Lucas Cruikshank

Google and Viacom Team Up Again–Brace Yourself For "Fred: The Movie"

Peter Kafka in Media on August 6, 2010 at 4:00 am PT

How do you promote a movie starring a YouTube phenomenon without promoting it on YouTube? Tricky problem for Nickelodeon, whose parent company is still in a legal battle with Google and its video site.

Is YouTube’s Biggest Star Ready for the Big Screen?

Peter Kafka in Media on September 18, 2009 at 7:09 am PT

Who’s going to be the first Web star to make it to the movies? One alarming possibility: Lucas Cruikshank, better known to a staggering number of YouTube viewers as “Fred.”