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GOT A HANKERIN’ FOR THE WILD WEST? NEW APP FROM THE PINKERTONS TELEVISION SERIES ALLOWS FANS TO SADDLE UP AND STRIKE A POSE
Technology Puts a ‘Wild West’ Spin on the Selfie Craze
Winnipeg MB & Los Angeles CA (February 25, 2015) -- Producers of The Pinkertons
TV Series have launched “Outlaw Yourself,” a fun app that allows
players to make ‘wild west’ wanted posters from their own images.
OUTLAW YOURSELF
Award-winning digital agency Tactica Interactive developed the #OutlawYourself
app, which lets users become cowboys, gunslingers, saloon girls,
prospectors and lawmen, by pasting their faces into authentic
western-style scenes and accessorizing with bandanas, eye patches,
facial hair, scars and more. The end result is a high-quality,
sepia-toned, user-generated custom mugshot that can be downloaded,
shared on multiple social media platforms, or made into wanted posters.
“Outlaw
Yourself is a fun way for people to connect with their inner-outlaw and
immerse themselves in the Wild West,” says Tactica Interactive CEO and
creative director Kevin Glasier, whose team came up with the idea for the app.
Suzanne Berger,
executive producer added ““The app brings all the playfulness of the
old-timey wanted poster to the comfort of your computer or tablet.”
Adam Moore, who co-created the series along with Kevin Abrams,
is delighted by the app: "Kevin and I think Outlaw Yourself is an
ingenious way to bring our audience closer to the show by making them
part of our world of 1860's crime solving."
For Canadian fans, #OutlawYourself enables entry into a contest to win a behind-the-scenes trip to The Pinkertons TV Series.
From their home base at the Delta Hotel in Winnipeg, contest winners
will travel to Grosse Isle, Manitoba, to visit cast and crew live on the
set. They’ll also visit some of Winnipeg’s most popular tourist
attractions, including the brand new Canadian Museum for Human Rights.
It’s
the first partnership of its kind in Manitoba between a television
series, Tourism Winnipeg, and Travel Manitoba, and a win-win initiative
that ties in awareness of the series with tourism
efforts for Winnipeg and Manitoba – a popular production location that
bears a striking resemblance to the American Midwest.
ABOUT THE PINKERTONS TV SERIES
Set in the “Wild West” of Kansas City circa 1865, The Pinkertons TV Series is
an original action-adventure crime procedural drama that draws from the
real cases of Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency. The series follows
founder Allan Pinkerton (played by Angus Macfadyen), his son William (Jacob Blair) and America’s first female detective Kate Warne (Martha MacIsaac).
Long
before the FBI and the Secret Service, the Pinkerton’s National
Detective Agency was the most vigilant law enforcement organization in
the land. They revolutionized detective work by pioneering numerous
forensic technologies, implementing surveillance, and using disguises to
aid in undercover work to gather intelligence on suspects. With
employees and offices in over 100 countries across six continents,
Pinkerton is still in existence today and maintains an unmatched
reputation for protecting clients and their assets around the globe.
Production
of 22 one-hour episodes began in August 2014 and runs through March
2015, shot on location in Manitoba. The primary production location is
the small town of Grosse Isle, home to the Prairie Dog Central Railway –
one of the oldest vintage operating trains in North America.
The Pinkertons TV Series premiered
in the US in October 2014, in first-run syndication on 211 channels
across the country. The CHCH TV broadcast, which began in January 2015,
marks Canada’s first showing of the series.
The
Pinkerton National Detective Agency logo and Pinkerton’s® is a
registered trademark of Pinkerton Service Corporation used under
license.
ABOUT THE PRODUCTION
The Pinkertons TV Series is executive produced by Suzanne Berger of Rosetta Media (Toronto), and Phyllis Laing
of Buffalo Gal Pictures (Winnipeg). The series was created by Kevin
Abrams of Alpine Labs (Los Angeles), and Adam Moore, who also serve as
executive producers and writers. Larry Lalonde and Phil Bedard are showrunners and executive producers.
The Pinkertons TV Series is
distributed in the US by Rohrs Media Group, and seen on station groups
including Tribune, Weigel, Hearst, LIN, Meredith, Cox and the CW PLUS.
Zodiak Rights, the international distribution arm of Zodiak Media, is
distributing the series internationally.
The Pinkertons TV Series is produced in partnership with Channel Zero (parent company to CHCH TV), and with the participation of Manitoba Film and Music. www.pinkertonstheseries.com
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MEDIA CONTACTS:
Canadian Publicity for The Pinkertons TV Series:
RoseAnna Schick/RAS Creative
US Publicity for The Pinkertons TV Series:
Maggie Begley/MBC
For information about Pinkerton (the company):
Julie Kabanuk
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