunch, February 3, 2016
  9. ↑ http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/miranda-sings-star-colleen-ballinger-855915
  10. 1 2 Andreeva, Nellie. "Miranda Sings Netflix Series Haters Back Off Casts Angela Kinsey & Steve Little", Deadline.com, April 5, 2016; and Evans, Colleen. "Revealing Miranda's Mom and Uncle!", YouTube April 5, 2016
  11. 1 2 "New Series: Netflix’s Haters Back Off With YouTube Star Colleen Ballinger-Evans Starts Filming in Vancouver", April 18, 2016
  12. ↑ Petski, Denise. "Erik Stocklin Joins Netflix’s Haters Back Off, Deadline.com, YVRShoots, March 11, 2016
  13. ↑ Ng, David. "YouTube sensation Miranda seduces Broadway", Los Angeles Times, May 11, 2009
  14. ↑ Eggar, Robin. "She'd like to teach the world to sing". The Times, May 2, 2010, accessed March 6, 2012; and "Meme Comes to Life", Transmedia Televisual Studies, FILM345, Queens University, February 2010
  15. ↑ Velasco, Schuyler. "Interview: Miranda Sings", Backstage, August 3, 2010
  16. ↑ Rivera, Erica. "'The haters' defined YouTube sensation Miranda Sings", City Pages, August 4, 2015
  17. ↑ Collier, Cody. "YouTube Gives Fame to Miranda Sings", Guardian Liberty Voice, Clark County, Nevada, June 29, 2014
  18. ↑ Siegel, Ben. "Miranda shows that she’s very good at being bad", The Buffalo News, May 6, 2014
  19. ↑ Wilson, Jessica. "Miranda Sings – review", What's Peen Seen? September 11, 2013, accessed May 5, 2014
  20. ↑ Noteboom, Kris. "BooTube", TheaterJones, March 5, 2012
  21. ↑ "Ep. 25 Colleen Ballinger (Miranda Sings)", Interview of Evans at 54:20 and 58:30, Ear Biscuits, Soundcloud.com, March 31, 2014
  22. ↑ "Miranda Sings" most popular videos, Miranda Sings, YouTube, accessed January 31, 2016
  23. ↑ "Photo Flash: 'Miranda Sings' at Birdland's Cast Party", BroadwayWorld.com, April 29, 2009, accessed May 23, 2012
  24. ↑ Miranda Sings Australia schedule, November 2009; Newcastle Herald, November 26, 2009, p. 45; Sparks, Abbe. "Mirfandas Infiltrate Highland Park from across the country for Midwest Premiere of Miranda Sings Live!", Chicago Tribune (Highland Park local), November 22, 2010; Michelin, Lana. "How (not) to sing great". Red Deer Advocate, January 14, 2011; Blank, Matthew. "'Miranda Sings Christmas Spectacular,' With Lauren Kennedy and Frankie Grande", Playbill, December 20, 2011; Bell, Matt. "Marketing Lessons from 'Miranda Sings'", Standing (inn)ovation, November 14, 2013; and Dessau, Bruce. "UK Tour Dates for YouTube Star Miranda Sings", Beyond the Joke, September 4, 2014
  25. ↑ "Miranda Sings Talks About Guest Starring on Victorious" Nickutopia.com, May 18, 2012, copy from Wayback machine accessed June 12, 2014; Miranda Sings on Victorious, The Slap, May 18, 2012; and "Miranda Sings on 'Tori Goes Platinum'", May 2012, accessed June 12, 2014
  26. ↑ "Unlimited", Old Navy, YouTube, September 30, 2014
  27. ↑ Wilstein, Matt. "The 10 Best TV Shows of 2014 That Aren't Really TV", Mediaite.com, December 19, 2014; and Roberts, Andrew. "Jerry Seinfeld Takes a Torturous Ride with YouTube’s Miranda Sings and Finds Out How to Be Famous", Uproxx, December 1, 2014
  28. ↑ "Pictionary with Martin Short, Jerry Seinfeld and Miranda Sings", The Tonight Show, NBC, December 1, 2014; and Boardman, Madeline. "Martin Short, Jerry Seinfeld Play Hilarious Game of Pictionary With Jimmy Fallon", Us Weekly, December 2, 2014
  29. ↑ "Jim Parsons and Miranda Sings Join Grace for 'Whelp'!", E! Entertainment, April 17, 2015
  30. ↑ "Stage Tube: Miranda Sings Quits Youtube; Announces Book Plans!", BroadwayWorld.com, February 25, 2015; Kawecki, Jenny. "What You Need to Know Before You Read Selp-Helf, the Debut Book from YouTube Star Miranda Sings", Barnes & Noble, July 20, 2015
  31. ↑ "Best Sellers: Advice, How-To & Miscellaneous", The New York Times, August 9, 2015 (sales for the week ending July 25, 2015)
  32. ↑ "Advice, How-To & Miscellaneous", The New York Times, October 18, 2015 (sales for the week ending October 3, 2015)
  33. ↑ "Best Sellers: Humor", The New York Times, January 10, 2016
  34. ↑ "Haters Back Off Netflix Series From Miranda Sings to Film in Vancouver", WhatsFilming.ca, February 11, 2016
  35. ↑ Welch, Rebecca. "4 Pieces of Must-Know Casting News", Backstage, March 6, 2016

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