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Perth film-makers of ‘It’s a snap’ viral signed by Hollywood talent agency

McCann, Inglis and Elliott

The young Australian film-makers behind the gore-comedy ‘It’s a snap’ video that went viral last month have been signed by a Hollywood talent agency.

LA-based Creative Artists Agency, which represents the likes of Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt and Oprah Winfrey, has signed Henry Inglis, Aaron McCann and Lauren Elliott, whose video for Perth’s Central Institute of Technology amassed more than 2m views on YouTube since it launched at the end of February.

According to a press release from CAA, the trio have met Dan Harmon, executive producer for NBC Television, and had introductions with Harmon’s writing team in LA.CAA got in touch with Inglis and McCann’s producer Lauren Elliott after seeing their video.

Henry and Aaron have previously won Movie Extra’s 2010 web series competition Webfest, which allowed them to make the seven-part web series Henry and Aaron’s 7 Steps to Superstardom.

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