For many content creators, TikTok is the gateway to Hollywood. But now, the movie industry may finally be catching on to the value of the behemoth social media platform, which will soon be home to more scripted and produced shows.
Adam McKay, with his non-profit production company Yellow Dot Studios, is set to be the first traditional Hollywood producer to invest real money into a scripted series on TikTok. Written and directed by Ari Cagan, whose podcast “Things You Don’t Need to Know” was produced by McKay’s Hyperobject Industries, “Cobell Energy” is a satirical office comedy about a family-owned oil company “battling against innovation, activists and each other as they destroy the planet to protect their own interests,” according to the series logline. The first episode of the 15-episode series releases on the platform on Nov. 14.
“Ari is a creative ball of energy who wakes up every day...
Adam McKay, with his non-profit production company Yellow Dot Studios, is set to be the first traditional Hollywood producer to invest real money into a scripted series on TikTok. Written and directed by Ari Cagan, whose podcast “Things You Don’t Need to Know” was produced by McKay’s Hyperobject Industries, “Cobell Energy” is a satirical office comedy about a family-owned oil company “battling against innovation, activists and each other as they destroy the planet to protect their own interests,” according to the series logline. The first episode of the 15-episode series releases on the platform on Nov. 14.
“Ari is a creative ball of energy who wakes up every day...
- 10/23/2023
- by Anna Tingley
- Variety Film + TV
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