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Directed by Stewart Hendler No. of episodes 48 Final episode date 16 January 2013 Number of episodes 48 | 7.4/10 IMDb Composer(s) Nathan Lanier First episode date 8 August 2012 Network YouTube Program creator John Cabrera | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Created by John Cabrera
Cosimo De Tommaso Written by John Cabrera
Cosimo De Tommaso Starring Caitriona Balfe
Hannah Herzsprung
Alexis Denisof
Sean Gunn
David Clayton Rogers Awards Telly Award for Internet/Online Programs, Segments, or Promotional Pieces Online Video - Use of Music Similar Bar Karma, Electric City, Combat Hospital, Detroit 1‑8‑7, Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn Profiles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
H+: The Digital Series (often abbreviated as H+) is a web series produced by Bryan Singer and created by John Cabrera and Cosimo De Tommaso. The series, which explores the subject of transhumanism, premiered on August 8, 2012 on YouTube with two episodes. Two new episodes were then released every week on Wednesdays until the season finale on January 16, 2013. A second season was announced in January 2013. However, there have been no updates since.
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Production
The series began as a long-term project in 2006. It was filmed in Santiago, Chile in 2011, over 29 days in 54 different locations, and announced at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con International. At the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con, it was again promoted in anticipation of its upcoming premiere. The series is distributed by Warner Brothers Digital Distribution in partnership with YouTube.
As new episodes premiered weekly via YouTube, new supplemental content was also made available through the series' official website, providing extra images, text, or video that tied into the story further.
Background
The series is based on a future where one-third of the world's population has an implanted computer, named H+, which connects the human mind to the Internet 24 hours a day. The implant was created by a company called Hplus Nano Teoranta, an Irish biotechnology company founded with the intent of improving the medical sector with technology. The story begins in medias res, depicting the effects of a virus which infects the H+ implant. Concurrent episodes go back and forward in time to different settings, and various characters' viewpoints are used to tell the story.
Cast and characters
Reception
Tubefilter wrote, "easily one of the most epic, well shot, well thought through web series released this year."
Geek Speak Magazine called the series "the official embracement of the web series as a viable creative alternative to films and television."