Cast Announced for YouTube Red's “Lifeline” from Seven Bucks Productions and Studio71

YouTube today revealed the casting for Lifeline, its new series from Seven Bucks Productions, co-founded by Dwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia, and Studio71, the digital entertainment company and multichannel network of ProSiebenSat.1. Leading the cast as series regulars are Zach Gilford (Friday Night Lights and The Purge: Anarchy) as "Conner Hooks" and Sydney Park (Walking Dead, Instant Mom) as "Norah." The 8-episode action thriller will be directed by Corridor Digital's Sam Gorski and Niko Pueringer, two of the Internet's most ambitious Science fiction and action filmmakers. The series will debut on Youtube Red in 2017.

Lifeline, set in the not-too-distant future, is a half hour series about a little known life insurance company that sends its agents forward 33 days in time to prevent the accidental deaths of its clients. The company's best agent, Conner Hooks (Zach Gilford), has never missed a save - until he takes on the most personal case of his life. When sixteen-year-old "Norah" (Sydney Park) is orphaned on his watch, Conner pledges to protect her, even if that means putting his career at Lifeline - or his own life - in jeopardy.

Also joining the cast are Eden Estrella (Furious 7 and The Fate of the Furious) as "Young Norah," Usman Ally (Netflix's Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, ABC's Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, HBO's Veep) as "Nathan," and Lilan Bowden (Disney's Andi Mack) as "Jasmine."

Lifeline was written by Ben Freiburger and Grant Wheeler. Executive Producers are Dwayne Johnson, Dany Garcia, Brian Gewirtz and Hiram Garcia for Seven Bucks Productions and Dan Weinstein, Gary Binkow and Amee Dolleman for Studio71.

YouTube Red is a paid membership that gives you an enhanced, uninterrupted experience across YouTube, Youtube Music, Youtube Gaming and Youtube Kids.YouTube Red is currently available in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico and Korea with plans for additional international expansion throughout the year.

About Seven Bucks Productions

Co-founded by Dwayne Johnson and producing partner Dany Garcia, Seven Bucks Productions is a multi-platform production company pioneering original content for television, film, emerging technologies, and digital networks. Crossing all entertainment verticals, Seven Bucks Productions creates innovative content rooted in authenticity, strong storytelling, and passion.

Seven Bucks Productions has an ever-expanding slate including tent-pole movies such as Paramount's Baywatch, Sony's Jumanji, New Line's Shazam, Universal's The Janson Directive and Legendary's Skyscraper. The company also produces original television programming including HBO's "Ballers," Spike TV's "Rock the Troops," CNN's "Soundtracks" and HBO DOCUMENTARY FILMS "Rock and a Hard Place."

About Studio71

Studio71 is the global media company for top creators across YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, SnapChat and Twitter. Featuring Lilly Singh a.k.a IISuperwomanII, Rhett & Link, Logan Paul, Shay Mitchell, Matthew Santoro, Flula Borg, Epic Meal Time, Roman Atwood, Family Fun Pack and global superstar Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Studio71's 1200 channels drive six billion monthly views and offer four times the average channel engagement. The company is a leader in results-driven branded content offering full-service strategy, creative, research, media and cross-platform activations for its clients. As a best-in-class production company, Studio71 develops, produces and distributes original programming across social media, television and film. It is part of the ProSiebenSat.1 Group and is headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in Berlin, New York, Toronto and London.

About YouTube

Launched in May 2005, Youtube allows BILLIONS of people to discover, watch and share originally-created videos. Youtube provides a forum for people to connect, inform and inspire others across the globe and acts as a distribution platform for original content creators and advertisers large and small. Youtube is a Google company.

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