Seattle misfit actors audition for a local action kung fu web-series, “Final Zodiac Warrior.”   Portraying the signs of Rat, Pig, Rabbit and Dragon, our heroes traverse the challenges of the indie film making process, all the while doing battle with their own individual demons.  Be it mistreatment from their fabulous and beautiful cast member counterparts, ambiguous direction from an often misunderstood director, or even the threat of looming unemployment at the day job, our demon fighters boldly . . . fight the demons.   

Chop Socky Boom was created by Darlene Sellers and Heath Ward as a tribute to the adventures and misadventures of Seattle indie filmmaking. The first season was funded in part through a crowdfunding campaign and from a performing arts grant awarded by 4Culture. CSB premiered on YouTube and the Web Series Channel and was featured by Zombie Orpheus Entertainment (ZOE), a distribution company created by Dead Gentlemen Productions. CSB was later picked up for distribution by Frostbite Pictures and is currently available on the Fantasy Network, Amazon and JTS.TV

Principal photography takes place in Seattle, Washington. Locations include Kubota Gardens, the Seattle Chinatown-International District, Hing Hay Park (Seattle), the University District, White Center, Washington, Jet City Improv, and Victory Studios.

The Seattle True Independent Film Festival named CSB the “Best Web Series" of the Festival in 2014. CSB has also received five Indie Fest Awards including Merit in Webseries, Directing, Writing and Editing, four Accolade Awards including Merit in Webisodes, Lead Actress and Choreography, three Best Shorts Competition Awards including Merit in Original score, Ensemble cast and Web Series, and five LA Web Fest Comedy awards including Outstanding Direction, Achievement in Sound, Outstanding Theme Song by Composer Matt Sayre, Outstanding Lead Actress Khanh Doan, and Outstanding Ensemble Cast. CSB Production Designers Cherelle Ashby and Jonelle Cornwall were nominated for the 6th Indie Series Awards. CSB has also screened at the Raindance Film Festival as part of the London Webfest, Seattle Asian American Film Festival, Indie Film Quarterly Film Festival, the Seattle International Film Festival Catalyst Program, Emerald City Comicon, Hollyweb Festival, Vancouver Web Festival, Austin Webfest, Gen Con Indy, and KOMO-TV.