Bryce Hall Horror Film ‘Skill House’ to Become First Title on Entertainment Stock Exchange
thewrap.comESX.io).ESX, a project being developed by Proxima founder Ryan Kavanaugh, is designed to allow users to invest in film projects and trade in and out of a film’s potential upside. “Skill House,” which Stolberg will write and direct, stars TikTok celeb Bryce Hall in a dark satire of social media and influencer culture, exploring how far people will go for online fame.
The film will be shot at Sway House, a Bel Air mansion made famous on TikTok. “I’ve worked with some of Hollywood’s biggest stars…but my kids are more excited about this project than any other I’ve worked on,” said Stolberg. “These social media personalities are the new Hollywood, and they are reinventing what it means to be a star.”“When a young kid from Maryland, like Bryce, with nothing but a cell phone and a ring light, can attract tens of millions of followers on Tik-Tok and Instagram, it evens the playing field for everyone,” Stolberg added. “But there’s a dark side to this new entertainment landscape, and I’m excited to flip that rock over.”“This film intends to break the boundary between the short-form social media phenomenon andlong-form content,” said Kavanaugh. “Bryce is one of the most recognized and polarizinginfluencers with over 50 million followers and will certainly be a crossover star.
The film digsdeep into the human psyche and the new generation’s thirst for stardom, asking how far theywould go? It will be bloody, it will be dark, and it will certainly be talked about.”Stolberg, who co-wrote the script for the two most recent installments of the “Saw” franchise, “Jigsaw” and “Spiral,” is also attached to write the screenplay for the series tenth installment for Lionsgate.
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