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''Guidestones'' is a Canadian award-winning〔(Banff World Media Festival )〕 thriller web series created by Jay Ferguson. It premiered in February 2012, distributed via email subscription as a real-time, interactive mystery series. In June 2012, the series launched a linear, on-demand version. The episodes are also available through CTV, a Facebook application and Hulu. Season Two is currently in post-production, and will debut in 2014. ''Season One'' follows Sandy Rai (Supinder Wraich), who is living in Canada on exchange from India, and Trevor Shale (Dan Fox), a fellow Ryerson University School of Journalism student, as they become embroiled in the mystery of the Georgia Guidestones. An unsolved murder starts them on a search for the truth, which leads them to the mysterious monument in rural Georgia. Sandy and Trevor begin to realize that the conspiracy they are unraveling may have apocalyptic repercussions. ''Season One'' was shot on location in Canada, the United States, and India on a budget of $300,000.〔(In the expanding TV universe, webisodes look for a foothold ) The Globe and Mail〕 The series was produced by 3‘oclock.tv and iThentic in association with the Independent Production Fund (IPF) and the Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC), and with help from corporate and organizational sponsors, including Pizza Pizza, Coca-Cola, Samsung, Toronto Blue Jays, Major League Baseball, Karbon, and William F. White International.〔(Guidestones – Interactive Online Thriller - Launches February 14, 2012 ) PR Web〕 On 18 June 2012, the Independent Production Fund announced funding approval for a second season.〔(IPF announces funding for 15 web drama series ) Independent Production Fund〕 == Format == ''Guidestones - Season One'' was created in two versions: the first, a 50-episode “push” version, was launched in February 2012 at http://guidestones.org, and asks viewers to enter their email address in order to receive episodes in ‘real-time’, thus experiencing the events of the series in the same time frame as the characters. The "push" version can also be experienced on Facebook through an official ''Guidestones'' application. The second, launched in June 2012, is a 34-episode “on-demand” version, which allows viewers to watch the series at their own pace, and can be seen on Hulu and the official ''Guidestones'' website. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Guidestones (web series)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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