Hey, everyone! Jack Drees here! For those who have been following Scene Before in the past couple months, you may recall that I have been working on a new series called Celebrity Movie Requests. I even teased it on YouTube. The good news is that the series is not going anywhere. That said, if you liked the name Celebrity Movie Requests, prepare to be disappointed.

Celebrity Movie Requests is now going to be called Movie Requests! But rest assured, the name is only thing that is changing in this series, at least for now. The series is going to be exactly the same as it would have been before. Those guests I have teased in the past are not changing at all. I also have not added any new guests to the series since.

I decided to change the name for a number of reasons. First, since I am posting this series on YouTube, I figured it would help with titling videos. Having uploaded videos to YouTube before, I had to abide by the platform’s 100 character title limit. Taking out the word “Celebrity” will help with that.

Second, while I will not reveal any guests in this post, it is possible that at least one or two of the guests might refuse to call themselves celebrities. I would argue they are, but I would understand if they were to argue otherwise.

Third, while this is intended to be a special series, who knows where things could go? Maybe this could expand into something where I take requests from friends and family. Perhaps YouTube subscribers and viewers. These are just ideas I have floating around in my head and I am not exactly committed to any of them. That said, calling the series Celebrity Movie Requests puts a limit on who can participate. All ten people I chose to be in the series are in fact celebrities in some way, but still.

Is this change sudden? Perhaps. But it is one that I stand by. To be frank with you, when I was pitching this series to my special guests, I had two other titles in mind before landing on Celebrity Movie Requests last November. During my first pitch, I called the series the “X Files,” considering Scene Before is celebrating its 10th Anniversary, and X is 10 as a Roman numeral. Then I thought of “A Review Requested by…” I thought the title was clever on paper, but when I tried saying it out loud, as if I were practicing for ultimately introducing the series on video, I felt it did not roll off the tongue that well. So, if anything, this is practically my fourth major title concept for the series. I repeat, this does not change the purpose of the series itself. At least not now. So, with that being said, look forward to Movie Requests, coming soon!

Oh, and one more thing… stay tuned for the 8th Annual Jack Awards this Sunday, where I will drop a brand new trailer… You are not going to want to miss it.

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