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Crackle’s Free VR Experience Snatch Featuring Rupert Grint now Available on PlayStation VR

Last April VRFocus reported on Sony Pictures Television free, ad-supported streaming network, Crackle renewing original drama Snatch starring Rupert Grint from the Harry Potter films. As part of the deal an immersive virtual reality (VR) short was to be made and today it’s now been released for PlayStation VR.

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Production on season two of the 10-episode series will kick off this month in Málaga, Spain, with Entourage’s Kevin Connolly directing several episodes on the Costa del Sol, as well as Tom Dey (Failure to Launch, Shanghai Noon) and Luis Pietro (The Oath, Kidnap).

The Snatch VR Heist Experience is a six-minute immersive branching narrative that transports the user into the middle of a safe-cracking diamond heist alongside additional Snatch series stars Luke Pasqualino (Skins, The Borgias), Lucien Laviscount (Scream Queens, Honeytrap) and Phoebe Dynevor (The Village, Dickensian). The 3D stereoscopic experience originally premiered at last year’s Venice Film Festival allowing viewers to control the outcome of the heist.

Snatch’s main storyline for season one centered on a group of twenty-something, up-and-coming hustlers who stumble upon a truck load of stolen gold bullion. Finding themselves thrust into London’s underworld, they need to deal with rogue cops, gypsy fighters, international mobsters and local villains to survive. In this upcoming season, the team is on the lam and what begins as a well-deserved vacation quickly becomes a face off with a local kingpin; fighting to save their fortune, and ultimately their lives.

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In season two Grint returns as the utterly posh, Charlie Cavendish-Scott whilst also serving as an executive producer. In addition, the series stars an ensemble cast featuring Pasqualino as Albert Hill, Laviscount as Billy Ayres, Dougray Scott as Vic Hill, Dynevor as Lotti Mott and Juliet Aubrey as Lily Hill.  The series is executive produced by Alex De Rakoff, who also serves as writer and showrunner, Aaron Ginsburg and William Green.

PlayStation VR owners can download the Snatch VR Heist Experience for free now. For any further updates involving TV VR tie-ins, keep reading VRFocus.

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Harry Potter’s Rupert Grint Stars in VR Episode of Snatch

Snatch, an original scripted drama that airs on Sony Pictures Television’s Crackle has been renewed for a second season in 2018. As part of the project – which stars Rupert Grint from the Harry Potter films – an immersive 6-minute, 360-degree interactive episode has been made, launching later this year.

Co-produced by Future Lighthouse, the experience transports viewers into London’s high-stakes world of organized crime. The VR episode was shot during four days in Manchester, and each character was filmed on a different day using stereoscopic techniques.

Snatch VR episode

“Rupert, Luke and the rest of the cast have created memorable characters who truly resonated with our viewers, and we look forward to following their adventures in season two of Snatch,” said Eric Berger, Crackle, GM and EVP, Digital, Sony Pictures Television Networks. “Sincere thanks to our production team as well as Snatch’s creator, writer and executive producer Alex De Rakoff for being the creative force behind what is our most successful drama to date.”

“In VR the viewer has a lot of power and controls the outcome.  Our goal is to teleport you alongside Rupert Grint and his thieving friends to make you feel the adrenaline of the heist.  We want the viewers to have agency over where they want this caper to go,” said Nicolas Alcala, Future Lighthouse’s CEO and director of creativity.

Snatch centers on a group of twenty-something, up-and-coming hustlers who stumble upon a truck load of stolen gold bullion. Finding themselves thrust into London’s underworld, they need to deal with rogue cops, gypsy fighters, international mobsters and local villains to survive.

The VR episode will be available through PlayStation VR this summer. For any further updates on Snatch, keep reading VRFocus.

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Harry Potter’s Rupert Grint Stars in VR Episode of Snatch

Snatch, an original scripted drama that airs on Sony Pictures Television’s Crackle has been renewed for a second season in 2018. As part of the project – which stars Rupert Grint from the Harry Potter films – an immersive 6-minute, 360-degree interactive episode has been made, launching later this year.

Co-produced by Future Lighthouse, the experience transports viewers into London’s high-stakes world of organized crime. The VR episode was shot during four days in Manchester, and each character was filmed on a different day using stereoscopic techniques.

Snatch VR episode

“Rupert, Luke and the rest of the cast have created memorable characters who truly resonated with our viewers, and we look forward to following their adventures in season two of Snatch,” said Eric Berger, Crackle, GM and EVP, Digital, Sony Pictures Television Networks. “Sincere thanks to our production team as well as Snatch’s creator, writer and executive producer Alex De Rakoff for being the creative force behind what is our most successful drama to date.”

“In VR the viewer has a lot of power and controls the outcome.  Our goal is to teleport you alongside Rupert Grint and his thieving friends to make you feel the adrenaline of the heist.  We want the viewers to have agency over where they want this caper to go,” said Nicolas Alcala, Future Lighthouse’s CEO and director of creativity.

Snatch centers on a group of twenty-something, up-and-coming hustlers who stumble upon a truck load of stolen gold bullion. Finding themselves thrust into London’s underworld, they need to deal with rogue cops, gypsy fighters, international mobsters and local villains to survive.

The VR episode will be available through PlayStation VR this summer. For any further updates on Snatch, keep reading VRFocus.