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He joined the year-old platform in , had a video featured on its homepage in and by had its No. In he signed with CAA, which brought him to New York for its NewFront presentation, where he pitched brand partnership opportunities on five different series in development to a roomful of media buyers. Wu was firmly a contender to become the elusive digital-to-traditional media crossover star, landing the co-lead in Chinatown crime drama Revenge of the Green Dragons — a real movie, executive produced by Martin Scorsese.

He had intuition, and he had range. CAA set Wu up with acting coaches, auditions and meetings with noteworthy producers, including one who began developing a TV comedy based on his relationship with his family.

There were talks with content producers both traditional Cartoon Network and digital Xbox Entertainment Studios, which shuttered in Brands paid him five figures for three-minute videos, and combined with his other revenue from YouTube views and touring, Wu bought a loft downtown. He was getting invited to parties; the industry wanted to meet him. But by the time Revenge premiered at Toronto in , Wu was starting to withdraw both online and offline.

He made his wildly popular YouTube channel private, after not posting any new videos for about a year. To hear him tell it, he wanted to focus his resources on feature films. He also was embarking on a search for purpose.

With all the different revenue streams available to him, Wu was easily poised to make millions, say Ma and other insiders familiar with his career. The plan was to return to social media with a more enlightened perspective in a few years. But his plans fell apart in June , when he was struck by a car in L. The near-fatal crash broke his spine, collapsed his lungs and shattered his spirit.

Initially, he was determined to power through it. There were psychological injuries, too. Wu speaks of that time carefully, still grappling with the physical and mental trauma. The accident left Wu unable to continue school or do anything else but focus on his recovery. You read that right folks, KevJumba has returned! Team Jumba! King Malleta. Support our Journalism with a Contribution Many people might not know this, but despite our large and loyal following which we are immensely grateful for, NextShark is still a small bootstrapped startup that runs on no outside funding or loans.

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